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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Impact in Vocational Education and Training Research: The Case of the Australian VET Research Consortium
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Harris, Roger; Clayton, Berwyn – International Journal of Training Research, 2010
"Impact" is a notion that is not very well understood in research. Within Australian higher education, it has been bandied about within such frameworks as the "Research Quality Framework" ("RQF") and Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA). Vocational education and training (VET) research is not immune from these movements, and increasingly,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Consortia, Vocational Education, Evaluation Methods
A Quarter of a Century of CBT: The Vicissitudes of an Idea
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Harris, Roger; Hodge, Steven – International Journal of Training Research, 2009
In 1983, a competency-based vocational education (CBVE) program began in Croydon Park College of TAFE, South Australia. This was six years before the Australian State Ministers of Vocational Education and Training decreed competency-based training (CBT) to be the national training imperative. Two reports were produced in 1985 and 1987, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Competence, Interviews