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  1. The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study

    The teachers are regarded as "dual professionals," requiring expertise in both their background industry areas and in VET pedagogy itself. This chapter uses Australia as a case study of what happens when the accepted regime of qualifications for VET teachers alters. In Australia full-time VET teachers were, until recently, required to ...

  2. The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study

    Sources: Smith and Keating ( 1997: 194- 203) and Smith ( 2009) 88 The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study 1639. of VET teaching. One effect of this is that it is ...

  3. The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study

    TLDR. It is concluded that university-level VET teacher education studies help practitioners develop the high level of knowledge and skills required for the complex work of VET teaching, as well as suggesting some further benefits resulting from the dialogue between practitioners and academics. Expand. 4. PDF.

  4. The importance of VET teacher professionalism: an Australian case study

    This chapter uses Australia as a case study of what happens when the accepted regime of qualifications for VET teachers alters. In Australia full-time VET teachers were, until recently, required to undertake degree level qualifications in VET pedagogy, taught at universities, either before or, more usually, after entering the occupation.

  5. The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study

    The effectiveness of vocational education and training (VET) systems depends upon their teachers. The teachers are regarded as "dual professionals," requiring expertise in both their background industry areas and in VET pedagogy itself. This chapter uses Australia as a case study of what happens when the accepted regime of qualifications for VET teachers alters.

  6. The Importance of VET teacher professionalism : an Australian case study

    Title The Importance of VET teacher professionalism : an Australian case study Creator Smith, Erica

  7. The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study

    Table 2 Research method for national project on VET teacher qualifications and quality 2015-2017. From: The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study. Phase. Activity. Number of research participants. 1. Stakeholder interviews. 11. 2.

  8. Erica Smith

    The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study. The effectiveness of vocational education and training (VET) systems depends upon their teachers.... Book Chapters; DOI reference: 10.1007/978-3-319-94532-3_23

  9. The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study

    In: Fifteenth conference of the Australian VET Research Association, Rydges Hotel Capital Hill, Canberra, 12-13 April Guthrie H, Every P (2014) VET teacher, trainer and assessor capabilities, qualifications and development: issues and options.

  10. PDF Constructing a professional identity in VET: Teacher perspectives

    transfer, 'it is necessary to be competent with respect to teacher identity as well as vocational. identity' (208), and that therefore, vocational teachers need to be pedagogically educated and. mporary and modern vocational identity that addresses the current demandsfor. developing a professional identity for VET tea.

  11. Research method for national project on VET teacher qualifications and

    The chapter explains that the qualification levels of VET teachers have dropped considerably since the year 2000, such that only 10% of Australian VET teachers now have pedagogical qualifications ...

  12. (PDF) VET teachers' and trainers' participation in professional

    This paper reports on the professional development of vocational education and training (VET) teachers and trainers in Australia. It utilises the data on professional development (PD) gathered from two national surveys undertaken in 2016 as part of a major [Australian Research Council] ARC-funded national research project on VET teachers and their qualifications.

  13. PDF The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study

    This chapter uses Australia as a case study of what happens when the accepted regime of qualifications for VET teachers alters. In Australia full-time VET teachers were, until recently, required to undertake degree level qualifications in VET pedagogy, taught at universities, either before or, more usually, after enter-ing the occupation.

  14. VET teacher education in Australian universities

    The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study. 2019 • Erica Smith. Download Free PDF View PDF. ... The mandatory pedagogical qualification for VET teachers in Australia is the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. ... the research has gained much attention because of its ability to inform VET policy in this ...

  15. The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study

    88 The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study 1635 A chapter on the Australian VET teaching workforce published in a previous Handbook (Smith 2009) recorded the variety of teaching and training roles, classifying teachers by their site of practice, their role focus, and the formality of training which they delivered.

  16. How do vocational teachers keep up to date with trends in ...

    Drawing sub-sets of material from a major national research project, the chapter provides survey evidence from over 900 VET teachers as well as detailed interview data from three case study training providers. The results show a high level of commitment to professional development, both formal and informal, particularly in teachers' industry ...

  17. Researchgate: The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An

    VET teacher professional-ism in Australia is charted, including research evidence from a national project managed by the author, about the effects of higher-level qualifications on VET teacher practices and quality and teachers' propensity to engage in professional development.

  18. Contextual factors affecting engagement in professional development by

    The chapter explains that the qualification levels of VET teachers have dropped considerably since the year 2000, such that only 10% of Australian VET teachers now have pedagogical qualifications ...

  19. PDF Re-Conceptualising Teacher Education For VET Practitioners: An

    For VET Practitioners: An Australian Case Study Sally Leavold 1, Margaret Taylor 2 1Director VET Programs, School of Education, RMIT University, Melbourne Australia, 80-92 Victoria Street Carlton ...

  20. (PDF) Australian VET teacher education: What is the benefit of

    For example, 16 years ago, Lowrie, Smith, and Hill (1999) noted different approaches to teaching between teachers with the Certificate IV qualification only and those with VET teaching degrees, with Certificate IV teachers having a less sophisticated understanding of teaching - in the case of that study, in a competency-based environment.

  21. (PDF) What makes a good VET teacher? Views of Australian VET teachers

    The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study. 2019 • Erica Smith. Download Free PDF View PDF. Wheelahan, Leesa (2010) 'Options for the future of VET teaching qualifications and continuing professional development', Australian TAFE Teacher, Spring 2010, Vol. 44/3, pp. 8 - 10. ... is particularly pertinent for ...

  22. (PDF) VET teacher education in Australian universities: who are the

    The Importance of VET Teacher Professionalism: An Australian Case Study. 2019 • ... The mandatory pedagogical qualification for VET teachers in Australia is the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. This is actually a requirement for teaching in the VET sector. ... the research has gained much attention because of its ability to inform ...