This literature review, commissioned by the National Quality Council, provides a historical
account of the development of competency-based training in Australia and summarises the …

In this paper, the author reflects, both as an academic researcher and as a senior
practitioner, on the experience of competency‐based training (CBT) in the Australian …

What should we teach in our schools and vocational education and higher education
institutions? Is theoretical knowledge still important? This book argues that providing …

This paper argues that competency‐based training in vocational education and training in
Australia is one mechanism through which the working class is denied access to powerful …

Winner of the 2007 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies
Association Performing and Reforming Leaders critically analyzes how women negotiate the …

The editors wish to thank Alison Clark of Continuum–her arrival made the task of creating
this book considerably easier, thanks to her enthusiasm and efficiency; and Nicole White …

In Australia, the relatively low standing of vocational education and the occupations it serves
is of growing concern. This standing is held to contribute to an increased number of young …

The notion of skills shortage pervades the rhetoric of economic reform and calls for Australia
to become a skilled nation, and it is implicitly associated with conceptions of youth as …

The quality of teaching in the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia has
been an area of concern for much of the twenty-first century (eg Department of Education …

Personal epistemology research over the past few decades has helped us to understand
better the nature of effective learning and teaching in teacher education. However, personal …