From Competence to Excellence: Developing Excellence in Vocational Skills.

Autor/inn/en	Smeaton, Barry; Hughes, Maria; Hall, Graeme
Institution	Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England).
Titel	From Competence to Excellence: Developing Excellence in Vocational Skills.
Quelle	(2002), (58 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	1-85338-805-X
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Advisory Committees; Basic Skills; Case Studies; Competence; Cooperative Planning; Curriculum Development; Education Work Relationship; Educational Cooperation; Educational Improvement; Employment Potential; Employment Qualifications; Entry Workers; Excellence in Education; Foreign Countries; Hospitality Occupations; Partnerships in Education; Photography; Pilot Projects; Postsecondary Education; Program Effectiveness; Simulation; Skill Development; Teamwork; Technical Institutes; Textiles Instruction; Theater Arts; Tourism; Vocational Education; Work Experience Programs; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Beratungsstelle; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Kompetenz; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Lernerfolg; Ausland; Gastgewerbegehilfe; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Fotografie; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Technische Fakultät; Theaterwissenschaft; Tourismus; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Großbritannien
Abstract	The United Kingdom's Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA), UK SKILLS, and the Further Education Skills Competition Council conducted a collaborative action research project to improve students' vocational learning and skills through enhanced learning experiences. From February 2001 to April 2002, three further education colleges worked to develop and test improved curriculum models within their own vocational areas, which were as follows: (1) hospitality and tourism; (2) media, photography, and performing arts; and (3) fabric painting and decorating. LSDA and UK SKILLS held a residential briefing and planning event for all three teams, after which the teams worked to identify positive aspects of their existing curricula and additional elements that could be added to them to raise student performance levels. The following were among the practices and elements piloted: (1) a curriculum structured around small steps of achievement; (2) intensive tutoring; (3) integrated development of personal, key performance, and employability skills; (4) extra contact time; (5) different assessment strategies; (6) exchange visits; (7) work-based training; (8) application of professional standards; and (8) simulation of real-life experience when work-based learning could not be arranged. All three colleges confirmed that the project benefited students and staff involved in the project and colleges' staff and management as a whole. (MN)
Anmerkungen	Learning and Skills Development Agency, Regent Arcade House, 19-25 Argyll Street, London W1F 7LS, United Kingdom (Ref. No. 1375, free). Tel: 020 7297 9000; Fax: 020 7297 9001; Web site: http://www.lsda.org.uk/home.asp. For full text: http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/pdf/1375.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC