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Learning in small business

Small business is under represented in formal education and training activities. There is some work which suggests that small business relies on informal, contextualised learning methods, such as learning from suppliers or other businesses. Small businesses may hire staff who are already skilled for the job. It has also been suggested that many jobs in small businesses are low skilled, and so it is not surprising that small business has a lower participation rate in education and training. This paper presents some findings from a study, funded by NCVER which surveyed small businesses in three urban and three rural centres throughout Australia. The findings relate to learning sources used and training activities undertaken and planned.

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Authors: Kilpatrick, Sue; Crowley, Suzanne
Conference name: Second National Conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association: AVETRA: Quality and Diversity in VET Research
Date: 1999
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Conference
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Quality; Industry;
Research; Teaching and learning; Workforce development; Demographics show more

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Quality and diversity in VET research: proceedings of the second national conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, (AVETRA)

This volume of proceedings of the second national conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) contains the following papers: Advancing VET research: dilemmas and directions / Terri Seddon; Senior secondary curriculum choice and entry into post-secondary vocational education and training / Katrina Ball and Stephen Lamb; The measurement of learning conversations: the illusion of the absolute, obscures meaning / Llandis Barratt-Pugh; Women, business and VET: furthering a diverse research agenda / M. A. Barrett; Ageing well: negotiating learning in aged care facilities / David Beckett, Jenny Gough and Peteris Darzins; Researching by VET for VET: a stocktake/lessons learnt / Barbara Bloch and Lisa Hoggard; Industry learning: toward a framework for future research agendas / Helen Bound and Christine Owen; What is missing from innovative practice in VET? / Mike Brown; Recruiting for renewal?: social controls and spaces in the apprenticeship to mathematics / Elizabeth Buckingham; ‘Don’t be too polite, girls!’: a report on a critical literature review of women, work and VET / Elaine Butler and Fran Ferrier; Quality and diversity in VET research: the capability perspective / Len Cairns; Staff development provisions for teachers/trainers in the vocational education and training sector - an overview / Sarojni Choy, Ron Pearce and John Blakeley; Joining the dots: making the connections between VET research and VET practitioners / Berwyn Clayton; Making judgements: practical strategies from research outcomes / Catherine M. Down and Paul Hager; Research on flexible learning/delivery: understanding terms / Terry D. Evans and Peter J. Smith; A research journey / Val Evans; A hiatus in VET research: the case of mathematics / Gail FitzSimons; What impact is implementing a quality system having on the VET classroom? / Jennifer Gibb; Work-related skilling in primary and secondary schools in Papua New Guinea / Richard Guy; Making judgments as the basis workplace learning - preliminary research findings / Paul Hager and David Beckett; Who’s listening, who cares? / Graeme Harper and Sonnie Hopkins; Quality vocational education and training: where does staff development fit? / Roger Harris and Michele Simons; Meaning-making in qualitative research: issues of rigour in a team-based approach / Pauline James and Dianne Mulcahy; Student readiness to learn via the Internet / Trish James; Learning in small business / Sue Kilpatrick and Suzanne Crowley; Evaluating flexible learning materials / Ann MacCann; The place of vocational education and training strategy within the overall planning framework of government: implications for research / Leo Maglen and Sonnie Hopkins; Future paths and challenges for quality and diversity in vocational education and training / Margaret Malloch; Equity and local participation in VET; some preliminary findings in Sydney postcodes / John McIntyre; Research on the economics of VET; the CEET research program / Phillip McKenzie; What difference does a research centre make? / Phillip McKenzie; Different modes of delivery - student outcomes and students’ perspectives / Josie Misko; Working on curriculum recommendations for women leaders and managers, 2010 / Jennifer Nevard; Longitudinal study of outcomes of vocational education and training programs / Oanh Phan; Seeking the Geek Girls: exploring women’s and girl’s perceptions of information technology / Vivienne Price and Robyn Woolley; Workplace trainers: what do they do? / Michele Simons, Roger Harris and John Bone; When one survey is not enough: the use of the Delphi approach in VET research / Erica Smith and Doug Hill; Research informing practice: instructional design for workplace learning / Peter J. Smith; Internet delivery for VET sector students at UniSA / David Snewin; What’s happening with VET in senior secondary schools? / Carmel Spark; Matching research methodologies with organisational experiences: making room for head, heart and soul / Maret Staron; The value of vocational education and training in a non-metropolitan community / Jon Toms, Barry Golding, Ian Falk and Sue Kilpatrick; Supporting students in a flexible learning environment: can it be managed better? / Kylie Twyford; Lifelong learning: a national policy research network on post-compulsory education and training / Louise Watson.

This volume of proceedings of the second national conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research ...  Show Full Abstract  

Conference name: Second National Conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association: AVETRA: Quality and Diversity in VET Research
Corporate authors: Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA)
Date: 1999
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Conference
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Quality; Research;
Teaching and learning show more

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