NCVER - Crazy paving or stepping stones? Learning pathways within and between vocational education and training and higher education

Item:: 1722
Title:: Crazy paving or stepping stones? Learning pathways within and between vocational education and training and higher education
Authors:: Roger Harris, Linda Rainey, Robert Sumner
Publication date:: 22 December 2006
Type:: Research report
Themes:: Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > General
: Students and individuals > Careers and pathways > Pathways after compulsory education
: Students and individuals > Student achievements and outcomes > General
ISBN:: 1 921170 01 8 print; 1 921170 07 7 web

Patterns of pathways between and within vocational education and training (VET) and higher education are examined in this study. It compares the notion of straightforward pathways with what is actually happening. The researchers interviewed 49 students in South Australia who had participated in VET and/or higher education and who had been through more than one transition between VET and higher education. The study concludes that pathways, while not necessarily seamless, and (as the title indicates) are often not straightforward, do work for the students interviewed.