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OECD Publishing, 2017
Australia's overall performance in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) ranges from average to very good. However, three million adults, representing one-fifth of the working age population, have low literacy and/or numeracy skills. Building Skills for All in Australia describes the characteristics of the low-skilled and discusses the consequences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Basic Skills, Adults, Adult Literacy
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Zimbardi, Kirsten; Myatt, Paula – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Undergraduate research experiences provide students with opportunities to engage in high-impact experiential learning. Although prevalent in the sciences, there are now extensive banks of case studies demonstrating the use of undergraduate research as an educationally enriching activity across many disciplines. This study investigated the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Experiential Learning, Student Research, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Bills, Andrew Maynard; Cook, Jenni; Wexler, Barbara – Educational Action Research, 2016
This article aims to theorise a storyline account of a collaborative three-year action research project into schooling re-engagement using a Bourdieusian framework. In the article we discuss how we (two teachers and a social worker) developed an alternative senior secondary school that re-engaged a sizable minority of marginalised young people…
Descriptors: Action Research, Social Justice, Social Work, Secondary School Students
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Bills, Andrew; Cook, Jenni; Giles, David – School Leadership & Management, 2015
Concerned about the phenomena of early school leaving in our region, we are two teachers who initiated and developed a new school from the "ground up" to re-engage young people disenfranchised with schooling back into formalised learning. Using critical action research methodology over a three and a half year developmental period, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Learner Engagement
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2018
This report brings together research publicly released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) over the year. The 2017 compilation reflects an extensive collection of NCVER research activities undertaken during 2017, comprising reports, summaries, infographics, occasional papers, presentations and webinars. NCVER has…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Research Reports, Educational Research, Productivity
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Boahin, Peter; Eggink, Jose; Hofman, Adriaan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
This article undertakes a comparison of competency-based training (CBT) systems in a number of countries with the purpose of drawing lessons to support Ghana and other countries in the process of CBT implementation. The study focuses on recognition of prior learning and involvement of industry since these features seem crucial in achieving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competency Based Education, Program Implementation, Prior Learning
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This annual publication provides a summary of training activity in apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia for the period 2001 to 2011. It includes information on training rates, individual completion rates, and duration of training. Highlights include: (1) 3.9% of Australian workers were employed as an apprentice or trainee as at December…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Trainees, Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships
Foley, Paul; Blomberg, Davinia – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Pre-apprenticeships are becoming an increasingly important component of the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system. The purpose of this report is to investigate the level of pre-apprenticeship activity occurring in Australia and to examine the characteristics of pre-apprenticeship courses and the students undertaking those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Courses
Ackehurst, Maree; Loveder, Phil – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This paper was presented at the Australian Federation of Travel Agents Industry Leaders & Educators Engagement Symposium held in Sydney on February 12, 2015. With industry sustainability becoming a strong concern, even within growth sectors, this paper identifies issues to be considered in ensuring that the education and training system can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Travel, Tourism, Hospitality Occupations
Clayton, Berwyn; Guthrie, Hugh; Every, Pam; Harding, Regan – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This paper examines how competency progression and completion is implemented in practice in three trades. In particular, it focuses on: interactions between teachers and/or assessors and workplace supervisors; the different approaches used to integrate on- and off-the job training; assessment and signoff practices; and the ways by which workplace…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Evaluators, Supervisors, Off the Job Training
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Dumbrell, Tom; Smith, Erica – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Little has been published in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) literature on the topic of pre-apprenticeships, which are a loose type of preparatory courses for apprenticeships available in some trades. Nevertheless, pre-apprenticeships have been in existence for several decades. With continuing concern over skill shortages in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Questionnaires
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Conway, Jane; Brazil, Susan; Losurdo, Martin – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
Globally, there has been attention given to addressing the workforce shortage in nursing. One strategy to respond to this has resulted in renewed emphasis on the development of career and education pathways for students in the final years of high school. An evaluation of the School Based New Apprenticeship (SBNA) initiative in nursing in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Program Evaluation, Nursing Education
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This annual publication provides a summary of training activity in apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia, from the period 2000 to 2010. It includes information on training rates, attrition rates, completion rates and duration of training. State/territory cuts of data are also available in excel format in the "data" tab.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Student Attrition
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This document covers the data terms used in the "Apprentices and Trainees: September Quarter 2010" publication and its associated data tables. The primary purpose of this document is to assist users of the publication to understand the specific data terms used within it. Terms that appear in the publication are listed in alphabetical…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Trainees, Apprenticeships, Classification
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Apprentice and trainee data are reported by the State and Territory Training Authorities to NCVER (National Centre for Vocational Education Research) on a quarterly basis, starting at the September quarter of 1994. The set of data submitted that quarter is referred to as Collection 1. The sets of data submitted in subsequent quarters are referred…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Trainees, Apprenticeships, Contracts
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