EBOOK Vocational Training and Assessment


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The second edition of Vocational Training and Assessment addresses all of the requirements for successful completion of the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. With each chapter aligned to the training package competencies, all core units and a range of popular electives are covered. KEY FEATURES: Content is clearly mapped to units of the training package Assessment tasks are mapped to elements and performance criteria Case studies Instructor resources Blended learning or digital-only options available




EBOOK: COMPETENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT


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Competence-based assessment is the cornerstone of the UK Government's reforms of vocational training and of non-academic full-time education post-16. Australia has adopted similar policies, and there is considerable interest in the notion of 'competence' in both Europe and North America. Alison Wolf describes the main characteristics of the competence-based approach as it has emerged in the UK, and traces its origins in American experimental programmes of the 1970s. The arguments for the approach are discussed in detail. Many of these arguments derive from the demonstrable limitations of more conventional assessment, especially in predicting work performance. She then analyses the theoretical assumptions which competence-based assessment shares with the criterion-referenced movement as a whole, distinguishing clearly between those claims which can be sustained and those which cannot. She also synthesizes the growing body of evidence on implementation. Many lessons have now been learned about whether and how one can establish a workable, robust and reliable competence-based system. It has become evident both that the preconditions for success are often missing, and that, if they are ignored, competence-based 'reforms' may have largely negative consequences. The final chapter reviews the prospects for competence-based awards, and offers some conclusions on what is essential to a competence-based approach.




eBook Vocational Education And Training, 3rd Edition


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The new 3rd edition of Vocational Training and Assessment has been written to support delivery of the recently endorsed Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40122). The text continues to be a valuable resource for new and existing VET practitioners, helping them to understand the VET framework that will guide them, whatever the industry they teach in. The text is written by a team of experienced VET trainers and assessors who strive for excellence in their own delivery of TAE. They understand the variety of backgrounds and subject areas VET practitioners come from, and present content and examples that can be applied to these varied contexts. This edition has a fresh, clean new design and uses illustrations to distill key concepts. Key Features •Unit by Unit Approach - makes it easy for trainers to see the direct link between the content and the training package •Running Case Study (Jackson Logistics) - gives learners an understanding of how the theory can be applied to a real life training situation •Use of 'Atomic Visuals' by Nifty Fox Design for key concepts - helps students' understanding •Assessment Tools for each unit of competency*-easily editable in word format making these a great time-saving device for RTOs *Available for separate purchase to the textbook or ebook Instructor Resources - Teacher Resource Manual (TRM),Competency Mapping Guide, Solutions manual and PowerPoint slides -complimentary for adopting institutions Assessment Package - comprehensive,extremely detailed Assessment Tools for each chapter/unit of competency. Provided as word documents for easy editing. Contextualise for your requirements and validation.




EBOOK Professional Training & Assessment


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Professional Training and Assessment eBook is delivered on the Vitalsource platform in the latest version of the ePUB standard (ePUB3). Professional Training and Assessment is a complete learning package for Diploma of Vocational Education and Training and Diploma of Training Design and Development in the TAE10 Training and Education Training Package. This eBook follows on from the popular Vocational Training and Assessment text and is written by the same expert author team. This text is ideal for students looking to upgrade their qualifications from Certificate IV to Diploma level.




EBOOK: Transforming Formative Assessment in Lifelong Learning


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Despite good intentions for formative assessment to enhance the quality of students' learning and motivation, it is widely misunderstood. Throughout the education system, it has become little more than a way of coaching students to meet the demands of summative assessment. This unique book combines theory, research and practical insights to demonstrate how teachers might enhance their understanding of formative assessment, particularly in vocational and adult education settings that are under pressure to meet targets for inclusion, retention and achievement. Drawing on recent research, the book includes six case studies that draw out the implications of the research findings to suggest ways in which teachers might change their assessment practice, despite the pressures in their own contexts. It considers: What is formative assessment, and what is it not? What impact do political and social factors have on assessment practices? Why do similar assessment practices have different effects in different 'learning cultures'? What role does subject knowledge play in educationally-worthwhile formative assessment? How can teachers, lecturers and other education professionals improve formative assessment? This book is essential reading for teachers, trainee teachers, staff development officers, researchers and those running training courses throughout the lifelong learning sector. It is ideal for those studying for PTLLS, CTLLS and DTLLS qualifications and for Cert Ed and PGCE awards related to the Lifelong Learning Sector. It is also relevant to various stakeholders involved in the design of qualifications, including awarding bodies, and to researchers interested in assessment and the impact of education policy on practice in all sectors of the education system, and particularly in lifelong learning. The book is authored with Jennie Davies, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK; Jay Derrick, Adult Education Consultant/Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Education, London, UK; and Judith Gawn, Regional Programme Director (LLN), NIACE London, UK.




