The Consultation Session entitled
“Review of the Generic Level Descriptors (GLD) and the draft Practical Tools under
the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework commissioned by the Education Bureau” was
organized by Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational
Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) on 5th Sep 2017. The review of GLD and the PTs had completed
and the session aimed to share the result as well as starting the final
consultation in one month period.
In the beginning, Ms. Elaine Mak (Principal
Assistant Secretary (Further Education), Education Bureau) gave opening remarks. She introduced some background information
about SCS of 22 industries under HKQF, Generic Level Descriptors and Guidelines
draft. The consultation period was from
5th Sep 2017 to 4th Oct 2017.
Then Ms. Susanna Lee (co-Principal
Investigator and Project Manager, HKCAAVQ) briefed the “Presentation on the
refined GLD”. Firstly, she mentioned the
scope of project included “To revise GLD” and “To develop practical tools”. She reviewed the history that HKQF operated
for 10 years with about 8000 qualifications on the QR and performed a
comparability study of HKQF with EQF.
Then she stated the project team included project supervisor, co-Principal Investigators and project officers; totally had 7 people. Focus group studies were performed with different participants and showed as follow table.
Five types of key findings were
identified and discussed.
1.
GLD effectiveness
2.
Provide GLD explanatory notes
3.
Practical Guide for Operators
4.
Practical Guide for Standard Setters and Evaluators
5.
Reference for Employers
Applications
-
Competency-based job specification
-
Recruitment
-
Performance appraisal
-
In-house training
After that Ms. Lee said the
modification of GLD in which 7 levels and 4 domains were not changed but
relocated some session to make it more logic and reduce confusion. New elements for Autonomy and Accountability
were added from Level 5 to Level 7 on dealing with ethical issues. Levels 1 to 4 were working interactively with
others to achieve common goals and contribute to group performance.
Finally, Mr. Lee discussed the
GLD Explanatory Notes as follows.
1.
Background: GLD and other key features of HKQF
2.
Intended application
3.
Conceptual framework and guiding principles
4.
Key features of QF levels and domains
5.
Progression of Knowledge and Progression of Problem Solving
Q&A Session
Mr. Sam Ho (Project Officer,
HKCAAVQ) was next speaker and he introduced the draft Practical Tools. The Guiding Principles for Developing
Practical Tools had posted into the HKQF website.
Mr. Ho briefed the Practical Guide
for Employers, for Operators and for Standard Setters and Evaluators with
different requirement. For employers,
they needed to be simple for use. Therefore, some diagram presentation of the
levels and competence in different industries were used. For operators, constructive alignment for
outcome-based programmes was considered with practical examples. For standard setters and evaluators,
determination mechanism of QF level of a qualification should be employed.
Sharing by User Group Representatives
(Left: Ms. Angie Chow (A.S. Watson
(HK)), Dr. Dennis Law (Caritas Institute of Higher Education), Mr. Raymond Wan
(Construction Industry Council), and Dr. Julianne Wong (Project Officer,
HKCAAVQ))
Ms. Angie Chow said HR considered
Skill, Knowledge and Attitude. They
considered staff problem solving ability.
However, promotion was not necessary based on competence but also
attitude and communication skill.
Mr. Raymond Wan said GLD, Explanatory
Notes and Practical Guide should be used together. They were complementary. He prepared three slides to us. The first one
explained the similar structure between Learning Programme and Recognition of
Prior Learning (RPL) to determining the QF level.
The second slide showed the relationship
among SCS, Skill sets, GLD level 1/2/3 and Learning Outcomes, as well as,
Profile of Home Carers (as example).
The last slide was traditional requirements
among knowledge, skill and attitude for assessment to attaining claimed QF
level.
At the end, Ms. Dorte
Kristoffersen (Executive Director, HKCAAVQ) gave closing remarks. She thanked all participants for this review
and revised works and reminded us to give future opinions within one month final
consultation period.
Reference:
Hong Kong Qualifications
Framework (HKQF) - http://www.hkqf.gov.hk/guie/home.asp
HKCAAVQ - http://www.hkcaavq.edu.hk/
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Anniversary Seminar – Meeting Industry Training Needs – The New Zealand
Experience - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2016/01/hkcaavq-25th-anniversary-seminar_6.html
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Meeting on Evaluating Impact of HKQF - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2015/08/the-1st-focus-group-meeting-on.html
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