Donald Zoellner

2024

Fashioning groups that inhabit society’s fringes: The work of Australian VET research into disadvantage

Zoellner, D., 2024, In: Journal of Education Policy. 39, 1, p. 64–82 19 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Kangan's golden anniversary: using discourses of disadvantage to justify federal governments' enthusiasm for vocational education

Zoellner, D., 2024, (Unpublished) p. 1-33. 33 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

Theorising the status of VET from the institutional logics perspective

Zoellner, D., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-19 19 p.

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The results of asking a deceptively simple question: what is for sale in Australian VET markets?

Zoellner, D., 9 May 2024, (Unpublished) p. 1-14. 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

2023

Analysing a dynamic dialogue: Jobs and Skills Australia’s foundation skills study discussion paper

Zoellner, D., 8 Sept 2023, p. 1-16. 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

Optimising Australia’s conceptually confused National Training System: One economic option for post-market vocational education and training

Zoellner, D., 28 Apr 2023, p. 1-24. 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

Peering over VET policy horizons towards public value: Multiplicty, conceptual confusion and ontological rhetorics

Zoellner, D., 13 Jul 2023, p. 1-17. 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

The results of asking a deceptively simple question: What is for sale in Australian VET markets?

Zoellner, D., 16 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-20 20 p.

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2022

Applying discourse analysis to Australian national VET policy: More than one, less than many

Zoellner, D., 17 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 76, 4, p. 776-794 19 p.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Geographic equity in vocational education and training markets: Intentional failure or benign neglect?

Zoellner, D., 1 Dec 2022, In: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies. 28, 1, p. 15-32 18 p.

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Mature Australian VET markets: A data-driven case study of public policy implementation

Zoellner, D., Dec 2022, In: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training. 14, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 5.

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VET market prognostications two decades later: Using ‘big data’ to compare omens with outcomes

Zoellner, D., Sept 2022, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 74, 3, p. 494–512 19 p.

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Will public policy makers respond to the pandemic’s pressure testing of the value of PTET?

Zoellner, D., 2022, Foresight.

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2021

National data: Reflecting Northern Australian aspirations?

Zoellner, D. & Lovell, J., Sept 2021, Leading from the North: Rethinking Northern Australia Development. Wallace, R., Harwood, S., Gerritsen, R., Prideaux, B., Brewer, T., Rosenman, L. & Dale, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Canberra: ANU Press, p. 183-213 32 p.

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Other views of Northern Australian Aspirations: Pre-notions, Ideologies and Remoteness

Lovell, J. & Zoellner, D., Sept 2021, Leading from the North: Rethinking Northern Australia Development. Wallace, R., Harwood, S., Gerritsen, R., Prideaux, B., Brewer, T., Rosenman, L. & Dale, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Canberra: ANU Press, p. 159-181 23 p.

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2020

Converting Carmichael's VET in Schools legacy: Certified for university, yet not ready for the workforce

Zoellner, D., 2020. 31 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

Institutional logics: Reconceptualising ‘public providers’ in post-open market technical and vocational education and training

Zoellner, D., 2 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 27, 3, p. 415-434 20 p.

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Looking to the Future: Report of the review of senior secondary pathways into work, further education and training

Shergold, P., Calma, T., Russo, S., Walton, P., Westacott, J., Zoellner, D. & O'Reilly, P., Jun 2020, 1 ed. Canberra: Education Services Australia. 178 p.

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2019

How good is choice in the VET market? 'Not very' says big data

Zoellner, D., Sept 2019, In: The Australian TAFE Teacher. 53, 3, p. 25-27 3 p.

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Slicing VET data differently: Tropical seasonality and evidence-based commencement and completion policies

Zoellner, D., Jun 2019, In: International Journal of Training Research. 17, 1, p. 65-79 15 p.

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The changing balances of equity, control and market choice in the Indigenous vocational education and training sector

Zoellner, D. & Stephens, A., Oct 2019, In: Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social contexts. 24, p. 4-20 17 p.

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The place of VET in the education and employment policy landscape

Zoellner, D., 2019, Adelaide: NCVER. 20 p.

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Trading in a state-created TVET market: The regulatory intersection of social enterprise, charity and philanthropy

Zoellner, D., 2019.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

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VET, democracy and philanthropy: Exercising ministerial responsibility

Zoellner, D., 2019.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

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2017

Asking different questions of national VET data: Identifying a new factor contributing to apprenticeship non-completions

Zoellner, D., 2017.

