Professor Rod McDonald
Phone: +61-2-9514-3999
Fax: +61-2-9514 3737
E-mail: Rod.McDonald@uts.edu.au
Office: UTS Haymarket B5/D209
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Professor Rod McDonald
Fax: +61-2-9514 3737 E-mail: Rod.McDonald@uts.edu.au Office: UTS Haymarket B5/D209 |
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Professor of Adult Education and Director, Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training
Professor McDonald's professional experience includes responsibilities as a senior administrator, project manager and policy adviser, as well as positions of leadership in academia and research, most recently as Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Education, UTS. His involvement in the field of Vocational Education and Training at state and national levels includes membership of the ANTA Transition Team on Assessment, the NSW Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board (VETAB), and the Assessors and Workplace Trainers Competency Standards Body. He has developed a national policy on VET for the Australian Council of Deans of Education and was engaged as Consultant to the NSW TAFE Commission on the establishment of the Assessment Centre for Vocational Education.
Evaluation; cost-benefit analysis; assessment; research policy.
McDonald, R., Boud, D., Gonczi, A. and Francis, J. (1996) New perspectives on assessment. Paris: UNESCO
Roe, E., McDonald, R. and Moses, I. (1986) Reviewing academic performance. Approaches to the evaluation of departments and individuals . Brisbane: University of Queensland Press
Roe, E. and McDonald, R. (1984) Informed professional judgment. A guide to evaluation in post-secondary education . Brisbane: University of Queensland Press
McDonald, R. and Hayton, G. (1998) A brief history of the evaluation of VET in Australia. In C. Robinson and P. Thomson (eds.) Readings in Australian Vocational Education and Training Research. Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research
McDonald, R. (In press--1998) The costs and benefits of training and assessment. In D. Boud (ed.) Workplace learning: current research and new agendas. Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research
Cohen, R., Flowers, R., McDonald, R. and Schaafsma, H. (1994) Learning from experience counts. In Recognition of Prior Learning in Australian universities. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.
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