The trade of teaching a trade: narratives and practices in training for work

Abstract

The research was aimed at describing the particularities acquired by the work of trainers in trades, in relation to the characteristics of non-formal contexts, the teaching and learning processes of work and the skills that are socially built in these areas. A multiple case study was conducted with an ethnographic approach. Four cases were considered: the workshops of the bakery and pastry and social makeup training and the trainers of the shoe repair and refrigeration workshops. The results obtained allow us to recognize the importance that personal learning trajectories acquire in the job proposals that trainers offer in job training spaces. Teaching a trade is a complex task, which involves the collaborative construction of socio-emotional skills, professionals specific to each trade and adaptation. It is considered necessary to generate training proposals for trades trainers.

Keywords

• Nonformal education
• informal learning
• education and employment
• apprenticeship