New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum 2008
The New Zealand Vocational Education and Training Research Forum 2008 was held on the 4 March at Te Papa, Wellington, and was opened by Hon Maryan Street, Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for ACC, Minister
of Housing, and Associate Minister for Economic Development. A copy of the Forum programme can be found here: 
2008 NZVET Forum Programme (357KB)
The Industry Training Federation would like to thank the keynote speakers, those who presented papers in concurrent sessions, and Forum attendees. We would also like to thank our Forum Sponsor and Forum Supporters: Ako Aotearoa: The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence, Business NZ, and the NZCTU's Learning Representatives Project.
Copies of addresses and presentations from the Forum are available for download below. Please note that some of these files are very large.
Opening Address
Hon Maryan Street, Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for ACC, Minister of Housing, Associate Minister for Economic Development
Forum Keynotes
Douglas Watt, Associate Director, Conference Board of Canada
Douglas Watt's biography (37KB)
Douglas Watt's presentation (808KB)
SME Case Studies (254KB)
Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey Findings: Labour Force Status
Paul Satherley and Elliot Lawes, Ministry of Education
Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey Findings(1133KB)
Further information on the ALL survey can be found on the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data_collections/all
Concurrent Session One
Initial Results from the Upskilling Research Programme Download (291KB)
Dr John Benseman and Anne Alkema, Department of Labour
Weaving Literacy into Workplace Training Download (2167KB)
Gail Kirkland and Kate Messent, WelTec
How Students Manage the Difference Between Theory and Practice in Vocational Education Download (1566KB)
Dr Peter Gallagher, UCOL
Belonging, Becoming and Being: The role of Apprenticeships Download (308KB)
Selena Chan, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Concurrent Session Two
Ministryof Education Research and Monitoring Programme
David Earle and Paul Mahoney, Ministry of Education
- Industry Training Administrative Dataset Analysis Download (298KB)
- Advanced Trade, Technical, and Professional Qualifications Download (1019KB)
Measuring Skill Utilisation Download (82KB)
Dr Heather Lees, Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation
Treading the Virtual Boards: Developing web-based dramatised scenarios to facilitate reflection, discussion and critical thinking in eLearning courses
Keith Tyler-Smith, Tertiary Accord of New Zealand Download (1777KB)
Concurrent Session Three
Employment Profile, Skill Needs and Training Priorities in the New Zealand Hospitality Industry Download (315KB)
Anne Benson, Hospitality Standards Institute
Applying a Regional Lens to Labour Market Analysis Download (232KB)
Sharon Pells, NZIER
Molding the Market: Skill ecosystems in the New Zealand context Download (332KB)
Gemma Piercy, Waikato University
Embedding Sustainable Workplace Learning and Assessment within Workplace Infrastructures Download (194KB)
Dr Nicky Murray, Careerforce
Evaluating Workplace Learning: Identifying Success
This year the Forum was held alongside the joint EREMAC-ITF-TEC Evaluating Workplace Learning: Identifying
Success workshop. Papers from this workshop will be available at http://www.ers.govt.nz/ere/conference/index.html.