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Quality is the key: critical issues in teaching, learning and assessment in vocational education and training

The brief for the research activity reported here was to identify critical issues in teaching, learning and assessment, in order to inform and influence vocational education and training (VET) practice. The three specific goals guiding the structure of this report were: (1) to identify what individual learners and industry clients want from VET in terms of teaching and learning experiences, services and support, and propose how these can best be met; (2) to identify the skills needed by VET practitioners in the design of learning programs and resources and in the provision of assessment services to meet the needs of different client groups and propose how these skills might be developed most effectively; and (3) to summarise the critical success factors, individual, organisational and systemic, in developing and implementing innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in VET providers and propose how models of good practice might be most effectively transmitted. This research identified a tension between compliance and creativity which needs to be addressed in quality frameworks at the system level. It highlighted a common concern for, and pursuit of, high quality within VET, by both policy-makers and practitioners, although the two groups have different definitions of quality and different views about where effort is required to achieve quality. However, research for this project shows that VET stakeholders generally accept that to achieve high-quality outcomes requires adequate inputs and multiple strategies: there is no single solution and there is no quick fix.

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Authors: Mitchell, John; Chappell, Clive; Bateman, Andrea;
Roy, Susan show more

Date: 2006
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Report
Subjects: Assessment; Quality; Industry;
Innovation; Skills and knowledge; Providers of education and training; Policy; Teaching and learning show more

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Supporting vocational education and training providers in building capability for the future: research activity overviews

The consortium 'Supporting vocational education and training providers in building capability for the future' undertook a two-year program of work which focused on approaches intended to help vocational education and training (VET) providers to build their capability. These eight overview papers include a general overview of the research program and key contextual issues of concern to VET stakeholders, while the other papers address the findings and outcomes of the overall findings and key messages of each specific research activity. The papers are: The overview and context of the consortium's research program / Hugh Guthrie; Careers in VET: what are they like? / Michele Simons, Roger Harris, Berwyn Clayton and Val Pudney; Quality is the key: critical issues in teaching, learning and assessment / John Mitchell, Clive Chappell, Andrea Bateman and Susan Roy; A study in difference: structure and culture in registered training organisations [RTOs] / Berwyn Clayton, Thea Fisher, Roger Harris, Andrea Bateman and Mike Brown; Investigating learning and work / Clive Chappell and Geof Hawke; Human resource management in registered training organisations / Andrew Smith and Geof Hawke; Sustaining and building management and leadership capability in training providers / Victor Callan, John Mitchell, Berwyn Clayton and Larry Smith; Making decisions about workforce development / Geof Hawke. There is also an interview with Berwyn Clayton and Roger Harris.

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Authors: Harris, Roger; Clayton, Berwyn; Chappell, Clive
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Report
Subjects: Assessment; Workforce development; Quality;
Outcomes; Teaching and learning; Providers of education and training; Management; Career development show more

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Visions and options: a report on five forums introducing the research consortium on building VET provider capability

This publication outlines the outcomes of five state-based forums held in 2005 to introduce the consortium research program which has investigated ways of building vocational education and training (VET) provider capability. It found a range of issues were of concern to participants as they considered how registered training organisations might position themselves to meet the demands of their various clients in the future. In particular, they noted that in a continually changing VET environment, attention would have to be given to new structures and ways of working as well as renewing the VET workforce.

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Authors: Clayton, Berwyn; Robinson, Pauline
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Occasional paper
Series name: NCVER occasional paper
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Research; Providers of education and training

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Having your say: views from the sector on enhancing vocational education and training provider capability

This publication reports on the participant feedback provided at the recent NCVER Research Forums, which showcased the findings of the Consortium Research Program, 'Supporting vocational education and training providers in building capability for the future'. It shows that the forum participants support the consortium's findings and key messages. As a result of the forums, it is suggested that more flexible industrial relations (IR) awards and funding models can help staff to be more responsive and innovative. It is further suggested that promoting, not inhibiting, flexibility is the key as well as attracting and retaining good staff. The forum also found that a more national approach to a range of these issues is needed, and more consultation with those confronting these issues on a day-to-day basis. Policy-makers need to work with providers to address the constraints which are hindering, not helping, to achieve the innovative, flexible and responsive vocational education and training (VET) sector everybody wants.

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Authors: Guthrie, Hugh
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Report
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Research; Innovation;
Finance; Policy show more

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