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ICVET Promoting Emerging Practice, TAFE NSW International Centre for VET Teaching and Learning

August 2006 Headlines

Equity and Diversity considerations

Indigenous Learning Resources

Workplaces of the future – what’s really happening in the workplace?

Life based learning – a new framework for capability development in vocational education and training (VET)

Chinese Vocational Education and Training Reforms

Discipline specific pedagogy

Skill ecosystems in TAFE NSW

Investigating learning through work

The future! in a library near you…

Assessment validation – a journey

If I had a Pink Hammer! - TAFE teacher, award winner and distance learner

Sutherland Shire Hub for Economic Development (SSHED) Precinct

Riverina Food and Wine Technology Centre

Innovation Management

Postcard from Canada – Aussie impact!

International Research Snapshot

ICVET Update: August 2006

 

References

Different contexts, different learners

TAFE NSW VET Pedagogy Project 2006 managed by Lynne Stallard, ICVET

Prepared by Roslin Brennan Kemmis and Erica Smith, RIVET (Research in Vocational Education and Training) Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga

Different Contexts: Different Learners

These references relate to five articles bringing together themes and trends from the 2006 literature review of the TAFE NSW VET Pedagogy Project 2006. The findings highlight pedagogical challenges as distinct and lively areas for discussion by teachers while also making the information easily accessible online. The published articles are:

Younger learners

Classroom behaviour and management

Equity and diversity considerations

Discipline specific pedagogy

Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) 2005, Standards for Registered Training Organisations, ANTA, Brisbane

BALATTI, J, Gargano, L, Goldman, M, Wood, G & Woodlock, J 2004, Improving Indigenous completion rates in mainstream TAFE: an action research approach, NCVER, Adelaide

BOORMAN, A 2001, How institutions respond to Training Packages, Research to reality, paper presented at 4th Australian Vocational Education and Training Research AssociationConference, 28-30 March 2001, Adelaide

Adobe PDF file BOOTE, J 2005, Young VET learners with disabilities: acquiring 'learning skills' for life and work, paper presented at 8th Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association Conference, 13-15 April 2005, Brisbane

BOWMAN, K (ed) 2004, Equity in vocational education and training: Research readings, NCVER, Adelaide

Adobe PDF file CHOY, S & Delahaye, B 2005, Some principles for youth learning, paper presented at 8th Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association Conference, 13-15 April 2005, Brisbane

COFFIELD, F, Moseley, D, Hall, E & Ecclestone, K 2004, Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning: a systematic and critical review, Learning & Skills Research Centre, London

COLLINS, A, Brown, J S & Newman, SE 1989, Cognitive apprenticeship: Teaching the crafts of reading, writing and maths, in L B Resnick (Ed) Knowing, learning and instruction: Essays in honor of Robert Glaser, Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ

CORBETT, J, Kitteringham, J & McAnespie, B 1999, Vocational Education and Training to Support the Transition of Young People with Learning Disabilities to Paid Employment, paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, Lahti, Finland, 22-25 September 1999

DAVEY, P & de Vries, P 2004, Enterprising partnerships: Incubating learning, paper presented at 7th Annual Australian VET Research Association Conference, Canberra

Adobe PDF file DAVIDSON, M & Goldman, M 2004, 'Oh behave' ... reflecting teachers' behaviour management practices to teachers, paper presented at 7th Annual Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association Conference, Canberra

DEISSINGER, T & Ruf, M 2006, Übungsfirmen am Kaufmännischen Berufskolleg in Baden- Württemberg. Praxisorientierte vollzeitschulische Berufsausbildung zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit, Eusl, Paderborn

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING 2005, Report of the Consultation on future directions for public education and training: 'One size doesn’t fit all', Department of Education and Training, Sydney, NSW

EDWARDS, CH & Watts, V 2004, Classroom discipline and management: an Australasian perspective, John Wiley & Sons, Australia

FAVERO, J 2003, 'Quality' training: Challenges for teachers of workplace training for trainees and apprentices , paper presented at 6th Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association Conference, Sydney

GENTLEMAN, S 2006, Developing an effective process for securing learning support for participants in work-based learning, Learning and Skills Development Agency, London

GLASSER, W 1990, The quality school: Managing students without coercion, Harper Collins, New York

HABERMAS, J 2003, Truth and justification, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

HALL, J 2005, Neuroscience and education: What can brain science contribute to teaching and learning? Scottish Council for Research in Education, Research Report No 121, University of Glasgow, Scotland

HANKEY, J 2004, The good, the bad and the other considerations: reflections on mentoring trainee teachers in post-compulsory education, Research in Post-Compulsory Education, vol 9, no 3, pp389-401

HARRIS, R, Willis, P, Simons, M & Underwood, F 1998, Learning the job: Juggling the messages in on and off the job training, NCVER, Adelaide

