THE POSSIBILITIES OF LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: THE ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTENT OF PROFESSIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION

Abstract

The aim of the article is to evaluate the content of professional secondary education programs from the point of life-long education pedagogic aspect. Evaluation of professional secondary education program content is based on the pedagogic statements of life-long education and data of researched performed by the author. Analysis and interpretation of research results is the basis for conclusions about the realization of life-long education principles in the level of professional education program. Main conclusions: the element of professional education program such as lessons of own-initiative work is one of instruments for the realization of life-long education principles, which currently is not completely used; there is a lack of methodological argument about particular elements of the content such as lessons of own-initiative work or inclusion of the amount of content parts in programs; mutual cooperation between teachers of educational institutions and representatives of state institutions promotes development of more qualitative content of professional secondary education.