Australian Vocational Education & Training. South Australia: An Overview.

Institution	National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia).
Titel	Australian Vocational Education & Training. South Australia: An Overview.
Quelle	(2000), (46 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-87397-581-2
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adult Education; Developed Nations; Educational Needs; Employer Attitudes; Females; Foreign Countries; Job Training; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; Sex Differences; Student Attitudes; Student Educational Objectives; Vocational Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Schülerverhalten; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Australien
Abstract	A study examined the publicly-funded vocational education and training (VET) system in South Australia (SA) in 1997. Background information indicated SA is a geographically large state with a relatively small population that is older compared to the rest of Australia, with 14 percent aged over 65 compared with 12 percent nationally. Findings were that SA accounts for about 8 percent of the Australian population, 10 percent of publicly-funded VET students, and about 8 percent of apprentices and trainees. Of the population aged 15-64 years, 11.6 percent undertook some kind of VET, above the national average of 10.5 percent. SA has the highest proportion of female students with 53 percent, well above the national average of 48.1 percent. Female VET students had a slightly higher module completion rate. Technical and further education (TAFE) qualifications increased the chances of finding work, and more than one quarter of all TAFE graduates named "to get a job" their main reason for undertaking study. Manufacturing, construction, and retail industries accounted for nearly three quarters of all apprenticeships and traineeships in SA. Employers cited these three areas of change as most likely to affect future training needs: advancing technology and automation, the need for workers to be more qualified or skilled, and government policies and legislation. SA students and employers were generally satisfied with VET provision. (YLB)
Anmerkungen	National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia 5068, Australia; E-mail: ncver@ncver.edu.au; website: http://www.ncver.edu.au/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC