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The Education of VET Teachers and Trainers

Alicia Ros-garridoFernando Marhuenda-fluixá

subject

Medical educationVocational educationContinuing educationProfessional practiceSociologyCurriculumTeacher education

description

In this chapter, we describe the processes and curricula of initial education of VET teachers and trainers, its features and requirements, describing the differences between formal VET teachers and non-formal vocational trainers. We introduce the initial education required to become formal VET teachers and non-formal vocational trainers in the past three decades in Spain, with particular attention to their technical and pedagogical background. We then briefly explain the continuing education chances addressed to these teachers and trainers. We finish the chapter by pointing to the challenges of the education of VET teachers and trainers, while we suggest that VET teachers have to struggle to integrate their experience as teachers with professional practice.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8475-2_5