Evaluation of the effectiveness of the 360-credit National Professional Diploma in Education (NPDE) programme

dc.creator	David Ngid
dc.creator	Patrick Sibaya
dc.creator	Duduzile Sibaya
dc.creator	Herbert Khuzwayo
dc.creator	Mncedisi Maphalala
dc.creator	Nkosinathi Ngwenya
dc.date	2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:31Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:31Z
dc.identifier	0256-0100
dc.identifier	2076-3433
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d5b799180da04d09a296441984cc366a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16078
dc.description	We investigated the effectiveness of the 360-credit National Professional Diploma (NPDE) as a programme that is aimed at the upgrading of currently serving unqualified and under-qualified educators, with a view to improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools and Further Education and Training colleges. To this end, the National Professional Diploma in Education Effectiveness Scale (NPDEES) and Classroom Observation and Assessment Form (COAF) were used. The findings indicated that educators differed in the extent to which they regarded the 360-credit NPDE programme as effective. The findings also indicated that component 3 (competences relating to teaching and learning processes), component 1 (competences relating to fundamental learning) and component 4 (competences relating to the profession, the school and the community) were the best predictors of the effectiveness of the 360-credit NPDE programme. It was found that educators differed in the extent to which they performed during the classroom-based evaluation. Suggestions are made for measures to improve educators' performance in the classroom.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Education Association of South Africa (EASA)
dc.relation	http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002010000100003
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0256-0100
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3433
dc.source	South African Journal of Education, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 27-39 (2010)
dc.subject	classroom-based evaluation
dc.subject	competences
dc.subject	components
dc.subject	exit level outcomes
dc.subject	National Professional Diploma in Education
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Evaluation of the effectiveness of the 360-credit National Professional Diploma in Education (NPDE) programme
dc.type	article