School of Education
Wendy De Luca
Lecturer
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Wendy De Luca
Bio
Wendy has worked in Vocational Education and Training for over 16 years, within the public and private sectors. She is well-versed in national training initiatives and vocational education issues and has worked extensively as an ‘upfront’ trainer and training developer. Wendy has developed an extensive skill-set in current training and staff development issues as well as possessing broader human resource management expertise. She has experience in project management and production management, including working as a leader of a multidisciplinary team developing educational multimedia for the Department of Defence. As an adult educator, she has endeavoured to develop a flexible and responsive teaching style to promote quality teaching and learning. Her achievements to date including developing effective distance-based teaching strategies that model best practice in vocational education and training, enhancing competence as an academic who operates effectively as a member of staff and who has value-added to the Faculty’s commercial capability, and participating in practice-relevant research as part of a team.
Research
Wendy’s current research focus is on teachers from industry as they begin their teaching careers and looks at how the Cert IV TAA has impacted on their entry into the VET sector. Wendy is a member of the Research in Vocational Education and Training (RIVET) Group, and her main areas of research are:
- TAA qualifications in VET
- Language, literacy and numeracy in VET
- Training within the Australian Defence Force
Teaching
- Language, Literacy and Numeracy in VET
- Workplace Training
- Higher Level Facilitation Skills in VET
- Program Design and Assessment in VET
Professional Engagement
Wendy has strong links to the Australian Defence Force and serves as an Army Reservist in the Royal Australian Army Educational Corps . In addition to her involvement with RIVET, she is an active member of AVETRA, AITD, AARE and the RAAEC Association.