Conference Archives 2005
AVETRA 8th Annual Conference – 13 – 15 April 2005
Emerging Futures – Recent, Responsive & Relevant Research
Sofitel Brisbane
Wednesday, 13 April 2005 – Friday, 15 April 2005
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2005 Conference Papers
*** Refereed papers
Papers annotated with an asterisk in the Contents below have been refereed to comply fully with the verification requirements of the Department of Education, 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 ).
| REF | Author(s) | Identifier | Paper Title |
| *** | Stephen Black | PA 072 | TAFE head teachers: Discourse brokers at the management/teaching interface |
| *** | Roslyn Cameron | PA 050 | The mature age in transition: Innovative practice for re-engagement |
| *** | Sarojini Choy & Brian Delahaye | PA 023 | Some principles for Youth Learning |
| *** | Bethany Cooper & Sue O’Keefe | PA 011 | The importance of credit transfer in the decision to undertake post-compulsory education: and exercise in experimental choice analysis |
| *** | Dawn Edwards & Richard Pickersgill | PA 035 | The contribution of VET to innovation in regional industry |
| *** | Shelley Gillis & Andrea Bateman | PA 010 | The Development of a Framework for Assessing Complexity of Units of Learning Across Schools, VET and Higher Education |
| *** | Barry Golding | PA 027 | About FACE: Implications of research into men’s learning patterns in rural towns |
| *** | Ms Lauri Grace | PA 008 | Training Packages and the AQTF: Freedom to move or components of a compliance-driven straightjacket? |
| *** | Annette Green | PA 057 | Changing direction to make a difference: New voices in VET in Schools |
| *** | R. E. (Bobby) Harreveld | PA 060 | Walking the walk – vocational educators and researchers using technology to learn about technology |
| *** | Roger Harris & Michele Simons | PA 047 | Playing the right tune in VET research: Using cognitive testing to improve our instruments |
| *** | Joan McPhee | PA 024 | Privately Owned Registered Training Organisations in Victoria – Diversity as an emerging theme? |
| *** | Gavin Moodie | PA 046 | Emerging futures in VET policy in Australia and overseas |
| *** | Diane Newton, Maj. Paul Ashman & Allan Ellis | PA 014 | The Australian Army soldiers’ perspective of flexible learning: Reserve distance learning pilot |
| *** | Sue O’Keefe, Lin Crase & Darryl Maybery | PA 012 | Economic, psychographic and organizational influences on employees’ participation in VET: Preliminary results |
| *** | Peter Smith | PA 021 | Understandings of learning styles among VET practitioners |
| *** | Helen Spiers | PA 058 | Indigenous participation in health sciences education: elements of the institutional learning environment critical for course completion |
| *** | Leesa Wheelahan | PA 037 | Theorising the relationship between the individual, knowledge and skill |
| *** | Lorraine White-Hancock | PA 032 | The silent teacher: spoken and unspoken rhetorics and the politics of training reform |
Non-refereed Papers
| Author(s) | Identifier | Paper Title |
| A. Anlezark, K. Ong, S. Thomson | Paper not available | Does participation in school VET programs result in successful outcomes for students in the short-term? |
| Andrea Averis, Susan Dawe | Paper not available | Evidence for policy: NCVER’s systematic reviews of research – processes and outcomes. |
| Homi Azemikhah | PA 049 | The Design of Competency Based Learning Resources for VET Training Packages using learner centred, work centred and attribute focused simulation strategies |
| Llandis Barratt-Pugh, B. English, B. Jones, C. Malony and J. Elderfield | PA 097 | Framing development in terms of professional health: constructing an instrument to monitor organizational ‘wellness’ and inform development practices within the WA Public Services |
| Stephen Billett, Allie Clemans, Terri Seddon | PA 065 | Forming, developing and maintaining social partnerships in VET |
| Jeanne Boote | PA 019 | Young VET Learners with disabilities: Acquiring ‘learning skills’ for life and work |
| Anita Buczkowsky | PA 077 | Drivers of change. Researching where VET is heading |
| Prof Gerald Burke | Paper not available | Public and private spending on education and training: trends and implications |
| Victor Callan & John Gardner | PA 098 | VET Provision and Recidivism in Queensland Correctional Institutions |
