Curriculum Development ,Measurement and Evaluation in Vocational Education and Training

Course objectives

By working through this course, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills of:

  1. Developing Vocational Education and Training curricula
  2. Assessing and evaluating Vocational Education and Training disciplines
  3. Integrating ICT in Vocational Education and Training
  4. Identifying problems for research
  5. Writing a research paper in Vocational Education and Training

Content

  • Developing of Vocational Education and Training curriculum
  • Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Vocational Education and Training
  • Problem identification and basic research activities
  • Undertaking field work and organizing field work data
  • Supervised practicum / thesis writing

Work methods

Participatory group approaches

Assessment

  • Continuous assessment (50%): Project work including problem statement (20%), literature review, research papers and presentations (30%)
  • Examinations (50%)

Reading list

  1. Barker. P and H. Yeates (1990): Introducing Computer Aided Learning. London