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Teague, Christine; Quin, Robyn; Green, Lelia; Bahn, Susanne – International Journal of Training Research, 2014
This paper draws on the experience of one of the authors, an ethnographic researcher who, in the course of her investigation into the everyday work and communication cultures of Australian public transport officers, spent 12 weeks undergoing training as a rail transit officer before spending four months on the job where she was rostered on duty…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Ethnography, Transportation, Safety
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Polidano, Cain – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
This publication provides a summary of a program of research undertaken for the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research between 2011 and 2014. Comprising six projects, the body of work focuses on the impact of education and training on social inclusion and on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Inclusion, Program Descriptions
Donovan, Jerome Denis; Maritz, Alex; McLellan, Andrew – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Innovation has emerged as a core driver for the future profitability and success of the manufacturing sector, and increasingly both governments and the private sector are examining ways to support the development of innovation capabilities within organisations. In this research, we have evaluated a government-funded innovation training course…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Instructional Innovation, Job Training
Dymock, Darryl; Billett, Stephen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Governments are currently mobilising their national workforces to compete effectively in a globalised economy where being export-effective and import-competitive are necessary to secure national economic and social goals. Australia is no exception here. Yet, in this country, as in others, similar mobilisations occurred in earlier times, most…
Descriptors: War, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Educational History
Huber, Kathrin – International Journal of Training Research, 2010
In North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), one of the German states, catchment areas for part-time vocational schools were abolished in 2008. With the intention to foster competition between schools in order to improve school quality, training companies now may freely choose the school of their choice. NRW is the first German state to take this step. In the…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, School Choice, Comparative Analysis, Competition
Collier, Pam; King, Sharijn; Lawrence, Kate; Nangala, Irene; Nangala, Marilyn; Schaber, Evelyn; Young, Metta; Guenther, John; Oster, John – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
As part of a project funded by the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER) and the Desert Knowledge CRC (DKCRC), the "Growing the desert" research team have conducted a broad-ranging analysis of the role of formal and non-formal training opportunities that lead to employment and enterprise opportunities in the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Innovation

Houston, Helen – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1994
Outlines an innovative approach taken by a TAFE (technical and further education) institute in Tasmania to overcome problems associated with effective implementation of on-the-job training in field placements of early childhood students. The program involves a college-based child care training center, where students in an Associate's degree…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Bean, Robert – 1992
The evolution of the Workplace Education Service that operates in South Australia is chronicled. Begun as a single program designed to integrate workplace literacy, English as a Second Language, and literacy education for both native and non-native English-speakers in an automobile plant, the project grew into a network of programs and services in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Inplant Programs, Literacy Education
Geering, A. D. – 1985
The Associate Diploma in Training and Development (ADTD) is one of the four qualifications provided by the Centre for Studies in Adult and Further Education (CSAFE) at the South Australian College of Advanced Education. The ADTD offers a two-year, individually negotiated program for those who work or aspire to work in the training and development…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Associate Degrees, Course Content, Courses
Reubens, Beatrice G. – 1979
This report, prepared by the Education Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), analyzes current trends and issues in apprenticeship and in policies for apprenticeship in member countries. Apprenticeship is analyzed in countries where it is the most important activity of young people after leaving compulsory…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Apprenticeships, Certification, Educational Policy
Maglen, Leo; Hopkins, Sonnie – 2000
This report examines the participation of Australia's vocational education and training sector in aid projects in Southeast Asia and the Pacific from 1980-1997. It begins with background information on training assistance to developing countries, and it outlines the economic and educational assumptions underlying Australia's aid program to six…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Change
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
This issue contains a regional review, discussion of technical and vocational education in countries of Asia and Oceania, articles dealing with various aspects of technical and vocational education, and a bibliographical supplement. The brief statistical review in section 1 concerns second-level technical and vocational education in the developing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Youth Studies Abstracts, 1984
This quarterly publication contains 106 abstracts of educational materials published in Australia, covering social and educational developments, programs, and program materials. In the first two sections of the document, the abstracts are arranged in clusters according to prime subject matter. The topics covered, listed at the front of the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Citations (References), Curriculum Development, Disabilities
Anderson, D. S.; Blakers, C. – National Clearinghouse on Transition from School Newsletter, 1983
This part of the Australian newsletter from the National Clearinghouse on the Transition from School to Work is organized into eight sections. Following a description of the clearinghouse in the first section, the newsletter contains two sections of brief descriptions of current research projects and news items. In the fourth section, three books…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
Anderson, D. S.; Blakers, C. – National Clearinghouse on Transition from School Abstracts, 1983
This publication contains abstracts of documents concerning the transition from school to work that were published in Australia since August 1980. The abstracts are arranged in the following categories: (1) social and educational developments in policy analysis and research; (2) programs involving proposals, reports, and evaluations; (3) program…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Access to Education, Adolescents, Adults
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