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The monograph Educators in vocational education and their professional development
evolved from the results of the extensive Slovenian national evaluation study Professional
development of educators in vocational education. There were 1,822 teachers of secondary
vocational education programs and 1,701 students of these programs involved in the sur-
vey.
The monograph provides a comprehensive overview of the professional development
of educators in the field of secondary vocational and technical education. One of the key
issues the authors of this monograph tried to address, was related to the question whether
it is necessary or reasonable for the successful upgrade of the whole concept of professio-
nal development of educators to follow some specific model of professional development,
or, whether, on the other hand, the success of professional development depends more on
some specific individual requirements. At the same time, the authors attempted to deter-
mine which characteristics and conditions are the ones to be changed and designed in or-
der to promote the professional development of the educators’ population in programs of
secondary vocational and technical education.
The authors have explored in detail the characteristics of vocational education and the
professional development of educators. The specifics of professional development of edu-
cators in secondary vocational education are presented and also discussed are the factors
that influence the professional development of educators in vocational education, the pre-
vailing practices and the specifics of further education and training of the participating
educators. The monograph also presents educators’ needs for specific additional knowled-
ge and competences, the role of undergraduate and further in-service education of the in-
volved educators and their process orientation when working with students. It also pre-
177
The monograph Educators in vocational education and their professional development
evolved from the results of the extensive Slovenian national evaluation study Professional
development of educators in vocational education. There were 1,822 teachers of secondary
vocational education programs and 1,701 students of these programs involved in the sur-
vey.
The monograph provides a comprehensive overview of the professional development
of educators in the field of secondary vocational and technical education. One of the key
issues the authors of this monograph tried to address, was related to the question whether
it is necessary or reasonable for the successful upgrade of the whole concept of professio-
nal development of educators to follow some specific model of professional development,
or, whether, on the other hand, the success of professional development depends more on
some specific individual requirements. At the same time, the authors attempted to deter-
mine which characteristics and conditions are the ones to be changed and designed in or-
der to promote the professional development of the educators’ population in programs of
secondary vocational and technical education.
The authors have explored in detail the characteristics of vocational education and the
professional development of educators. The specifics of professional development of edu-
cators in secondary vocational education are presented and also discussed are the factors
that influence the professional development of educators in vocational education, the pre-
vailing practices and the specifics of further education and training of the participating
educators. The monograph also presents educators’ needs for specific additional knowled-
ge and competences, the role of undergraduate and further in-service education of the in-
volved educators and their process orientation when working with students. It also pre-
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