Teachers Of Vocational Subjects Research Articles

Teaching Vocational Subjects in Secondary School: A New Career or a Backup Plan?

For several years now, not only in the Czech Republic, we have been witnessing various discussions related to the issue of secondary vocational education, especially the shortage and decline of erudite and qualified teachers of vocational subjects. Another issue that increases the demand for new teachers is the ageing of the teaching staff of secondary vocational schools. The government and education policy are responding to this situation in various ways—by increasing salaries, mitigating qualification requirements, promoting qualification training, etc. The objective of this paper is to present a course aimed at qualifying teachers of vocational subjects for secondary schools and to report the results of a survey conducted among its participants. The results were compared according to selected socio-demographic characteristics. The new three-semester course has been implemented since 2020 at a public university in the Czech Republic, which has almost 60 years of experience in various forms of secondary school teachers of vocational subjects training within their fields of specialization. The survey was conducted via an electronic questionnaire and received responses from 100 respondents. The most interesting results include, for example, that about 60% of the respondents attended the course in order to obtain a qualification as a teacher of vocational subjects for secondary schools for possible future use—to strengthen their employability opportunities on the labour market, not because they are already working at a secondary school or because they currently need this qualification.

Policy reforms in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for sustainable development in Abia State, Nigeria

The study determined the relevance of policy reforms in Technical Vocational Education and Training for sustainable development in Abia State, Nigeria. The survey research design was used. The population of the study consisted of 4,302 persons made up of 300 officers of Vocational Technical Education Boards and 4,002 teachers of vocational subjects in all the Vocational Technical schools in Abia State in the 2020/2021 academic year. The sample comprised 356 respondents made up of 32 Vocational Technical Education Boards staff and 324 vocational teachers. The sample was selected using stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire titled “TVET Policy Reforms for Sustainable Development in Abia State Questionnaire” was used for data collection. The questionnaire which contained 31 items structured on a four-point scale was validated by three experts and its internal consistency reliability index was 0.88 determined using Cronbach alpha statistics. The mean with standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while independent t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that reforms are needed in 10 areas of the TVET policy; and that TVET policy reforms are useful for sustainable development in 10 ways. Also, 10 challenges against achievement of TVET policy objectives were found. The researchers concluded that there is dire need for reforms in Nigeria’s TVET policy in the ten areas identified in this study in order to facilitate sustainable development in Abia State and the entire country. It was recommended among others, that the Federal Ministry of Education should initiate moves for significant reforms in Technical Vocational Education and Training policy in Nigeria as soon as is practicable.

KOMPETENSI DIGITAL GURU DALAM MENINGKATKAN MINAT BELAJAR SISWA SMK DI KABUPATEN SEKADAU

Digital learning provides various benefits to students, from easy access to materials to giving assignments and quizzes. However, the use of digital learning is influenced by a teacher's decision to use it. Therefore, this factor becomes an obstacle in the transformation of digital learning. This study aims to evaluate the digital competence of teachers at SMKN 1 Kab. Sekadau This research was conducted to determine the awareness of SMK vocational subject teachers in Sekadau in using digital learning, this study analyzed six dimensions of Teacher Digital Competence Belief (TDCB). Data collection involved administering a questionnaire to 25 vocational subject teachers at SMK schools in Sekadau Regency. The results indicated that the average score
 for the six TDCB dimensions was 71.28, falling into the "good" category. This suggests that vocational school teachers in Sekadau Regency recognize the importance of using digital technology in education

Interaction Style of Teachers of Vocational Subjects in Poprad

The Institute of Social Sciences of the CSPS of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Košice is an interdisciplinary workplace of social sciences and humanities with a primary research focus on the area of Central Europe in the field of social psychology, sociology and history.

