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Unit of Study EDU00017 - Vocational Education and Training Studies (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    8

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Provides participants with the opportunity to consider the current context of vocational education and training. Covers socio-political, policy and economic issues which impact upon the provision of vocational education and training in Australia.

Unit content

Topic 1 - VET in Australia: History, key players, current structure and terminology
Topic 2 - The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
Topic 3 - Competency-based training and assessment
Topic 4 - Training packages and employability skills
Topic 5 - Recognition of prior learning
Topic 6 - Work-based learning and Australian apprenticeships
Topic 7 - VET in schools
Topic 8 - The work of VET practitioners
Topic 9 - The future of VET

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 investigate how a familiar vocational education and training (VET) workplace embodies the national training context in Australia
2 identify the issues currently affecting the VET sector which directly impact on the student's VET workplace
3 develop a profile of the VET teacher/practitioner and consider how it applies to the student's own role in the sector
4 demonstrate an awareness of the ongoing nature of VET developments, together with a strategy for maintaining a current knowledge base.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. investigate how a familiar vocational education and training (VET) workplace embodies the national training context in Australia
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. identify the issues currently affecting the VET sector which directly impact on the student's VET workplace
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. develop a profile of the VET teacher/practitioner and consider how it applies to the student's own role in the sector
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate an awareness of the ongoing nature of VET developments, together with a strategy for maintaining a current knowledge base.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.