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Rooney, Donna; Young, Kirsty – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2023
This paper addresses the question of why young Australians with intellectual disability (ID) remain underrepresented in open employment despite significant investment by various stakeholders. It uses the analogy of Whack-a-Mole (an arcade game) to draw attention to the complexity young people face during transition, and to illustrate how…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Employment
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Hodge, Steven – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2007
This article attempts to trace the origins of competency-based training (CBT), the theory of vocational education that underpins the National Training Framework in Australia. A distinction is made between societal and theoretical origins. This paper argues that CBT has its societal origins in the United States of America during the 1950s, 60s and…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational History