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

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dc.contributor.authorNgidi, David
dc.contributor.authorSibaya, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorSibaya, Duduzile
dc.contributor.authorKhuzwayo, Herbert
dc.contributor.authorMaphalala, Mncedisi
dc.contributor.authorNgwenya, Nkosinathi
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-09T11:17:52Z
dc.date.available2017-06-09T11:17:52Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionResearch article published in the South African Journal of Education, 2010.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSouth Africa–Finland Co-operative Programme, and Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC).en_US
dc.identifier.citationNgidi D, Sibaya P, Sibaya D, Khuzwayo H, Maphalala M & Ngwenya N 2010. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the 360-credit National Professional Diploma in Education (NPDE) programme. South African Journal of Education, 30(1):27-39. Available at http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/article/view/314/189.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2076-3433
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1521
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002010000100003
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEducation Association of South Africa (EASA)en_US
dc.subjectClassroom-based evaluationen_US
dc.subjectExit level outcomesen_US
dc.subject360-credit National Professional Diploma in Educationen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of the effectiveness of the 360-credit National Professional Diploma in Education (NPDE) programmeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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