标题：Development of a competency-based work-integrated learning program to facilitate science, engineering and technology retention in South Africa as a developing country
期刊名称：Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education
电子版ISSN：1175-2882
出版年度：2009
卷号：10
期号：2
页码：65-74
出版社：New Zealand Association for Cooperative Edcuation
摘要：Presentations and arguments in this paper support the development of competencies in work-integrated learning, associated with engineering trainees. Competencies developed through this program are intended to facilitate the retention of science, engineering and technology within the workplace in South Africa, as a developing country. The unique program, as developed and conducted, presents a local paradigm shift in academic accreditation, which is based on the learning experiences recorded by the trainee in industry. The training standard in industry is thus established through a mutually exclusive agreement to focus on the trainee and the training in industry through the lens of academia as the qualification awarding entity. Systemic trainee confidence in the higher learning and retention aspects of knowledge is fostered through; learning, teamwork and co-operation and multidisciplinary initiatives to facilitate industrial responsibility and hence competency. The veracity of the program, in its approach and implications, is sharply contrasted against the current system operating in other engineering academic departments within the South African Universities of Technology movement.APPENDIXThe program documents may be obtained by clicking here.
关键词：Work-integrated learning; competency; science; ;engineering; technology; universities of technology; South Africa.
