Initiatives in Technical and Further Education. Numbers 9 and 10.

Overview & Synopsis

These issues contain abstracts of research reports, literature reviews, conference proceedings, directories, project reports, and other documents describing work being done in the field of technical and further education in Australia. The issues contain 103 and 147 entries, respectively. Each entry contains the following information: a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Clearinghouse accession number; the state from which the document originated; a state clearinghouse accession number; author, title, and publisher information; a format type; price and availability information; descriptors selected from the "Australian Thesaurus of Educational Terms" and "Glossary of TAFE Terms"; identifiers; and an abstract. Author and subject indexes are also provided. The following are among the subjects covered by the documents abstracted: access courses, adult Aboriginal education, college libraries, community colleges, community education, competency-based teacher education, educational needs, educational objectives, English for special purposes, equal opportunities (jobs), handicrafts, hospitality occupations, labor market, learning resources centers, library instruction, multicultural education, needs assessment, non-English speaking, TAFE, technicians, tertiary orientation program, trade courses, business education, career path follow-up, curriculum development, females, and the Participation and Equity Program. (MN)