This Call for Papers is on teacher educators in the related further education (and skills) (FE) sector across the world. This call follows the Routledge publication of Professional Development of Teacher Educators in Further Education: Pathways, knowledge, identities and vocationalism (Loo, 2020 published in December 2019). Teacher educators are “those who are educating prospective teachers, …
VET Researcher Award 2019: Online voting is open until 15 October 2019
On behalf of the European Commission, VETNET organised the nomination for the VET researcher award 2019. The final winner will be selected through a mix of votes from the jury and the general public. Have your say on who you think should win and choose your preferred candidate through on-line voting. Follow this link https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/VETExcellenceAwards2019 …
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VETNET-Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER)
The Proceedings "Trends in Vocational Education and Training (Vol. 2)" of the Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET), presented papers at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) in Hamburg 2019, with more than 50 "short papers" and 462 pages in total can be downloaded ... here. It is an open access volume.
Reflections on ECER 2019 and VETNET – Post 3: Debates on VET research and on the role of VET researchers
Vetnetsite continues publishing blog posts of Pekka Kämäräinen on the ECER 2019 and on the contribution of the VETNET network for European research in vocational education and training (VET). The first post focused on the Opening session of the VETNET network. The second post focused on the organisational development of the VETNET network and on …
Reflections on ECER 2019 and VETNET – Post 2: Development of the VETNET network
Vetnetsite continues publishing blog posts of Pekka Kämäräinen on the ECER 2019 and on the contribution of the VETNET network for European research in vocational education and training (VET). The first post focused on the Opening session of the VETNET network. The second post gives an overview of the organisational development of the VETNET network …
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Reflections on ECER 2019 and VETNET – Post 1: The VETNET Opening session
With this series of blog posts Pekka Kämäräinen gives insights into ECER 2019 conference and into the contribution of VETNET network – the research network for the field of vocational education and training (VET). The first post focuses on the traditional VETNET Opening session. Below, firstly some background information and then a summary of the …
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New blogs on the ECER 2019 and on the VETNET network
Last week the ECER 2019 conference took place at the University of Hamburg. Once again, the VETNET network for European research in vocational education and training (VET) was present with a strong program. And once again, the historian of VETNET, Pekka Kämäräinen, has written a series of blogs to wrap up his experiences. This time …
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VET Research Award 2019: Call for proposals open until 10 June 2019
At the European Vocational Skills Week 2019, taking place in November in Helsinki, the European Commission will again award examples of excellence in research in vocational education and training (VET). The VET Research Award 2019 aims to reward a VET researcher who has made an outstanding contribution to innovative VET research on diversity and inclusion. …
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VET in the Spotlight – Crossing Boundaries Conference in Valencia
On May 2nd and 3rd, the 3rd Crossing Boundaries in VET conference took place in Valencia, Spain. The thematic focus of the conference was: "Pedagogical Concerns and Market Demands". There were 65 papers presented and over 100 people attended the conference. There was considerable participation of Spanish researchers, from the universities of Coruña, Santiago, Tarragona, …
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IJRVET: New Issue published
New issue of IJRVET: Vol. 6, Issue 1 The International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET) has published a new issue by now. The first regular edition of 2019 contains the following topics: Karen Struthers and Glenda Strachan: Attracting women into male-dominated trades: Views of young women in Australia Ursula Beicht and Günter Walden: Transition to company-based vocational training in Germany by young people from …
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