Preparing teachers of secondary vocational schools to teach a vocational subject

The paper focuses on the preparation of a secondary school teacher for a teaching unit, both the methodological and the content part of the preparation. Detailed attention is paid to the individual parts of the methodological preparation of teachers of vocational subjects because the preparation is often underestimated in practice. It is necessary to emphasize that the acquisition of students' competences during education depends in each subject on the way in which the content of the curriculum is conveyed to the students and what kind of tools the teacher uses for this purpose. This includes not only the formulation of educational and educational objectives but also the choice of the appropriate structure of the teaching unit, the choice of teaching methods, the use of relevant aids, special classrooms, etc. The general concept of teacher preparation for a teaching unit is linked by the authors with real examples from pedagogical practice.

Novice teachers’ appraisal of expert feedback in a teacher professional development programme in Chinese vocational education

This study is focused on exploring novice teachers' appraisal of expert feedback in a professional development programme for vocational schoolteachers. Twelve novice teachers in different school subjects were interviewed after the programme. An appraisal framework with 4 domains and 12 appraisal categories was built based on coding and analysing interview transcripts. The most frequently occurring appraisal categories and the differences between Chinese language teachers and vocational subject teachers were also analysed qualitatively. The findings revealed novice teachers’ concerns and expectations for expert feedback, as well as provided an appraisal framework for future studies on feedback in teacher professional development.

Aspekty wychowawcze w pracy nauczyciela przedmiotów zawodowych (na przykładzie techników kształcących w zawodzie technik hotelarstwa)

The article discusses educational aspects in the work of a teacher of vocational subjects in technical schools training for the profession of hotel management technician. The results of own research are presented, in which the research problem was formulated in the form of the question: how do teachers of vocational subjects in hotel technical schools perform the educational function? The research was qualitative in nature. Nine teachers of vocational subjects (teachers of theoretical vocational subjects and a teacher of practical vocational training) from two schools participated in it. During the research, the interview method and document analysis method were used. From the educational and preventive programs in effect at the studied schools, educational goals and a description of the student graduating from the technical school were obtained. An analysis was made of the extent to which they are implemented during lessons in vocational subjects.

Parents Involvement in Implementation of Career Transition for Students with Learning Disabilities from a Teacher’s Perspective in Malaysia

Parents' involvement is one factor that contributes to implementing career transition for students with learning disabilities (SLD) in the Special Education Integration Program (SEIP). The involvement in educating children at school could also nurture their psychological growth, sharing learning experiences, supporting and respecting the teachers' effort. This research explored parents' involvement and the obstacles they face in implementing career transition for students with learning disabilities (SLD) in Special Education Integration Program (SEIP) from a teacher's perspective in Malaysia. This research uses a qualitative and case study design. Data collection is through interviews with vocational subject teachers at SEIP. Four teachers at three secondary schools in Johore and Malacca were chosen based on a purposeful sampling technique. The data were analyzed using the ATLAS.ti 8 software. Findings show that parents' involvement at suburban schools is better than in urban schools. Parent's involvement in career transition for SLD in SEIP is from the execution of the Individual Education Program (IEP), supports and encouragement, the contribution of ideas and needs, commercializing works from SLD, and seeking job opportunities after finishing their work school. Besides that, the parents face a few obstacles in implementing career transition for SLD, such as not being interested in the activities held by the school, being busy with work and transferring all the responsibilities of educating SLD to the teachers at SEIP. Hopefully, this research could open up our minds to the importance of parents' involvement in accomplishing the career transition for SLD at SEIP. Parents' involvement in the career transition is vital to prepare the SLD with various skills before entering the workplace.

Analysis of Vocational Subject Teachers’ Response for the NCS Learning Module Based on M. Lipsky’s Street-level Bureaucracy Theory

