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ASDFSA CONFERENCE
JUNE 2006
CONGRATULATIONS
YOU ARE PIONEERS
STRATEGIC CONVERSATION
SETA WHERE TO?
Managers7.0%
Professionals7.0%
Tech/Ass14.0%
Clerks/Sales20.0%
Artisans8.0%
Operators29.0%
Elementary15.0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Managers
Professionals
Technicians&Associates
Clerical/Sales Workers
Artisans
Operators
Elementary
Total
Black White
Population group distribution of employees
Gender Profile
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Managers
Professionals
Technicians&Associates
Clerical/Sales Workers
Artisans
Operators
Elementary
Total
Female Male
LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK UNDER
WHICH SETA’S OPERATE
StandardsDevelopment
DOESAQA ACT
DOLSKILLS DEV. ACT
DOLSKILLS DEV. LEVIES ACT
standards
reg
GET
FET
HET
NQF
8
7
6
5
2
4
3
1
Delivery of Education and Training
Financing of Education and
Training
SETA
PROVIDER EMPLOYER
NSA SARSSAQA
LEARNER
ETQA
Payslevy
Decide onspending
Establish
LearningExperience
WorkExperience
LearnershipAdmin
Decide on
CollectLevies
GrantsAllocationsIncentives
SSF80%
NSF20%
contract
SGB
StandardsGeneration
Accredit &Quality Assure
Accredit &Quality Assure
standards
applic
WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF SETAS?
SOME BELIEVE THAT SETAs ARE AUTO-TELLERS
Functions of the SETA
Develop an SSP for the Sector Promote Learnerships by:
•Identifying workplaces for practical work experience;
• Support the development of learning materials;
• Improving the facilitation of learning; and
• Assisting in the conclusion of Learnership agreements
• Register Learnership agreement;
Functions of the SETA
• Be accredited by SAQA;
• Accredit providers
• Collect and disburse the skills development levies in its sector;
• Liase with NSA regarding the skills development policy; NSDS and the SSP
• Report to the Director-General on its income and expenditure; and the implementation of the SSP
DO WE STILL BELIEVE IN THE NQF?
A National Qualifications Framework that integrates all elements of the education &
training system to enable learner progress from any
starting point
DO WE STILL BELIEVE IN SETA’s?
How much do they have in their accounts unspent?
or How many people have they
trained?
HOW IS KNOWLEDGE DEFINED WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE
ECONOMY?
PETER SENGE DEFINITION
Senge: Learning OrganizationDef.: “Knowledge is the
capacity for effective action”
Information: Know about things
Knowing how
BILL GATES
Knowledge is information combined with experience, context, interpretation,
and reflectionNewsweek, Dec 2005
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE-PRODUCTION IN
SOCIETY
AREAS • Discipline-based
• Basis of much of schooling• Knowledge produced at top level
• High Level Inter-Disciplinary• E.g. NASA, SASOL• Knowledge produced at top level
• Economic & Social Sectors• Knowledge produced at all levels
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE-PRODUCTION IN SOCIETY
• Disciplines: knowledge–production at high level
• Uncodified Areas: New areas that have emerged in a knowledge-intensive world
• Know how of “How Do”
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN SOCIETY
• “Traditional ways of producing knowledge within single disciplines and institutions are being supplemented by knowledge generated within various applied contexts. This is knowledge that is collaboratively created…directed to problems in social and economic systems…..” (DACST, 1996)
ARE YOU CONVINCED THAT SETAs CAN
OR IS IT MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
Example of Knowledge Production
PREDOMINANT EXISTING MODELS OF PROVISION
TEACHER-CENTRED
• Discipline-based• Expert as primary learning resource• Delivery method:
• Lecture• Textbook• Exercises• Examinations
APPRENTICESHIP• Expert as Mentor/Coach• Facilitated Learning• Delivery method:
• Guided Learning• Learned by imitation• Mostly on-the-job• Assessment: Based on outcomes
SETA vs JIPSA• Has SETA’s failed to define their
own boundaries?• SETAs emphasized learn theory
rather than acquire skills
• SETAs have failed to train artisans• Or
• Growth of the economy - ASGISA
TECHNICIAN/ARTISAN• Mixture of two models• Block release to learn theory• On-the-Job Training with
some structure and guidance• Return of Crafts persons to
develop and act as mentors.
SETAs Where to?
A CONSTRUCTIVIST PERSPECTIVE
• “You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself,” Galileo is reputed to have said.
• The essential idea that a learner is not a passive recipient of knowledge but rather an active constructor, has stood the test of time. This has come to be known as a radical constructivist conception of knowledge.
• From this perspective it is hardly surprising that,
as teachers have often experienced, many students fail to learn much from their most inspired efforts at talking in the classroom.
WORKPLACE LEARNING (1)• Further with the recognition that knowledge
needs re-definition is the recognition that the sites of learning are many and varied. The traditional definitions of knowledge have implicitly designated formal institutions of learning as the primary site of learning. This perception has been re-enforced by the fact that in most instances, a qualification is awarded by an institution, before any further learning in a practical environment is obtained by the learner……. This bias toward qualification-as-destination is at odds with reality“ (Barnett)
WORKPLACE LEARNING (2)Notice how the book "Understanding Learning at Work”
begins:
• "Learning at work has become one of the most exciting areas of development in the dual fields of management and education. It has moved to become a central concern of corporations and universities; it is no longer the pre-occupation of a small band of vocational training specialists.
• Today we see employees extending their educational capabilities in learning through their work. At the same time, opportunities and problems within work are creating the need for new Knowledge and understanding".
THE EMERGING MODEL OF
LEARNING PROVISION
THE WORKPLACE AS A SITE OF LEARNING
Teaching and learning are often seen to be synonymous, so the absence of qualified teachers and a deliberately structured curriculum can easily lead to assumptions that learning in workplaces will be inferior to that occurring in schools, colleges and universities.
The pathways of experience and guidance provided in workplaces are often structured and “formalized”
WHAT DO SETAS FACE ?
Example of Knowledge Production
A NEW APPROACH
• Resource-based
• Activity-based
• Cognitive Intervention
• Workplace as Site of Learning
PROVISION AS LEARNING FACILITATION
EXPOSE LEARNERS TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE RANGE OF RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES AND COGNITIVE INTERVENTIONS THAT ENABLE AND EMPOWER LEARNERS WHILE PROVIDING STRONG GUIDANCE TO ENSURE STRUCTURED LEARNING ADVANCEMENT
SO WHAT IS NEEDED
INSOUTH AFRICA?
AN INTERGRATED APPROACH
• Integration of qualifications • Integration of provision
• Sharing what is common • Providing what is specific to
individual Industries
KEY SECTOR INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF STRATEGY
• Engage in a high level strategic conversation with CEOs, labour, economists and DTI on 6% growth in the sector and the implications for skills.
• Feed this conversation into SSP considerations for the major review of the SSP next year.
• Conduct or commission research that will allow SETA to speak and act with authority on skills in the sector.
• Consult with DTI and other government agencies to develop new investment training incentives and support.
• Re-evaluate the mechanisms of the old apprenticeships and insert best elements into learnership strategy.
• Focus more on assisting firms to maximise return on training investment (ROTI). Some ideas include sharing best company practice, upgrading SDF skills to higher conceptual levels perhaps with the help of higher education, the private sector and getting creative on marketing WSPs as strategic company tools.
THANK YOU