One size does not fit all - mapping informal and formal professional development activities of vocational teachers

ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.Authors Marjanne Hagedoorn, Maaike Koopman, Machiel Bouwmans, Elly de Bruijn
ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.PublishedIn Teacher and Teaching
ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.PublicationDate 2023
ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.Lectorates Vocational Education
ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.PublicationType Article

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Vocational teachers continuously tailor their teaching to changes in occupational practice, technologies, and student diversity. Teacher professional development is crucial for dealing with these changes. A longitudinal study was conducted to study the professional development activities of vocational teachers in the Netherlands. It resulted in a typology of formal and informal professional development activities. This typology consolidates preceding typologies, and specifies these for the context of vocational education. During a two-and-a-half year period, 26 experienced teachers detailed their informal and formal professional development activities in learner reports. The 386 activities identified were grouped in six categories of informal professional development activities and in five categories of formal activities. In total, three quarters of the activities could be characterised as informal, embedded in daily practice. Our typology could encourage vocational schools in facilitating professional development more effectively.

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  • Marjanne Hagedoorn | Researcher | Research group Vocational Education
    Marjanne Hagedoorn
    • Researcher
    • researchcomponents.publicationcontent.authorlectoratelabelsingle: Vocational Education
  • Maaike Koopman | Researcher
    Maaike Koopman
    • Researcher
    • researchcomponents.publicationcontent.authorlectoratelabel: Vocational Education, Working in Education
  • Machiel Bouwmans | Researcher | Research group Vocational Education
    Machiel Bouwmans
    • Researcher
    • researchcomponents.publicationcontent.authorlectoratelabelsingle: Organisations in Digital Transition
  • Elly de Bruijn | Professor | Research group Vocational Education
    Elly de Bruijn
    • Professor
    • researchcomponents.publicationcontent.authorlectoratelabelsingle: Vocational Education

ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.Language English
ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.PublishedIn Teacher and Teaching
ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.Keywords learning activities, professional development, vocational education and training, experienced teachers, learner report
ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.DigitalObjectIdentifier 10.1080/13540602.2023.2276743

Marjanne Hagedoorn

Marjanne Hagedoorn | Researcher | Research group Vocational Education

Marjanne Hagedoorn

  • Researcher
  • ResearchComponents.ResearcherContactBlock.LectorateVocational Education