School vocational education and training (VET) programs were introduced to provide more diverse pathways to work and further study for young people. Alison Anlezark, Tom Karmel and Koon Ong find that participation in school VET programs has a small negative impact on retention from Year 10 to Year 12 overall but that there is a...

Vocational education and training (VET) programs for young people in schools have significantly expanded over the past decade. Janet Porter investigates stakeholders’ views on school-based vocational programs in New South Wales and Queensland schools from 2000 to 2002, and examines the objectives and expected outcomes for students, school VET coordinators, trainers and employers. The research...

Research conducted on VCE data over the past ten years illustrates the flawed general statement that ‘girls outperform boys’ at VCE level, and draws attention to the dangers associated with referring to differences between classes as the class/teacher effect or as the teacher effect. These patterns are interpreted quite differently when both the data and...

The positive approach assumed in Student Discipline in Government Schools is one where practices foster engagement in learning, set clear limits, recognise appropriate behaviour and apply consequences for inappropriate behaviour. Such practices are more likely to promote positive student behaviour than punishment alone. The development of the new policy, Student Discipline in Government Schools and...

The positive approach assumed in Student Discipline in Government Schools is one where practices foster engagement in learning, set clear limits, recognise appropriate behaviour and apply consequences for inappropriate behaviour. Such practices are more likely to promote positive student behaviour than punishment alone. The development of the new policy, Student Discipline in Government Schools and...