Work education
Work education deals in the broadest sense with all things that are related to practical work / work and learning .
The stand-alone term or the job title Werkpädagoge / Werkpädagogin is currently not protected in Germany, so there is no uniform definition. However, there is, on the one hand, the focus on art and craft education , which is offered, among other things, at universities for fine arts . This direction of work education relates mainly to art education . Work pedagogy is also used in play mobile work.
Since 1999, the regional associations of Rhineland and Westphalia-Lippe, in cooperation with the LWL-Bildungszentrum Jugendhof Vlotho , have been organizing an additional educational qualification for instructors and masters who deal with target groups where integration into the labor market is not possible without support. The graduates of this course receive a certificate that identifies them as a works pedagogue. From among the graduates of this course, the Bundesverband für Werkpädagogik eV was founded about two years ago. The Bundesverband für Werkpädagogik eV sees itself as the mouthpiece of all instructing forces in measures for personal and social stabilization and to improve the chances for integration in the labor market.