1. Flexible Learning Pathways Barbara Johnsen NZ Seafood Industry Training Organisation 6 December 2001, Queenstown

2. Flexible Learning Pathways Delivery Content –tailor for the learner –relevant –recognise current competence –gap analysis Transferable learning

3. Flexible Learning Pathways Knowledge, skills (abilities), attitudes Define by outputs –valid assessment Owned by the learner Recognition

4. Flexible Learning Pathways Identify the end point –learning outcomes Variety of places and modes Integration –education –life experience –work Multiple pathways - transferable

5. Emergent Fisheries Managers Education Providers Science and post-graduate focus “Hodge podge” programs Rely on “bubble up” effect Students’ attitudes –“environmentalism” as a learning driver Gain qualifications –are they valued by stakeholders? Funding drivers

6. Emergent Fisheries Managers Workplace Learning on the job Poor recognition of learning –reduces transferability and career pathway Narrow focus Little recognition of formal qualifications –by industry in particular Body of knowledge not shared with academia

7. Emergent Managers NZ Industry Examples Te Arahou –Emergent Maori leaders –Builds personal skills –Strengthens leadership First line management training –Education provider, outcomes-based –Delivery and content tailored to company –National qualification to recognise learning

8. Emergent Managers NZ Industry Examples Initial development of unit standards describing fisheries management competencies - outcomes of learning –“industry” driven –recognises that knowledge and skills are in the workplace, not academia –definition of ‘fisheries management’? –lack of education providers in this area reluctant to use unit standards approach –faltered, developed before systems in place

9. Keys for success Emergent fisheries managers Integration of education with workplace –real world application of “academic” learning Two-way sharing of knowledge/skills –builds mutual respect Shared “ownership” of education –providers, learners, stakeholders –recognition of “non-traditional” skills and knowledge –leads to recognition by stakeholders of value of education programs

10. Keys for Success Existing fisheries managers Recognition of learning Ongoing professional development –education provider and workplace –flexibility Valuing of education by existing fisheries managers - their own and emergent managers –relevance and ownership

11. Last Words “If we focus on the recognition of outcomes instead of the pathway we might be surprised by who succeeds.” “If we look back we replicate the past. We need to take the best of the past and head for the future” Martin Eadie, November 2001