Table 9 Teachers of vocational subjects (Group C) perceiving barriers to their professional development: differences between Italy and other countries, in percentage points (pps) and standard error of the differences (s.e.), 2013
Barrier | Australia | Denmark | Finland | Mexico | Norway | Poland | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pps | s.e. | pps | s.e. | pps | s.e. | pps | s.e. | pps | s.e. | pps | s.e. | |
B1-do not have the pre-requisites | 9.5 (*) | 2.9 | 9.8 (*) | 3.3 | 12.5 (*) | 3.0 | − 8.4 (*) | 3.4 | 13.3 (*) | 2.3 | 9.0 (*) | 2.6 |
B2-too expensive—unaffordable | 9.8 (*) | 4.2 | 28.0 (*) | 4.7 | 39.7 (*) | 2.7 | 10.4 (*) | 3.2 | 25.0 (*) | 3.3 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
B3-lack of employer support | 27.3 (*) | 3.5 | 20.0 (*) | 4.2 | 28.5 (*) | 3.7 | − 2.3 | 3.4 | 26.2 (*) | 3.6 | 26.0 (*) | 3.0 |
B4-conflicts with work schedule | − 3.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 11.5 (*) | 5.2 | 11.4 (*) | 3.0 | 9.2 (*) | 3.4 | 21.9 (*) | 3.4 |
B5-family responsibilities | 2.3 | 3.1 | 23.1 (*) | 2.3 | 10.2 (*) | 3.3 | 13.6 (*) | 2.7 | 4.4 | 2.9 | − 9.0 | 3.5 |
B6-there is no relevant offer | 46.9 (*) | 3.4 | 27.6 (*) | 5.6 | 39.7 (*) | 3.7 | 16.7 (*) | 3.7 | 52.6 (*) | 2.7 | 17.7 (*) | 3.3 |
B7-there are no incentives for participating | 40.3 (*) | 3.0 | 38.7 (*) | 8.1 | 43.9 (*) | 3.1 | 18.3 (*) | 3.4 | 55.6 (*) | 3.1 | 36.5 (*) | 2.8 |