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VET Teachers’ Formal Professional Learning Practices

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This chapter examines the current formal professional learning practices of VET teachers from a variety of institutes in Australia. Findings from interviews with the VET teachers in this study show that the teachers’ formal professional learning activities currently focus mostly on generic, technical issues and compliance requirements while matters related to supporting the teaching staff to deal with issues arising from teaching international students and preparing students for the global labor market receives limited institutional attention. The study identifies the current major barriers to professional learning provision and participation being financial and time constraints, lack of teachers’ interest, and casualization of staff.

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Tran, L.T., Le, T.T.T. (2018). VET Teachers’ Formal Professional Learning Practices. In: Teacher Professional Learning in International Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70515-6_4

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