International LiVE Network
In the framework of m-voc project, we had the opportunity to meet colleagues internationally. This led to an international network of researchers interested in the role of languages in vocational education and training (VET).
The network was formed in Trondheim (Norway) in December 2022, where we discussed our projects and found many overlapping strands. To build on the enthusiasm ignited during our seminar day, we decided to set up a network to share ideas, experiences and strengthen this rather new research area. Our network has the short-term aim of bringing together people from a variety of contexts to share perspectives and experiences to help us understand opportunities and challenges related to language use and learning during vocational education and beyond. Longer term aims include joint presentations, publications and transnational research projects.
Projects:
a Symposium on the occasion of ECER 2023 in Glasgow with the title: Language Education and Use in VET: Individual, Social and Educational Implications.
a Workshop: Flerspråklighet på yrkesfag / Multilingualism in Vocational Education on 26 Nov. 2024, 09:30 – 14:30, Auditorium 1, Campus Remmen, Høgskolen i Østfold, Norway
Network members:
| Name | Affiliation | Contact | Projects | Research contexts |
| Annette Brekke | Dept. of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | anette.brekke@ntnu.no | Language practices, demands and pedagogies in vocational education . | Norway |
| Irmelin Kjelaas | Dept of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Kjelaas@ntnu.no | Language practices, demands and pedagogies in vocational education . | Norway |
| Gabriela Meier | School of Education, University of Exeter, UK | g.s.meier@exeter.ac.uk | Multilingualism in vocational education | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Line Møller Daugaard | VIA University College, Aarhus Universitet | lida@via.dk | Educational Danish – new ways of working with language and literacy at the intersection of reception class and vocational education | Denmark |
| Unni Soltan Andreassen | Dept of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | unni.s.andreassen@ntnu.no | Literacy development in newly arrived young people with minority language backgrounds, as they transition from combination classes to vocational education. | Norway |
| Esther Styger | Berufs- und Weiterbildungszentrum Buchs Sargans (bzbs), Switzerland | esther.styger@bzbs.ch | Multilingualism in vocational education | Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Mari J. Wikhaug Andersen | MultiLing – Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan (CoE), University of Oslo | m.j.w.andersen@iln.uio.no | Multilingualism in mainstream Norwegian vocational education: Language ideologies, teacher agency and policy enactment | Norway |