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Careers in vocational education and training: What are they really like?

Item:
2114
Title:
Careers in vocational education and training: What are they really like?
Authors:
Michele Simons, Roger Harris, Val Pudney, Berwyn Clayton
Publication date: 
22 April 2009
Type:
Research report
Themes:
VET system > VET workforce > General
Teaching and learning > VET practitioners > General
VET system > VET workforce > Professional development (VET workforce)
VET system > VET workforce > VET teachers
ISBN:
978 1 921412 94 3 print; 978 1 921412 95 0 web

As part of a program of research examining the capability of vocational education and training (VET) providers, this study examines the career pathways of a wide range of VET employees. It found that careers in VET are characterised by high levels of mobility and self-directed career behaviour aimed at achieving two outcomes: job satisfaction and security of employment.

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