VETFIT Researchers Participated in the 7th Days of Educational Sciences Conference; Zagreb, 28-30/10/2026
The Educational Sciences Days 2026 conference, organised by the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, took place in Zagreb from 28 to 30 October 2026. This year’s conference focused on creativity in education
As part of the conference, a symposium on vocational education and training (VET) was held, at which VETFIT project researchers delivered two presentations:
• Vocational education and training from teachers’ perspectives: Students’ vocational interests, the teaching process, and the transition to the labour market (Iva Šverko, Toni Babarović, Mirta Blažev, Iva Černja Rajter, Ivan Dević, Eta Krpanec, Dora Popović, and Nensi Tomac)
• Determinants of the fit between students’ occupational interests and vocational education programmes: A multilevel analysis at the student and programme levels (Toni Babarović, Dora Popović, and Nensi Tomac)
In addition, VETFIT team members contributed two further presentations:
• Gender-stereotypical beliefs and school gender climate in secondary vocational education programmes with different gender compositions (Dora Popović, Mirta Blažev, and Toni Babarović)
• How do teachers respond to students’ agentic engagement? Findings from an experimental study (Eta Krpanec, Aleksandra Huić, Daphne van den Bogaart, and Maarten Vansteenkiste)
