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Penington, D. G. – Higher Education Review, 1994
This article discusses advantages and disadvantages of competency-based education and training (CBET), with emphasis on its application to vocational and higher education in Australia. Argues that, although CBET model is suitable for most vocational programs, the very nature of higher education prohibits its use at colleges and universities. (MDM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Attitudes
Hall, William – 1994
Australian research into competency-based training and assessment is very thin and theoretical discussion is often superficial. One curious feature in the Australian debate is the belief by many that competency-based training is possible without competency-based assessment. Definitions are being debated. In a longitudinal study, researchers have…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Development, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Davison, Trevor – 1994
A major initiative in Australia is a general and pervasive obsession with competency-based training and assessment. There is a real danger that the selling of competency-based training (CBT) and competency-based assessment (CBA) is greater than what it can offer. One criticism focuses on CBT, the other on CBA, although in most instances where CBT…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Clayton, Berwyn; Booth, Robin; Roy, Sue – 2001
The introduction of training packages has focused attention on the quality of assessment in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector on the quality of assessment. For the process of mutual recognition under the Australian Recognition Framework (ARF) to work effectively, there needs to be confidence in assessment decisions made…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Developed Nations, Educational Assessment