Editorial: New insights in vocational education and training

Abstract

This is the second issue of the Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training in 2021. In this issue we present six articles – five peer-reviewed research articles and one magazine article, representing three of our Nordic countries. Three of the articles are contributions from Norway, two from Denmark and one from Sweden. In our journal we want to provide new insights and discussions on different aspects of vocational and professional education and training. The present contributions cover topics that particularly concern the vocational education and training (VET) teacher, such as the teacher’s role, teacher education, professional development, and collaboration. For example, two studies from health care education discuss the teacher’s role in VET for adults, with many immigrant students and where communication and language become central, and the teachers’ experience of a ‘career paradox’ among students – that is, how many students are focused on further studies rather than a future in health care work.