EBOOK: From Vocational to Higher Education: An International Perspective


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This book discusses current issues in vocational and higher education and the relations between them. As well as concentrating on the well developed English-speaking countries - the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - the book also considers important developments in continental Europe: in particular: The Bologna process in higher education The Copenhagen declaration on enhanced European co-operation in vocational education and training The development of a European qualifications framework From Vocational to Higher Education is key reading for university lecturers, those studying for higher degrees in higher education, managers and policy makers.




EBOOK: Working in Post-Compulsory Education


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This book looks at the issues facing teachers and trainers currently working in the field of post compulsory education including questions of vocationalism, managerialism, professionalism, accountability, and educational research. Although aimed in part at raising awareness of such issues and the contrasting views which might be held it is intended that readers will use the book to develop an active engagement with these issues. This may be achieved through reflection and evaluation within their own professional context but also through embarking on their own research projects. The book is split into three sections. The first section deals with issues raised by locating post compulsory education within a wider social, political and economic context. The second section looks at issues raised by considering post compulsory education in its organizational context. The third section looks at methodological issues connected with conducting research in post compulsory settings. The format for each section includes overviews with self-assessment exercises, followed by different authors pursuing particular lines of inquiry, finishing with suggestions for ways in which readers might engage in debate and research.




EBOOK: Assessment, Learning And Employability


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What is assessed gets attention: what is not assessed does not. When higher education is expected to promote complex achievements in subject disciplines and in terms of 'employability', problems arise: how are such achievements to be assessed? In the first part of the book, it is argued that existing grading practices cannot cope with the expectations laid upon them, while the potential of formative assessment for the support of learning is not fully realised. The authors argue that improving the effectiveness of assessment depends on a well-grounded appreciation of what assessment is, and what may and may not be expected of it. The second part covers summative judgements for high-stakes purposes. Using established measurement theory, a view is developed of the conditions under which affordable, useful, valid and reliable summative judgements can be made. One conclusion is that many complex achievements resist high-stakes assessment, which directs attention to low-stakes, essentially formative, alternatives. Assessment for learning and employability demands more than module-level changes to assessment methods. The final part discusses how institutions need to respond in policy terms to the challenges that have been posed. The book concludes with a discussion of how institutions can respond in policy terms to the challenges that have been posed. Assessment, Learning and Employability has wide and practical relevance - to teachers, module and programme leaders, higher education managers and quality enhancement specialists.




EBOOK: ASSESSING TECHNOLOGY


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How did the development of assessment practices influence the emerging technology curriculum? How does practice in the UK compare to practice in the USA, Germany, Taiwan and Australia? For thirty years the UK has been evolving a distinctive technology curriculum. In part one of this book Richard Kimbell explores the thorny issues of assessment that have been raised by - and that helped to define - the technology curriculum in the UK. Richard writes as an 'insider' who was closely involved in the evolution of GCSE, in the battles that characterised the development of national curriculum assessment, and in the single biggest research venture in the assessment of technology - the Assessment of Performance Unit project of 1985-91. He analyses the successes and the mistakes and brings these together (in chapter 6) into a series of lessons that we should have learned about technology and about assessment. In part two, Richard presents four vignettes of curriculum and assessment practice in technology from the USA, Germany, Taiwan and Australia. In each case the education system, the technology curriculum and its associated assessment practices are outlined. Thereafter - in the final chapter, Richard brings together the lessons learned in the UK with those that might reasonably be learned from practice in the four case study nations.




EBOOK: A Lecturer's Guide to Further Education


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What are the key issues in FE? How does FE differ from other sectors of Education? What does the future hold for FE? This book offers a unique and provocative guide for all lecturers committed to providing the best education and training possible in the changing world of Further Education. The authors examine key issues such as: How teaching in FE differs from others sectors The motivations of learners The use of new technologies in the classroom The techniques adopted by college managers The changing assessment methods The introduction of personalised learning An analysis of the politics behind the training of lecturers. Written in an accessible style, every chapter presents a different and challenging approach to key issues in Further Education. A Lecturer’s Guide to Further Education is essential reading for all new and experienced Further Education lecturers.