Generic skills in vocational education and training: Research readings
Authors:
Editor: Jennifer Gibb
Publication date:
30 April 2004
Publication type:
Research summary
Themes:
Teaching and learning > Generic skills > General
Teaching and learning > Generic skills > Teaching and learning generic skills
VET system > Training packages > General
VET system > VET providers > General
ISBN:
1 920895 31 0 print; 1 920895 32 9 web
Possessing generic or employability skills is vital in the current labour market. The vocational education and training (VET) sector, like other education sectors, must ensure its clients gain and develop generic skills. This volume of readings summarises NCVER managed research into generic skills undertaken in 2001 and 2002. The work covers four main topics: defining and specifying generic skills; exploring training providers', teachers' and learners' perspectives of these skills; exploring the workplace perspective of generic skills; and assessing these skills. To ensure people gain the generic skills they need, the research suggests improving the documentation of these skills in training packages, and sharing good teaching, learning and certifying practice.
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