Vocational Education and Training in Australia and Three-Dimensional Federalism

Autor/inn/en	Klatt, Malgorzata; Polesel, John
Titel	Vocational Education and Training in Australia and Three-Dimensional Federalism
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 57 (2013) 1, S.74-86 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
DOI	10.1177/0004944112468702
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Federal State Relationship; Federal Government; State Government; Economic Factors; Politics of Education; Role of Education; Federal Programs; Government Role; Human Capital; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Bundesregierung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Educational policy; Bildungsauftrag; Humankapital; Australien
Abstract	Education policy-making in Australia remains one of the most complex of government's responsibilities, affecting a broad spectrum of social and political advancements of national and international importance. The advancement of education policy has been accepted as a key factor in achieving the labour productivity and innovation capacity that are needed to compete within the global economy and to build social capital. Yet, the challenge of development and implementation of education policy in Australia has been significantly influenced by its unique federal model, where the state and commonwealth jurisdictions increasingly overlap. This article offers a descriptive account of federal policy involvement in Australian education since federation, with particular attention to vocational education. It demonstrates that national education policy development is characterised by downwards, upwards and horizontal patterns of cooperation between national and state governments, which are in turn influenced by contextual factors such as national economic policy goals, economic and social conditions and political configurations. The article presents an innovative approach to educational research as it brings together two fields of specialisation: vocational education and training research and political science. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01