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This document is comprised of a collection of papers from the 10th National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Research Conference, which was held at the Waterfront Campus of Deakin University, Geelong from the 10th to the 13th of July, 2001. The conference was jointly sponsored by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) and the Research Institute for Professional and Vocational Education and Training (RIPVET). The collected papers are: Training in a cold climate: what can Australia learn today from New Labour and the ‘Third Way’? / Richard Pickersgill and Michael Walsh; Teacher and researcher - closing the loop: using emerging technologies to facilitate the collection and collation of data in tests and surveys / Michael Shaw; VET and innovation: some conceptual issues / Richard Pickersgill; Vocational education: voices from the field / Annette Green and Colin Boylan; Monitoring student pathways using institutional data collections - directions for reform / Richard Teese and Louise Watson; e-Learning for industry: the competitive advantage / Carolyn McGregor and Tony Whittingham; Organisational support for flexible delivery: report on Victorian cases / John Henry; VET and the national innovation system / Fran Ferrier, Cliff Trood and Karen Whittingham; Cooperate to compete: teamwork in VET research / Charles Noble; Assessment practices at diploma/advanced diploma level within training packages / David Foreman, John Bone and Paul Davis; I don’t care as long as it looks yellow: assessors’ experiences in judging quality / Anne Jones; Fair and feasible?: the scope for a cross-sectoral funding model for post-compulsory education and training / Louise Watson, Leesa Wheelahan and Bruce Chapman; What are the long term employment outcomes for individuals of participation in vocational education and training? / Chris Ryan; Working together to improve vocational and career opportunities for students: how do schools create meaning for VET? / Kathryn Dixon; Graded assessment: a research update report / Carolyn Grayson and Leanne Crowe; Gender and students’ self-reported cheating: a preliminary report / James Athanasou; Change management strategies for high-performing VET organisations / John Mitchell, Susan Young and Sarah Wood; Workbased learning in the contemporary Australian VET sector: a reappraisal / John Mitchell, John Henry and Susan Young; Unscrambling the quality egg: a qualitative audit process to identify the learning needs of adults and enhance networks in learning organisations and community settings / Barry Golding and Kevin Vallence; Oral communication skills in VET / Helen Fraser; Training packages and underpinning knowledge: getting our heads round the issues / Cathy Down; TAFE students and volunteering / Chris Selby Smith; Staff development expertise of high-skilled VET practitioners / Susan Young, John Mitchell and Sarah Wood; Helping flexible learners to identify their learning styles/learning preferences: a TAFE frontiers project / Lyn Wakefield; Social capital and VET: the good and the just plain bad / Tony Smith; The TALANT: the third age learner accessing new technology / June Hazzlewood; Interpreting educational research data using quantitative statistical software / Elizabeth Evans.

Individual papers are indexed from TD/TNC 66.435 to TD/TNC 66.461 and a collection of Powerpoint presentations from the conference may be found at TD/TNC 66.462. Show less