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 …

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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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Wrapping up the ECER 2017 experience – Part Five: Discussions on multi-methodological approaches in VET research

In this post I will report on a special research workshop that discussed ‘multi-methodological strategies and theory-diverse approaches’ as an effort to overcome theoretical and methodological diving lines. Below I will give a brief overview on the invited presentations and them add my comments (that I also delivered as a participant’s reaction in the session). …

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Wrapping up the ECER 2017 experience – Part One: Thematic overview

When reporting on ECER 2017 I ended up writing six blog posts (including this overview). Therefore, I preferred to prepare firstly an overview. With each of the themes to be covered I have also different role positions and interests of knowledge that characterise the post: Firstly, in my own presentation on “Begleitforschung” (Accompanying research) I …

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New blogs on our work at the ECER 2017 in Copenhagen – Insights into the sessions of the VETNET network

One month ago, from the 22nd to the 25th of August we were working at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2017) in Copenhagen – at the Carlsberg campus of the University College Copenhagen (UCC). After the conference Pekka Kämäräinen has written a series of blog posts on the sessions of the VETNET network …

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