Conclusion

Abstract

This chapter summarizes the key findings of a study about VET teachers’ professional learning needs and practices in response to the internationalization of vocational education and training. It argues for a re-conceptualization of VET teachers’ professional learning that takes into account the current context of internationalization and commercialization in VET, increased global workforce mobility and intercultural workplaces, and teacher agency and participatory capacity. It proposes a participatory approach to professional learning which involves teachers’ voices of their practical needs, promotes communities of practice supportive of teachers’ reciprocal professional learning, and recognizes teachers’ agency in their professional learning practices. The chapter also provides evidence-based recommendations for topics to be covered in formal professional learning programs to help enhance teachers’ capacities to work in internationalized VET.