Competency Based Education And Training

Competency Based Education and Training Competency Based Education and Training Edited by John Burke (A member of the Taylor & Francis Group) London • New York • Philadelphia UK The Falmer Press, Falmer House, Barcombe, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5DL USA The Falmer Press, Taylor & Francis Inc., 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007 © Selection and editorial material copyright John Burke 1989 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publisher and copyright holders. First published 1989 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “ To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/.” British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Competency based education and training. 1. Competency-based education I. Burke, John 371.3 ISBN 0-203-97426-3 Master e-book ISBN ISBN - (Adobe e-Reader Format) ISBN 1-85000-626-1 (Print Edition) ISBN 1-85000-627-X (Print Edition) Pbk Jacket design by Caroline Archer Contents List of Abbreviations Foreword Gilbert Jessup 1 Introduction John Burke 2 Competence Based Education and Training: Background and Origins Eric Tuxworth 3 Competence and Standards Bob Mansfield 4 Can Competence and Knowledge Mix? Alison Wolf 5 The Definition of Standards and their Assessment Lindsay Mitchell 6 The Emerging Model of Vocational Education and Training Gilbert Jessup 7 The Employment Department/Training Agency Standards Programmeand NVQs: Implications for Education Graham Debling 8 Curriculum Implications Geoff Stanton 9 An Achievement-led College Jenny Shackleton 10 The Implementation of NVQs John Burke 11 Towards the Implementation of Competence Based Curricula in Colleges of FE Ian Haffenden and Alan Brown 12 Initial Teacher Training and the NCVQ Model Michael Eraut 13 Emerging Issues: The Response of HE to Competency Based Approaches Tim Oates vi viii 1 9 23 34 47 56 68 84 91 97 118 152 164 Notes on Contributors 174 Index 178 List of Abbreviations ABCTG Administrative, Business and Commercial Training Group (ILB q.v.) APL Accreditation of Prior Learning ATB Agriculture Training Board BTEC Business and Technical Education Council CAST Curriculum Advice and Support Team CATE Committee for the Accreditation of Teacher Education CBE Competency Based Education CBET Competency Based Education and Training CBL Competency Based Learning CD Curriculum Development CGLI City and Guilds of London Institute CPD Continuing and Professional Development CPRS Central Policy Review Staff CPVE Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education DACUM Developing a Curriculum DES Department of Education and Science EARAC East Anglian Regional Advisory Council EAV Examining and Validating (also referred to as EV) ED Employment Department (previously known as Department of Employment which led to confusion with DOE, Department of Environment) FE Further Education FEH Further and Higher Education FESC<