Emerging partnership practices in VET provision in the senior years of schooling in Australia

• Published in: Australian educational researcher Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 217 - 236
• Main Authors: Klatt, Gosia, Angelico, Teresa, Polesel, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2018; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Capitalism; Education; Educational Needs; Educational partnerships; Educational Policy and Politics; Educational Psychology; Employers; Employment; Foreign Countries; Job skills; Job training; Learning; Outcomes of Education; Partnerships in Education; Program Content; Program Effectiveness; Role of Education; School involvement; School TAFE relationship; Schools; Secondary Education; Social Capital; Student Needs; Students; Sustainability; Teaching and Teacher Education; Training; Training needs; Training policy; VET school cooperation; Vocational Education; Vocational education and training; Vocational high schools; Australia; Canada; United States > US; Partnership Practices; Trade Training Centre; Polesel; Senior Year; School Partnerships
• ISSN: 0311-6999; 2210-5328
• DOI: 10.1007/s13384-017-0244-9

School partnerships support the effective provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the senior years of secondary schooling, to a varying degree, in most OECD nations. However, the nature and quality of these partnerships vary considerably from school to school and, indeed, from nation to nation. Given the role of these partnerships in VET provision in the senior years of schooling, it might be argued that there has been limited discussion about the role and nature of these relationships and the challenges associated with their establishment and long-term sustainability, especially in the Australian context. This paper explores the emergence of partnerships in a variety of educational and training contexts in Australia and describes the types of partnerships that have been established to respond to the specific needs of students. It also identifies the benefits and challenges associated with the delivery of VET programs through partnerships and the ways in which these partnerships can be developed and sustained to improve VET provision. [Author abstract, ed]