Kristiina Volmari

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TTnet Finland - experiences

• Kristiina Volmari
• Tallinn 15 June 2004

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National synergies

• Eurydice

• CEDEFOP ReferNet

• OECD INES coordination

• NRP and ENIC/NARIC

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Network members

• vocational teacher education institutions
• Teachers Union
• adult education organisations
• educational research centres
• local and regional authorities
• VET schools
• the National Board of Education
• The Ministry of Education

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Regular activities

• two annual national meetings

• conference on on-the-job-learning

• joint electronic newsletter with Eurydice
  ReferNet

• web-site www.oph.fi/cedefop/ttnet

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Development needs

• activation of national members
• closer cooperation with national decision-makers

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Advantages

• practitioner-level European exchange

• prominent role of TTnet

• access to up-to-date information

• continuous benchmarking

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Professionalisation of VET teachers for the
future

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Challenges to the teacher profession

• New target groups

ICT development
Organisational changes
Labour market developments
Student-centred approaches
VET teachers
New educational theories
Reforms
Internationalisation
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Thematic trends

• Pedagogical update

Vocational update
Qualification update
World of school vs. world of work
Professional well-being
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Funding
EU
NATIONAL
P P P
FI IT NL DK
P DK
FI FI
DK DK FI FI NL NL IT
FI NL
REGIONALLOCAL
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Recommendations

• Teachers active players in VET reforms

CVETT must provide practical knowledge and skills
for new roles and functions
Continuous contacts between schools and
workplaces to ensure mutual goals

• CVETT should be regular and compulsory

Organisational and interorganisational learning
is needed
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TTnet projects - cons

• Workload

Limited funds
Personal chemistries
Cultural differences

• Unresponsiveness of partners

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TTnet projects - pros

• Meaningful cooperation

Better understanding of European systems
Influence at European level