목적 본 연구는 단위학교 일선교사들이 NCS(National Competency Standards; 국가직무능력표준)학습모듈로 교육과정을 운영하면서 겪게 되는 반응과 이에 따른 대응기제를 Lipsky의 일선관료제이론으로 분석한 것이다.방법 NCS학습모듈 대응 설문 조사(단위학교 전문교과 교사의 NCS 학습모듈 편성운영 및 현황실태와 대응 조사), NCS학습모듈 대응 심층 면담과 코딩하기(Lipsky의 일선관료이론으로 NCS학습모듈 편성운영과 대응 취합 및 분석), NCS학습모듈 대응기제 분석(NCS학습모듈 정책집행방향 제안) 등의 순서로 진행 되었다.결과 첫째, 정책결정과 정책집행은 그 성질 면에서 본질적인 차이가 없다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 정책결정기관과 정책집행기관인 단위학교나 일선교사 상호간에는 지금보다 개방적이고 순환성을 가질 수 있는 NCS학습모듈을 운영해야 한다. 둘째, Lipsky의 일선관료제이론이 본 연구에서 재정의되는 부분은 다음과 같다. Lipsky는 역할재정의(changing role expectations)에서 일선교사(관료)들은 정작 요구되는 일은 회피하고 자신들이 원하는 역할만 수행하는 결과를 가져올 수 있다고 우려했다. 그러나 본 연구조사에서 일선교사들은 NCS학습모듈 교육과정 편성운영에 있어 회피나 역할기피로 반응하고 대응하는 것이 아니었다. Lipsky의 역할재정의와는 다르게 NCS학습모듈 적응 메커니즘을 형성하고 있었다. 셋째, 일선교사들은 교육과정의 재량권으로 정책집행의 순응을 지향하고 있었다. 그 순응의 방법은 재량권에 의한 단순화와 정형화라고 분석 된다. Lipsky가 일선관료제이론에서 일선교사(관료)의 직무수행에 있어 상당한 재량권이 중요하다는 사실이 본 연구를 통해서도 확인할 수 있었다. 일선교사들은 재량권을 통하여 NCS학습모듈의 부족한 부분에 신속하게 대응하고 있었다.결론 본 연구는 NCS학습모듈을 운영하고 있는 단위학교 일선교사를 연구대상으로 Lipsky의 일선집행관료제이론을 통한 반응과 대응기제를 분석했다. 연구과정에서 Lipsky의 일선관료제이론과 일선교사들의 정책집행에서 분석된 반응이 재정의된 경우도 있었다. 왜 이러한 대응기제가 나타나는지는 후속연구를 통하여 분석해 볼 필요가 있다고 본다. 본 연구가 일선교사(관료)의 NCS학습모듈 정책집행과정을 연구하는데 조금이나마 도움이 될 수 있기를 바란다.

Exploring the Experience and Meaning of Vocational Subject Teachers’ Remote Learning

Exploring the Experience and Meaning of Vocational Subject Teachers’ Remote Learning

ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ ДИСТАНЦІЙНОГО НАВЧАННЯ У ПІДГОТОВЦІ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ПРОФЕСІЙНИХ ТЕХНІЧНИХ ПРЕДМЕТІВ В УНІВЕРСИТЕТАХ РЕСПУБЛІКИ ПОЛЬЩА ТА УКРАЇНИ

