Being a vocational teacher in Sweden: navigating the regime of competence for vocational teachers

Abstract: Context: Vocational teachers are called to constantly meet the upcoming needs in social and working life. In Sweden, the high demand for vocational teachers has led to their recruitment in the early stages of vocational teacher studies or even before teacher training. Entering this new community of practice, vocational teachers cross boundaries between their previous occupation and their teaching job, mediating the introduction of competence between them. In this context, the study explores vocational teachers' competence through their own perceptions, addressing important competence areas, as well as how competence is understood. Approach: The study employs a socio-cultural perspective on learning. Communities of practice establish their regime of competence, a set of principles and expectations that recognise membership. To be competent is translated as understanding the shared enterprise of the community, being capable and allowed to engage in it and, thus, interact ...

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
In: International journal for research in vocational education and training 9 (2022) 2, S. 269-293
ISSN: 2197-8646
(DE-600)2814627-X

Klassifikation
Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Frankfurt
(wer)
DIPF Leibniz Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation
(wann)
2022
Urheber
Antera, Sofia

DOI
10.25656/01:25383
URN
urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-253837
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Letzte Aktualisierung
14.08.2025, 10:48 MESZ

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Beteiligte

  • Antera, Sofia
  • DIPF Leibniz Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation

Entstanden

  • 2022

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