Global Trends and Local Bends: Australian Vet Developments
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Adult and Continuing Education
- Vol. 9 (1), 32-50
- https://doi.org/10.7227/jace.9.1.4
Abstract
This article explores how Australian governments have responded to global trends for reform of vocational education and training and the pressures for change. Australian VET policy is changing as a consequence of three interrelated factors: the need for VET to develop a sectoral identity in relation to the school and higher education sectors; the interplay of state and federal government relations; and, challenges to the current ‘industry-driven’ paradigm for the sector. There is pressure for VET to move beyond the current framework where VET is regarded principally as an instrument of micro-economic reform, to a broader and more inclusive role. The extent to which change is possible is limited however, by the mandated requirement that all VET qualifications remain within the framework of competency-based, industry-derived national training packages, which are similar to the National Vocational Qualifications in the UK.Keywords
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