Актуальність дослідження визначається потребою українського суспільства у вивченні та використанні позитивного досвіду застосування дистанційного навчання у процесі підготовки педагогічних кадрів для системи професійної освіти у Республіці Польща. Мета – виявити пріоритети політики Європейського Союзу у сфері інформатизації освіти в контексті реалізації програми "Освіта та професійна підготовка 2020"; проаналізувати особливості застосування дистанційного навчання у польській вищій школі; розробити рекомендації щодо використання її досвіду для модернізації української системи освіти. Методи: аналіз нормативно-правової бази інформатизації вищої і базової середньої освіти у Республіці Польща – для з’ясування стану дослідженості проблеми професійної підготовки майбутніх учителів професійних технічних предметів в університетах Республіки Польща; анкетування студентів – для виявлення ставлення студентів закладів вищої освіти України та Польщі до використання дистанційного навчання у їхній професійній підготовці. Результати: характеризується Європейська стратегія інформатизації освіти, аналізується нормативно-правова база інформатизації вищої і базової середньої освіти у Республіці Польща, розглядається польський досвід стандартизації цифрової компетентності майбутніх учителів професійних технічних предметів і розвитку їх готовності до використання технологій дистанційного навчання; здійснено порівняльний аналіз результатів опитування польських і українських студентів щодо їх ставлення до використання технологій дистанційного навчання в професійній підготовці майбутніх педагогічних кадрів для закладів професійної освіти. Висновки. У результаті дослідження були виявлені такі пріоритети політики Європейського Союзу у сфері інформатизації освіти в контексті реалізації програми "Освіта та професійна підготовка 2020": формування готовності вчителів і викладачів до інформатизації освіти та стандартизації їхньої цифрової компетентності; використання цифрових технологій в освітньому процесі; створення курсів дистанційного навчання для викладачів; технологізація та інтернаціоналізація європейської вищої освіти; розвиток онлайн-програм підвищення кваліфікації викладачів з окремих дисциплін. Проаналізовано особливості застосування технологій дистанційного навчання у польській вищій школі, зокрема під час пандемії коронавірусу. Розроблено рекомендації щодо використання польського досвіду застосування технологій дистанційного навчання у підготовці майбутніх учителів професійних технічних предметів для модернізації української системи освіти.

Barriers to implementation of distance learning during the COVID-19 outbreak: Teacher perspective

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, distance learning has become one of the main educational issues globally. With the transition of all instruction to the online environment, teachers in Serbia have faced a number of challenges and barriers that have affected the quality of their work. In this paper, we wanted to analyse the barriers that teachers faced during the first months of distance learning. The research was conducted combining quantitative and qualitative analysis of data collected on a sample of 122 high school teachers from the Southeast Serbia (Nis, Leskovac). The results show that teachers recognise evaluation barriers as the predominant ones, followed by organisational-administrative ones, while the least represented were material-technical barriers to distance learning. The findings also confirm that material and technical barriers are most common among teachers with the longest work experience, as well as that organisational-administrative and socio-emotional barriers are the least common among teachers of vocational subjects. Although the focus of the paper was on the barriers in the implementation of distance learning, it can be concluded that teachers recognise certain benefits of this type of instruction and indicate that it can be used as a supplement to regular instruction. The main pedagogical implications of the paper refer to the empowerment of teachers through professional development in the field of distance learning, but also to the need to create new professional development programmes in this field which will enable the development of functional knowledge and relevant competencies for the immediate situational context of modern instruction.

Jezička kompetencija nastavnika stručnih predmeta i integrisano učenje sadržaja i stranog jezika - prikaz slučaja

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) promoted by the Bologna Declaration has not yet taken root in universities in the European Union and the Balkans. Some of the main obstacles are the lack of interest of teachers of content subjects in higher education, primarily due to insufficient knowledge of English and/or English for specific purposes, as well as the lack of professional literature. The paper presents the results of a research conducted at a faculty of the University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, which aimed to determine whether the application of CLIL teaching is applicable and identify the problems teachers face most often when teaching in a foreign language. For the purpose of this research, a qualitative method was used. Sixteen (16) teachers took an oral test in December 2020. This specialized oral test consisted of 15 questions and was designed to test the competencies of teachers for teaching content subjects in English. Also, for the purposes of this research, two questionnaires were forwarded: a) to students after an experimental lecture in English b) to teachers of a foreign (English) language at the said faculty. We can conclude that both teachers and students believe that teaching and learning content in English is very important and that knowledge of English is necessary for professional advancement. However, the number of teachers of vocational subjects who were willing to be tested orally, the test results and the opinion of foreign language teachers on the application of this approach at this faculty, are indicators that for now its application is, unfortunately, far fetched. In order to ensure the quality of teaching and learning, it is necessary to aim at the sustainability of the CLIL approach and at the systematic training of teachers in order to create programs that conceptualize the integration of content and language, connect subject and language teachers and specialists at all levels.

