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Effective learning environments in the vocational track of the first stage of secondary education

Providing the vulnerable students in the vocational track of the first stage of secondary education with high-quality teaching is a major challenge. Recent research results indicate that many of these students do not master the attainment targets or minimum objectives. However, a basic education that focuses on the development of key competences is necessary for these students in order to successfully participate and contribute to our complex society and social life. As the teacher plays a key role in helping students to develop these key competences, knowledge about the elements of effective learning environments they can use in the first stage of the vocational track and the conditions to successfully implement these learning environments are needed. The aims of this study are (1) to identify the pedagogical-didactic principles that are beneficial and effective for the diverse student population of the vocational track, (2) to analyze the context of the vocational track in the first stage of secondary education and to identify current innovative practices within this context, (3) to assess the degree in which innovative practices are based on the identified principles extracted from the review study, and (4) to critically analyze the effectiveness and conditions of a selection of teaching practices. Next, these results will be collected in a small teacher professional development program aiming at the integration of effective pedagogical-didactic principles in their teaching.

Date:22 Sep 2021 →  Today
Keywords:secondary education, Effective learning environments, Vocational education
Disciplines:Secondary education, Teacher training, Instructional psychology and instructional design, Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogics
Project type:PhD project