VET Policy Reform in Australia.ppt

VET Policy Reform in Australia The last 20 years 澳大利亚20年来职教政策改革 The origins of VET reform职教改革起源 After the 1982-83 recession Australia enjoyed rapid employment growth and resulting skill shortages 1982-1983年后，需求猛增，导致技术工人短缺。 The recession had exposed structural weaknesses in the Australian economy (uncompetitive manufacturing and tourism industries for example.)经济衰退暴露了澳大利亚经济的结构性弱点（例如，缺乏竞争力的制造业和旅游业） Weaknesses were also evident in the education and training system. Inflexible and not related to industry needs. 教育和培训体制中也暴露出弱点，僵硬并不适应行业需求 The origins of VET reform职教改革起源 Government saw that economic reforms were not sufficient.政府发现经济改革不够 Australia also needed to improve its innovation, skills and technology. 澳大利亚还需要改革其创新、技能和技术 Education and training were seen as playing a ”vital role in productivity performance, directly conditioning the quality, depth and flexibility of our labour force skills.” 教育与培训被看作是“生产力提高的主要角色，对劳动力技能的质量，发展和相关性其直接作用。” The origins of VET reform职教改革起源 In the early to mid 1980s youth unemployment rates were high as full time jobs for the young fell Permanent, full time work began to be replaced by part-time, casual and contract work 80年代初到中期，年轻人失业率随年轻人工作机会减少而提高 Industry, during the mid-1980s, became increasingly critical of the training system for drifting away from delivering training of direct relevance to industry 80年代中期，行业对培训体制未能提供行业相关的培训提出越来越多批评 In 1990 the Deveson Report recommended national goals for training and the development of a training market 90年， 报告建议，制定培训和开发培训市场的全国性目标 What the system was before reform改革前的培训体制 Before the VET reforms our system was made up of 9 state-based systems that lacked consistency改革前的职业教育由9个州的培训体制组成，缺乏连贯 It was supply-driven rather than based on expected industry needs 该培训体制是供方本位的，而非基于行业需求 Training provided within industry was not officially recognised行业自己的培训不被正式承认 Actions taken改革行动 In 1985 traineeships (1 year combined work training) were introduced after the Kirby Report 1985年，在Kirby报告后，开始了1年期培训项目（工作结合培训） Finn