Introduction into Aims of Vocational education and VETteach Erasmus + project from 2020-2022. Involved in the project were Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.

1. Teaching VET educators for their
different roles and challenges as
innovators in Europe
Final project conference
16.06.2022; 09:00 – 12:00

2. About VETteach – starting point
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What are the aims of VET?

3. About VETteach – starting point
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Qualified professional action,
Based on experience and knowledge about technology
Take into account
Economic,
social and
ecological
environment
Communications skills,
Solidarity, collegial
performance
Self reflexive
biography creation
What are the aims of VET?

4. About VETteach – starting point
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Be familiar with the current technology and the
demands of the occupations you are teaching.
Appreciate quality in teaching
Goals for VET teacher education

5. About VETteach – starting point
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Be in touch with
yourself,
understand your
behavior,
respect your needs
Goals for VET teacher education
Be familiar with the current technology and the
demands of the occupations you are teaching.
Appreciate quality in teaching

6. About VETteach – starting point
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Be empathetic to
pupils, colleagues,
partners, understand
their behavior and
needs
Be in touch with
yourself,
understand your
behavior,
respect your needs
Goals for VET teacher education
Be familiar with the current technology and the
demands of the occupations you are teaching.
Appreciate quality in teaching

7. About VETteach – starting point
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Appreciate quality in teaching, analyse the worklife
of the occupations you are teaching and have
knowledge of technologies
Be in touch with
nature and
society,
be part of a
global world,
respect the
needs of the
planet
Be empathetic to
pupils, colleagues,
partners, understand
their behavior and
needs
Be in touch with
yourself,
understand your
behavior,
respect your needs
Goals for VET teacher education

8. About VETteach – starting point
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Appreciate quality in teaching, analyse the worklife
of the occupations you are teaching and have
knowledge of technologies
Be in touch with
nature and
society,
be part of a
global world,
respect the
needs of the
planet
Be empathetic to
pupils, colleagues,
partners, understand
their behavior and
needs
Be in touch with
yourself,
understand your
behavior,
respect your needs
Goals for VET teacher education
Be familiar with the current technology and the
demands of the occupations you are teaching.
Appreciate quality in teaching
Should we talk
about it at
European level
and share our
experiences?

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The VETteach team

10. About VETteach
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• Foster the professionalization of VET educators by
providing a high-quality education and training
• Share good practice and research based knowledge
 Establish a network of universities providing initial and
continuing education and training to future and current VET
educators (Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Spain,
Switzerland)
Overarching goal
Project duration: 01.02.2020 – 31.8.2022 (extended)

11. About VETteach
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Compare and learn from the country-specific perspective and
activities on
• Civic engagement
• Integration of disadvantaged people
• VET educators further training
• Students learning at the workplace
• Digitalisation
• VET educators as guides of students careers
Areas of interest

12. About VETteach
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Knowledge about country
specific VET teacher pathways
Joint publications  present
and future challenges for VET
TE providers
Follow-up project proposal 
development of transnational
qualifications modules
Expected results Achievements
• 5 project meetings (2 digital)
4 project progress meetings
• Dissemination:
4 publications (soon to be 5), several
presentations in:
Basel conference (2021), Stockholm
conference (2022), Linköping,
Rostock, Yerivan 2022,
• international comparative study on
VET as innovators & preparing a
follow-up proposal

13. About VETteach
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Knowledge about country
specific VET teacher pathways
Joint publications  present
and future challenges for VET
TE providers
Follow-up project proposal
 development of
transnational qualification
modules
Expected results Achievements
• Share:
5 project meetings (2 digital)
4 digital project progress meetings
• Investigate:
comparative study on VET as
innovators
• Distribute:
5 pulications, presentations in:
Basel conference (2021), Stockholm,
Linköping, Rostock, Yerivan
Conferences (2022)

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Short presentations of the VETteach project results
Agenda
Panel discussion
Poster session & discussions

15. Prof. Dr. Fernando Marhuenda,
University of Valencia,
Prof. Dr. Barbara E. Stalder, PH Bern
Dr. Christof Nägele, PH FHNW,
Prof. Dr. Per Andersson,
Linköping University,
Prof. Dr. Franz Kaiser,
University Rostock,
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Short presentations of the VETteach project results
Civic engagement
of students
Supporting careers
of students
Integration of
disadvantaged
Teachers Continous
developement