tailieunhanh - Knowledge, curriculum and qualifications for South African Further Education

All countries, and South Africa is no exception, face acute dilemmas in modernising their systems of upper secondary and further education and training. Faced with pressures from the fast changing world of work, this education sector has become characterized by political slogans stressing skill development, improved access and participation, and the accountability of providers through some form of market. On the other hand, the phenomenon of ‘academic drift’ reveals that students increasingly see their future as progressing to higher education. Policymakers attempt to resolve these competing demands by calling for transferable, portable outcomes and qualifications as the new currency of. | Free download from Compiled by the Education Science and Skills Development Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa 2006 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2006 Ct N o Ct o Ph o s o o T5 ạ All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0-7969-2154-7 Copy editing by David Merrington Typeset by Robin Taylor Cover design by Farm Design Print management by comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 7966 South Africa Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 email orders@ Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU United Kingdom Tel 44 0 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 email orders@ Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Order Department 814 North Franklin Street Chicago IL 60610 USA Call toll-free 800 888 4741 All other enquiries 1 312 337 0747 Fax 1 312 337 5985 email frontdesk@ Contents Free download from List of tables and figures iv Acknowledgements V Abbreviations and acronyms vi 1 Introduction Setting a context for debates about the senior secondary curriculum 1 Michael Young and Jeanne Gamble Part 1 Qualifications and curriculum reform 2 Problems with qualification reform in senior secondary education in South Africa 18 Stephanie Matseleng Allais 3 Reforming the Further Education and Training curriculum An international perspective 46 Michael Young Part 2 Knowledge differentiation 4 Differentiation and progression in the .