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Conference Archives 1999

1999 AVETRA Conference

Quality and diversity in VET research
11-12 February 1999
Storey Hall, RMIT,Melbourne, Victoria

Overview

The 1999 AVETRA conference was held on 11 and 12 February 1999 at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s Storey Hall, Swanston Street, in the heart of Melbourne.

The conference provided an opportunity to engage with and reflect on the diversity of research conducted in the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

It aimed to reflect on the nature and character of VET research conducted by a diverse range of researchers.

Themes

The conference sought to map and describe research conducted by universities, TAFE Institutes, other VET providers, Industry Training Advisory Bodies (ITABs), private consultants, unions and teachers, trainers and students to examine the implications of such diversity on:

  • research training
  • research funding policy
  • research quality and quality of outcomes
  • research as a means of informing policy and practice.

In particular, papers addressed the following questions:

  • What constitutes quality research?
  • In what ways can the value, usefulness and utility of research be established?
  • In what ways can research, and especially VET research, contribute to the generation of new
  • knowledge and theory?
  • In what ways can research contribute to broadening the VET policy agenda?
  • In what ways can research meet the diverse needs of research clients?
  • In what ways can research develop collaborative structures to support the multiple interests of researchers?

ABSTRACTS & PAPERS

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Keynote Address

Terri Seddon
Advancing VET Research: Dilemmas and Directions

Membership Forum AVETRA 1999

Peter Kell
Abstracts and Papers

Katrina Ball and Stephen Lamb
Senior secondary curriculum choice and entry into post-secondary vocational education
Abstract | Full paper

Llandis Barratt-Pugh
The measurement of learning conversations: The illusion of the absolute obscures meaning
Abstract | Full paper

Mary A Barrett
Women, business and VET: Furthering a diverse research agenda
Abstract | Full paper

Phil Basset
An analysis of ways in which VET teacher training, recognition and ongoing performance appraisal can benchmark against related industry training standards
Abstract

David Beckett, Peteris Darzins and Jenny Gough
Ageing well: Negotiating research in aged care facilities
Abstract | Full paper

Barbara Bloch and Lisa Hoggard
Researching by VET for VET: A stocktake / lessons learnt
Abstract | Full paper

Victor Boulos and Jeannette Roberts
The “Third Way” of integrating equity perspectives into VET: What do you expect?
Abstract

Helen Bound and Christine Owen
Industry learning: Towards a framework for future research
Abstract | Full paper

Mike Brown
What is missing from innovative practice in VET?
Abstract | Full paper

Tony Brown
Learning on the job: Researching workplace restructuring
Abstract

Elizabeth Buckingham
Recruiting for renewal? Social controls and spaces in the apprenticeship to mathematics
Abstract | Full paper

Elaine Butler
‘Don’t be too polite, girls!’ A report on a critical literature review of women, work and VET
Full paper

Len Cairns
Quality and diversity in VET research: The capability perspective
Abstract Full paper

S. Choy, R Pearce and J. Blakeley
Professional development provisions for teachers/trainers in the vocational education and training sector: An overview
Abstract | Full paper

Berwyn Clayton
Joining the dots: Making the connections between VET research and VET practitioners
Abstract Full paper

Ian Cornford
The relationship between academics and other practitioners in VET
Abstract

Cathy Down and Paul Hager
Making judgements: Practical strategies from research outcomes
Abstract | Full paper

Terry Evans and Peter Smith
Research on flexible learning / delivery: Understanding terms
Abstract | Full paper

Val Evans
A research journey
Abstract | Full paper

Ian Falk
Key VET issues for research in regional Australia
Abstract

Ian Fegent
The use of self-access materials in vocational education and training
Abstract

Gail FitzSimons
A hiatus in VET research: The case of mathematics
Abstract | Full paper

Jennifer Gibb
The impact of the implementation of quality systems on the classroom
Abstract | Full paper

