Full issue 4
East and Southeast Asia are experiencing a rapid pace of economic development that call for continuous review of education and training systems. TVET reform processes at the national and regional levels are addressing the question of quality and standards. During the past decades a vast variety of different approaches in TVET were developed or introduced. These approaches were often inspired through transfer or adoption from other regions of the world. In consequence, a vast variety of TVET-systems were implemented in different countries in the region and may require continues review and adaptation. Some states have no coherent national TVET-system with a common underlying concept of quality. A vast variety of TVET approaches consequently employ different concepts of quality and quality management in TVET.
Phil Loveder
Manager, Research Operations and Director, International
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
Australia
Issue 4
Field of expertise/main research projects:
Philip Loveder is the Manager, Research Operations and Director International at the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in Australia. The NCVER is Australia’s premier vocational education and training research, evaluation and statistics agency. Philip has over twenty five years’ experience in educational research, business development and in the commercialisation of knowledge-based services in TVET and higher education. He has a particular interest in industry models of training and the financing of education. Philip is currently a joint coordinator of the UNESCO’s UNEVOC International Network Asia and Pacific Island sub-cluster.
