Outcomes: Nvqs and the Emerging Model of Education and Training

ISBN-13: 9781850009726 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 210 str.

National Council for Vocat Gilbert Jessup Research Director; National Council for Vocat Gilbert Jessup Research Director

Opis

Jessup's widely acclaimed book provides explanations of the many facets of National Vocational Qualifications: who they are for, why they have been developed, how they work, and the benefits they confer. The author explains how NVQs relate to a wide range of issues in education and training.

Spis treści

Part 1 New approaches methods and instruments: learning and individuals; national needs and problems; national vocational qualifications; the concept of competence; statements of competence and standards; the programme to develop standards and NVQs; assessment; the accreditation of prior learning; credit accumulation and transfer; the national curriculum; core skills; linking education and training. Part 2 The model and its implications: the emerging model; implications for employers; implications for futher education and training; implications for general education; implications for higher education; implications for individuals; the autonomous learner. Part 3 Outstanding issues: the problem of knowledge; issues for the future. Appendices: the new training initiative - technical implictions Jessup, 1985; towards a skills revolution - summary and action points CBI, 1989; classification of competence NCVQ, 1990; review of validity and reliability in assessment Jessup, 1989.

O autorze

Jessup, Gilbert