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Workplace-based learning: An industry perspective
South African Journal of Higher Education Pub Date : 2020-03-01 , DOI: 10.20853/34-1-3395
R. Ziegler , T. Chipanga , C. Magoda

Workplace-based learning (WPBL) is a compulsory component of the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate qualification at a South African university of technology. The Mechanical Engineering students spend a compulsory period of 12 months in industry as part of their undergraduate diploma. However, in response to a national call for curricula revision from the Council on Higher Education (CHE) to align qualifications to the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF), South African higher education institutions embarked on restructuring their qualifications. As a result, the new HEQSF aligned Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (NQF 6) now requires students to spend a reduced period of six months in industry. Given the importance of WPBL in the undergraduate programme, this paper focuses on the new reduced period for WPBL and how industry partners view this change. This study draws on data generated through the use of structured questionnaires. One of the outcomes of this study is that industry partners emphasise the importance of the time that students spend in industry and that a reduction in such time will negatively impact on student workplace learning. The perspectives expressed by the industry partners open up avenues for follow-up studies in this regard.

中文翻译:

基于工作场所的学习:行业观点

基于工作场所的学习(WPBL)是南非理工大学机械工程专业本科课程必修课的组成部分。机械工程专业的学生在本科期间必须学习12个月的强制性行业课程。但是,为了响应高等教育委员会(CHE)提出的修订课程以使学历与高等教育学历子框架(HEQSF)保持一致的国家呼吁,南非高等教育机构着手重组学历。因此,新的HEQSF统一的机械工程文凭(NQF 6)现在要求学生减少六个月的行业学习时间。鉴于WPBL在本科课程中的重要性,本文重点关注WPBL的新缩短期以及行业合作伙伴如何看待这一变化。这项研究借鉴了通过使用结构化问卷生成的数据。这项研究的结果之一是,行业合作伙伴强调了学生在行业中度过的时间的重要性,并且这种时间的减少将对学生工作场所的学习产生负面影响。行业合作伙伴表达的观点为这方面的后续研究开辟了途径。
更新日期:2020-03-01
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