Title: Doing thinking activity learning: proceedings of the 12th annual international conference on post-compulsory education and training: volume 1
Abstract: The papers included in this volume explore the inter-relationships among concepts such as being, doing, thinking, history, culture and learning, investigating ways of improving related practice and policy in postcompulsory education and training and present various aspects of learning and the role of learning within different cultures, with an emphasis on post-compulsory education and training. Papers within volume one include: Contestable outcomes: market reform in the Australian VET sector / Damon Anderson; The nature of ethical learning and practice in lifelong learning / Richard G. Bagnall; Learning support workers in further education colleges in England - a first report / Bill Bailey and Jocelyn Robson; Learning beyond training packages / Fred Beven; Pathways and transitions for mature-aged job seekers / Barrie Brennan; Articulation and embedding: using the Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training to explore the relationship between the higher education and VET sectors / Tony Bush and Erica Smith; A transitional model of recognition / Roslyn Cameron and Peter Miller; Issues, difficulties and lessons from conducting international research: a report of two cases / Supaporn Chalapati and Kisilu Kitainge; Holistic leadership in education: refocusing society through our educative institutions and structures / Rupert Collister; Can we do it better next time? A critical review of the effectiveness of Australian VET policies of the 1990s and the need for policy change / Ian R. Cornford; Developing expertise in learning: some implications for vocational education and training / Ian R. Cornford; Learning in a measured workplace: call centres and learning / Margaret Crouch and Tony Holland; Stories in (con)text: women learners and the VET experience / Jeannie Daniels; Making sense of transfer and adaptation across differing contexts / Catherine M. Down; Website learning for community leaders: a partnership project / Lisa C. Ehrich, Neil Cranston and Mark Creyton; Mentoring: doing, thinking, activity and learning in the public sector / Lisa C. Ehrich and Brian Hansford; Doing, thinking, teaching and learning numeracy on the job: an activity approach to research into chemical spraying and handling / Gail E. FitzSimons and Susan Mlcek; Interrupted trajectories: an analysis of four life transition points, from ages 10 to 20 in a rural, remote town / Robert Funnell and William Foster; Language and power in vocational education and training / Lauri Grace; What practitioners know and how they know it: revealing the culture and context of the artistry of expert educators / Sheila Grainger and Maureen Doherty; Teaching, learning and assessing creativity in VET / Sandra Guy; Cross-sectoral learners: movement between Australian tertiary education sectors / Roger Harris, Linda Rainey and Bob Sumner; Lifelong learning in music education: a brief examination / Scott D. Harrison; Improving teachers' practice: a cross-cultural study / Tony Holland and Bob Pithers; LLL organisation: a simplified myth / Annica Isacsson; LLL practices: analysis of an award winner / Annica Isacsson; ICTs in adult literacy education: stories from the field / Anne Jones, Ilana Snyder and Joseph Lo Bianco.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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