Reshaping vocational education and training in Aotearoa New Zealand - book link and overview

 

Disclaimer: I am co-author for this book. 

This book, the fruit of two years of effort by many authors from across Aotearoa New Zealand, records the many initiatives, innovations and developments across the vocational education and training (VET) sector as the country enacts the outcomes of the recent reform on VET (RoVE). Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) with 30 years of history and service to their industries, and Institute of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs), many with contributions of over a century to VET, all merge into Te Pūkenga, the NZ Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST) as of January 2023. 

There are 20 chapters: 4 chapters covering the histories of the ITOs and ITPs, along with the rationale, outcomes and possible implications of RoVE. There are chapters on how ITOs and ITPs work towards addressing inequitable access and outcomes especially for Māori, Pacific, workplace learners and women in the trades. "Innovations" across the sector are also covered, including the application of design thinking towards development and deployment of a culinary arts degree programme, degree apprenticeship in infrastructure asset management, networked/distributed learning in degree midwifery programmes, collaborative development and delivery of the Bachelor in Engineering Technology (BEngTech) programme across 6 ITPs, recognition of prior learning, learning design for practice-based learning, definitions of distance and online learning, and the need for ongoing professional development to assure quality VET provision.

All in, the book makes a contribution towards recording the sector as it moves towards new ways of collaborating and managing VET in Aotearoa NZ consolidates.