What Alternative? A Snapshot of VCAL As an Alternative to Senior Secondary Education in the Western Region of Melbourne

Autor/inn/en	Broadbent, Robyn; Papadopoulos, Theo
Titel	What Alternative? A Snapshot of VCAL As an Alternative to Senior Secondary Education in the Western Region of Melbourne
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 18 (2013) 3, S.209-220 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
DOI	10.1080/13596748.2013.819255
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Academic Persistence; Educational Policy; Educational Certificates; Nontraditional Education; Educational Administration; Mixed Methods Research; Interviews; Case Studies; Focus Groups; Online Surveys; Vocational Education; Adult Education; Comparative Analysis; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsabschluss; Schulzeugnis; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Australien
Abstract	The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is a two-year senior school certificate available to secondary students in Victoria, Australia, and has been operational for almost a decade. It is delivered by secondary schools and further education providers. In 2010, two programmes from each of these providers were reviewed and considered in the context of current government public education policy. This paper provides some context for the current policy environment, whilst considering the two programmes from the perspective of students. The result, it is suggested, is akin to a "student sieve," which is a part of the current policy landscape of the public education system whereby one group of students are even further disadvantaged as education providers try and induce the more capable students to stay at their school, whilst assisting those less capable to find alternative pathways. The alternative to mainstream education has increasingly become a setting that is not appropriately funded or equipped to manage students who drag their "Pandora's box" of issues behind them into every classroom. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10