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The preparation and professional development of teachers of career and technical education (CTE) in the United States closely interlink with the tremendous number of programs available at both secondary and postsecondary level. The range of education delivery programs sets the scene for the broad variety of work contexts of CTE teachers, which this chapter more closely examines. It further describes the different routes of preparation of teachers for CTE and qualification requirements at the level of secondary schooling, postsecondary education, and college level preservice teacher education. Alternative routes into teaching are also being discussed as well as current challenges for CTE teachers: high school quality, teacher preparation, and the conditions of teaching in contemporary American society.

1This chapter is based on Lynch, R. L., & Ruhland, S. K. (2007). Career and technical teaching and teacher education in the United States of America. In P. Grollmann & F. Rauner (Eds.), International perspectives on lecturers in technical and vocational education (pp. 277–306). Dordrecht: Springer.

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    Fifty-five percent of vocational high schools and 27 per cent of comprehensive high schools report offering vendor certification programmes (U.S. Department of Education, 1999a).

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  1. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

    Richard L. Lynch

  2. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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Lynch, R.L., Kirpal, S.R. (2012). Teacher Education and Professional Development1 . In: Barabasch, A., Rauner, F. (eds) Work and Education in America. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2272-9_12

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