Departmental conditions for professional learning of instructors in vocational and professional education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For vocational and professional education to remain relevant, instructors need to keep developing themselves and their practices. Much of instructor learning happens on-the-job. Drawing on literature on teacher learning in the workplace, this article explores how structural and cultural conditions shape professional learning of instructors in departments for post-secondary vocational and professional education in western Canada.

Methods

A multiple case study approach was used to explore how instructors perceive departmental conditions as enhancing or inhibiting professional learning. Interview data, meeting observations, and program documentation was collected from 27 instructors from 5 departments in three institutes for post-secondary vocational and professional

SUBMITTER: Hoekstra A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10611886 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature