Purpose

The present study aims to reveal common and diverging trends in the development of pedagogical competences of vocational education and training (VET) teachers and trainers in Italy and Lithuania.

Design/methodology/approach

A structured survey was administered to Italian and Lithuanian teachers. The collected data were analysed and compared.

Findings

Results show that there are many common challenges and problems in the development of pedagogical competencies of the VET teachers in both countries; e.g.: the marginalisation of the VET teacher's work and working conditions, especially the dissatisfying wages and poor career opportunities, and the absent or weak institutionalisation of the VET teacher's qualifications and training.

Originality/value

The emerged results can be useful for directors of VET-centres and VET-schools to manage training and pedagogical growth of teachers both in Italy and in Lithuania. Moreover, the outputs can be considered as a set of suggestions also by the policymakers both at national and European level.

中文翻译：

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意大利和立陶宛职业教师教学能力的发展：基于能力的职业教育与培训课程改革的启示

目的

本研究旨在揭示意大利和立陶宛职业教育和培训 (VET) 教师和培训师教学能力发展的共同和不同趋势。

设计/方法/方法

对意大利语和立陶宛语教师进行了结构化调查。对收集到的数据进行分析和比较。

发现

结果表明，两国职业教育教师的教学能力发展存在许多共同的挑战和问题；例如：职业教育教师的工作和工作条件的边缘化，特别是不满意的工资和糟糕的职业机会，以及职业教育教师资格和培训的制度化缺失或薄弱。

原创性/价值

出现的结果对于 VET 中心和 VET 学校的负责人管理意大利和立陶宛教师的培训和教学发展很有用。此外，国家和欧洲层面的政策制定者也可以将这些产出视为一套建议。