Would more highly-qualified teachers and trainers help to address quality problems in the Australian vocational education and training system?

该项目调查了职业教育与培训(VET)教师的更高层次资格是否以及如何提高职业教育与培训系统的质量。政府文件和公众评论表明，职业教育和培训部门存在一些相当严重的质量问题。这一点意义重大，因为VET提供的培训支撑着澳大利亚的所有行业。大多数职业教育教师只具备四级证书的资格。更高素质的VET教师队伍可能会带来质量的提高；然而，正如2011年生产力委员会关于VET劳动力的报告所指出的那样，目前没有确凿的证据证明这种联系。该项目旨在为指导政策提供亟需的证据。

This project examines whether and how higher-level qualifications for vocational education and training (VET) teachers would improve quality in the VET system. Government documents and public commentary indicate that the VET sector suffers from some fairly serious quality problems. This is significant because VET provides training that underpins all Australian industries. Most VET teachers are qualified only to a Certificate IV level. A more highly qualified VET teaching workforce is likely to lead to improvements in quality; however there is currently no firm evidence to establish this link, as the 2011 Productivity Commission report on the VET workforce pointed out. This project aims to provide much-needed evidence to guide policy.