This paper describes and critiques changes in the nature, status and qualification requirements of the teaching workforce over the past 15 years in the vocational education and training sector in Australia. Changes in the settings in which VET is delivered, expansion of the VET market, and new initiatives in qualifications for VET teachers have…

In this article, the implications of international students undertaking teacher education in Australian universities are discussed as an example of global teacher education and its consequences for teacher educators and students. Increasing numbers of international students come to Australia to qualify as teachers and this has consequences for the…

Research messages 2006 is a collection of key messages from research projects published or completed by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in 2006. It covers work undertaken by both NCVER and external researchers through the following programs: (1) National Vocational Education and Training Research Evaluation Program;…

Between 1999 and 2003 a number of principals (n = 35) from a range of schools in Western Australia were interviewed to investigate the extent to which the state's "Antiracism policy and guidelines for complaint resolution" (1998) had impacted on the day-to-day management of schools. These principals overwhelmingly reported that racism…

This study focused on strategies used by supervisors in New South Wales, Australia, to enhance and promote professional development in their day care staff. The directors of a random selection of 324 child care centers were surveyed by mail. The number of surveys returned was 162, for a response rate of 50 percent. Findings indicated that most of…

This document recommends a view of principal leadership for Catholic schools in the Diocese of Parramatta (Australia). It recommends a shift in the culture of principal-professional development from a system-driven, input model to an individualized approach founded on collaborative, experience-based, critical reflection. A survey of the 74…

Data were collected from approximately 1,600 teachers to get a statistical picture of Australian science teachers. Questionnaires provided information on sex, age, qualifications, experience, mobility, teaching conditions, lesson preparation, professional development, perceived syllabus freedom, and professional association affiliation. Results…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an inquiry into establishment of an Education Commission in New South Wales. The panel found that it would not be possible to devise an Education Commission acceptable to all parties supporting such a group; no one suggestion seemed an improvement on the present system.…

Describes case studies undertaken in Australia on the lines suggested by the publication of the American Library Association's "Behavioral Requirements Analysis and Checklist," (BRAC) a compilation of competency-based job functions and test statements for school library personnel. (VT)

This paper, a by-product of an extension of DOT to the Australian Census Classification of Occupations, attempts to validate worker function hierarchies in terms of worker traits. It shows that variation in worker traits across 21, 741 occupations listed in DOT is closely reflected in the 197 worker function profiles. (Author)

Expresses concern that objectives for early childhood education and child care are not being met because specialized services for children have become more and more divided from each other. (Author/DB)

A review of correctional education in South Australia recommended both formal and inservice training for prison educators. Training programs must be cognizant of current research on necessary qualifications, curriculum content and teaching methods, instructional models, and cognitive and moral development. (SK)

Surveyed 58 replacement teachers (RTs) in Victoria, Australia, concerning (1) their qualification; (2) number of days worked; (3) membership in professional associations; (4) involvement in in-service programs; and (5) preferences for in-service activities. Found that RTs who obtain most of the work were not fully qualified and that RTs as a group…

Information professionals and those who educate them face enormous challenges. Increasingly easy access to communication media and information is altering perceptions of the very nature of information work, globally. There is no doubt that there are many challenges facing present and prospective information professionals too. These include issues…

In this chapter, the authors examine developments in the teacher workforce and in the occupation of teaching across recent generations. They take their point of departure from the perspective of prevailing policy discourse on enduring problems of educational equity, asking not only how teaching has evolved in recent decades but more specifically…