Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
The purpose of this article is to provide a critique of the idea widely promoted by governments and industrial parties in Australia that competency-based training (CBT) is a coherent model of vocation education and training with universal applicability. The critique is made first by way of illustrat…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
Much has been written in recent years on the topic of competency-based training. In the context of recent training policies in Britain, the S/NVQ system has received a great deal of attention and publicity. Unfortunately, most of it is controversial and open to criticism. The promoters of the system…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
In Germany, structures and channels through the education system at first glance appear to be resilient to possible deviations from paths that have always been identified as reliable and more or less successful. One of the examples of a deeply rooted disinclination to reform is the Dual System of in…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
The design and delivery of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in the United Kingdom have suffered from both conceptual operational problems. This article identifies two ways of dealing with these problems that are based on wider research findings. The first approach is to move from a narrow m…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
In the twenty-first century, knowledge-based economies require planned management of knowledge and, therefore, partnerships between the world of work and education will take on qualitatively different emphases. The United Kingdom Government has recognised this through various initiatives including t…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
The central purpose of this article is to ascertain whether the system of vocational education and training in the Republic of Ireland can withstand the range of challenges that face the economy. In order to do so, a general overview of the current educational system is first presented. The nature o…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
The flexible delivery of training to develop skill in industry has been given considerable encouragement by both government and industry in Australia and the United Kingdom. The research in this article examines the learning preferences of apprentices and the support that they receive in the workpla…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1999)
This article focuses on the evolving concept of the training market and views about those factors which necessitate intervention in the market. User choice in apprenticeships and traineeships is the latest policy initiative in Australia to increase the responsiveness of the vocational education and …
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1999)
Several studies into the response of Australian teachers, in the vocational education and training (VET) sector, to the implementation of competency-based education (CBE) have identified the role of judgement in competency-based assessment as a source of confusion and distress for assessors. This ar…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1999)
This article reports on a case study to evaluate a variety of learning models, currently being implemented within vocational education, at a large private boys’ College located near Brisbane, Queensland in Australia. This programme was designed to enable students to complete a traineeship or apprent…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1999)
The plight of students with disabilities has been in the spotlight for several years now. Recent legislation has made vocational training, including students with disabilities, a mainstay in most secondary schools. While there are studies that prove that training in a vocational setting does have a …
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1999)
A number of approaches to occupational analysis are reviewed and categorised. Their respective strengths and weaknesses are illuminated by considering a number of critiques of each approach. The concept of role is introduced and defined, a distinction being drawn between a functionalist and an inter…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1999)
The purpose of this article is to present current international and national understandings of competence, and to present research examples which are relevant to vocational education. The article presents ‘competence’ as a critical field for research and practice in vocational education, and argues …
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1999)
A broad consensus has emerged in Scotland of the need to invest in the expansion of post-16 education and training. This renewed interest in Lifelong Learning has, however, become increasingly associated with expanding student numbers in full-time tertiary education. In this article, it is argued th…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1999)
Vocational education has become the instrument in Australia to create a more effective workforce in an age of technological change and intense international competition. Policies have been introduced which have focused narrowly upon competency-based training (CBT), the end product, with empirical re…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1998)
This paper addresses issues arising out of a small, naturalistic study involving young women in a competency-based training (CBT) course in Office Administration. The study, conducted in Victoria, Australia, was designed to explore how Technical and Further Education (TAFE) student groups, differing…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1998)
This paper proposes some new ways of understanding the relationship between policy and practice in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. It argues that contemporary policy making in VET follows a rationalistic logic where things are divided up according to the separate spheres of pol…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1998)
Results from qualitative research involving interviews with apprentices, employers and teachers in Commercial Cookery at a TAFE NSW College are used to highlight a range of problems for apprentices in work-based learning. Of considerable importance in effective learning are employee-employer relatio…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1998)
‘Modern’ apprenticeships have been in place in Britain since 1994. However, the social characteristics of 'modern' apprentices appear remarkably similar to those of traditional apprentices: 89% of the first wave of modern apprentices were male; and only 3% from ethnic minorities. As will be shown su…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(1998)
In the United Kingdom, the Modern Apprenticeship scheme is financed and managed largely by Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) which are regionally based. The article reports on a study carried out amongst a sample of TECs which examined their financial commitment to Modern Apprenticeships, and …
