The intended outcomes of this research program are to assess and refine existing models for learning pathways and credit transfer arrangements.
This research program is interested in the connections between specific vocational and occupational education and training and the academic pathways relating to specific fields of vocational learning, and their connections to further study pathways in a range of disciplinary contexts, specifically science and technology, commerce and business, social sciences and health.
The outcomes will be:
1. An account of the higher learning pathways available for graduates of higher level VET qualifications (diploma level and above), informed by:
* Local credit structures (TAFE students at Box Hill Institute, South West Institute and Gordon Institute and Deakin University)
* Students and pathway arrangements available through private enterprise training organisations, via Enterprise Registered Training Organisation Association (ERTOA) members.
2. Profiles of specific teaching, curriculum, learning and assessment processes and structures and their enabling conditions for credit recognition for extending opportunities for higher learning options.
3. Documentation and strategies to potentially progress pathways and articulation arrangements, from VET to higher education.
1. What are the core elements required for negotiating pathway arrangements between VET and higher education?
* How can the AQF descriptors provide a basis for credit recognition?
* How can the "Credit Matrix" model as developed by the VRQA have a generic application to the areas of science and technology, commerce and business, social sciences and health?
2. How does VET learning interface with higher education? What are the implications for:
* curriculum content
* teaching practices
* learning processes
* assessment arrangements
3. What strategies have the potential to enable learner mobility in the wider VET sector, considering
* Examining multiple sources of information to identify themes in relation to intersectoral movement, the use of AQF descriptors and the application of the credit matrix to other VET qualifications.
* Focus groups and interviews with students, teachers and administrators through the Deakin Strategic Alliance partners.
* An electronic survey to ERTOA members.
* Analysis, development, trialing and validation of a credit transfer model.
Box Hill Institute is one of Australia's premier, multipurpose TAFE institutes that prides itself on its ability to deliver a broad range of vocational education and training services. Box Hill Institute offers over 400 full-time and part-time courses covering a wide range of subject disciplines and delivery methods, as well as around 300 short courses. All courses provide students with a variety of pathways to employment, promotion and further tertiary study. Box Hill Institute is Australia's leading TAFE provider of tailored national and international quality training services for government and industry. Box Hill Institute also delivers TAFE degrees in Applied Music, Computer Systems (Networking), Hospitality Management and Biotechnology & Innovation, the Institute has more than 35,000 student enrolments each year with an increasing number coming from overseas.
