Collaborative partnership for vocational teachers’ professional development in mechatronics

Abstract

The purpose of the research presented in this paper was to investigate possibilities of collaborative partnership between industry partners and vocational teachers for development professional experiences in mechatronics. Research was conducted on a sample of 25 industry representatives. The results have shown that there was considerable number of training and training courses that industry representatives can offer as a professional development for teachers in mechatronics. The research suggest that a significant improvement of professional competences of mechatronics teachers with the ultimate goal of obtaining competent workforce, can be achieved. These results could be used for building a new foundation upon which new type of collaborative partnership between vocational schools and industry partners could be built.