Continuing Education and Training: Purposes, Practices and Futures

Dr Stephen Billett is Professor of Adult and Vocational Education in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, and a National Teaching Fellow and Australian Research Council Future Fellow. After a career in garment manufacturing, he has worked as a vocational educator, educational administrator, teacher educator, professional development practitioner and policy developer in the Australian vocational education system, and as a teacher and researcher at Griffith University. Since 1992, he has researched learning through and for work and has published widely in fields of learning of occupations, workplace learning, work and conceptual accounts of learning for vocational purposes. His sole authored books include 'Learning through work: Strategies for effective practice' (Allen and Unwin 2001); 'Work, change and workers' (Springer 2006) 'Vocational Education' (Springer 2011), 'Mimetic learning at Work' (2014), and 'Integrating Practice-based Learning in Higher Education Programs' (Springer 2015). His edited books include 'Work, Subjectivity and Learning' (Springer, 2006), 'Emerging Perspectives of Work and Learning' (Sense 2008), 'Learning through practice' (Springer 2010), 'Promoting professional learning' (Springer 2011), 'Experiences of school transitions' (Springer 2012), 'Promoting, assessing, recognizing and certifying Lifelong Learning' (Springer 2014), 'Francophone conceptions of Learning through practice' (Springer 2015), 'Supporting learning across working life: Models, processes and practices' (Springer 2016), 'Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Dutch Vocational Education System' (Springer 2017), and 'Augmenting health and social care students' clinical learning experiences: Outcomes and processes' (Springer 2019).

Dr Anthony Leow is currently the Assistant Director (Continuing Education and Training), and Assistant Director (Capability and Industry) at the Centre for Educational Development of Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. He completed his PhD at the University of Queensland on an Australia Government International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, researching on the interface between public health and education policies. During his undergraduate education, he won the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal and was also awarded the Singapore National Olympic Council Gold Medal. Anthony was a past recipient of the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) Young Scholar Award, and the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Postgraduate Student Research Award. His current research interests include adult learning, workplace learning, continuing education and training of adults and lifelong learning.

Dr Anh Hai Le is a lecturer and research fellow at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Her research interest focuses on workplace learning and curriculum development in tertiary education, with a specific emphasis on the process of building knowledge through scholarly engagement with industry and tertiary institutions. Much of her recent research has focused on lifelong and adult education. She has diverse experience in teaching and curriculum development, across various disciplines in the higher education sector. She also has expertise in quantitative research with extensive experience working on a range of large projects.

Dr. Stephen Billett是澳大利亞布里斯班格里菲斯大學教育與專業研究學院的成人和職業教育教授，也是一位國家教學研究員和澳大利亞研究委員會未來研究員。在從事製衣製造業的職業生涯後，他曾在澳大利亞職業教育體系中擔任職業教育家、教育行政人員、教師教育家、專業發展從業人員和政策制定者，並在格里菲斯大學擔任教師和研究員。自1992年以來，他一直在研究工作中的學習並且為此發表了大量的著作，涉及職業學習、職場學習、工作和職業目的的概念性學習等領域。他的個人著作包括《學習通過工作：有效實踐策略》（Allen and Unwin 2001）、《工作、變革和工人》（Springer 2006）、《職業教育》（Springer 2011）、《模仿學習在工作中》（2014）和《整合基於實踐的學習在高等教育課程中》（Springer 2015）。他編輯的書籍包括《工作、主體性和學習》（Springer, 2006）、《工作和學習的新視角》（Sense 2008）、《通過實踐學習》（Springer 2010）、《促進專業學習》（Springer 2011）、《學校過渡體驗》（Springer 2012）、《促進、評估、認證終身學習》（Springer 2014）、《法語國家對通過實踐學習的理解》（Springer 2015）、《支持工作生涯中的學習：模型、過程和實踐》（Springer 2016）、《增強荷蘭職業教育體系中的教學和學習》（Springer 2017）和《增強健康和社會護理學生的臨床學習體驗：成果和過程》（Springer 2019）。

Dr. Anthony Leow目前擔任新加坡共和國理工學院教育發展中心的助理主任（繼續教育和培訓）和助理主任（能力和行業）。他在昆士蘭大學完成了博士學位，研究公共衛生和教育政策之間的界面。在本科教育期間，他獲得了享有盛譽的李光耀金牌獎，並獲得了新加坡國家奧林匹克委員會金牌獎。Anthony曾獲得國際高等教育體育教育協會（AIESEP）青年學者獎和澳大利亞教育研究協會（AARE）研究生研究獎。他目前的研究興趣包括成人學習、職場學習、成人的繼續教育和培訓以及終身學習。

Dr. Anh Hai Le是澳大利亞布里斯班格里菲斯大學的講師和研究員。她的研究興趣集中在職場學習和高等教育課程開發，特別強調通過與行業和高等教育機構的學術交流建立知識的過程。她最近的研究主要集中在終身學習和成人教育方面。她在高等教育領域的各個學科中擁有豐富的教學和課程開發經驗。她還具有量化研究方面的專業知識，並在多個大型項目上有豐富的經驗。