Teaching Professional Technical Subjects Accepting Current Trends in Field Didactics

Abstract Introduction: In the theoretical study, the authors describe current approaches enriching the theory of field didactics concerning teaching technical subjects. They focus on developing the psychomotor dimension of students’ personalities, which they consider to be an important part of the modern young generation’s culture concept. In order to ensure this role in vocational-technical education, it is necessary to innovate the pedagogical preparation of teachers of technical subjects with a focus on achieving the required teaching competences. A part of the presented study deals with the determination, analysis, and representation of individual teaching competences in the doctoral study plan in the conditions of DTI University in Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia. Methods: The theoretical study is based on a theoretical analysis of the issues of teaching technical subjects in vocational schools. For the purposes of theoretical analysis, the following research methods have been implemented: - content analysis of the issues of teaching vocational subjects (current innovative trends in field didactics; theories of psychomotor learning; vocational subject teachers); - logical operations (analysis, synthesis, comparison); - generalization and recommendations for the school practice of field didactics. Results: For the development of specialized didactics, it is necessary to take into account the newest results of scientific investigation in general didactics and field didactics; and to apply them in the existing and also new teacher training programs under development as only these facts create new possibilities for improving the quality of education in vocational schools. A consistent development of vocational subject teachers’ teaching competences in the process of their preparation for the teaching profession following current trends and intentions in the field of didactics can become the carrier of positive changes. Discussion: The authors of the study consider it extremely important to accept the latest trends in educational theory in the training programs for teachers of technical subjects. The result of this is the current doctoral study program offered by DTI University in Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia, which is organically linked to the master study program Teaching Technical Subjects. In the current academic year, DTI University has been granted the right to conduct habilitation and inauguration procedures in the field of study Didactics based on continuous and successful research activities in the above field with results comparable to the results at an international level and accepted by the professional international community. Conclusions: In the conclusion, the authors of the theoretical study point out that a teacher developing students’ personalities in all directions is the decisive factor in the educational process oriented on efficiency and high-quality results of students. To achieve this effect in the context of vocational schools, it is necessary to reform the training programs for future teachers of technical subjects.

Osobowość nauczyciela w ujęciu psychologicznym

W artykule analizie poddano zagadnienie osobowości nauczycieli w kontekście psychologicznej teorii Wielkiej Piątki oraz osobowościowego komponentu postawy twórczej, jakim jest nonkonformizm. Głównym celem badawczym była diagnoza aktualnej kondycji osobowościowej nauczycieli w kontekście takich zmiennych, jak: typ szkoły, lata pracy, stopień awansu zawodowego, nauczany przedmiot, płeć nauczyciela. W badaniach zastosowano Inwentarz Osobowości NEO-FFI Roberta R. McCrae i Paula T. Costy oraz Kwestionariusz Twórczego Zachowania (KANH III). Przeanalizowano wyniki 258-osobowej grupy nauczycieli w wieku 26–60 lat. Przeprowadzone wnioskowanie statystyczne pozwoliło na sformułowanie następujących wniosków. Średnie nasilenie neurotyczności mają nauczyciele szkoły podstawowej i technikum, a najniższa neurotyczność występuje u nauczycieli liceum. Neurotyczność jest istotnie statystycznie wyższa u kobiet niż u mężczyzn nauczycieli. Nauczyciele przedmiotów zawodowych mają istotnie mniejszą otwartość na doświadczenie niż nauczyciele przedmiotów humanistycznych. Nauczyciel stażysta posiada istotnie niższe nasilenie sumienności niż nauczyciel dyplomowany i mianowany. Wyniki badań można wykorzystać do usprawnienia procedur rozwoju profesjonalnego nauczycieli.

