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Wheelahan, Leesa – Journal of Education and Work, 2015
This article argues that the current social settlement underpinning vocational education and training (VET) in Australia is fractured. The current settlement is low trust and consists of qualifications based on competency-based training models of curriculum and competitive markets. The result is narrow qualifications that do not prepare people for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Qualifications, Competency Based Education
Wheelahan, Leesa – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
What should we teach in our schools and vocational education and higher education institutions? Is theoretical knowledge still important? This book argues that providing students with access to knowledge should be the raison d'etre of education. Its premise is that access to knowledge is an issue of social justice because society uses it to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Competency Based Education, Sociology
Wheelahan, Leesa – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a "first generation" qualifications framework that was established in 1995. Its purpose was to create "a comprehensive, nationally consistent yet flexible framework for all qualifications in post-compulsory education and training." It encompasses all post-compulsory…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries