Advanced Diploma in Technical and Vocational Teaching

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Discuss, debate, critically assess, and reflect on the principles of the philosophy of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
• Engage critically with discourses, concepts, and theories relevant to TVET in a post-school context.
• Apply sociological and psychological principles and practice in the TVET context.
• Critically interact with, and analyze various theoretical positions in respect of the history, politics, and economics as it relates to TVET.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Reflect a critical, committed, and ethical attitude.
• Foster a sense of respect and responsibility towards others.
• Act in ways that enhance the status of professional educators and ensure an accountable culture of teaching and learning.
• Consider issues related to sustainable development, the environment, and the green economy.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Apply appropriate research strategies to enhance teaching, learning, and professional practice.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Engage with prevailing practices and methods of teaching.
• Select and apply a variety of teaching practices in diverse settings.
• Utilize blended learning approaches by integrating technology in teaching and learning as appropriate.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Engage with prevailing practices and methods of teaching.
• Select and apply a variety of teaching practices in diverse settings.
• Utilize blended learning approaches by integrating technology in teaching and learning as appropriate.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

• Adjust teaching and learning practices to the context of technical and vocational education and training students.
• Interpret and enact curricular knowledge and practice in terms of a broader understanding of relevant fields of knowledge.
• Plan lessons and other learning experiences, including preparing students for workplace learning, by selecting appropriate teaching and learning strategies.
• Design and apply appropriate assessment strategies.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:

• Model working in teams to the benefit of all participants.
• Prepare students to engage with members of teams, organizations, or groups.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:

• Apply concepts, methods, rules, and practices in relevant fields of knowledge, which underpin the subject/learning fields of specialization.
• Use the characteristic language, terminology, and concepts of own subject/s or learning fields appropriately.
• Plan lessons and other learning experiences, including preparing students for workplace learning, by selecting appropriate teaching and learning strategies.
• Adjust teaching and learning strategies to accommodate cultural, gender, ethnic, language, and other differences among students in a range of contexts.
• Utilize blended learning approaches by integrating technology in teaching and learning as appropriate.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 9:

• Select, adapt, and/or design assessment tasks and strategies appropriate to the specialization and a range of learning contexts.
• Use a range of assessment strategies to accommodate differences in learning style, pace, and context.
• Use assessment feedback to enhance teaching and learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 10:

• Use inclusive education strategies and student support to overcome barriers to learning.
• Apply teaching strategies to match the profile of the students.
• Create and maintain learning environments that are safe and conducive to learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 11:

• Engage with the world of work as related to a field of learning in relation to how students learn in, for, and through work.
• Incorporate relevant workplace knowledge and skills into teaching and learning.
• Utilize blended learning approaches by integrating technology in teaching and learning as appropriate.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 12:

• Equip students for entry into workplace learning and participation in the world of work.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 13:

• Apply teaching principles across a variety of contexts, including classrooms, workshops, laboratories, and simulated environments.
• Develop appropriate lesson plans, methods, and media to enhance learning.
• Design and conduct assessment.
• Prepare and teach lessons that link the subject taught to current industry application, practices, and technology through incorporating relevant industry examples and knowledge and skills.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 14:

• Apply appropriate management and administration procedures in respect of classrooms, workshops, laboratories, and simulated work environments.
• Use appropriate discipline and control of learning spaces.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 15:

• Show knowledge of the current application of the subject fields in workplaces.
• Identify organizational and cultural aspects as they relate to particular workplaces, including employer expectations of employees in the field.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 16:

• Analyze and compare the curriculum with prevailing practices in the workplace to understand the implications for teaching and learning.
• Incorporate such practices in teaching and learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 17:

• Report on lessons learned and their applicability to teaching the subject.
• Apply work-based learning experiences in the preparation and teaching of lessons.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 18:

• Engage critically with education and training and economic policies, procedures, and systems impacting on institutions and classrooms, and on education and training and the economy.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 19:

• Apply health and safety measures appropriate to classrooms, workshops, laboratories, and simulated workplaces.
• Promote healthy life choices and lifestyles in respect of HIV/AIDS.
• Promote active citizenship and responsible participation in the broader society.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 20:

• Demonstrate the ability to work in teams, groups, and organizations to the benefit of the TVET professions and professionals.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 21:

• Use the main language of instruction to explain, describe, discuss, and relate key concepts in the area of specialization.
• Convey the content of own fields of specialization in written, graphic, and other forms that are appropriate to the developmental level/s and language ability of the students.
• Interpret written and graphic materials relating to own fields of specialization.
• Apply numerical and elementary statistical knowledge to educational issues, cross-curricular activities, and own learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 22:

• Use basic social conversation to engage with students in at least one African language.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 23:

• Use information and communications technology to further own learning and facilitate the learning of others.

Integrated Assessment:

• Assessment opportunities are considered an integral part of facilitating learning.
• Assessment is seen as central to the learning and teaching process, providing both formative and summative assessment opportunities.
• Requires an element of holistic, integrated assessment in line with the overall purpose of the qualification.
• Integration is encouraged at three levels: within a constituent module, between modules, and across the qualification as a whole.
• Portfolios and other final examination assignments, demonstrating proof of professional development by offering evidence and reflective insights of their learning.
• Reflections on learning assist in self-assessment of own learning - promoting deep learning and constructivism.