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Programme
Conference Themes
“The value of work in social change and education”
Policy and curriculum development: The challenges of flexible delivery and technology?
The power of partnerships: public and private (including industry), local, regional, continental and intercontinental
The value of lessons learned: case studies and workshops
Note: the organisers reserve the right to alter the programme at short notice
- DAY ONE
- DAY TWO
- DAY THREE
Day 1: Wednesday 20 August 2008 | ||||||||
| 08h00 | Registration and Tea | |||||||
Plenary sessions | Chair: Faruk Hoosain | |||||||
| 09h45 | Welcome – Chris Brink, Conference President, Vice President, IAC | |||||||
| 10h00
| KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Prof Volker Wedekind; Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | |||||||
| 10h45 | Tea | |||||||
| 11h15 | Policy & | Chair: | Lessons Learned | Chair: | ||||
| Lessons for partnership between colleges, industry and government from a Swiss-South African initiative Ken Duncan, Swiss-South African Co-operation Initiative (SSACI) South Africa | merSETA and the skills development challenge: Engaging the tiger and learning from practice Derrick Peo, Linda Nxumalo, Helen Brown, Salim Akoojee, merSETA, South Africa | |||||||
| FET Provision: A Case of Contextualizing the power of Partnerships Dr T. Shezi, Ekurhuleni West College: Academic Affairs Manager, South Africa | ||||||||
| 13h15 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14h15 | Policy & | Chair: | Lessons Learned | Chair: | ||||
| TVET Teacher Education: The Policy and Curriculum development: The challenges of flexible delivery and technology. Lydia Basupang, Lecturer, Francistown College of Technical and Vocational Education, Botswana | A Revolution in Trade Training: Transforming Trade Training Wayne Collyer, Swan TAFE, Western Australia | |||||||
| Empowering and qualifying the marginalised – Appropriate training for FET college lecturers, Andre van der Bijl, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa | ||||||||
| 15h30 | Tea | |||||||
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| 16h00 | A comparison between the development of vocational education in three countries: Implications for future training and development Michael McCullough, University of Texas, USA, and Liezel Frick, Stellenbosch University, South Africa | The value of work in social change and education – lessons learned Cyprian Tsiame Lesotho College of Education, Lesotho | ||||||
Plenary sessions | Chair: Faruk Hoosain | |||||||
| 16h45 | OFFICIAL OPENING Hon Naledi Pandor, Minister of Education, South Africa | |||||||
| 17h30 | University of Newcastle Networking cocktail party Address by Helen Zille, Executive Mayor of Cape Town | |||||||
Day 2: Thursday 21 August 2008 | |||||||||
| 08h00 | Registration and Tea | ||||||||
Plenary sessions | Chair: Faruk Hoosain | ||||||||
| 09h15 | KEYNOTE ADDRESSES His Excellency Phillip Green, High Commissioner for Australia | ||||||||
| 10h00 | Tea | ||||||||
Breakout sessions | Policy & Partnerships | Chair: | Lessons Learned | Chair: | |||||
| 10h30 | International organisations and local partnerships: supporting sustainable vocational training programmes together Kathleen Collett, City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development, United Kingdom | Critical issues for practitioners in Assessment and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in the changing context of TVET John Arthur, The University of Newcastle, Australia | |||||||
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| Locating professional qualifications in vocational FET Colleges - A Case Study of FET-HE articulation Seamus Needham, Further Education and Training Institute, University of the Western Cape, South Africa | ||||||||
| 12h30 | Lunch | ||||||||
Breakout sessions | Policy & Partnerships | Chair: | Lessons Learned | Chair: | |||||
| 13h30 | Making connections: helping young people to gain access to specialist writing Mitch O’Toole, University of Newcastle, Australia | Lessons Learnt and Best Practices from project partnerships with FET Colleges Chris Murray, Creative Transformations | |||||||
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| Ensuring effective delivery of content to FET Learners Sujata Pillay, Manager, Language of Learning and Teaching, Pearson Education Achievement Solutions, South Africa | ||||||||
| 14h45 | Tea | ||||||||
Breakout sessions | Partnerships | Chair: | Policy | Chair: | |||||
| 15h15 | FET pyramid or space shuttle? Elsie Potgieter, College of Cape Town for Further Education and Training, South Africa | TVET providers as the enabling agents for Education for Sustainable Development: The case of Lesotho Mr Thae B Makhele, Lesotho College of Education, Lesotho | |||||||
Plenary session | Chair: Faruk Hoosain | ||||||||
| 16h00 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS On the brink of inevitable and perhaps irreversible disaster: Intellectualising skills subservience and a re-colonised economy Dr Ruben Richards, Businessman and Entrepreneur, Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||
Day 3: Friday 22 August 2008 | |||||||
| 08h00 | Registration and Tea | ||||||
Plenary sessions | Chair: Faruk Hoosain | ||||||
| 09h00 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Co-Sector Accelerated Artisan Development Dr Florus Prinsloo, Mining Qualifications Authority, South Africa | ||||||
Breakout sessions | Policy | Chair: | Lessons Learned | Chair: Dan Nkosi | |||
| 09h45 | The Power of Partnership for Systemic Change Ntsiki Gumbe, South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), Barbara Dale-Jones, eDegree | Investing in Training Together Norbert Ruepert, ROC Midden Nederland, Netherlands | |||||
| 10h4 | Tea | ||||||
Breakout sessions | Policy& Partnerships | Chair: | Lessons Learned | Chair: | |||
| 10h30 | Presenting a basket of choices to learners: The power of partnerships in providing Technical and Vocation Education and Training Dr Eliab Simpungwe, Programme Coordinator or Mr Masaka Mabilo, Programme Manager Limpopo Agribusiness Development Academy (LADA) South Africa | A Simulated Business Methodology for Social Change and Partnerships Fred Tromp & Ester Germond, False Bay College, South Africa | |||||
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| The value of the context of work in teaching vocational and FET programmes Anton Barnett-Harris, Edexcel, South Africa | ||||||
Plenary sessions | Chair: Faruk Hoosain | ||||||
| 12h00 | Closing KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr Raymond Patel: CEO Merseta SSACI Lunch | ||||||
| 14h00 | Vote of thanks – Fiona Cameron-Brown, Conference Convenor | ||||||
