reframing+the+future

This page is about our Reframing the Future project in 2007.


 * The final report:** [[file:4an_final_report_v2.doc]][[image:Tropic-Logo.GIF align="right"]]


 * The mid-term report:** [[file:4an_midterm_report_july07.doc]]

Here is the approved action plan:

The **amended** application is here: The application was approved on the condition we "strengthen industry involvement in the project". Here are some (possibly stupid) ideas about how we might do that - as a brainstorming starter. Please add your thoughts!

How to strengthen industry involvement – how about you make reference to the report PPU published - Making the Most of Workplace Learning – a report on the 2006 VET Symposiums on Workplace Learning (Associate Professor Stephen Billett)
 * micro-skills workshops with Construction Training Queensland members
 * informing industry reps about TROPIC
 * observation sessions of workplace training
 * links with TAA
 * some ideas from Deb:**

- What about our connection to Mark Davidson and therefore all the Teachers in Ed Qld? - - What about reaching out to private RTOs and offering TROPIC observations to them? (like the ambulance service people Martha went out to see about TROPIC?) - I have told the Program Manager at FNQ Volunteers about TROPIC and she is interested in being observed. When we Teachers are on industry release, could we offer the TROPIC observations to people we are working with, particularly those involved in training/presenting?
 * The contribution of workplaces to the initial development of vocational skills has been long recognised in the preparation for both trade and professional work.
 * Partnerships between Queensland workplaces and providers of vocational education and training are seen as being essential by many stakeholders to secure effective learning outcomes in the State’s workplaces.
 * There is a need for industry to invest in the skill development of its employees and their learning and to value recognition of skills learnt in the workplace.
 * The deliverables into workplaces are often different from the more orthodox vocational education and training approaches because they are centred on what is being practised in the workplace.
 * Industry would benefit if its trainers were highly skilled in the ten micro-skills for managing behaviour.
 * and from Susan:**

and from Martha again: how about simply the fact that many VET teachers come straight from industry with strong expertise in their industry area, but limited experience of teaching?