HAY, KE 1996, Legitimate peripheral participation, instructionism and constructivism: Whose situation is it anyway? In H McLellan (Ed), Situated learning perspectives, Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

House of Representatives’ Standing Committee on Education and Training 2004, Learning to work: Report on the inquiry into vocational education in schools, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra

HUGHES, M & Monteiro, H 2005, Making work-based learning work: Identifying effective practice in the delivery of apprenticeships, Learning and Skills Development Agency, London

JOHN, D 2004, Quantifying the impact of equity overlap in VET, in Kaye Bowman (Ed), Equity in vocational education and training: Research readings, NCVER, Adelaide

JOHN, D 2004, Identifying the key factors affecting the chance of passing vocational education and training subjects, NCVER, Adelaide

KEMMIS, S, Atkinson, M, Brennan, R & Atkinson, C 2004, Mid-term review: Partners in a Learning Culture, ANTA, Brisbane

LAVE, J & Wenger, E 1991, Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

LEARNING AND SKILLS COUNCIL 2004, National learner satisfaction survey, Work based Learning summary report 2002/03, Learning and Skills Council, London

LENZE, LF 1996, Discipline-specific faculty development, National Education Association Update, vol 1, no 1, pp1-4

LONG, M 2005, How young people are faring: key indicators 2005: an update about the learning and work situation of young Australians, Dusseldorp Skills Forum, Sydney.

LUCAS, N 2005, Using work-based learning to rethink initial teacher education programmes for adult and further education teachers: Beyond a standards based model and the importance of knowledge, paper presented at 4th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, 11-12 December 2005, Sydney

MCINTYRE, J, Volkoff, V, Egg, M & Solomon, N 2004, Understanding equity strategies of training providers, NCVER, Adelaide

MCNICKLE, C 1999, Business partners and practice firms: An investigation into the effectiveness of the relationship, Canberra Institute of Technology, Canberra

Adobe PDF fileMITCHELL, J, Chappell, C, Bateman, A & Roy, S 2005, Critical issues: A draft literature review on critical issues in teaching, learning and assessment in vocational education and training, paper prepared for the Consortium Research Program: Supporting Vocational Education and Training Providers in Building Capability for the Future, NCVER, Adelaide

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2002, Understanding the brain: Towards a new learning science, OECD, Paris

Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) 2003, The initial training of further education teachers: A survey, Ofsted Publications Centre, London

Adobe PDF file PETERS, K 2005, E-learning for target learner groups – youth: environmental scan paper prepared for the 2005 E-learning for Target Learner Groups Project, Australian Flexible Learning Framework, Brisbane

RICHMOND, C 1996, Behaviour management skill training handbook, Queensland Department of Education, Australia

ROGERS, B 1995, Behaviour management: A whole-school approach, Ashton Scholastic, Australia

RUIZ, S, Earl, R, Ruiz, J & van den Broeke, P 2001, The IT Training Package and the workplace training context – HOW? Paper presented at 4th National Conference of the Australian VET Research Association, Adelaide

RUSSELL, C, Employment and Training Papers 21 – Education, employment and training policies and programs for youth with disabilities in four European countries, International Labour Organisation, Geneva

SHULMAN, L S 1986, Those who understand: Knowledge growth in teaching, Educational Researcher, vol 15, no 2, pp4-14

SHULMAN, L S 1987, Knowledge and teaching: Foundations of the new reform, Harvard Educational Review, vol. 57, no 1, pp1-22.

SIMONS, Michele, Harris, Roger & Smith, Erica 2006 , University of South Australia, The Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training: understanding learners and learning, NCVER, Adelaide

SMITH, E 2005, Researching in an enterprise, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga

SMITH, E 2002, The workplace is not always a learning space. Campus Review, April 3-9, p4

SMITH, E & Keating, J 2003, From training reform to Training Packages, Social Science Press, Tuggerah Lakes, NSW

Adobe PDF file SMITH, P & Blake, D 2006, Facilitating learning through effective teaching, NCVER, Adelaide

SMITH, P J & Dalton, J 2005, Learning styles: Relevance and good practice in VET, NCVER, Adelaide

SPIELHOFER, T & Sims, D 2004, Modern apprenticeships in the retail sector: Stresses, strains and support, Journal of Vocational Education and Training, vol 56, no 4, pp539‑558

TRIPP, S D 1996, Theories, traditions and situated learning. In H McLellan (Ed), Situated learning perspectives, Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

UNWIN, L & Fuller, A 2003, Expanding learning in the workplace: Making more of the individual and organisational potential, NIACE, Leicester

WENGER, E 1998, Communities of practice: Learning, meaning and identity, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

WOOD, S 2004, Fully on the job training: Experiences and steps ahead, NCVER, Adelaide

 

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