OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL
Social work educational providers at higher educational institutions (HEIs) in South Africahave been obliged since 2008 to engage with the South African Qualifications Authority’s(SAQA’s) qualification of the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), which was registered in June2003 in the National Qualificati...
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| description | Social work educational providers at higher educational institutions (HEIs) in South Africahave been obliged since 2008 to engage with the South African Qualifications Authority’s(SAQA’s) qualification of the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), which was registered in June2003 in the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). In February 2004 the South AfricanSocial Service Professions Council (SACSSP) wrote a letter to all social work educationalproviders requesting them to benchmark their current curriculum against the new minimumstandard requirements of the BSW on a template. Furthermore, providers of social workeducation and training had to indicate how they would change their current learningprogrammes to accommodate the minimum standards, which encompass 27 exit-leveloutcomes and their associated assessment criteria. Providers had until June 2006 to complywith the requirements of the new BSW qualification and had to start implementation of thelearning programme in January 2007. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2262f792a3f4468b05176c344d243bd2022-12-22T04:11:31ZafrStellenbosch UniversitySocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk0037-80542312-71982009-03-0145112510.15270/45-1-225OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIALVivienne Bozalek0University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South AfricaSocial work educational providers at higher educational institutions (HEIs) in South Africahave been obliged since 2008 to engage with the South African Qualifications Authority’s(SAQA’s) qualification of the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), which was registered in June2003 in the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). In February 2004 the South AfricanSocial Service Professions Council (SACSSP) wrote a letter to all social work educationalproviders requesting them to benchmark their current curriculum against the new minimumstandard requirements of the BSW on a template. Furthermore, providers of social workeducation and training had to indicate how they would change their current learningprogrammes to accommodate the minimum standards, which encompass 27 exit-leveloutcomes and their associated assessment criteria. Providers had until June 2006 to complywith the requirements of the new BSW qualification and had to start implementation of thelearning programme in January 2007.https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/225outcomes-based assessmenttransformative potential |
| spellingShingle | Vivienne Bozalek OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk outcomes-based assessment transformative potential |
| title | OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL |
| title_full | OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL |
| title_fullStr | OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL |
| title_full_unstemmed | OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL |
| title_short | OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL |
| title_sort | outcomes based assessment necessary evil or transformative potential |
| topic | outcomes-based assessment transformative potential |
| url | https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/225 |
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