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Vocational Learning in Schools (EDUC90424)

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This subject is an elective for Teacher Candidates in the Master of Teaching Secondary program.

While there is sustained public focus on the role of universities for young Australians, one in four young people do not complete high school. Half of young people who do complete school do not enter university. Victorian schools are using the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) in schools programs to support a diverse range of students as they transition to a range of post-school outcomes.

In this subject, Teacher Candidates will have an opportunity to visit and observe best practice VCAL and VET programs. Teacher Candidates will also explore the role of different factors influencing school completion, including gender, geographic location, socio-economic status and language background,

Through this subject Teacher Candidates will assesses the strengths and weaknesses of current school-based approaches from both strategic and theoretical perspectives. Teacher Candidates will develop an understanding of the current trends and patterns in Australian youth transitions and the implications for their own practice.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:




  • Describe Australian and Victorian contexts for school completion and post-compulsory education, including the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL).
  • Understand issues and trends influencing school completion, early school leaving and participation in vocational education and training (VET), post-school transition to employment, and training and higher education.
  • Have an awareness of social and economic influences on participation in VET programs and the implications for their practice.
  • Critically appraise the frameworks and models of post-compulsory provision and understand their implications for school policy and their own practice.
  • Use strategic and theoretical perspectives to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of Australian and Victorian policy approaches to strengthening post-compulsory pathways.

Generic skills

This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:

  • Clinical reasoning and thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Evidence based decision making
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Teamwork and professional collaboration
  • Learning to learn and metacognition
  • Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
  • Reflection for continuous improvement
  • Linking theory and practice
  • Inquiry and research
  • Active and participatory citizenship.

Last updated: 10 February 2024