Conference Archives 2014
AVETRA 17th Annual Conference Sufers Paradise – Queensland
“Informing Changes in VET Policy and Practice: The Central Role of Research”
Outrigger Hotel
Surfers Paradise, Qld, Australia
22 – 24 April 2014
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Abstract 4
Work(er) driven innovation
Raymond Smith®
Abstract 8
Spaces for learning: restor(y)ing identities and perspectives through reflective autobiography
Jennifer Miles®
Abstract 10
Delivering Higher Education in TAFE NSW: Exploring the pedagogy of VET teachers
Rosalind Carter®
Abstract 11
Outcomes of incorporating e-learning in school VET delivery: How has Gen Y benefited from the 1:1 laptop program?
Catherine Ryan®
Abstract 13
Historical influences on Vocational Education and Training inVietnam
Thi Hanh Tien Ho®
Abstract 15
Learning Pathways for Economic Enterprise in Remote Aboriginal Communities: Are Certificate IIIs the ticket?
Eva McRae-Williams®
Midlife blindness and employability: the correlation between societal perceptions of blind people and those who support their employment
Bruce Blackshaw®
Abstract 22
Distance-based learners navigating between remote and work-based learning contexts
Hilary Timms®
Abstract 23
Successful transitions into the labour market for equity groups
Linda Pfeiffer®
Abstract 25
Where are the female trades teachers? A study of views on increasing the number of female trades teachers
Linda Simon®
Abstract 26
Failure to Launch: A case of career transition from trade to teacher terminated
William Blayney®
Abstract 33
Amplifying the voice of remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander VET stakeholders using research methodologies: Volume 1
John Guenther®
Abstract 42
Education for Sustainability: an enabler of quality VET pedagogy?
Gitanjali Bedi®
Abstract 43
What do senior figures in Australian VET and industrial relations think about the concept of skill in work?
Erica Smith, Andy Smith, Ian Hampson, Anne Junor®
Abstract 46
Expertise and the representation of knowledge in Training Packages
Steven Hodge®
Abstract 50
Assessment of unskilled adults’ prior learning – fair to whom?
Vibe Aarkrog®
Teacher professionalization in relation to retention strategies. Do teacher training activities have any impact on drop-out rates in adult education?
Bjarne Wahlgren®
Abstract 59
Credit transfer rates at a regional university on the path towards dual sector status
Roslyn Cameron®
Abstract 65
NCVER funded research for the research theme Students and individuals (1999-2012)
Roslyn Cameron®
Abstract 66
Staff perspectives about gamefully designing Charles Darwin University
Alicia Boyle®
Abstract 71
Geographical dimensions of imagined futures: post school participation in education and work in peri-urban and regional’Australia
Sue Webb, Ros Black, Ruth Morton, Sue Plowright and Reshmi Roy , Monash University Faculty of Education®
Abstract 72
Does education and training for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders lead to ‘real’ jobs? Evidence from the 2011 Census
John Guenther®
Abstract 73
Self-directed learning and apprenticeships: An emerging grounded study
Damien Pearce®
Abstract 80
Deviating from the norm: promoting innovative student pathways
Helen Weadon®