Papers by Karen O'Reilly-Briggs
This study investigates the professional preparation of teachers working in Vocational Education ... more This study investigates the professional preparation of teachers working in Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs in Australian secondary schools. It also investigates the similarities and differences and the enablers and blockers that occur across the various states and territories in their approaches to providing teacher education for VET in Schools (VETiS) teachers. The research focuses on the supply-side of university-based VET teacher education programs and offers a stocktake of the VET method area offerings that are available (and not available) for pre-service teachers in Australia.
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 2011
This paper was funded through the Community of Practice program, part of the National Centre for ... more This paper was funded through the Community of Practice program, part of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Building Researcher Capacity initiative. The study reported here explores the prospect of improving pathways and opportunities for tradespeople in Australia through the introduction of a masters-level qualification. It investigates the views and opinions of senior industry representatives and professional educators to determine whether the introduction of a master trade or master artisan qualification will lead to greater prospects for tradespeople and an increased esteem for trade vocations within the community. Although the aim of this investigation was to examine the viability of introducing an educational framework for master artisans, what ultimately emerged from the research was a strong theme relating to the erosion of trade identity and trade structures in Australia. As a result of this unexpected direction, the paper also considers issues re...
Education Review, 2021
In late 2020, the only undergraduate Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program in Australia purpose... more In late 2020, the only undergraduate Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program in Australia purposefully designed to recruit and upskill industry-experienced tradespeople and technologies experts to become Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Product Design and Technologies secondary school teachers closed its doors.
Its closure heralds much more than the loss of ‘just another course’ on COVID’s long list of higher education casualties. What makes the closure of this program of particular concern is that it has come at a time when the nation is gearing itself — more so than any other time in history — for an economic recovery dependent on a critical mass of young people wanting to pursue trade and technologies-based vocations...
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Papers by Karen O'Reilly-Briggs
Its closure heralds much more than the loss of ‘just another course’ on COVID’s long list of higher education casualties. What makes the closure of this program of particular concern is that it has come at a time when the nation is gearing itself — more so than any other time in history — for an economic recovery dependent on a critical mass of young people wanting to pursue trade and technologies-based vocations...
Its closure heralds much more than the loss of ‘just another course’ on COVID’s long list of higher education casualties. What makes the closure of this program of particular concern is that it has come at a time when the nation is gearing itself — more so than any other time in history — for an economic recovery dependent on a critical mass of young people wanting to pursue trade and technologies-based vocations...