Abstract
This paper provides a background for action research in China. The context is a training programme for Chinese vocational practitioners led by British Teacher Educators, teaching through Chinese interpreters. Teacher education and training in China are outlined, and an author case study provided. Global trends in vocational education have been considered, and reference made to the Chinese government’s plans for reforming and developing education. The Vocational Education and Training (VET) programmes have been summarised to set the scene for the action research that will be reported in a further paper, which will consider the ways in which teaching through interpretation affects both learning and teaching on these programmes. In this paper, the following terms apply: the trainer is the United Kingdom (UK) Teacher Educator, the interpreter is the member of the Chinese university staff who interprets on the training programme and the teachers are the Chinese teachers attending the training.
Highlights
The Vocational Education and Training (VET) Project is a contract between a United Kingdom (UK) university and a Chinese university based in the Guangdong Province
One of the authors is a Chinese lecturer of English who works as an interpreter on the VET programmes, the other is a UK teacher trainer; both Chinese and Western perspectives will inform the research
It was concluded that working on the VET programme would provide a rich seam of research that could potentially contribute to deeper understanding of the issues inherent in the use of interpretation in learning and teaching, and provide a foundation for further research in this area, both in the UK and in China
Summary
The Vocational Education and Training (VET) Project is a contract between a UK university and a Chinese university based in the Guangdong Province. One of the authors is a Chinese lecturer of English who works as an interpreter on the VET programmes, the other is a UK teacher trainer; both Chinese and Western perspectives will inform the research.
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