| Pam Caven | Paper not available | Australian VET – an Overview |
| Berwyn Clayton and Thea Fisher | PA 073 | Sharing critical ‘know how’ in TAFE institutes: Benefits and barriers |
| Leisje Connelly | Paper not available | Quick fixes and bandaids: sites of vocational education for youth |
| Keith Crampton | PA 004 | Employer sponsored learning: re-reading the texts |
| Monique Dawson | Paper not available | Productivity, participation and place – a three-dimensional approach to evaluating publicly funded programs in Queensland |
| Cathy Down | Paper not available | Transferring and adapting competence across different contexts: a metaphoric framework |
| Cathy Down & Mike Brown | Paper not available | Action research and activity theory: what are the essential differences? |
| Ms Felicity Dunn | PA 005 | Incentives and Disincentives to Learning and the role of Credit Based Frameworks in encouraging Learners |
| Deborah Eagles, Marcia Pope, Pam Woodward | PA 045 | Indigenous learners in the digital age: recognizing skills and knowledge |
| Lesley Farrell, Damon Anderson, Stephen Billett, Allie Clemans, Bernard Holkner, Terri Seddon |
Paper not available |
Paying attention to new VET learning spaces! |
| Fran Ferrier | PA 016 | Meeting new challenges – are specialist VET centres the way forward? |
| Fran Ferrier | Paper not available | The skill & training needs of young volunteers |
| Lyn Firminger | PA 068 | Microtechnology: the technology we have to have? |
| Annette Foley | PA 042 | Searching for the “C” in ACE |
| Colin Gallagher & Damon Anderson | PA 096 | The Virtual IT Training affair: a case study of market failure and neoliberalism in VET |
| John Guenther | PA 055 | Pathways to effective training outcomes: lessons from northern Australia |
| Ms Silke Hellwig | PA 015 | The competency debate in German VET research: implications for learning processes based on Vocationalism |
| Claire Manning | PA 052 | Hidden Treasures: Work related learning using the arts |
| Dr. Stuart Middleton | PA 062 | Research as a Second Career: Research Culture in a VET Setting |
| Mr. John Mitchell | PA 026 | Effective VET networking with industry in the marketplace |
| Jennifer Nevard & Doug Thompson | PA 094 | Tracking student aspirations – a work in progress |
| Karen Plane | PA 036 | Becoming more responsive to VET or becoming over vetted? Tensions for the ‘political ecology’ in VET and capacity building with small business/community partnerships in the Adelaide Hills region |
| Ian Robertson | Paper not available | Teacher’s negotiating the use of online technology: Implications for professional development |
| Ian Robertson | Paper not available | VET practitioners: Active participants in the introduction of technology into teaching |
| Josie Rose, Mary Schooneveldt, Glenda McPherson | Paper not available | Flexible ACE – Investigating flexible teaching and learning in Adult Community Education, Victoria |
| Peter Rushbrook, Michael Brown & Richard Pickersgill | Paper not available | Emerging pasts: the role of the Instructional Systems Model (ISM) as a precursor of outcomes based vocation educational and training |
| Katie Scholten | PA 022 | Success & successes, working with youth at risk |
| Mr James Shields | PA 003 | Corporations, Learning Strategies and Teachers Work |
| Michelle Spuler | PA 092 | Collaborative Frameworks: A TAFE Queensland Case Study |
| John Stanwick & Hugh Guthrie | Paper not available | Lower level AQF qualifications: Pathways to where? |
| Terry Taylor & Josie Rose | PA 028 | Bridging the divide: older learners and new technologies. Strategies for engaging older learners with ICT training |
| Tania Teese | PA 033 | Chefs or cooks: the impact of social change on cooker education |
| Sarah-Jane Terrill & Christine Robertson | PA 054 | Learning from the learner: Exploring the relationship between workplace culture and workplace learning |
| Mr Douglas Thompson | Paper not available | Creating a Student Centred Training Program – notes from the workface – creating a Student Responsive Learning Environment. |
| Cliff Trood | Paper not available | The Dilemma of Skill Shortages in Regional Areas – a case study of manufacturing skills on the North Coast of NSW |
| Lesley Wemyss | Paper not available | Building networks of assessors in remote Queensland for the purposes of: moderating assessment tools; and tailoring assessments for participants with a disability |