Quality is the key: Critical issues in teaching, learning and assessment in vocational education and training
Authors:
John Mitchell, Clive Chappell, Andrea Bateman, Susan Roy
Publication date: 
22 December 2006
Type:
Research report
Themes:
Teaching and learning > Quality of teaching and learning > General
Teaching and learning > VET practitioners > Nature of work
Teaching and learning > VET practitioners > Professional development (VET practitioners)
VET system > VET workforce > Professional development (VET workforce)
VET system > VET workforce > VET teachers
ISBN:
1 921170 30 1 print; 1 921170 36 0 web
This report identifies what individual learners and industry clients want from vocational education and training (VET) and proposes how these needs can best be met. It also identifies a tension between compliance and creativity which needs to be addressed in quality frameworks at the system level. In addition, providers need to reshape their structures and modify their cultures so they are open to creativity and flexibility but also able to meet compliance requirements. At the practitioner level, ongoing funding for the professional development of staff is needed so they have the time and space to develop innovative strategies for teaching, learning and assessment.