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Collins, Ayse; Azmat, Fara; Rentschler, Ruth – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This study investigates inclusion in higher education, examining learning environments for students with physical disabilities (SWPD) and the challenges faced in promoting inclusive education, using an Australian university as a case study. Drawing from the social model of disability and interviews with 40 stakeholders, our findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Higher Education, Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Kilpatrick, Sue; Fraser, Sharon – Professional Development in Education, 2019
Effective professional learning communities are crucial for supporting and developing the practice and identity formation of beginning teachers. Professional networks facilitate collegial learning and continuous improvement of professional practice of all teachers, and are especially important for out of field teachers. Rural practice is…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, STEM Education, Collegiality, Mentors
Wibrow, Bridget; Waugh, Joanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
Streamlining the vocational qualification development process in Australia is a current priority of the skills ministers of both the Australian Government and state and territory governments. This research summary explores the development processes associated with vocational qualifications in selected countries and compares them with the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Needs, Industry
Tee, Lisa; Ferns, Sonia; Hughes, Jeffery D. – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2018
This study gathered and analysed the perceptions of graduates, employers, and the course team regarding graduate capabilities required for early professional success in pharmacy and the extent to which these capabilities are demonstrated in new graduates. The Graduate Employability Indicator (GEI) surveys were administered online to gather…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Pharmacy, Health Personnel, Success
Golebiowska, Kate; Boyle, Alicia; Pennec, Sophie; Horvath, Denise – International Journal of Training Research, 2018
This paper focuses on the growing immigrant-born population of early childhood education and care (ECEC) workers in the Northern Territory of Australia, who represent a committed but poorly understood group within this workforce. The recent reforms to the ECEC workforce in Australia aim to achieve high-quality ECEC services by (a) growing this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Immigrants, Preschool Teachers
Athanasou, James A.; Murphy, Gregory C.; Mpofu, Elias – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2019
This paper utilises the national "Survey of Disability Ageing and Carers" to summarise the educational disadvantages and vocational inequalities for those with disabilities in Australia. Amongst persons with a disability, there is a decidedly lower rate of school completion. Distinctly fewer persons with a disability obtain degrees.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Severity (of Disability), Career Development
Dollinger, Mollie; Brown, Jason – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2019
Work-based placements, site visits, field trips and embedded industry-informed curriculum are employability strategies frequently applied by universities, and clustered under the umbrella term -- work-integrated learning (WIL). Referring to each of these strategies as WIL can complicate comparisons (e.g. long-term placements vs. field trips) and…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Experiential Learning, Employment Qualifications, College Students
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2022
"Research Messages 2021" highlights the diverse range of research activities undertaken over the past year by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). In 2021, research was shaped both by the VET (vocational education and training) reform agenda, and issues emerging from the pandemic. The 2021 national VET research…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Job Training
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
A national qualifications framework (NQF) is an instrument used to classify a country's qualifications at different levels. Each level is defined by a set of learning outcomes expected at that level. NQFs can be useful tools in education and training reforms and are vital reference points for lifelong learning and comparing qualifications across…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Outcomes of Education, National Programs, Regional Programs
Tan, Lin Mei; Laswad, Fawzi – Accounting Education, 2018
This study examines the employability skills of accountants cited in job advertisements in Australia and New Zealand, as they indicate the skills that are most valued by employers. The results indicate interpersonal and personal are the most frequently requested skills. Of the 31 identified skills, the most sought-after skills included the ability…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Accounting, Advertising, Occupational Information
Australian Government Department of Education and Training, 2018
Recognising excellence in education as a national priority, the Australian Government established the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools (the Review) in July 2017. Supported by an independent panel of experts drawn from different states, school systems and sector, the Review Panel examined ways that Australia could…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Student Development
Wheelahan, Leesa – International Journal of Training Research, 2016
Australia's vocational education and training (VET) qualifications comprise units of competency that are bundled together in qualifications and nestled in training packages developed for particular industries. This article argues that this model is broken and cannot be fixed by patching bits of the system. Competency-based training (CBT) is based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Change
Massing, Natascha; Schneider, Silke L. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
Background: Educational qualifications and literacy skills are highly related. This is not surprising as it is one aim of educational systems to equip individuals with competencies necessary to take part in society. Because of this relationship educational qualifications are often used as a proxy for "human capital". However, from a…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Educational Attainment, Adult Literacy, Human Capital
Jackson, Jen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
This paper presents a theoretical discussion of recent policy efforts to raise the qualification levels of the Australian early childhood workforce. Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical tools enable the early childhood profession to be conceptualised as a dynamic "field" in which particular forms of "symbolic" and "cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Qualifications
Tyler, Mark; Dymock, Darryl – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This occasional paper provides a stocktake of recent developments in continuing professional development for VET practitioners. It explores issues such as industry currency, the debate around a professional association for VET and the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment as the minimum qualification for VET practitioners. Through synthesising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Continuing Education, Faculty Development, Vocational Education Teachers