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Sandri, Orana; Holdsworth, Sarah; Thomas, Ian – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight both the need for measurement of graduate capabilities post-degree completion and the challenges posed by such a task. Higher education institutions provide an important site of learning that can equip future professionals with capabilities to manage and respond to complex sustainability…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competence, Employment Qualifications, Sustainability
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Asim, Hafiz Muhmmad; Vaz, Anthony; Ahmed, Ashfaq; Sadiq, Samreen – International Education Studies, 2021
Education opens numerous revenues to register economic expansion all around the world with specific reference to developing nations. Advancement of Pakistan in education indicators has been severely insufficient during the previous decades. Decreased financing along with inefficiency in budget expenditure plus weak management system have crippled…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Competency Based Education
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Hlongwane, Ike – Africa Education Review, 2018
This article reviews the literature on trends and practices of recognition of prior learning (RPL) in Africa and internationally with specific reference to some of the key elements of the RPL system, including; purpose; assessment methods; quality assurance; and legislative and regulatory frameworks. In addition, a theoretical foundation of RPL is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Library Education, Library Schools
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May, Tom – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
This article investigates whether the characteristics of feedback identified by the literature can be found within written assessment records for work and competence-based qualifications. It uses a brief literature review and analysis of the formative feedback within 257 learner portfolios. The characteristics identified by the literature are…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Qualifications, Competency Based Education
Research For Action, 2011
Two decades of research have documented what now is common knowledge: no in-school factor matters more to students' educational experiences and outcomes than the effectiveness of their teacher. As a result, the national airspace is increasingly crowded with proposed reforms and initiatives designed to boost teacher performance, including new…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Policy, State Policy, Policy Formation
Reed, Rodney J. – 1989
The principal plays a crucial role in determining the overall effectiveness of the school; therefore, attention must be focused not only on principal preparation, but also on principal recruitment and selection. Today a greater emphasis is being placed on managerial skills in principal selection, but personal characteristics still exert a heavy…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Elementary Secondary Education
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McCleary, Lloyd – Theory into Practice, 1979
A review of the new approaches to the developing field of principal evaluation focuses on the evaluation methodology. (LH)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Sweeney, Jim; Manatt, Richard – 1982
This article highlights the state of the art in assessing the competency of elementary and secondary teachers in America. It includes an analysis of the historical perspective of teacher evaluation, the dilemma currently plaguing teacher evaluators, and future direction for research in teacher evaluation. The primary focus is on the two models…
Descriptors: Adults, Competence, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Johnson, Martin – International Journal of Training Research, 2006
The UK vocational assessment landscape is changing and research has a key role in helping to identify trends and anticipate emerging issues and challenges. This review collates the messages from recently published research about specific issues that have been found to affect the measurement of vocational learning. It also highlights issues that…
Descriptors: Vocational Evaluation, Qualifications, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
Caldwell, Robert M. – 1983
Three issues are critical to the establishment of valid criteria and procedures for determining effective use of computer-based instruction. One issue related to educational software evaluation is that few of the evaluation criteria have been research validated, but, instead, are often based only on speculation and intuition. Criteria are…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1986
This article reviews and analyzes the literature from 1980 through 1983 dealing with summative evaluation of training and development efforts in industry and business. An analysis is made to determine to what extent evaluation process components used by professional program evaluators are addressed by each of the articles reviewed. (CT)
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Methods
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Reagan, Billy R.; And Others – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1983
The Houston (Texas) Independent School District's plan requires that teachers demonstrate competence in four areas: (1) functional academic skills; (2) content area knowledge; (3) methodology; and (4) new technology. Proficiency-based techniques used in teacher selection and in diagnosing needs of inservice teachers are described. (PP)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education
Nieva, Veronica F.; Gutek, Barbara A. – 1977
Research examined in this review shows that when women and men perform the same acts or produce similar products, evaluations often differ, frequently in ways which are not consistent. In general, evaluation favors men over women when a competent performance is being assessed, while women are favored over men when an incompetent outcome is being…
Descriptors: Administrators, Employed Women, Employment Qualifications, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Smith, Joe M. – Clearing House, 1980
The author discusses several factors which have in the past decade made it difficult for school personnel directors to establish quality teacher selection procedures. He identifies some basic criteria and methods for the selection process, emphasizing direct observation of the candidate's teaching performance as a selection tool. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Harlan, Anne; And Others – 1980
One of seven sections of a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence, this chapter presents competence assessment as it is defined in practice by selection techniques currently used by employers. The chapter begins with a discussion of the major techniques used in employee selection, focusing on the competencies employers…
Descriptors: Adults, Competence, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Methods
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