PhD defence: Sofia Antera

Thesis defence

Date: Friday 5 May 2023

Time: 13.00 – 16.00

Location: Room 2403, Frescativägen 54 and Zoom Meeting ID: 629 5071 1340

Sofia Antera at the Department of Education will defend her PhD thesis: Vocational teachers’ professional competence at the intersection of two regimes of competence. The case of Sweden.

Abstract

This thesis explores vocational teachers’ competence through their own and the school principals’ perceptions. It is compiled by three studies, a conceptual method analysis of professional competence concept, a questionnaire study and an interview study. Findings, analysed through Communities of Practice and Ellström´s competence model, show that teaching competence has a high use value due to its relevance with the vocational teachers’ work. However, it has low exchange value as it is not formally required for teachers’ employment. Conversely, occupational competence has high exchange value, as it is required for recruitment.

Link to dissertation, full text

Follow the defense via Zoom

Zoom Meeting: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/62950711340

Sofia Antera is a PhD student at the Department of Education.

Sofia Antera

Theme

School, Education and Learning

Research subject

Vocation, Vocational Education, and Professional Development

Research project

Vocational teachers’ competence in the Swedish context. The teachers’ perspective

In preparing the future workforce, vocational teachers hold a key role in modern societies, with their competence and ideas influencing the quality of teaching and learning. What competence do vocational teachers have and what competence do they consider important?

Research group

Vocational and Educational Training

The research group VET/YL focuses on issues within Vocational Education and Training (VET), a well-established international field of research that studies questions of skills, qualifications, competences and professional knowledge in relation to early VET, upper secondary as well as adult VET, and advanced VET.

Last updated: May 2, 2023

Source: IPD