Students and individuals
The quest for a working blueprint: Vocational education and training in Australian secondary schools
- Item:
- 705
- Title:
- The quest for a working blueprint: Vocational education and training in Australian secondary schools
- Authors:
- Jeff Malley, Jack Keating, Lyn Robinson, Geof Hawke
- Publication date: 
- 11 December 2001
- Type:
- Research report
- Theme:
- Students and individuals > Learner groups > School students and VET in schools
- ISBN:
- 0 87397 767 X print; 0 87397 768 8 web
This report focusses on the implementation of vocational education and training (VET) in schools over the period 1996-1999. The report is comprehensive and provides an overview of school-based VET, historic and international aspects of vocationalism in secondary schooling, policy influences on the implementation of VET in secondary schools in Australia, a statistical description of VET provision in Australian secondary schools, a description of school-level implementation, discussion of cost and resourcing issues and then a suggested blueprint for school-based VET. Part 2 elaborates on the major findings and issues presented in part 1 and is available as a pdf file only.
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- Part A
PDF, 427 KB
Part B
PDF, 910 KB Order hard copy $33.00


