Outcomes, Learning and the Curriculum: Implications for NVQs and Other Qualifications Book

	Abbreviations, Acronyms and Concepts
	Preface
	Foreword
1	Introduction and Overview	3
2	Outcome Based Qualifications and the Implications for Learning	33
3	Theoretical Issues in Relation to Jessup's Outcomes Model	55
4	Standards and the Outcomes Approach	83
5	Outcomes and National (Scottish) Vocational Qualifications	96
6	GNVQs Phase One	117
7	Piloting GNVQ	130
8	Quality in Qualifications and Learning Programmes	142
9	Flexible Learning and Outcomes	155
10	Modularization and the Outcomes Approach: Towards a Strategy for a Curriculum of the Future	169
11	From Design to Delivery: The Implementation of the NCVQ Core Skills Units	182
12	The Assessment of Outcomes	201
13	Outcomes and Autonomy	215
14	Work-based Learning and Outcomes	228
15	Outcomes in Management	244
16	Outcomes and Professional Knowledge	260
17	Learning Outcomes in Higher Education	273
18	Aspiration, Achievement and Progression in Post-secondary and Higher Education	287
19	Competencies, Attributes and the Curriculum: The Australian Agenda	307
	Notes on Contributors	323
	Index	329
	Acknowledgments