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Denise De Souza; Zelinna Pablo; Michael Shevlin; Maria Theresa von Fürstenberg; Jennifer Banks; Debashis Sarker; Alejandra Rios Urzua; Donatella Camedda; Des Aston – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: Research on post-secondary training for individuals with intellectual disabilities has generally focused on programs, with little consideration of the structures and mechanisms that give rise to them. This article adopts a critical realist perspective to comparatively analyse and theorise about the contextual structures contributing to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Inclusion
Wibrow, Bridget; Waugh, Joanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
Streamlining the vocational qualification development process in Australia is a current priority of the skills ministers of both the Australian Government and state and territory governments. This research summary explores the development processes associated with vocational qualifications in selected countries and compares them with the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Needs, Industry
White, Mathew A., Ed.; McCallum, Faye, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
"Wellbeing and Resilience Education" engages with the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the theoretical and applied elements of wellbeing and resilience education. It explores the implications for students, teachers, and teaching from a transdisciplinary and international perspective. Featuring thirteen chapters written by 27…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Well Being, Resilience (Psychology)
Wibrow, Bridget; Waugh, Joanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
This project is focused on the second element noted by the Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) to streamline the national vocational education and training (VET) system so that it can better respond to the needs of industry -- faster development of qualifications. It looks at the vocational qualification development processes in different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Needs, Industry
Moodie, Gavin; Wheelahan, Leesa; Billett, Stephen; Kelly, Ann – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
A project funded through the National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation program investigated higher education programs--mostly bachelor's and associate degrees--offered by technical and further education (TAFE) institutes. This overview highlights some of the issues associated with the perceived status of TAFE higher…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Foreign Countries
Moodie, Gavin; Wheelahan, Leesa; Billett, Stephen; Kelly, Ann – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
A project funded through the National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation program investigated higher education programs--mostly bachelor's and associate degrees--offered by technical and further education (TAFE) institutes. This overview highlights the implications for TAFE management identified through this project. [This…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adult Education, Associate Degrees, Vocational Education
Wheelahan, Leesa; Moodie, Gavin; Billet, Stephen; Kelly, Ann – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
Degrees in technical and further education (TAFE) are relatively new, but are likely to grow as a consequence of government policies that both seek to increase the percentage of Australians holding a bachelor degree and create a more unified tertiary education sector. There are ten TAFE institutes authorised to offer higher education in five…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adult Education, Quality Control, Interviews
Lo Bianco, Joseph – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2009
It is an underlying principle of Australian Education Review (AER) 54 that active efforts should be made to cultivate the latent bilingual potential within Australia's wider population and that this should be linked to major improvements in the quality of language teaching in schools. A combined approach of this kind will require investment in…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Academic Persistence, Language Role, Ideology
Lonsdale, A. J.; Bardsley, W. N. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1984
A survey of Australian department heads in 61 institutions examined their most important tasks and responsibilities and perceptions of professional development opportunities; the results are compared with North American studies. Three alternative strategies for meeting professional development needs are suggested and evaluated. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration, Department Heads
Brunner, S.; Daley, M. – 1983
Existing Department of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) policy and practice in link courses are reviewed, and some proposals are made on the development of that policy. Issues or questions raised by these policies are juxtaposed with the presentation of link program policy. Chapter 1 considers the background of the link course program and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Coordination, Curriculum, Educational Cooperation
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1997
The development of "New Apprenticeships" reflects the need to strengthen employment-based training in Australia. The strengths and tradition of Australia's existing system must be built upon; inflexibilities that reduce options and choice must be removed. It is a four-stage process: development of policy principles, establishment of a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Course Selection (Students), Educational Finance
Harland, Cliff; And Others – 1986
Because none of the traditional programs that have been introduced to provide trade and skills training in remote Aboriginal communities has produced qualified tradespersons, a project was undertaken to develop and pilot test an apprenticeship training system called the Modular Integrated Training System (MITS). Visits to remote Aboriginal…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Learning Modules
Palmieri, Phoebe – ARIS Resources Bulletin, 1999
Since 1998 a consortium of six educational and community institutions in Australia have created a pathway into tertiary education for those not served by existing paths. The new path results in a Diploma of Further Education. The program is based on a philosophy of lifelong learning, including a foundation of eight lifelong learning goals.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Educational Certificates
Bulletin of the Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 1987
This bulletin issue contains articles and observations about continuing education for adults in various countries of Asia and the Pacific. Articles from five experts in continuing education and/or related areas in four countries in the region make up the first section. The experts are from (1) Sri Lanka (D. A. Perera); (2) Australia (Geoffrey…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems
Kelly, Neil – 1993
A review identified how the paraprofessional curricula of Technical and Further Education, Training, and Employment Queensland (TAFE-TEQ) aligned with the objectives of the Multicultural and Crosscultural Supplementation Program (MACSP). (MACSP was a program of Australia's National Policy on Languages.) The study also explained the acceptance or…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Curriculum Development, Educational Discrimination, Educational Policy
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