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Employing local staff: case studies of remote local government organisations

Zoellner, D. & Lovell, J., Jun 2017, p. 1-15. 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

Mission-Driven Adaptability in a Changing National Training System

Zoellner, D., Stephens, A., Joseph, V. & Monro, D., Aug 2017, In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. 46, 1, p. 54-63 10 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Regional disparities in apprentice attrition rates: Heat and quarter four's significance in northern Australia

Zoellner, D., Brearley, M. & Oppermann, E., 4 May 2017, In: International Journal of Training Research. 15, 2, p. 179-195 17 p.

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Tasmanian Vocational Education and Training Policy Impacts Review: A report to the Board of TasTAFE

Zoellner, D., Mar 2017, Northern Institute. 30 p.

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Usurping the role of social enterprises: Indigenous employment practices of Australian remote local government

Zoellner, D. & Lovell, J., Jul 2017, p. 1-15. 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

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Vocational Education and Training: The Northern Territory’s History of Public Philanthropy

Zoellner, D., Apr 2017, 1 ed. Acton: ANU Press. 264 p.

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2016

Active social policy meets the discipline of the Australian marketplace: The outcomes of mobile policies

Zoellner, D., 2016, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 68, 2, p. 214-228 15 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Contemporary Aboriginal settlements: Understanding mixed-market approaches

Lovell, J., Zoellner, D., Guenther, J., Brouard, F. & McMurtry, J. J., 30 Sept 2016, Settlements at the Edge: Remote Human Settlements in Developed Nations. Taylor, A., Carson, D. B., Ensign, P. C., Huskey, L., Rasmussen, R. O. & Saxinger, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 246-269 24 p.

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England makes a strategic retreat from VET markets

Zoellner, D., 2016, The Australian TAFE Teacher, 50, 3, p. 14-14 1 p.

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Fixing problematic apprentice systems: there is never a clean slate

Zoellner, D., 2016, p. 1-10. 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

Ignoring those very inconvenient canaries in the coal mine

Zoellner, D., 2016, The Australian TAFE Teacher, 50, 1, p. 11-13 3 p.

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Re-identifying the student: An essential step in reducing VET to binary code

Zoellner, D., 2016, p. 1-14. 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

Repackaging the value of TAFE

Zoellner, D., 2016, p. 1-7. 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

The impact of market design in understanding quality in VET

Zoellner, D., 2016.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper presented at Conference (not in Proceedings)

2015

Don't blame Dawkins; Kangan laid the foundation for VET markets

Zoellner, D., 2015, Proceedings of the AVETRA 2015: 18th Annual Conference Walking the Tightrope: the Implications of Markets for VET Research, Policy and Practice. AVETRA (ed.). Australia: Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA), p. - Paper No. 15

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Northern Australian Aspirations

Lovell, J., Guenther, J. & Zoellner, D., 2015, Research Briefs, 07, p. 1-12 12 p.

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Now you see it; now you don't. Looking for the 'remote advantage' in the development of Northern Australia: Developing Northern Australia: recognising remote mixed-market economies

Lovell, J., Guenther, J. & Zoellner, D., 2015, p. 41-63. 23 p.

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Quality: a contested concept in vocational education and training

Zoellner, D., 2015.

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Quality in vocational education and training: an essentially contested concept

Zoellner, D., 2015, In: International Journal of Training Research. 13, 3, p. 262-271 10 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

The secrets of VET

Zoellner, D., 2015, The Australian TAFE Teacher, 49, 3, p. 16-18 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2014

Transparency: tracing its journey into vocational education and training

Zoellner, D., 2014, 2013 postgraduate research papers: a compendium. Australia: NCVER, p. 134-158 25 p.

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2013

At the leading edge: Enacting VET in the Northern Territory

Zoellner, D., 2013, AVETRA 2013 Conference Proceedings: VET Research at the Edge - Training for Diversity and Change. Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA), p. 1-10 10 p.

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Productively Independent: Three Decades of National Research Capacity

Zoellner, D., 2013, 21st National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference 'No Frills': Refereed Papers. Griffin, T. (ed.). Adelaide, Australia: NCVER, p. 114-119 6 p.

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2012

Do not pass go, do not collect $200 - the priority given to Vocational Education and Training research and policy

Zoellner, D., 2012, AVETRA Conference 2012 Papers. Canberra: Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA), p. 1-10 10 p.

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Dualism and vocational education and training: creating the people who require training

Zoellner, D., 2012, In: International Journal of Training Research. 10, 2, p. 79-93 15 p.

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7 Citations (Scopus)

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