Quasi-markets in vocational education and training in Australia

During the period since the early 1980s when the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia has undergone reform, there has been profound change in the priorities and discursive frame of government policy. While the goals of social equity and economic efficiency were held in delicate balance up to 1987, thereafter the balance shifted markedly towards the latter goal as economic rationalism rose to prominence. This paper traces and analyses the discursive shifts in VET policy during this significant period of educational reform. The paper suggests that, as a consequence of the ... Show more

Authors: Anderson, Damon

Published: Brisbane, Queensland, Australian Academic Press, 2000

Resource type: Conference paper

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