The Need for the Incorporation of Ergonomics into Curriculum of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Teacher/Trainer Professionalization

摘要

Ergonomics has to do with maximizing user's/worker's comfort, safety and health, productivity and efficiency while in the other hand Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) concern with knowledge, skills, attitude, and occupation. Ergonomics is yet to have the recognition it deserves in TVET. In engineering and technology, ergonomics used to be taught as a course of study while in TVET is used to be taught as a topic and not be taught at all. "Curricula do not meet professionalism" these are one of the challenges of TVET teacher/trainer professionalization. TVET teacher/trainer has 'dual professionalism' that is subject specialism and pedagogy. The paper intends to analyze and discuss the previous documents and findings to come up with ways forward in the incorporation of ergonomics in TVET curriculum. The paper highlights on the ergonomics in brief, ergonomics in TVET curriculum, relationship of Ergonomic, TVET, Labor and Professionalism, finally recommendations and conclusion where given.