LEARNING OUTCOMES

SUMMARY

Recognition of foreign qualifications should not be focused on detailed assessment of formal criteria, but should as much as possible take into consideration what a person knows, understands, and is able to do. This can be achieved by taking into account the learning outcomes of qualifications.

FLOWCHART

• Introduction
• What are learning outcomes?
• Use of learning outcomes
• Learning outcomes in the recognition process
• Recommendation
• Focus on learning outcomes
• Where can information on learning outcomes be found?
• No useful information on learning outcomes?
• Learning outcomes should be interpreted with some care
• Examples
• 1 - Evaluation of learning outcomes of a Degree Profile
• 2 – Using the learning outcomes of level descriptors (NQF)
• 3 – Using the learning outcomes of qualification descriptors (NQF)
• Sources and references
• Relevant articles RCP