Erasmus+ project PAGOSTE

From November 6th to 8th, 2023, conference "Vocational Teacher Education: Between Aspirations and Challenges" took place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business within Erasmus+ Project PAGOSTE. The event aimed to explore the changing role of teacher education in the face of rapid technological advancements, shifting labor markets, and global challenges. Participants discussed the aspirations and expectations of stakeholders in vocational teacher education, including policymakers, industry leaders, educators, and learners. They also assessed the current realities and challenges facing vocational teacher education systems worldwide, covering topics such as curriculum design, pedagogical approaches, assessment methods, and professional development. The conference was organized in collaboration with various partner organizations, each contributing one or two conference papers. Contributions from external experts were also welcomed. The official language of the conference was English, and all presentations, discussions, and materials were conducted in English. The conference was also broadcast online via the Zoom platform.

On the first day of the conference, discussions centered on the Ukrainian context of teacher training for vocational education and the unique challenges faced in times of war. The second day featured keynotes from Prof. Dr. Jürgen Seifried, who provided insights into pedagogical content knowledge of teachers at commercial schools from a German perspective, and Prof. Dr. Philipp Gonon, who discussed the journey to becoming a vocational education teacher in Switzerland, looking back and forward. The third day of the conference explored new approaches in teacher training in the era of digitization, examined European practices in vocational teacher training, discussed systems and institutions of vocational education and training, and addressed the alignment of vocational education with social needs and labor markets.

A detailed program can be found at the following link.

We are pleased to announce that presentations by speakers are available in PDF format, and we will regularly update the information, providing access to them as they become available. Please stay tuned for updates and stay informed about the latest developments in vocational teacher education.

• Project presentation (Melnyk O., Deissinger T.)
• Financial Literacy – what it is and why we care (Keynote by Prof. Dr. Bettina Fuhrmann)
• What we can learn from Estonian vocational teachers’ professionality model (Keynote by Ass. Prof. Meidi Sirk)
• Education in Ukraine: challenges of the war, trends, transformations (Yarmystyi M., Okhrimovskyy A., Rogovchenko O.)
• Scientific and methodical support for the development of vocational education in the context of modern challenges (Radkevych V., Kruchek V., Voronina-Pryhodii D.)
• Challenges and prospects for the development of vocational teacher education in Ukraine in the postwar period
• (Tsymbaliuk S., Artiiushyna M., Korvat L., Sarkisova O.)
• Unbroken academic education in a time of war: the case of KNEU (Tsymbaliuk S., Shkoda T.)
• Vocational education and training in preparing competitive people for work: experience of National Transport University (Bondar N., Bakhtiarova Kh., Hryshchuk O.)
• Ways to address contemporary challenges in vocational education teacher training at Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy (Kovalenko D., Briukhanova N., Korniush H.)
• Pedagogical content knowledge of teachers at  commercial schools - A German perspective (Key note by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Seifried)
• How to become a VET teacher in Switzerland - a look back and forward (Key note by Prof. Dr. Philipp Gonon)
• Agile learning with Scrum: Adaption of a management concept in a teaching/learning context (Breuing K.)
• Use of augmented reality in VET (Chernykh V., Kozak, V., Nachev A.)
• Ecosystem of digital solutions for VET institutions: the example of Ukraine and global trends (Bondarenko T., Kupriyanov O., Kovalenko O.) 
• European integration processes in Ukraine in the field of science and vocational teacher education: implementation of Vienna and German experience (Shevchuk L., Dmytrychenko M., Ivanushko O.)
• Transfer of learning in teacher education and vocational training (Fortmüller R.)
• Competence-related training for VET teachers (Di Rienzo P., Serra G., De Blasis M.C.)
• Innovative practice in counselling for initial and continuing training in SME in Germany – results from qualitative research (Siecke B.)
• Dualisation of higher education in Germany (Deissinger Th.)
• Strengthening educational partnerships: collaborative approaches for education in Ukraine (Sytnyk O., Rumovska O., Lushchyk O., Yerko I. )
• Social and sustainability entrepreneurial generic competencies in vocational training (Freidorfer L.)
• Matching problems between the labour market and education system and their implications on VET (Heininger H.) 
• Reform processes in vocational education and training (Melnyk O.)