Month: June 2013

The Opportunities This Process Brings

Apologies for the break between my last post about this and this one.  We had our NZQA External Evaluation and Review on Tuesday and Wednesday, I had my normal duties to perform on Thursday, and we were only at work for an hour or so on Friday because it started to snow… quite hard! In …

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The Dangers of This Process, Part Two

In my last post about the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ), I wrote about the dangers of this process. In this post, I’ll add more about some of the dangers this process can present to the future of our industry. The Dangers of This Process, Part Two Competence versus Confidence Another part of the “problem”, …

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The Dangers of This Process, Part One

In my last post about the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ), I wrote about how qualifications in New Zealand are changing. In this post and the next, I’d like to tell you about some of the dangers this process can present to the future of our industry. The Dangers of This Process Many attendees at …

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How New Zealand Qualifications Will Change

In my last post about the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ), I wrote about why change was needed for New Zealand qualifications. In this post, I’d like to tell you about how those qualifications are changing. How Are Qualifications Changing? The Government has decided that the system as it was all very complex and very …

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Why We Need Change to the New Zealand Qualifications System

Our industry is facing one of its largest changes in education in New Zealand to date. It sounds rather drastic, but it is very true, and it should be a positive thing for our industry. Many in our industry have indicated they were interested in more information on the Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ) process …

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