- Title
- VET teachers' and trainers' participation in professional development : a national overview
- Creator
- Tuck, Jacqueline; Smith, Erica
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/178370
- Identifier
- vital:15411
- Identifier
- http://hdl.voced.edu.au/10707/446023
- Abstract
- 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 ARC-funded national research project on VET teachers and their qualifications. Part of the first survey, which focused mainly on VET teachers’ qualifications and teaching approaches, examined the PD activities undertaken by the respondents. It explored the nature and frequency of the activities, the motivations for participation and the support provided for PD. The second survey was sent to VET teachers/trainers who had participated in PD activities offered by three major PD providers for VET. It focused on the external PD activities undertaken by respondents and explored the frequency, content and nature of activities. The paper provides evidence on the current state of professional development, both formal and informal, for teachers/trainers across the VET sector and compares differences among teachers working for different types of provider. Detailed data are presented on participation in a range of industry and VET PD activities (both within and external to the RTO), the motivations for participation, and who pays for PD. The findings show the type of PD activities that were valued, and what participants would like to see in the future. The findings are expected to inform policy discussions about VET teacher development and will be useful for managers in TAFE Institutes and RTOs; and for those external organisations delivering PD to the VET workforce.
- Publisher
- AVETRA, 2017, Sydney, New South Wales
- Relation
- AVETRA 20th Annual Conference, 18-20 April 2017
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright @ Jacqueline Tuck and Erica Smith
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- Professional development; TAFE; Vocational teachers; Trainers; Registered training organisation
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