Financial Awareness Education with Apprentices in the Australian Construction Industry: Program Evaluation

Autor/inn/en	Du Plessis, Karin; Green, Emma
Titel	Financial Awareness Education with Apprentices in the Australian Construction Industry: Program Evaluation
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training Research, 11 (2013) 3, S.225-233 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1448-0220
DOI	10.5172/ijtr.2013.11.3.225
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Money Management; Construction Industry; Apprenticeships; Program Evaluation; Student Surveys; Focus Groups; Behavior Change; Retention (Psychology); Knowledge Level; Vocational Education; Curriculum Development; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Likert Scales; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Baugewerbe; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Schülerbefragung; Merkfähigkeit; Wissensbasis; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung; Likert-Skala; Australien
Abstract	A financial awareness education program was implemented with construction industry apprentices in Victoria, Australia. The program included face-to-face delivery of education around a range of financial management issues that apprentices face as they begin their apprenticeship. The paper reports on an evaluation of the program, which included surveys at completion of the presentation, as well as focus group follow-up two months later. Both intended behaviour change and actual behaviour change, including knowledge retention, are noted in the results. The program evaluation highlights factors such as relevance and immediacy of need as crucial to determining appropriate content and successful implementation. The paper concludes by recommending inclusion of financial awareness in vocational education curricula on an ongoing basis, rather than as ad hoc delivered programs, to ensure sustainable knowledge gains and behaviour change outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01