Roger Harris

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New directions in European vocational education and training policy and practice: Lessons for Australia

A striking feature both in the European Union and Australia is the wide scope of issues that governments are addressing and the role they envisage for VET

Crazy paving or stepping stones? Learning pathways within and between vocational education and training and higher education

Patterns of pathways between and within vocational education and training (VET) and higher education are examined in this study

Private training providers in Australia: their characteristics and training activities

This study by Roger Harris, Michele Simons, Carmel McCarthy examines the nature of the training activity of private registered training organisations (RTOs) offered to Australian students in 2003, based on data from a national sample of 330 RTOs

Mix or match? New Apprentices' learning styles and trainers' preferences for training in workplaces

Roger Harris, Michele Simons and John Bone show that the preferred workplace features of trainers and New Apprentices in manufacturing were quite different from those in retail and community services

A huge learning curve: TAFE practitioners’ ways of working with private enterprises

Increasingly, vocational education and training practitioners work with industry and within private enterprises in arrangements that provide training for workers

Student traffic: two-way movement between vocational education and training and higher education

Movement in Australia's tertiary sector - between and within higher education and vocational education and training - is a key feature of Australia's post-compulsory education system

Shifting mindsets: the changing work roles of vocational education and training practitioners

Reforms to Australia's vocational education and training sector have had a significant impact on practitioners' work in public and private providers

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