Guide to the National Quality Standard
Guide to the National Quality Standard

Author: Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780642781017

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"In December, 2009, all Australian governments, through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), agreed to a partnership to establish a National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care ('National Quality Framework') for most long day care, preschool/kindergarten, family day care and outside school hours care services in Australia. ... The National Quality Framework aims to raise qulaity and drive continuous improvement and consistency in education and care services and school age care."--P. 3.

Continuous Assessment
Continuous Assessment

Author: Lesley Le Grange

Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780702143830

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Charting the recent changes to the education system in South Africa, this text looks particularly at the effect of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). Underpinning the NQF is the move from a content-based to an outcome-based education and training (OBET) system, which includes the key concept of continual assessment. This text aims to bring clarity and certainty to this complex and confusing situation, addressing teacher worries such as the lack of consultation in establishing the NQF and the seeming absence of in-service training. By focusing on outcomes-based education, this book attempts to demystify continuous assessment, providing guidelines to plan, carry out, report and manage assessment in an outcome-based education and training system. The text is written specifically for teachers, encouraging them to view changes in curricula and assessment procedures as exciting challenges.

Language Assessment and the National Qualifications Framework
Language Assessment and the National Qualifications Framework

Author: Melissa Vieyra-King

Publisher: HSRC Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780796917485

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The collection of discussion papers from an October 1995 conference in South Africa focuses on the implications of the country's new National Qualifications Framework (NQF), a policy initiative for reform and renewal of post-apartheid education, for language teaching and testing. Papers include: "Introductory Comments: Language Assessment and the NQF" (Edward French, Ihron Rensburg); "The NQF: Challenges in the Language Field" (Schalk Engelbrecht, Gerard Schuring); "Language Education and the National Qualifications Framework: An Introduction to Competency-Based Education and Training" (Daryl McLean); "Standards and Levels in Language Assessment" (Paul Musker, Sebolelo Nomvete); "The Assessment of Language Outcomes in ABET: Implications of an Approach" (Elizabeth Burroughs, Melissa Vieyra-King, Gabi Witthaus); "Issues Raised in Plenary: Summary" (conference participants); "Summing Up: Drawing the Issues Together: In the Context of Language Education Policy" (Neville Alexander); "Summing Up: Drawing the Issues Together: In the Context of the NQF" (Jeanne Gamble); and "Concluding Comments" (Khetsi Lehoko). A list of participants is appended. (MSE)

Practising Education, Training and Development in South African Organisations
Practising Education, Training and Development in South African Organisations

Author: Melinde Coetzee

Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780702176944

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The book contains a unique and refreshingly new perspective on education, training and development (ETD) practices in the 21st century workplace context. It moves away from merely revamping known and traditional principles of ETD to providing the reader and student with practical tools and new perspectives on the changing and broadening role of the ETD practitioner in the workplace. It contains new and transformative models, practical applications and guidelines for students and readers on the South African outcomes-based approach to ETD, the profession and practice of ETD, including quality assurance aspects.

The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training
The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training

Author: Chris Warhurst

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 0199655367

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Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment, and management. But are they so important? To what extent can they make a difference for individuals, organizations, and nations? How are the supply and, more importantly, the utilization of skill, currently evolving? What are the key factors shaping skills trajectories of the future? This Handbook provides an authoritative consideration of issues such as these. It does so by drawing on experts in a wide range of disciplines including sociology, economics, labour/industrial relations, human resource management, education, and geography. The Handbook is relevant for all with an interest in the changing nature - and future - of work, employment, and management. It draws on the latest scholarly insights to shed new light on all the major issues concerning skills and training today. While written primarily by leading scholars in the field, it is equally relevant to policy makers and practitioners responsible for shaping the development of human capability today and into the future.