9th Annual vocational education and training research conference, North Coast Institute of TAFE, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, 4-7 July 2000: conference proceedings

Proceedings of the conference include the following papers: Graded Assessment Pilot Project: an in progress research project report / Carolyn Grayson, Mary O’Callaghan and Leanne Crowe; CEET’s stocktake of the economics of education and training / Chris Selby Smith and Fran Ferrier; Mixing methodologies in research / Stewart Hase; The investigation of a structure of corporate governance for the Logistics Education Centre / Romana Wereszczak; Key competencies in Training Packages / Catherine M. Down; School-industry links and the secondary VET teacher perceptions and involvement / Mark Dawson and Emory McLendon; The good, the bad and the ugly: perspectives from three states on the quality of Australia’s apprenticeship and traineeship system / Kay Schofield; Informal networks in the diffusion of innovative practice: a case of flexible program delivery / Cliff Trood and Trevor Gale; The nature of the relationship between TAFE NSW and NSW schools in the context of delivering vocational education and training in schools / Patrick Bradbery; Competition, outsourcing and quality issues in the VET sector: an exploratory study / Sherry Saggers, Moira Watson, Lindsay Nicholson and Stuart Boyd; Story telling and the role of the historian in adult and vocational education and training (AVET) research: some recent examples / Peter Rushbrook; Maximising confidence in assessment decision-making: the issues / Berwyn Clayton and Robyn House; New apprentice training in small and medium size enterprises / Brett Freeland and Katrina Ball; Learning approaches, study orientation and readiness for self-directed learning of youth in TAFE / S. C. Choy and B. L. Delahaye; Seeing the forest and the trees: tracking the literature / Trish Carroll; Lifelong learning and student data collection in Australia / Leesa Doughney; Financing cross-sectoral education and training in Australia: some issues / Bruce Chapman, Leesa Doughney and Louise Watson; Using ‘consultation’ to collect data and conduct VET research - can it be valid and reliable?: a discussion paper / Robin Booth and Sue Roy; An idiographic lens model analysis of student judgements of educational interest / James A. Athanasou; Social dialogue and training / Russell D. Lansbury and Richard Pickersgill; Good practice for on-line delivery of TAFE NSW courses / Wayne Houlden, Michael Pollock, David Frith and Branko Kulevski; What about the backpackers?: the ‘knowledge economy’ and the international market for skills / Michael Walsh; An economic evaluation of training schools and traditional methods of apprenticeship training / Western Research Institute (WRI), Western Institute of TAFE and Group for Research in Employment and Training (GREAT); Quality in on-line learning: the learner’s view / Joan Cashion and Phoebe Palmieri; Relationship between course design, delivery & course outcomes / Janelle Moy; Voices in VET: what is it like to be involved in VET programs in schools?: an apprentice researcher’s journey / Annette Green; Doing skills are not enough - coaching in the workplace: a workshop / Anthony M. Grant; Research report on the evaluation of select features of the Department of Defence Civilian Assessment System: October 1999 / Martin Gerada; Mapping articulation pathways in a multi-sectoral campus and its local community / John Skehan; Ethics, empowerment and education: a neo-Aristotelian case for public education and training / David Ardagh; Analysis of students outcomes using Module Load Completion Rate / Judith Uren; The word on the words: producing easy-to-read research reports / Hugh Guthrie; Employment shifts in the TAFE workforce in Victoria, 1993-98 / Chandra Shah.

Individual papers are indexed from TD/TNC 62.973 to TD/TNC 62.1005. Show less