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Dimensions of innovation: Some historical perspectives on vocational education and training and innovation in Australia - A discussion paper
Summary
- Item:
- 10226
- Title:
- Dimensions of innovation: Some historical perspectives on vocational education and training and innovation in Australia - A discussion paper
- Type:
- Managed research project
- Project no:
- NR3010
- Status:
- Finished
- Date commenced:
- 25 September 2003
- Contact:
- Richard Pickersgill
- phone: +61 2 6933 2442
- email: rpickersgill@csu.edu.au
Purpose
To produce a discussion paper that discusses how the vocational education and training system has been and continues to be integrated with the Australian national innovation system by providing an historical perspective on:
* The development and growth of nationally specific characteristics in the economy
* The specific institutional arrangements which reflect such development
* The development and integration of the VET system within these specific national characteristics.
Approach
Literature review
Research questions
1. What are the specific, historically derived characteristics of Australia's NIS?
2. How have institutional arrangements in education and training (VET) interacted with the development of the Australian NIS?
3. To what extent have these characteristics determined the nature of Australian Innovation?
4. How do general theories of innovation relate to these historically specific characteristics of the Australian NIS? 5. Are there specific national characteristics in the relationship between the Australian NIS and the technical and vocational education and training system(s) which differ from overseas experience?
6. What policy lessons may be learnt from a consideration of the historical evidence?
Methodology
Literature review.
Organisations
The VET Research Group is located in the School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. It was formed in 2002 to provide a focus for VET related research following the incorporation of the former Group for Research in Employment and Training (GREAT) into another CSU research centre. The group has five core members and has been identified by CSU as one of the university's Community of Scholars under a new internal support initiative. The core members are: Dr Erica Smith, Dr Peter Rushbrook, Mr Richard Pickersgill, Ms Ros Brennan and Ms Annette Green. VET Research Group members also supervise PhD, EdD and Masters research students and invite enquiries about post-graduate study in VET related fields at CSU.
