Three-premises framework for viewing ACE within the national VET system¶

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Description¶

The report imposes order on wide-ranging views about ACE's role by working from three premises that form "the lens or framework through whichwe have written this Report": ACE is a provider; ACE providers are community-based providers distinct from public and private providers; and the ACE sector is a network of community-based ACE providers. The framework's purpose is described as pragmatic and context specific, providing common boundaries around the analysis of ACE's role in the national VET system.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• The framework is explicitly pragmatic and context specific to the Australian national VET system of the mid-1990s

Constraints¶

• The report acknowledges it takes the existing objectives of the national VET system as given, running the risk of presenting the national VET system in its current form as immutable

Target Learners¶

• adult learners in Australian community-based education settings

Target Learning Objectives¶

• vocational education and training outcomes within nationally agreed frameworks

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• Two fundamental roles of ACE providers: a generic role and a four-way value-adding role

Examples¶

• Eight critical opportunities for the ACE sector to explore within the national VET system
• Ten shared goals at the ACE-VET interface where closer cooperation would have mutual benefit

Key Sources¶

• Schofield, Kaye. (1996). Think Local and Compete. An Analysis of the Role of Adult and Community Education in the Implementation of a National System for Vocational Education and Training. A Report to the MCEETYA ACE Taskforce. Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED420782