Australia’s National Strategy for VET 2004-2010 calls for a client-centred and innovative vocational training system of world class standard. An important strategy to achieve this goal is to build the capability of both public and private registered training organisations. The Consortium, “Supporting VET providers in building capability for the future”, was established to conduct research that ...

Mechatronics is an area that merges multidisciplinary knowledge coming from mechanical engineering, electronics and computer technology. Vocational training in mechatronics requires the teaching of ‘multi-skills’ in various learning contexts, as well as a good blend of learning in the classroom and practical training in work surroundings. This paper presents the contribution of MARVEL to meet t...

The basis of the research is Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi’s knowledge management theory so as to develop junior high vocational teachers’ knowledge management platform and to provide the practical training community the mechanism for the dialogue space and knowledge sharing. Therefore, it could assist the vocational teachers to make good use of the critical knowledge of teaching, admini...