VET Teachers in the Context of Professional Growth: Rality and Aspirations

Profesinis Rengimas Tyrimai ir Realijos 2009
Anita Lanka

Article indicates the preconditions for VET teachers` professional development. The author deals with actual problems in VET teachers` in-service training. The analysis of VET teachers` profession development needs as a new reality have to be defined through reflection and self-assessment of professional competencies. The most important factor for improving the furher education level of vocational school teachers is their intrinsic motivation and awareness of learning content.

Keywords
VEt teachers` professional growth, reflection, self-evaluation, self-assessment, assessment of prior learning, self-initiated and self-directed learning, competence based learning

Lanka, A. VET Teachers in the Context of Professional Growth: Rality and Aspirations. In: Profesinis Rengimas Tyrimai ir Realijos. Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universitas, 2009, pp.86-96.

Publication language
Lithuanian (lt)