Vocational education & training : the Northern Territory's history of public philanthropy / Don Zoellner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zoellner, Don, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocational education--Australia.

Vocational education.

Vocational education--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages) ; photographs; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Acton, Australia : Australian National University, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book represents the first consolidated history of vocational education and training in the Northern Territory. Not only does the story present a chronological account of events, people and institutions, it also offers an explanation of how the system actually works and this has application well beyond the Territory.

Contents:

1. Setting the scene

2. Philanthropic behaviour

3. Prior to 1911: European discovery and South Australian administration of the Northern Territory

4. Early Commonwealth control, 1911–46

5.The post–World War Two period to 1978

6. TAFE in the era of self‑government, 1978–92

7. Vocational education and training in the era of self‑government, 1992–2014

8. Late 2015 and September 2016 postscript

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on January 20, 2021.

Other Format:

Print version (paperback): ‡z 9781760460990 ‡z 1760460990

ISBN:

1-76046-100-8