Our Research
As an institute that champions excellence in Continuing Education and Training, IAL undertakes research projects that examine the various aspects of adult learning and development. The data we gather and the results we analyse enable us to further the advancement of the CET sector in Singapore, and inform policy making and decisions.
Skills Utilisation in Singapore
Prof Johnny Sung, Fiona Loke, Catherine Ramos, Michael Ng
The skills utilisation research examines how skills (and training) are making impact at the workplace through the knowledge of what skills are used and not used, and what priority of the different types of skills are utilised from the user’s perspective.
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Learners' Reflections on the Tertiary Education and WSQ Experiences
Prof Roger Harris, Catherine Ramos, Mr Marcelino Lizaso Jr
The purpose of this research project is to identify the range of pedagogical beliefs of Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ trainers, trainers’ enactment of those beliefs and the ways in which context mediates these beliefs. In addition, through the process of engaging practitioners (trainers) in undertaking their own research, the project aims to explore how this process enables reflective practice, and to work towards developing possible models for professional learning involving practitioner research and reflective practice.
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Developments in Policy Systems and Delivery: United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand
Dr Gary Willmott, Annie Karmel, Fiona Loke, Catherine Ramos
The report profiles the scope of research agencies in vocational and continuing education and labour market studies in Australia, the UK and New Zealand and briefly reviews the types of research being undertaken and the way in which research policy and agendas are formulated.
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