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This chapter examines VET teachers’ informal professional learning activities to address their professional needs under the impact of the internationalization of the VET sector. Findings from interviews with the VET teachers reveal two most common informal practices of the teachers under investigation: reciprocal learning from immediate colleagues and self-initiated professional learning through informal networking and self-directed research. The findings highlight the importance of the immediate work environment and personal agency in teachers’ professional learning. This study thus argues for the promotion of workplace culture supportive of peer collaboration and learning as well as recognition and nurturing of teachers’ personal motivation for professional learning.
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Tran, L.T., Le, T.T.T. (2018). Teachers’ Informal Learning in the Internationalization of VET. In: Teacher Professional Learning in International Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70515-6_5
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