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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This publication presents information on employers' use and views of the vocational education and training (VET) system. The findings relate to the various ways in which Australian employers use the VET system and unaccredited training to meet their skill needs, and their satisfaction with these methods of training. Australian employers can engage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Employer Attitudes, Use Studies
Hofer, Andrea-Rosalinde – OECD Publishing, 2022
This country note presents the results of an analysis of Slovenia undertaken within the Labour Market Relevance and Outcomes of Higher Education Partnership Initiative project. The project was implemented by the OECD with the support of the European Commission with the aim of helping policy makers and higher education institutions enhance the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education
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Green, Corinne; Eady, Michelle; Andersen, Peter – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2018
There are many factors that impact student learning, with quality educators being one of the most important elements for student success. Accordingly, the promotion of quality teacher preparation programs has become a priority for tertiary institutions, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. There is a known disparity between tertiary…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Competencies
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Smith, Erica; Hodge, Steven; Yasukawa, Keiko – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
In Australia, the question of the level and nature of qualifications for vocational education and training (VET) teachers is a highly contested and political topic. VET teachers are only required to have a pre-university, certificate level pedagogical qualification, the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. They possess substantially…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Education
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Williams, Brett; Beovich, Bronwyn – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2017
Background: The use of casual staff within the university undergraduate educational setting is a widespread phenomenon worldwide. However a lack of understanding exists regarding experiences of recruitment, support, professional development and other perceived professional needs in this area. Although previous studies of the experience of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Part Time Faculty, Undergraduate Study, Allied Health Occupations Education
Cirlan, Elena; Loukkola, Tia – European University Association, 2020
MICROBOL -- Micro-credentials linked to the Bologna Key Commitments -- is a two-year project co-funded by Erasmus+ KA3 Support to Policy reform, and more specifically "Support to the implementation of EHEA [European Higher Education Area] reforms". It is linked to the aims of the new Erasmus+ Programme and the EHEA to increase access to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Skills, Skill Development
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Nolan, Andrea; Molla, Tebeje – London Review of Education, 2019
The issue of continuing professional learning for educators in the early childhood education and care sector is in the spotlight in Australia due to the government's reform agenda, which seeks to professionalize the workforce. In an effort to ensure quality programmes are on offer for all children, educators are expected to upskill. The assumption…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education
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Dunbar, Kirsty; Laing, Gregory; Wynder, Monte – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2016
The purpose of this study is to investigate the emphasis placed on technical and soft skills by prospective employers for accounting positions and graduate accounting positions in particular. The data was gathered from job advertisements placed in the careers section of a major newspaper in Queensland Australia over a four-year period from 2006 to…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Accounting, Advertising, Occupational Information
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Reddan, Gregory – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2016
The notion of work self-efficacy is significant as the self-efficacy beliefs of an individual have considerable influence on his/her level of motivation and performance in the workplace. This paper aims to determine the effects of the learning activities of a work-integrated learning course in Exercise Science in relation to students' perceived…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
This publication provides a summary of 2015 and time-series data relating to students, programs, subjects, training providers and funding in Australia's government-funded vocational education and training (VET) system (broadly defined as all activity delivered by government providers and government-funded activity delivered by community education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, School Statistics, Federal Aid
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Smith, Erica; Smith, Andy; Hampson, Ian; Junor, Anne – International Journal of Training Research, 2015
This paper uses evidence from an Australian research project into under-recognized skills in occupations, gathered through industry-level interviews and company case studies, to examine VET curricula. The project, funded by the Australian Research Council, focused on skill in jobs traditionally regarded in Australia as unskilled. As part of the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications, Unskilled Workers, Job Skills
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Lewthwaite, Brian Ellis; Boon, Helen; Webber, Tammi; Laffin, Gail – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This paper summarizes the findings from the first phase of a three-part project which, overall, investigates what Aboriginal students perceive as the qualities and actions of effective teachers and subsequently seeks to determine the impact of the enactment of these identified qualities on educational outcomes. This first phase of the research was…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Practices, Best Practices
Bowman, Kaye; McKenna, Suzy – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
This occasional paper provides the views of 17 "thought leaders" in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector. Their insight and opinions were sought to inform a larger research project focused on the student entitlement reforms that were introduced into the national VET system from 2012. These individuals offered a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education, Attitude Measures
Wheelahan, Leesa; Buchanan, John; Yu, Serena – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This summary brings together the relevant key findings for tertiary education providers and school educators from the research program "Vocations: The Link between Post-Compulsory Education and the Labour Market." The program was comprised of three different strands: (1) pathways from VET in Schools, (2) pathways within and between…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education, Labor Market, Qualifications
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2019
This publication presents information on the outcomes of students who completed their vocational education and training (VET) in Australia during 2018. The figures are derived from the National Student Outcomes Survey, which is an annual survey of students who were awarded a qualification (graduates), or who completed at least one subject and left…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education, Graduates
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