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VET Teachers for the Future ® – Professional Development Certificate Programme, Cohort 2
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Seija Mahlamäki-Kultanen Dean Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), School of Professional Teacher Education
Preface and Acknowledgements
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rofessores para o Futuro®, VET Teachers for the Future® -programme started from a mutual interest in cooperation between two countries, Brazil and Finland. The origin of the programme was favorable; there was the need, the political support and there were competent professionals available from both parties with a willingness to tailor the programme as close to perfect as possible. We challenged each other in a positive way to make it the best and most relevant teacher education programme ever, didn’t we?
This publication is edited during that period when the pilot became permanent. It collects from two groups participants’ development activities in HAMK during the years 2015–2016. The first one is a pilot, and the second the programme which was carefully modelled on feedback rounds in both HAMK and TAMK, which is our trusted partner in VET teachers for the Future®.