Dr Richard Guy
Work-related skilling in primary and secondary schools in Papua New Guinea
Abstract | Full paper

Paul Hager and David Beckett
Making judgements as the basis of workplace learning: Preliminary research findings
Abstract | Full paper

Graeme Harper
Who’s listening, who cares
Abstract | Full paper

Dr Roger Harris
Quality vocational education and training: Where does staff development fit?
Abstract |Full paper

Stewart Hase
Capability and vocational education and training
Abstract

Pauline James and Dianne Mulcahy
Issues of rigour in qualitative research: A constructivist approach to the evaluation of competency-based training
Abstract Full paper

Trish James
Student readiness to learn via the Internet
Abstract | Full paper

Sue Kilpatrick and Suzanne Crowley
Learning in small business
Abstract | Full paper

Ann MacCann
Workshop: Evaluation of flexible learning materials
Abstract | Full paper

Leo Maglen and Sonnie Hopkins
The place of vocational education and training strategy within the overall planning framework of government: Implications for research
Abstract Full paper

Philemon Mahlangu
Quality and diversity in higher education: A South African perspective
Abstract

Margaret Malloch
Future paths and challenges for quality and diversity in vocational education and training
Abstract | Full paper

John McIntyre
Centring VET research: Exploring the role of research centres in quality and diversity
Abstract

John McIntyre
Quality in equity research: The case for locality analysis
Abstract | Full paper

Phillip McKenzie
Research on the economics of VET: The CEET research programs
Abstract | Full paper

Phillip McKenzie
What difference does a research centre make?
Full paper

Josie Misko
Different modes of delivery: Module outcomes and student perspectives
Abstract | Full paper

Jenny Nevard
Working on curriculum recommendations for women leaders and managers, 2010
Abstract | Full paper

Jenny Newcombe
If our current VET agenda is the answer, what is the problem?
Abstract

Jenny Newcombe
The professional status of teacher and tutors, including permanency and career paths
Abstract

Oanh Phan
Longitudinal study of outcomes of VET training courses
Abstract | Full paper

Vivienne Price
Seeking the geek girls: Exploring women’s and girls’ perceptions of information technology
Full paper

Terri Seddon
Advancing VET research: Dilemmas, deviations and directions
Abstract Full paper

Michele Simons, Roger Harris and John Bone
Workplace mentors in business environments: What do they do?
Abstract Full paper

Michele Simons, Roger Harris
Quality vocational education and training: What role does staff development play?
Abstract

Andy Smith
New management practices and enterprise training
Abstract

Erica Smith and Doug Hill
When one survey is not enough: The use of the Delphi approach in VET research
Abstract Full paper

Peter Smith
Research informing practice: Instructional design for workplace learning
Abstract Full paper

David Snewin
Internet delivery for VET sector students at the University of South Australia
Abstract Full paper

Carmel Spark
What’s happening with VET in senior secondary schools?
Abstract Full paper

Maret Staron
Matching research methodologies to organisational experiences
Abstract Full paper

Jon Toms, Ian Falk and Sue Kilpatrick
The value of vocational education and training in a non-metropolitan community
Abstract Full paper

Kylie Twyford
Research as a means of informing policy and practice
Abstract

Kylie Twyford and Trish James
Supporting students in a flexible learning environment: Can it be managed better?
Abstract Full paper

Louise Watson
Lifelong learning: A national policy research network on post-compulsory education and training
Full paper

Regine Wegner and Merilyn Childs
A Town Like Alice: Work-based degrees as social, community and organisational research
Abstract

Regine Wegner, Merilyn Childs, Peter Waterhouse and Robyn Sefton
Workshop on research methods in VET
Abstract

Betty Weiler and Alice Crabtree
Ecotour guide performance: Findings and implications of a study assessing workplace competence
Abstract

Karen Whittingham and Ian Forsyth
Emerging technology enterprises from prototype to practice: Research on training needs
Abstract