AVETRA Conference 2015 â Provisional Program DAY 1
AVETRA Conference 2015 – Provisional Program DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 2015 1600 – 1900 Registration Desk Open 0900 – 1200 AVETRA Executive Meeting 1200 – 1700 WAVE Conference: Leaders, teachers, learners, leavers: Women in the Australian VET market Victoria University 1730 - 1900 Welcome Reception The Rendezvous Grand Hotel DAY 2 – THURSDAY 9 APRIL 2015 0730 – 0830 Registration Desk Open – arrival tea and coffee 0830 – 1000 Plenary Session 1 0830 - 0840 0840 - 0900 0900 - 1000 Welcome to Country Conference Opening Keynote Address: Neo-liberalism and VET into the abyss Professor James Avis, University of Huddersfield, UK Morning Tea and Trade Display Apprenticeships and Partnering with industry to Traineeships deliver VET 1000 – 1030 1030 – 1245 1030 – 1100 1100 – 1105 1105 – 1135 1135 – 1140 1140 – 1210 1210 - 1215 1215 – 1245 Expanding apprentice responsibility in the assessment process: the competency progression challenge ROOM CHANGE Enterprise RTOs in Australia: An overview from research data Different forms of assessment in Swedish apprenticeship education Learning & Development for Freelancers in Singapore’s Creative Industries – the Problem of Two Markets Assessment, Teaching and Learning CONCURRENT 1 Engaging the Digital Learner Marketplace - Supporting Innovation in VET with #ILeP CONCURRENT 2 Positioning tertiary students as interdependent learners Learner Experiences Policy Development in the VET Sector Workers informing the CET market! Funding, participation and quality in VET Challenging educator expertise: Curriculum work in Neoliberal VET Sustaining the national training system: the implications of student entitlement funding approaches CALD OTEN Student Cohorts and Completions Don’t blame Dawkins, Kangan laid the foundation for VET markets ROOM CHANGE The development of skills for sustainability for Australian apprentices and trainees during the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development ROOM CHANGE Meeting client demand for health service providers: a service design approach CONCURRENT 3 From Fleming to Productivity Commission: Is the market forcing VET teacher quality to walk the tightrope? CONCURRENT 4 1245 – 1330 1330 – 1400 1400 – 1405 1405 – 1500 1500 – 1530 1530 – 1630 Practice focused learning: A study of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship work-based learning in a New Zealand context Lunch and Trade Display Work based Learning: A flux for learners through the Australian Qualifications Framework. Operational Compliance within New Zealand Automotive Workshops Publication in VET: Expectations of editorial process and governance Paper 1: Technical Schooling: an Historical Perspective 1715 – 1830 CONCURRENT 5 Facilitating knowledge transfer in the workplace Uncovering an evolving TAFE NSW Higher Education pedagogical practice What would Kangan think of us now? The fate of the ‘E’ in VET Negotiating ‘funny numbers’: numeracy practices of the neoliberal workplace Staying the Course: Factors Affecting Retention and Completion in the VET Classroom ROOM CHANGE Keynote address - TBA Afternoon Tea and Trade Display Vocational learning in Schools: past, present and future 1630 - 1635 1635 – 1705 From competency to graduate profiles: New Zealand’s shift towards a relational approach SYMPOSIA 1 The Strategic, Operational and Academic issues presented for the establishment of a Comprehensive CQUniversity, Australia within the context of TAFE Reform in Queensland and the transition to a contestable funding market Paper 1: The Strategic The VET Educator as researcher Paper 1: Why research and inquiry are important for VET educators Paper 2: Preparing young people for occupations: current policy trends in VET in Schools Paper 2: The Operational Paper 2: T The Tipping Point? Paper 3: Innovative partnerships for VET in Schools - the impact of business partners Paper 3: The Academic Paper 3: If only I had the time...! VET educators’ engagement in research Discussion and Questions ROOM CHANGE Apprenticeships and Traineeships Discussion and Questions Discussion and Questions Partnering with industry to deliver VET Metal engineering trades in Victoria: the practitioner perspectives Industry led workforce planning and training delivery in an emerging sector AVETRA AGM Assessment, Teaching and Learning CONCURRENT 6 Supporting the Learning of Sessional VET Teachers: What works?’ Learner Experiences Policy Development in the VET Sector Making tracks and visioning journeys: Understanding further education pathways among remote and very remote Indigenous communities of the Northern Territory Public, private or a hardy new mongrel? DAY 3 – FRIDAY 10 APRIL 2015 0800 – 0830 Registration Desk Open – arrival tea and coffee 0830 – 1020 Plenary Session 2 0830 - 0920 Conference awards 0920 - 1020 Keynote Address: How can we ask new questions about VET and social justice? Reflections on marketization, global transitions, and educational work in contexts of uncertainty Professor Terri Seddon, Australian Catholic University ROOM CHANGE Apprenticeships and Partnering with industry to Assessment, Teaching and Learner Experiences Policy Development in the VET Traineeships deliver VET Learning Sector CONCURRENT 7 Women in the auto trades: Developing high quality VET Putting it into practice: Remote Blurring boundaries or Quality: a contested concept in Views from employers, researchers Aboriginal Education heightening tensions between vocational education and tradeswomen and apprentices Paraprofessional training moves VET and university pedagogies training into a new space: the Advanced in widening participation to Diploma of Education high-level qualifications Morning Tea and Trade Display Session TBA CONCURRENT 8 1130 – 1200 Multiple Pathways to Improved Futures 1130 - 1200 The Evolution of School-Based Through Cross-Sector Activity Vocational Education and Training in Australia - A Historical Review and Evaluation 1020 – 1030 1030 - 1100 1100 – 1130 1130 – 1300 1300 – 1345 Lunch 1345 – 1415 Learn Local Learn Local: What do we know and what research do we need? Session TBA 1200 – 1205 ROOM CHANGE 1200 – 1205 ROOM CHANGE 1205 – 1235 An exploration of vocational pedagogy: types of knowledge used for teaching 1205 – 1235 Shedding Light on Private RTO provision of VET to early school leavers Speed Presentation Assessment, Teaching and Learning Considering context in purposeful workforce planning Lived experience or practice framework: The implementation of Batchelor Institute’s Both-Ways Learning and Teaching Framework as a contested space Moderation practices in non-university settings: an international comparative analysis Role of VET Researchers in reforming international VET Learner Experiences CONCURRENT 9 Towards a comprehensive account of adult learning and development Policy Development in the VET Sector Markets and myths: critiquing the narrative of participation-based VET and its implications for equity policy and practice within aid and development programs 1415 – 1420 1420 – 1450 1450 – 1455 1455 – 1600 ROOM CHANGE Learn Local (cont’d) Learn Local: What Trainee feedback: do we know and How we learn from what research do our trainees we need? ROOM CHANGE Panel Discussion and Conference Closing Chair: Hugh Guthrie Partnering with industry to deliver VET Mapping VET Sector Capacity for Australia’s Gas Industry Assessment, Teaching and Learning Policy Development in the VET Sector CONCURRENT 10 Enhancing VET quality. The risk of dumbing down the complexities of VET teaching and learning. The Swedish case The training and employment challenge of remote communities: Is collaboration the solution?
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