Background Papers

In order to inform the workshops and as preparatory documents for workshop participants several background papers have been prepared by the project team. Each one is about 3-5 pages long, synthesising issues, results, conclusions and recommendations in the area of VET teachers and trainers. The background papers are designed to provide inputs for discussion during the workshops.

The background papers are organised along three different rationales. The country cluster background papers synthesise dominant trends in VET and key issues of concern in the area of VET teachers and trainers that prevail in the (group of) countries participating in each of the regional workshops. The national level information provided is based on country reports that were partly generated in the framework of other studies and partly made available through Cedefop country level reporting. The thematic background papers pick up and introduce some key topics that are of particular interest in the area of VET teachers and trainers. And, finally, the background papers on conducted studies synthesise results and recommendations of European studies and initiatives that have been carried out during the past years.

Country cluster background papers

Workshop 1: VET Teachers and Trainers in IRELAND, MALTA, The NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA and the UK background-paper-cluster-1

Workshop 2: The Situation of VET Teachers and Trainers in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia background-paper-cluster-2

Workshop 3: The Situation of VET Teachers and Trainers in Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden background_paper_cluster_3

Workshop 4: The Situation of VET Teachers and Trainers in Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain background_paper_cluster_4

Workshop 5: The Situation of VET Teachers and Trainers in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Slovenia and Turkey background_paper_cluster_5

Thematic background papers

Cooperation between VET teachers and trainers – theory and practice, companies and schools
The paper examines the roles of VET teachers and company-based trainers in European VET systems. European VET systems are characterised by a variety of training models which is only insufficiently expressed by the familiar distinction of school-based, company-based and dual systems. thematic-background-paper-1_coooperation-up-date

Background papers on conducted studies

Studies on Trainers in Enterprises (EUROTRAINER)

The Eurotrainer 1 study provides a summary of the work and outcomes of the Eurotrainer project which undertook a large scale survey into the training of VEt trainers in every European country. background-paper-1_trainers-in-enterprises

Defining VET Professions

The study ‘Defining VET Professions’ was carried out by a multinational consortium coordinated by HAMK University of Applied Sciences (Finland) for Cedefop/TTnet with the aim to contribute to the development of a European competence framework for IVET professions. background-paper-2_cedefop-studies

A Framework for the Continuing Professional Development of Trainers

The Leonardo da Vinci TTPlus project is looking at the training of trai8ners in Europe and seeking to develop a frameowkr for Continuing Porfessional Development. This summary outlines the findings of case studies undertaken by the project. background-paper-3_ttplus

Network of Trainers in Europe survey

The Network of Trainers in Europe project has undertaken a survey of training practitioners. By 25 August 2008, 592 respondents had filled in the questionnaire and this paper provides a preliminary analysis of the sample in order to identify basic characteristics and issues that might deserve further consideration and investigation. background-paper-4_network-survey-results