Curriculum development for the master craftsman in the printing, newspaper and packaging industries

• Main Author: Thomas, David Llewellyn, 1944-
• Other Authors: Van Rooy, M. P. (Martinus Paul), 1948-
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Accreditation of Prior Learning; Application-Orientated Objective; Benchmarking; Best Practices; Career paths; Certification practices; Content-Performance Matrix; Competency profiling; Career progression; Curriculum Development Model; Curriculum continuum; Job competence; Job/Function profiling; Learning outcome; Outcomes-Based vocational education and training; Portfolio development; Project cycle management; Performance pyramid; Qualification for position; Qualification for purpose; Quality assessment system; Qualified worker standard; Standards generating; Systems didactics; Transfer of learning; Train the trainer; Taxonomy of competencies; Skills; Knowledge and attributes; Unit standards acid test; 338.476862071068; Curriculum planning > South Africa; Occupational training > South Africa > Curricula; Printing industry > South Africa
• Online Access: Thomas, David Llewellyn, 1944- (1999) Curriculum development for the master craftsman in the printing, newspaper and packaging industries, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16199>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16199

This study centres on curriculum development for a master craftsman level in the Printing, Newspaper and Packaging Industries which is didactically sound and takes cognisance of the dynamic vocational education and training milieu in which it occurs. Curriculum and curriculum development is viewed from a systems perspective and incorporates the specific andragogic didactic needs of the learner target group as well as the unique needs of an industrial sector. Because the National Qualification Framework model advocates an outcomes-based approach to curriculum development this necessitated the identification of a suitable standards generating process to articulate the master craftsman unit standards into a qualification capable of being recognised by the National Qualification Framework. The nature and complexity of the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies for the master craftsman level were quantified and qualified by means of skills and competency profiling and the development of a job outcome taxonomy of skills, knowledge and attributes which incorporated critical cross field and fundamental skills, and their underpinning knowledge requirements. Using aspects ofvarious vocational education and training models and empirical research course content was sourced, evaluated and developed into appropriate modules of learning that are congruent with the accepted competency based modular training system used in the Industries. Course maps that integrate theory and practice were developed with multi skilling milestones linked to learner certification. Evaluation of resources for the delivery of the Master Craftsman Programme was facilitated by means of a provider quality assessment and accreditation system. The interactive teaching-learning situation and the evaluation processes and procedures were developed to enhance the assessment of applied competencies in the world of work. A pilot study and unit standards generating activities are to be used as a means of implementing and institutionalising the master craftsman curriculum. The findings of this study revealed that by viewing the curriculum from a systems perspective and using a suitable curriculum development model a creative master craftsman curriculum development process could take place. The competency profiling technique and taxonomy of competencies, skills, knowledge and attributes enabled the curriculum process to be a top-down approach which is outcomes-based. === Didactics === D.Ed. (Didactics)