Preparation of Future Teachers at Vocational Secondary Schools and Financial Literacy

The aim of this paper is to find out how to motivate future teachers of vocational subjects to implement financial literacy as a natural part of the teaching process. If a teacher does not have a positive attitude towards economics, it is challenging for him to include the proper activities in the field of financial literacy into the process of teaching vocational subjects. The education of future teachers in this field has a wide scope for improvement and implementation of new trends. The purpose of the paper is to examine the initial experiences of introducing the topic Financial Literacy into the training of future teachers in vocational subjects at secondary vocational schools which are taught at the Technical University in Košice (the course of additional pedagogical study). Financial Literacy was the part of a compulsory subject called Didactics in Vocational Subjects, which aimed to determine the awareness of students about the document The National Standard of Financial Literacy in a sample of 67 students. The participants used the document and its attachments in practice. Our results point out that most students did not know about the existence of the document and that none of the students had ever worked with the document before. An incompatibility between the document and its attachments makes difficult to implement financial literacy into the teaching process at secondary vocational schools. In the paper, we present an overview of some methods that shift the problem of financial literacy to a practical level.

From vocational worker to vocational teacher: a study of identity transition and loss

ABSTRACT This article addresses the transition from vocational worker to vocational teacher in a Norwegian higher institution. Specifically, the vocational worker identity is examined to obtain a deeper knowledge of how trainee teachers describe the transition from vocational worker to vocational teacher. Previous research has highlighted the challenges of this transition and pointed out the struggle to align the vocational work-based identity with the teacher identity. Relatively little attention, however, has been paid to the aspect of detachment in the process of transition from a vocational worker role to the role of teacher of a vocational subject. Through the analysis of focus group interviews with Norwegian trainee teachers, feelings of loss and ‘letting something go’ expressed by the trainee teachers reveal an important dimension in characterising the aspect of detachment in a transition. This analysis highlights the importance of exploring the vocational identity and the influence of the prior vocation in the transition to vocational teacher and the important role of teacher education in assisting trainee teachers of vocational subjects to successfully navigate this transition.

The professional development of VET teachers in Italy: participation, needs and barriers. Statistical quantifications and benchmarking in an international perspective

BackgroundIn a context of scarce statistical information, this paper focuses on the professional development of Vocational Education and Training teachers in Italy, namely those teaching vocational subjects. It provides a statistical picture of it, in an international perspective and along three dimensions (participation, needs and barriers).MethodsData used in this article originate from the 2013 Teaching and Learning International Survey and they are subject to its methodology. The analysis is carried at upper secondary level of education and adopts a comparative perspective at national and international level. Results for teachers of vocational subjects are compared with those for teachers of general subjects working in schools with and without vocational programmes (used as two distinct groups for contrasts and comparisons). Results for Italy are compared with those for other six countries. Differences across countries and teachers groups are presented, analyzed and discussed, also considering a number of background characteristics of the teachers and of the context in which they work. Methods for statistical analysis rely on inference statistics. Key descriptive findings are highlighted and further investigated by means of logistic regression models.ResultsThe article quantifies, qualifies and internationally benchmarks a core set of figures, which can be used, in a comparative approach, to characterize the VET system in Italy and to report on its future progress in the field of teachers’ professional development.ConclusionsThe article discusses policy relevant implications and advocates for collecting and further developing comparable data in future.

Use of Interactive Whiteboards in the Work of Teachers of Vocational Subjects with an Emphasis on the Effectiveness of Teaching

Use of Interactive Whiteboards in the Work of Teachers of Vocational Subjects with an Emphasis on the Effectiveness of Teaching

Professional and Career Development of Vocational Subject Teachers as a Trend in the Lifelong Learning of Teachers

Abstract This research study concerns the trends in the lifelong learning of teachers including self-education as a form of teacher personal development. It explores the importance, role and objectives of lifelong learning, andragogic pedeutology, as well as the trends and further education of possibilities of teachers in Slovakia with regards to the forms of learning, qualification education and continuing education. We present the findings of a research survey on the educational needs of secondary vocational school (SVS) teachers as one of the results of the KEGA 005 DTI-4/2013 project in the study. We also present the research objectives, research questions, research sample of SVS teachers, research methods and instruments. In addition to presenting the findings of the current and updated education needs of SVS teachers in the sample and their interpretation, we formulate the research conclusions on the educational needs of SVS teachers as one of the results of the KEGA 005 DTI-4/2013 project.