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	<title>VET &#8211; Australian Journal of Adult Learning</title>
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		<title>Second chance education: barriers, supports and engagement strategies</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/second-chance-education-barriers-supports-and-engagement-strategies/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Henrik Steenberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access and equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adult learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult Learning Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[second chance education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocational pathways]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Harry Savelsberg, Sylvia Pignata, Pauline Weckert University of South Australia Edition: Volume 57, Number 1, April 2017 Summary: Second chance education programs are now a well-established presence in institutions seeking to provide access and equity pathways for socio-economically disadvantaged groups. This paper focusses on the strategies used to support positive engagement in second chance equity &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/second-chance-education-barriers-supports-and-engagement-strategies/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Second chance education: barriers, supports and engagement strategies"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book review: Teaching International Students in Vocational Education: New Pedagogical Approaches</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/book-review-teaching-international-students-in-vocational-education-new-pedagogical-approaches/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2015 07:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Work: Teaching International Students in Vocational Education: New Pedagogical Approaches byLy Thi Tran, ACER Press, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 2013 Reviewer: Jonathan Tyner Edition: Volume 55, Number 1, April 2015 In Brief:  Dr. Ly Thi Tran is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University in the School of Education at Melbourne. In her new book, Teaching International Students &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/book-review-teaching-international-students-in-vocational-education-new-pedagogical-approaches/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Book review: Teaching International Students in Vocational Education: New Pedagogical Approaches"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do actions and methods in guidance for older workers exist in Spain?</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/do-actions-and-methods-in-guidance-for-older-workers-exist-in-spain/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[ACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-refereed article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active labour market policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers guidance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authors: María José López Sánchez and José Antonio Belso Martinez, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Summary:  Older people suffer discrimination in the labour market, in that their chances of finding employment if they lose their jobs are small, and the longer someone is out of the labour market, the harder it is to return. Although &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/do-actions-and-methods-in-guidance-for-older-workers-exist-in-spain/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Do actions and methods in guidance for older workers exist in Spain?"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Educational biographies in Germany: From secondary school general education to lifelong learning?</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/educational-biographies-in-germany-from-secondary-school-general-education-to-lifelong-learning/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[ACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-refereed article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuing education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational Biography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocational education policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocational training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocational training mobility]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Harry Friebel, University of Hamburg Summary:  This article addresses the change in the transitional process from secondary school general education to gainful employment within the framework of societal modernisation processes in Germany. We analyse the relationship between the options for and restrictions upon individual educational mobility under the conditions imposed by the various socially &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/educational-biographies-in-germany-from-secondary-school-general-education-to-lifelong-learning/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Educational biographies in Germany: From secondary school general education to lifelong learning?"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Case studies in e-RPL and e-PR</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/case-studies-in-e-rpl-and-e-pr/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 02:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Refereed article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-PR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-RPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eRecognition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional accreditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recognition of prior learning]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authors: Roslyn Cameron, Curtin University and Allison Miller, Vanguard Visions Consulting Pty Ltd Summary:  The use of ePortfolios for recognition of prior learning (e-RPL) and for professional recognition (e-PR) is slowly gaining in popularity in the VET sector however their use is sporadic across educational sectors, disciplines, educational institutions and professions. Added to this is an &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/case-studies-in-e-rpl-and-e-pr/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Case studies in e-RPL and e-PR"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Willing and enabled: The academic outcomes of a tertiary enabling program in regional Australia</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/willing-and-enabled-the-academic-outcomes-of-a-tertiary-enabling-program-in-regional-australia/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 01:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refereed article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternate pathway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enabling program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tertiary preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[under-represented students]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authors: Lisa Andrewartha and Andrew Harvey, LaTrobe University Summary:  This paper examines the achievement levels of students undertaking the Tertiary Enabling Program (TEP) at La Trobe University. The TEP is an alternative pathway program that traverses multiple institutions, campuses, and disciplinary areas, and is designed to prepare a diverse student cohort for tertiary study. The Program &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/willing-and-enabled-the-academic-outcomes-of-a-tertiary-enabling-program-in-regional-australia/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Willing and enabled: The academic outcomes of a tertiary enabling program in regional Australia"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Experiencing English and cultural learning during study tours</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/experiencing-english-and-cultural-learning-during-study-tours/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 05:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[ACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-refereed article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[study tour]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Associate professor Shin Yu Miao, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Ling Tung University, Taiwan Edition: Volume 46, Number 3, November 2006 Summary: Significant aspects of my doctorate in adult education, which I studiedover the past few years, were related to the exploration of English and cultural learning through study tours. Now, with the hard task done, &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/experiencing-english-and-cultural-learning-during-study-tours/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Experiencing English and cultural learning during study tours"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An evaluation of resilience and employability in disadvantaged adults</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/an-evaluation-of-resilience-and-employability-in-disadvantaged-adults/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[inferred resilience]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Linda Rainey, Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work, University of South Australia Edition: Volume 46, Number 3, November 2006 Summary: This article analyses the evaluation of a pilot program for long-term, unemployed people conducted at a TAFE institute, and designed to improve their employment prospects. The process undertaken for measuring inferred resilience and employability &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/an-evaluation-of-resilience-and-employability-in-disadvantaged-adults/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "An evaluation of resilience and employability in disadvantaged adults"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Social capital outcomes: The new focus for adult literacy and numeracy courses</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/social-capital-outcomes-the-new-focus-for-adult-literacy-and-numeracy-courses/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 03:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Refereed article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human capital]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authors: Stephen Black, Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE; Jo Balatti, James Cook University; &#38; Ian Falk, Charles Darwin University Edition: Volume 46, Number 3, November 2006 Summary: Since the early 1990s in Australia, adult literacy and numeracy courses in vocational education and training (VET) have been focused on human capital outcomes, that is, on developing the literacy &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/social-capital-outcomes-the-new-focus-for-adult-literacy-and-numeracy-courses/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Social capital outcomes: The new focus for adult literacy and numeracy courses"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Issues in using self-evaluations in adult education and training</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/issues-in-using-self-evaluations-in-adult-education-and-training/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Refereed article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: James A Athanasou, Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney Edition: Volume 45, Number 3, November 2005 Summary:  This paper focuses on two key aspects of self-evaluation in adult education and training through the perspective of (a) a social-cognitive framework which is used to categorise those factors that enhance self-efficacy and self-evaluation, and (b) the accuracy &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/issues-in-using-self-evaluations-in-adult-education-and-training/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Issues in using self-evaluations in adult education and training"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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