National Pathways and European Dimensions of Trainers' Professional Development

Contents: Simone Kirpal/Graham Attwell: Introduction - Simone Kirpal: Emerging Roles and Competence Requirements of Teaching and Training Practitioners - A European Perspective - Pia Cort: Trends in VET Teaching and Training: Teachers' Perceptions of Change and Implications for Teaching Practice in Denmark - Graham Attwell: Using Technologies for Teaching and Training - the Challenges of Training Trainers in the UK - Joanna Burchert/Barry Nyhan: Trainers' Conceptions of Apprenticeship Training in Ireland and Germany - Vicente Giménez Marín/Antonio Navío Gámez/José Luís García Molina: Training of Trainers in the Spanish Construction Industry - A Private-Public Partnership Approach - Markku Kuivalahti/Matti Kurikka/Martti Majuri: Preparing In-Company Trainers for a New Partnership Approach of the Finnish Vocational Education and Training System - Krista Loogma/Olesja Rotar: Service Units at Vocational Schools in Estonia: Enhancing Opportunities for Integrated Learning - Hana Ciháková: From VET to LLL - the Czech Integrated Approach - Erik Kats/Jaap van Lakerveld/Hemmo Smit: Linking Vocational Practice and Vocational Education: The Mediating Role of Expertise Centres in the Netherlands - Silvia Weiß: Trainer Academies, Coaches for Apprentices and Round Table Discussions - Innovations in «Train the Trainers» in Austria - Dora Thymiopoulou/Babis Floros: Structuring VET Professions in Greece: The Unified Register for Trainers - Juliyana Dobreva/Svetlana Morozova: Models of Accreditation of VET Practitioners' Competence in Bulgaria - Iwona Soltysinska/Agnieszka Kotucz: Labour Market Trends and the Professionalization of Trainers in Poland - Bernd Haasler: Establishing Accredited Training Professions - A Possible German Model?

Simone R. Kirpal is an economist and social scientist. Her research interests include international comparisons of labour markets and training systems, skills development and learning. During the past ten years she has been managing numerous European research and development projects on labour market developments, focusing more recently on teachers and trainers in vocational education and training.