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Concept Note - Draft

RCP International Conference on Vocational Teacher Education -

Vocational Teacher Education and Research as a Regional Task and Challenge

Venue: Tongji University

Date: 24./25.10.2013

Organizers: IBB, RCP Secretariat 

Co-Organizers: RCP, SEAMEO VOCTECH, (MoE China?) 

Background

 A sustainable societal and economic development in ASEAN and China relies heavily on a

highly qualified workforce.

Vocational Teacher Education (VTE) is a relevant key factor for the sustainable developmentof TVET-systems in the East- and Southeast-Asia region and internationally. Vocational

Teachers are required to address the requirements of the society, the economy and the

individual learner. They need to act in their work environment as “change agents”,

responsible for actively adapting upcoming societal or economical demands to their working

environments in TVET-systems.

 A series of recent relevant conferences in the region highlighted the outstanding role of

Vocational Teacher Education for the development of TVET-systems in the context of

regionalization. To mention the results of just two relevant conferences: The TVET congress

in Hanoi/Vietnam in October 2012 stated that “teacher  training has a major influence on the

quality of the entire education and training sector ”1, whereas the 3rd UNESCO TVET World

Congress in Shanghai in May 2012 recommended the development of “partnerships for

TVET in the framework of regional cooperation initiatives and areas”2.

This conference on Vocational Teacher Education, jointly conducted by the German funded

GIZ Project “Regional Cooperation Platform on Vocational Teacher Education in Asia

(RCP)”, the Institute for Vocational Education from Tongji University, SEAMEO VOCTECH

and UNESCO Bangkok will follow up these recommendations and valuable orientations by

presenting additional contributions via the member universities of the RCP as well as through

other GIZ projects and programs in the ASEAN region..

Conference TopicsThe universities of the region and members of the RCP bear responsibility for the

development of VTE and TVET. Not only do they conduct a vast share of Vocational Teacher

Education, they also produce via research evidence-based recommendations for the

development of entire TVET systems. Regional and national policies on Vocational Teacher

Education can profit from institutionalized research at universities.

1 Source: General technical background paper of Regional TVET Conference in Vietnam, 10-11.10.2012: “TVET

teachers –key-role in providing high-quality TVET”; page 81 2

 Source: Shanghai Consensus, Mai 2012, page 4

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Therefore, the Regional Cooperation Platform (RCP) and its member universities focus on

the common enhancement of

  Vocational Teacher Education (VTE),

  Research on Vocational Education (RVE) and  Regional Integration Processes with respect to VTE and RVE.

The member universities of the RCP conducted together research on VTE within a regional

context. Primarily based on the outcome of these research projects, the conference will

contribute to an evidence-based improvement of VTE by delivering valuable results,

information, documents and concepts for practical implications, but as well for future

desiderata in research and development.

The conference will focus on four main topics, which will be subject to one panel each:

1. Development of standards and study programmes for Vocational Teacher Education

2. Regionalization and respective policies on Vocational Teacher Education

3. Praxis-orientation in Vocational Teacher Education

4. Vocational Education as a scientific discipline

The RCP International Conference on VTE aims at enriching the regional debate3 on

development concepts and pathways to strengthen VTE. The conference outcome will

provide recommendations for regional enhancement of VTE as the key factor of a demand-

oriented TVET development in ASEAN countries and in China.

Contact

Conference Office

Ms. Kathrin SchulzRCP-Secretariat

Dr. Li Jun

IBB

3 Please refer to: CPSC Vocational Teachers for Next Generation and documents of 3rd UNESCO TVET World

Congress including Shanghai-Declaration