LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION (ASPETE)

The National Technical Pedagogical School (S.E.L.E.T.E.) was founded in 1959. From the year of its founding up to this day, when it is widely known as Higher School of Pedagogical and Technical Education (A.S.P.E.T.E.), the School has been offering pioneer (for the historical conjuncture) pedagogical education and training to university graduates qualifying them as educators and often changing their initial professional orientation and choices. At the same time, from the year 1997 and onwards, the School's curriculum also offers psychopedagogical training and adults' specialization (usually aimed at educators already in the service or prospect ones) in consulting and orientation. The present paper aims at presenting the programs of pedagogical education and training as well as consulting specialization offered to adults, graduates of university and technological education, by the Higher School of Pedagogical and Technical Education (A.S.P.E.T.E.), and giving a critical and historical analysis.