The professional development of VET teachers in Italy: participation, needs and barriers. Statistical quantifications and benchmarking in an international perspective

Serafini, Marco

doi:10.1186/s40461-018-0064-9

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 6 Teachers of vocational subjects (Group C) declaring a high level of need for professional development by domain: differences between Italy and other countries, in percentage points (pps) and standard error of the differences (s.e.)

From: The professional development of VET teachers in Italy: participation, needs and barriers. Statistical quantifications and benchmarking in an international perspective

Domain for professional development	Australia		Denmark		Finland		Mexico		Norway		Poland
Domain for professional development	pps	s.e.	pps	s.e.	pps	s.e.	pps	s.e.	pps	s.e.	pps	s.e.
D1-knowledge and understanding of my subject(s)	17.1 (*)	1.9	13.2 (*)	2.2	15.8 (*)	2.6	15.3 (*)	2.1	9.7 (*)	2.1	15.7 (*)	2.1
D2-pedagogical competencies in teaching my subject(s)	17.6 (*)	2.1	9.1 (*)	4.2	15.5 (*)	2.7	8.6 (*)	2.6	12.3 (*)	2.3	17.8 (*)	2.1
D13-knowledge of the curriculum	7.4 (*)	1.7	3.7 (*)	2.0	6 (*)	2.0	2.0	1.9	3.0	1.9	5.9 (*)	1.7
D3-student evaluation and assessment practice	15.3 (*)	1.8	9.7 (*)	2.1	14.4 (*)	2.0	9 (*)	1.9	4.2	2.2	15.3 (*)	2.2
D4-ICT skills for teaching	16.7 (*)	3.0	16.5 (*)	3.7	18.8 (*)	2.4	18.4 (*)	2.7	12.9 (*)	2.9	20.4 (*)	2.8
D5-student behaviour and classroom management	19.9 (*)	2.3	14.8 (*)	2.4	14.2 (*)	2.3	13.1 (*)	2.5	18 (*)	2.2	14.9 (*)	2.5
D14-school management and administration	5.7 (*)	1.7	6.5 (*)	2.0	4.1	2.1	− 0.9	2.0	6.3 (*)	1.7	3.0	1.6
D6-approaches to individualised learning	9.3 (*)	2.2	6.1 (*)	2.2	6.6 (*)	1.9	1.2	2.2	8.0 (*)	2.1	7.7 (*)	2.2
D7-teaching to students with special needs	18.2 (*)	2.7	5.9	5.0	14.3 (*)	2.4	− 10.9 (*)	3.2	10.8 (*)	2.8	15.1 (*)	2.8
D8-teaching in a multicultural or multilingual setting	19.3 (*)	2.2	16.7 (*)	3.0	16.9 (*)	2.3	− 4.7	3.2	14.1 (*)	2.4	16.2 (*)	2.1
D9-teaching cross curricular skills	18.6 (*)	1.9	13.6 (*)	2.5	17.4 (*)	2.2	11.7 (*)	2.2	10.3 (*)	2.3	15.5 (*)	2.1
D10-approaches to developing cross occupational competencies for future work/studies	16.8 (*)	2.1	17 (*)	2.1	16.7 (*)	2.2	8.3 (*)	2.4	7.7 (*)	2.4	14.5 (*)	2.3
D11-new technologies in the workplace	26.0(*)	2.9	23.7 (*)	2.7	28.6 (*)	2.6	19.4 (*)	2.8	19.4 (*)	2.9	21.5 (*)	2.8
D12-student career guidance and counselling	14.4 (*)	1.9	14.5 (*)	2.4	17.3 (*)	1.7	5.2 (*)	2.3	11 (*)	2.0	8.4 (*)	2.6

NB: Data refer to upper secondary teachers. Positive values of the difference indicate that, in a given domain, teachers of vocational subjects (Group C) declare higher needs for professional development in Italy than in the benchmark country. The (*) indicates that the difference is statistically significant at 95% level of significance

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