Overview
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- Proposes a new digital teaching competency framework for TVET teachers
- Explores indicators of digital teaching competencies based on the proposed framework
- Provides an assessment instrument for evaluating digital teaching competencies in TVET
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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About this book
What is particularly useful to TVET teachers/trainers are the proposed competency development framework, competency indicators, and the assessment instrument. Drawing on extensive research regarding TVET teachers’ competency development and today’s industry needs, the proposed framework and indicators can be readily used to inform the self-assessment of one’s professional competency level, so as to plan one’s career trajectory accordingly.Teachers and trainers may also find the exemplary cases of teachers’ professional development from various countries inspiring and motivating. The book also serves as a useful reference for TVET leaders, administrators and teacher trainers. The book's competency framework, indicators, and strategies are an adaptable reference for planning professional development policies, evaluation mechanisms, and programs for teachers.
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Keywords
- Open access
- TVET teachers’ digital competencies
- Professional development for TVET teachers
- Teacher training in vocational education
- Assessing teacher competence in vocational education
- Digital transformation in vocational education
- A competency framework for TVET teachers
- Indicators of professional competencies in vocational education
- TVET teacher training models
- Exemplars of good practice in TVET
Table of contents (5 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Qian Zhou is a Senior Engineer of the Institute of Education at Tsinghua University, China. His research focuses on design, development, application and evaluation of e-learning environments, institutional education reform, and innovation through technology in higher education and vocational education. The e-learning platform developed by his team has been adopted in more than 500 universities and vocational schools in China. He was granted multiple awards for his research in the educational technology area, such as the Beijing Science and Technology Awards in 2014, the Beijing Excellent Research Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in 2019, and the Province-Level Teaching Achievement Awards seven times from 2018 to 2022 in China.
Dr Ming Li is Director of the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO, and Chair Professor at the Center for Higher Education Research of Southern University of Science and Technology in China, and Member of the Expert Committee of International Online Teaching Platform and Curriculum Development of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education of China. He has served in a wide range of key positions in government agencies and in the senior leadership of universities. Dr Ming Li has been committed to the mission and goals set forth by UNESCO to improve higher education quality and promote the massification of higher education for developing countries in the Asia Pacific and Africa. His major research interests lie in higher education policies, ICT application in higher education, online and blended learning in developing countries, and digital transformation of higher education.
Dr Yuping Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University, Australia. Her research focuses on the use of innovative pedagogy supported byadvanced technologies in improving learners’ second language learning experiences, and outcomes in the contexts of distance, blended and online learning. Her research has investigated the linguistic, intercultural and technological affordances of various asynchronous, and synchronous online learning environments, with publications on online learning design, blended learning pedagogy (e.g., flipped classrooms) and online teacher training and professional development. Her recent publications also include topics relating to institution-wide blended learning implementation strategies and Robot-Assisted Language Learning (RALL). She has also served on a number of editorial boards of international journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Technical and Vocational Teacher Professional Development in the Digital Age
Editors: Xibin Han, Qian Zhou, Ming Li, Yuping Wang
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5937-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Rightsholder (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5936-5Published: 15 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-5937-2Published: 14 September 2023
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 125
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Education, general