Conference Archives 2007

Conference Papers

*** Refereed Papers: Papers annotated with three asterisks next to the paper number 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.

Paper	Author	Title
Keynote	Norton Grubb	The (Not So) New Context for VET: The Education Gospel and its Implications
Plenary	Karina Veal	Against the Odds: Vocational Education & Training in Countries Post-Conflict
Keynote	Philip Gonon	Apprenticeship-Model, Switzerland and European Reforms in VET
01***	Ian Robertson	Technology-based learning: problematising VET students’ preferences and readiness
03	Lisa Stephens & Sue Blair	Designing future businesses. Acts of revolution or evolution?
06	Kathryn Leong	Information literacy and TAFE: challenging librarian and teacher collaboration in the VET sector in a TAFE institute
07***	John Haycock	In search of an educational theory informing practice in TAFE: a case study of one pre-vocational adult educator
08***	John Guenther, Ian Falk, Allan Arnott, Karen Borgelt, Anthony Tyrrel, John Churchill, Steven Black & Jane Gunn	VET in welfare to work: does it work well?
10***	John Guenther & Ian Falk	Generalising from qualitative research: case studies from VET in contexts
11***	John Guenther, Metta Young & Alicia Boyle	Learning for livelihoods: lessons from training in diverse desert contexts
12***	Alexis Esposto & GA Meagher	The future demand for employability skills and the implications for the VET system
13	Carolyn Woodley	Quality matters offshore
14***	Martha Goldman	Teacher reflection on practice: evaluating TROPIC
15***	Lorraine White-Hancock & Terri Seddon	Sustaining innovation: perspectives from policy and the arts
16	Karen Plane	Changing notions of ‘partnership’? Changing policy and practices?
19***	Cathy Down	Crossing polycontextual boundaries: the role of context in learning
20***	Annette Foley	ACE working within/outside VET
21***	Barry Golding, Mike Brown & Annette Foley	Old dogs, new shed tricks: an exploration of innovative, workshop-based learning practice in Australia
22***	Erica Smith & Tony Bush	Group training organisations: bellwethers or shepherds?
23***	Erica Smith	Experiencing pre-apprenticeships: participants’ views of a program with dual purposes
24***	Erica Smith & Wendy Patton	A serendipitous synchronisation of interests: employers and student-working
25	John Mitchell	Teacher and institute enthusiasm for quality teaching and learning
26	Stephen Black	Non-english speaking background students in TAFE: exploring the factors behind their module completion rates
28***	John Pardy	Education credentials and working lives
29	Tom Dumbrell	Pre-apprenticeships in Australia 2006
30	David Curtis	Pathways through vocational education and training for school leavers
31***	Roger Harris	Unravelling the notion of organisational capability: what do writers say it is and VET providers think it is?
32	Roger Harris & Berwyn Clayton	Towards a synthesis of the key findings from the National VET Research Consortium, ‘Supporting VET providers in building capability for the future’
33	Berwyn Clayton	Changing shapes, changing mindsets: the evolution of Australia’s RTOs
34***	Homi Azemikhah	Competency intelligence
35***	Geof Hawke, Tony Brown & Keiko Yasukawa	Keeping afloat: how ACE organisations adapt in uncertain times
37***	Andrew Smith	Making the best of it? Strategic human resource management in Australian RTOs
38	Saraswathi Karthigasu	Romancing transnational education and training
40	Ruth Wallace & Cathy Curry	Working from our strengths
41	Ruth Wallace	Identities of reluctant regional students: constructions of post compulsory learners’ identities against educational institution’s best intentions
42	Michele Simons, Roger Harris & Val Pudney	Career pathways in VET: what are they are like?
43***	Anthony Bailey	Internationalising the curriculum: global opportunities for VET students
45***	Peter Rushbrook	What’s worth knowing in the history of publicly funded vocational education – and why?
46	Kerry Barlow	The continuing professional development of further education teachers: comparative study of TAFE NSW teachers and further education lecturers in the United Kingdom
47***	Roslin Brennan Kemmis	Indigenous staffing in VET: policy responses
48	Geoff Speers	The development of indicators to inform the guaranteeing futures area taskforce initiative in north west Tasmania
49	Geoff Speers	The impact of globalisation on the regional economy: measuring ‘knowledge intensity’ and preparedness for the ‘knowledge-based economy’
52	Roslin Brennan Kemmis, Michele Simons, Erica Smith & Nada Maio	Teacher preparation for the VET sector
54 54 (Fran Ferrier) 54 (Michael Long)	Gerald Burke, Chandra Shah, Michael Long & Fran Ferrier	VET in context: resources, skills and diverse learners
55***	Hilary Timma	Learning, training and assessing on-the-job: what do workers think?
56***	Gavin Moodie	Increased Commonwealth control over Australian vocational education: implications of the High Court’s Work Choices decision
57	Lynne Stallard & Cliff Trood	Are individual learners the forgotten VET stakeholders?
58	Belinda Smith & Charlene Carpenter	Entrepreneurial partnerships
59	Susanne Francisco & Stephen Darwin	Mentoring TAFE teachers – support, challenge, vision and trust
60***	Kaye Bowman, Louise Wignall, Sarojni Choy, Sandra Haukka & Stephen Billett	Emerging models of employment based training: untangling the drivers and identifying key features of effective models
61	Paul Comyn	Skill standards & occupational testing in China: implications for Australian VET
62	Paul Comyn	The role of VET in Australia’s agrifood industry innovation system: lessons for other industry sectors
63***	Kira Clarke and Veronica Volkoff	Passive, responsive or pro-active: Australian TAFE approaches to inclusiveness in VET
64	Llandis Barratt-Pugh	Exploring and evaluating structuration theory as a framework for investigating formal and informal learning within organisations
65	Susan Dawe	The challenges of VET for adult prisoners and offenders
66	Mark Cully, John Stanwick, Alanna Sutcliffe & Jeff Malley	Longitudinal research in VET – research symposium
68	Lisa Milne, Peter Cook & Zhongjun Cao	Making articulation work in a multi-sector institution: voices from the field
69	Jayne Pitard	Are TAFE Institutes as Learning Organisations changing the experience for teachers?
70	Erica Smith, Michele Simons & Ros Brennan Kemmis	The Research Qualify Framework: shaping AVETRA’s response
71	Helen Kimberley	Equity ahoy! The state of equity in TAFE in Victoria