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Childs, Merilyn, Ed. – 1997
This guide is designed to orient vocational education and training (VET) providers and adult educators to one approach to work-based learning in small business training and development used in Australia. Chapter 1, "About this Guide" (Merilyn Childs), provides an overview of the key players and conceptual frameworks involved in the small…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries
Smith, Joy Selby – 1995
This paper examines the implications of the Report of the Independent Committee of Inquiry into a national competition policy (the Hilmer Report) for the vocational education and training system in Australia. It identifies issues of importance for training markets and points of strategic intervention to facilitate the development of more open and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competition, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
Hall, William C. – 1988
A study examined existing partnerships between Technical and Further Education (TAFE) and industry in Australia and explored possible alternatives or additional mechanisms and structures for cooperating on course development and implementation. The 9-month investigation included a study of the use of joint facilities in five states, a study of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Geering, A. D. – 1984
An evaluation was conducted of the South Australian College of Advanced Education's Associate Degree in Training and Development, a two-year, individually negotiated program for people who work, or aspire to work, in the training and development field in industrial, commercial, or service organizations. A questionnaire was mailed to all 268 past…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Associate Degrees, Course Evaluation, Distance Education
Reubens, Beatrice G. – 1979
This report, prepared by the Education Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), analyzes current trends and issues in apprenticeship and in policies for apprenticeship in member countries. Apprenticeship is analyzed in countries where it is the most important activity of young people after leaving compulsory…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Apprenticeships, Certification, Educational Policy
Curtain, Richard – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
Innovation, from high profile scientific discoveries to lower profile changes in processes or practices, is crucial to Australia's economic development. However, its impact on the wider community is usually relatively small. Promotion of innovation across all sectors is required to produce the biggest changes. This report focuses on the roles of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Innovation, Economic Development
Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
Australia has made significant changes in the ways it regulates and funds vocational education and training (VET), with increased emphasis on competition to promote efficient delivery of the type of programs that students and employers want. National, state and territory governments have increased the role of employers by basing nationally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Financial Support, Educational Finance
Schofield, Kaye; Dryen, Robyn – 1997
A study proposed measures of equity for women for incorporation into major national processes for performance measurement. Data sources were as follows: interviews with 77 people from all state and territory vocational education and training (VET) systems, Australian National Training Authority, National Center for Vocational Education Research,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Educational Improvement, Excellence in Education
Selby-Smith, C. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1979
A Committee of Inquiry into Education and Training, established to investigate the provision of Australian educational facilities and services and the relationship between the labor market and the educational system, is discussed. The committee considered flexibility in education and training, apprenticeship, accessibility of education and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration
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Cornford, Ian R. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, 1999
Australian implementation of competency-based training fails to recognize that mere competency statements are inadequate as a basis for teaching. Many vocational teachers lack sufficient background in psychology for successful implementation. Good curriculum documents can help by incorporating key research on skill learning, transfer, expertise,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Psychology
Boud, David; Walker, David – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning in the Workplace: Part A, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document examines the process of learning from experience within the context of on-the-job-training and learning in the workplace. The following topics…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Education Work Relationship
Lundberg, David – 1994
The "training reform agenda" refers to a package of reforms in vocational education that was accepted by Australian national, state, and territorial ministers. It has five main themes: nationally consistent competency-based training; national recognition of competence; open national training market; fair participation; and integrated…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competency Based Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Davison, Trevor – 1994
A major initiative in Australia is a general and pervasive obsession with competency-based training and assessment. There is a real danger that the selling of competency-based training (CBT) and competency-based assessment (CBA) is greater than what it can offer. One criticism focuses on CBT, the other on CBA, although in most instances where CBT…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Hagglund, George – 1989
The history of the recent development of worker education in Australia and New Zealand shows that, in just the past 15 years or so, very significant improvements have occurred in delivery of trade union education. To a very large degree these developments took place because of the existence of a close relationship between the union movement and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Finance, Employer Employee Relationship, Federal Programs
Burns, David – 1984
The Occupational Analysis of the Training in Industry project was designed to provide valid and reliable information on the work of trainers. To structure the research, the Task Inventory/Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Programs (CODAP) method of analysis was used. A central feature of this methodology was the development and use of a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Ladders, Foreign Countries
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