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2003 conference archive

The Sixth Australian VET Research Association Conference
"The Changing Face of VET”
Australian Technology Park, Garden Street, Eveleigh NSW, Sydney, Australia | 9-11 April 2003

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Note: Where there is no link for a conference paper, please contact author direct for further details.

Refereed Papers

The Papers below have been refereed to comply fully with the verification requirements of the Department of Employment Science and Training for a conference publication, full written paper refereed. An anonymous refereeing process has been used. For further information please refer to the 2002 Higher Education Research Data Collection: Specifications for preparing returns for the collection of data, Higher Education Division, Department of Education, Science and Training, Canberra (available online: http//:www.dest.gov.au/highered/research/herdc.htm).

Damon Anderson – Market reforms in the Australian VET sector: Impact and outcomes
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Damon Aderson – Productivism, VET and ecological sustainability
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Llandis Barratt-Pugh & Moira Watson – We have ways of making you … Implementation of frontline management in Western Australian minerals and energy industry
Paper

Stephen Billett / Andy Smith – Making employers pay: how do they do it overseas?
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Mr Michael Brown, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University – Conceptualisations of practice: implications for VET practitioners
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Berwyn Clayton and Kaaren Blom – We can’t teach them that! Reinstating the place of generic skills in VET
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Ms Catherine Down, Projects Director (Educational Development), RMIT University – Training Packages: The learning journey to date
Paper

Professor Ian Falk, NTU – Re-framing learning in VET: Social capital in (workplace) learning
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Jill Favero – ‘Quality’ training – challenges for teachers of workplace training for trainees and apprentices
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Barry Golding – Who’s doing the hunting and gathering? An exploration of gender segmentation of adult learning in small and remove communities
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Martha Goldman / Jo Balatti – Changing Organisational Practices to Meet the Needs of Indigenous Students in Mainstream VET
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Stewart Hase / Helen Saenger, Southern Cross University – Changing the Face of Competency Assessment: Evaluation of the Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training Package in the mining industry
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Mr Geof Hawke, Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology, Sydney – Students in an enterprise education in schools program: Their experience of, and attitudes towards, the world of work
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Susan Johns, Sue Kilpatrick & Barton Loechel – Pathways from rural schools: Does school VET make a difference?
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Ken Jorgenson/Shelly Gillis/Patrick Griffin/Justin Connally – A multi-source measurement approach to the assessment of higher order competencies
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Saraswathi Karthigesu & Ric Bierbaum – TAFE SA Teacher Training Education Requirements
Kisilu Mashtakh Kitainge PA011 Education and training for work; A comparative study of Kenya and Australia
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Maria Leontios, David Boud, Kerry Harman, Donna Rooney – Everyday learning at work: communities of practice in TAFE
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Dr Clare McBeath, Senior Lecturer in Training and Development, Curtin University of Technology – Articulation issues: From ANTA competencies to university degree
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Ms Bernice Melville, Project Officer, University of Technology, Sydney – Teaching practice and research practice: not oil and water
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Ms Pat Millar, University of Tasmania – VET and community development: A case study from a socio-economically disadvantaged community
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Josie Misko, Jane Schueler, John Saunders Joanne Brown – The Impact Of Regulated Fees on TAFE Training Participation in South Australia
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John Mitchell/Susan Young – Putting more Practice into Communities of Practice
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Dr Dianne Mulcahy, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne – Teacher standards and professionalism in TAFE: Prospects, possibilities and pitfalls
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Mr Ian Robertson, Manager, Box Hill Institute of TAFE – Implementing online. A matter of principles?
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Dr Peter Rushbrook, Senior Lecturer, Charles Sturt University – The Kapooka Tragedy 1945: history or heritage?
Paper

Michele Simons & Roger Harris – Out of sight, but not out of mind: the reality of change in the daily working lives of VET teachers and trainers

Erica Smith & Richard Pickersgill PA003 Gaining acceptance for accredited training for university staff
Dr Louise Watson, Associate Professor and Director Lifelong Learning Network, University of Canberra – Exporting TAFE: Challenges and Constraints
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Leesa Wheelahan – Recognition of prior learning and the problem of ‘graduateness’
Paper

Non-Refereed Papers

Geoff Speers – The Impact of Globalisation on the Regional Economy: measuring “knowledge intensity” and preparedness for the “knowledge-based economy”
Paper

Dennis Macnamara – The use of learning resources in the changing service offering to VET clients: Copyright criticality
Paper

John Mitchell – The Nature of Innovation in VET Professional Practice
Paper

Gavin Moodie – VET-higher ed transfers and the structure of tertiary education
Paper

Michaela Kronemann – Trends in TAFE student fees and charges
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Chris Selby Smith & F. Ferrier – The Funding of VET for Students with Disabilities
Paper

Tom Aumann – The changing face of VET: a provider-level case study from Victoria
Paper

Julie Bell – Vocational Learning: Everyone’s Business
Paper

Mike Brown – Academic credit and professional development for VET practitioners through authentic work based projects
Paper

John Henry/Jennifer Dalton/Julia Walsh – The Relevance of Adult Learning Principles to the Teaching of Applied Learning Programs to Youth.
Paper not available

Axel Bender / Katrina Ball – Factors influencing completions in Australia’s apprenticeship system
Paper

Margaret Tayar – Implementation and outcomes of a vocational education and training program in the Australian Meat Processing Industry
Paper not available

Andrea Bateman – Has RPL served its purpose?
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Katie Scholten/R. Brennan/C. Horton, C. McNickle, J. Osborne – Online Learning in Regional Australia – four snap shots of activity and experience
Paper

Karen Ho – Student Perspectives on Delivery Strategies
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Karen Plane – Embracing change– reengineering vet for triple bottom lines and developing sustainable learning regions for the future
Paper

Susan Dawe – The changing training practices in large Australian firms
Paper

David Hodges/Chris Harvey – Reflecting on practice: using the Diploma of Frontline Management to develop learning partnerships in the workplace
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Dieter Thom – ‘The Changing Face of Southern African Society and the Future of VET’
Paper not available

Carmel Brown – Do I get a Certificate for this, Miss? (Interpreting VET momentums)
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Paul Brady – A Curriculum Design Framework for the Australian Post Industrial Economy. Moving beyond CBT.
Paper not available

Ann Rice – The Changing Role of the TAFE Head Teacher
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Clive Chappell – An industry-led VET system –Where to from here?
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Joan Cashion and Phoebe Palmieri – Virtually face-to-face: changes in the meaning of ‘on-line’
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Sandra Kingston – Do gooding or effective community relations? A comparison of practice in the TAFE and Health sectors.
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Megan Lugg and David Saltmarsh – Merging paradigms: teaching and learning in school-based vocational courses
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David Curtis – Assessing Employability Skills: The Case of Problem-Solving
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Rob Denton – Down-to-Earth Key Competencies Assessment – A Very Practical Perspective
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Deb Daly – Queensland Government has visibly demonstrated its commitment to youth in this State through its recent extensive community consultation via the green paper Queensland the Smart State: Education and Training Reforms for the Future, and the subsequent white paper outlining a range of proposed education, training and employment reforms.
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