Designing the Framework. A Discussion Document about Restructuring National Qualifications.

Institution	New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Wellington.
Titel	Designing the Framework. A Discussion Document about Restructuring National Qualifications.
Quelle	(1991), (95 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Accountability; Certification; Competency Based Education; Criterion Referenced Tests; Education Work Relationship; Employment Qualifications; Foreign Countries; Government School Relationship; High Schools; Labor Force Development; Learning Modules; National Programs; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; Prior Learning; Standards; State Licensing Boards; Student Evaluation; Units of Study; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Ausland; High school; Oberschule; Arbeitskräftebestand; Learning module; Lernmodul; nicht übertragen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Vorkenntnisse; Standard; Lizenzwesen; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Lerneinheit; Neuseeland
Abstract	This document is intended to generate discussion about the plans of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority for developing a National Qualifications Framework. The document begins with an explanation of the qualifications framework in Maori and in English. A guide to reading the document points out its organization and the inclusion of diagrams and Maori proverbs and their English translation. Section 1 outlines proposals and options for post-high school qualifications, including descriptions of vocational competence in the European and United Kingdom models and plans for certification. Section 2 outlines proposals and options for secondary education qualifications, discussing the school certificate, senior secondary education qualifications, and scholarships. Section 3 tells how all the threads are drawn together in the National Qualifications Framework, covering the following: the role of the Qualifications Authority or of the agencies acting in lieu of the Authority; how experiential, community-based and work-based learning will relate to the Framework; and the goals of the Framework. Section 4 addresses units of learning, such as how students will choose appropriate units and the advantages and disadvantages of the unit learning approach. Section 5 covers student assessment and reporting, arguing in favor of standards-based assessment. Section 6 explains how prior learning will be recognized. Section 7 describes course development and necessary quality assurance processes. There are 28 references and 4 appendices containing: an example of a Scottish higher national unit specification; a Scottish national certificate module descriptors; and examples of standards-based assessment used in plumbing and gasfitting and achievement-based assessment of one skill in school biology. (CML)
Anmerkungen	New Zealand Qualifications Authority, P.O. Box 160, Wellington, New Zealand.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC