| CODE | TEV5008 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Assessment and Quality Assurance for VET | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides pre-service student teachers with an understanding curriculum development, assessment and quality assurance in vocational education and training (VET) within compulsory education and beyond. It also considers informal and non-formal assessment and the close relationship between the world of work and VET experienced by secondary education students. The study-unit provides learners with the opportunity to explore different assessment and quality assurance strategies for VET and the various challenges which arise from the context of vocational learning. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit exposes pre-service teachers to the assessment and quality assurance processes within different VET learning contexts. This study-unit will therefore focus on a number of case-studies models applied with constructive learning of which: work-placement; internship; traineeships; project-based learning; apprenticeship and life-cases. This study-unit will provide pre-service teachers with an understanding of the key quality assurance tool at European level (EQAVET) and its relevance to teaching VET at compulsory level and how this compares to international educational quality assurance processes. The study-unit will provide pre-service teachers with the notion of quality for education and training; definitions of quality control, quality assurance and total quality; the educational product and services; education and its customers; the notion of continuous improvement; effects of quality culture/s; barriers to quality culture; quality assurance tools and techniques for educational practitioners. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply the theoretical concepts of vocational assessment within a classroom/work-based context; - develop vocational quality assurance strategies effectively for curriculum development; - analyze the impact of quality assurance in education and training. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - respond creatively to the challenges facing the vocational educational sector; - develop assessment and quality assurance specific competences and processes to enhance VET within secondary schools. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: Will be made available on VLE - Lucas, B., Spencer, E., & Claxton, G., (2012) How to teach vocational education: A theory of vocational pedagogy. University of Winchester in collaboration with City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development. - Illeris, K., (Ed), (2009) Contemporary Theories of Learning – Learning theorists … in their own words. London & New York. Supplementary Readings: All found online from CEDEFOP website - CEDEFOP, (2009) European Guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Therese Camilleri Carlos Grima |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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