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Brown, Mike – International Journal of Training Research, 2017
This article examines issues and challenges associated with the provision of effective professional teacher education for vocational education and training in schools (VETiS) teachers. Current minimum levels of qualifications for VETiS teachers are argued to be inadequate for the complexity of preparing senior secondary students for work in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Education
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Brown, Mike – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
This study analyses how one Victorian regional TAFE Institute is working towards understanding and contributing to skill formation for the green economy. While we already know that the provision of vocational education and training in regional areas contributes to regional innovation and development (Kilpatrick, Johns and Rosenblatt, 2000; Gelade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Climate, Economic Development
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Brown, Mike; Sack, Fabian; Piper Rodd, Chelsea – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
The implementation of the Green Skills Agreement ratified by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in 2010 provides the national policy context for this analysis of skills for sustainability. Data from three different but complementary studies provide powerful insight into the attitudes and perceptions of young people who are studying, or…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Sustainability, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy