One size does not fit all - mapping informal and formal professional development activities of vocational teachers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7169486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marjanne Hagedoorn (0000-0002-8482-7691, Open University of the Netherlands, corresponding author), Maaike Koopman (0000-0002-5196-0074, Open University of the Netherlands), Marcel Boumans (0000-0002-8717-8148, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht), Esther De Bruijn (0000-0003-4391-4681, Open University of the Netherlands) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 372-392 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teachers and Teaching (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0602 • E-ISSN: 1470-1278 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13540602.2023.2276743 |
| OpenAlex | W4388534594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
Vocational teachers continuously tailor their teaching to changes in occupational practice, technologies, and student diversity.Teacher professional development is crucial for dealing with these changes.A longitudinal study was conducted to study the professional development activities of vocational teachers in the Netherlands.It resulted in a typology of formal and informal professional development activities.This typology consolidates preceding typologies, and specifies these for the context of vocational education.During a two-and-a-half year period, 26 experienced teachers detailed their informal and formal professional development activities in learner reports.The 386 activities identified were grouped in six categories of informal professional development activities and in five categories of formal activities.In total, three quarters of the activities could be characterised as informal, embedded in daily practice.Our typology could encourage vocational schools in facilitating professional development more effectively
Career development · Geography · Higher education · Informal education · Informal learning · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional development · Sociology · Typology · Vocational education · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Medicine · Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Research Methods in Education
Informal learning in the workplace
Teachers’ Everyday Professional Development
Multilevel Boundary Crossing in a Professional Development School Partnership
VET teachers continuing professional development—the responsibility of the school leader
Vocational teachers` professional development in assessment for learning
Understanding vocational teachers’ professional development in work placement
Applications of De Groot's “learner report”
Experienced teachers' informal learning
Fostering subject teachers' integrated language teaching in technical vocational education
Teacher learning in the context of teacher collaboration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |