The Impact of Collaboration among Vocational Teachers Implementing Teaching Practices During a State of Emergency

Collaboration has been an important factor for shaping the professionality of vocational teachers (VTs) and in respect to this three profiles of VT emerge. Accordingly, highly collaborative VTs are open to educational changes, are self-confident in supporting student learning, use learner-centred teaching practices and develop their own professionality more. However, it is not known how important VT collaboration was during the state of emergency and how it influenced their teaching. This paper aims to explain the nature of the collaboration between VTs during the state of emergency and its impact on the teaching practices implemented. The results revealed that the extent to which VTs participated in collaborative activities varied and collaborative VTs more often applied teaching practices that required better digital competences and these teaching practices enabled them to provide more feedback to the students as well as support their learning.