Module Summary - The Competency Based Education and Training System
The competency based education and training (CBET) philosophy drives the method used to develop a curriculum within the TVET environment. According to Anderson and Woodhill (1999) competency based education addresses specific competencies, aligned to the expectations and requirements of the workplace and links knowledge to a skill that is a job requirement.
At the heart of the CBET philosophy is the development of competencies that are aligned to workplace requirements. The concept of competence is not only confined to technical skills but extended to key employability skills such as collaboration, creativity and critical thinking.
Some of the key features of competency based education and training are:
- Industry engagement
- Labour market research and intelligence
- Occupational standards
- Modularized approach to learning
- Theoretical and practical instruction
- Demonstrations
- Practical Assessments
The competency based philosophy is applied to the National Qualifications of Jamaica by clearly delineating what each level of the framework means and the competencies that learners are expected to acquire upon completing each qualification.
8. Module
A module briefly describes the title of the module, the name chosen for a module and provides a clear description of how the module is aligned to the requirements of a job. It includes expected learning outcomes which describes what the learner will do or achieve. Learning outcomes are written in terms of what the learners will learn, acquire and apply, keeping the statement clear and concise.