O método de ensino não é indiferente à formação dos valores éticos do acadêmico de direito e da sociedade, no plano jurídico. Se o ensino jurídico for aético, formalista, árido e desconectado do todo da realidade, a reação do jurista e da sociedade perante o direito tenderá a ser igualmente aética, formalista e árida, concorrendo para o desprestígio da lei, das instituições criadoras e intérpretes dos institutos jurídicos e da própria aplicação da justiça. Daí que a implementação de um método pedagógico para o ensino do direito que possibilite a irradiação de valores éticos de alta significância, notadamente para a disciplina de Direitos e Garantias Fundamentais, na sua moderna concepção dos Direitos Humanos, deverá produzir efeitos positivos expressivos para a consciência moral e jurídica da sociedade, na elaboração, interpretação e aplicação das leis. Isto porque, na perspectiva ética, segundo a tradição filosófica clássica, há indissociável vinculação da virtude da prudentia, que é ato da inteligência voltado ao comando da ação, com a virtude da iustitia, como atitude decisiva da vontade dirigida ao reconhecimento do direito do outro, com toda a sua ampla dimensão de alteridade (iustitia est ad alterum). A adoção de um instrumento pedagógico que leve a realidade, com toda a sua contingência, concretude e dramaticidade, para a sala de aula - unindo fortemente o ser do homem à ética, na realização em plenitude tanto do indivíduo quanto da sociedade na perspectiva do bonum commune hominis e do bonum commune communitatis - deverá propiciar que o aluno abandone uma tendência à apatia e passividade em sala de aula. Tal dinamização do ensino jurídico é possível pelo \"método do caso\", pelo qual a realidade do direito, apreendida a partir de decisões judiciais em casos concretos - pela jurisprudentia, que deveria exprimir a prudentia do ius -, é objeto de reflexão e discussão em classe, deslocando-se o centro de gravidade do professor para os alunos, que passam a ocupar o núcleo do processo educativo em sala de aula. A partir do conhecimento dos casos concretos permite-se ao acadêmico de direito compreender os princípios gerais que regem o sistema jurídico e a vida em sociedade, bem como a inquirir sobre o ideal de justiça, de concepção jusnaturalista, que propugna por reconhecer o direito do outro, o que é a base da tolerância e o que possibilita a experiência humana do encontro e da convivência com o próximo. Na dimensão ética e pedagógica as afinidades do \"método do caso\" com a virtude da prudentia são magníficas. O \"método do caso\" exprime a consubstanciação, a concretização da educação para a prudentia tanto da primeira parte da virtude no sentido de se \"ver a realidade tal como ela é\", com toda a sua contingência, dramaticidade e concretude, quanto remete à outra parte do preceito moral voltada ao comando da ação em direção à atitude moralmente certa, no plano jurídico do ideal de justiça em uma situação concreta no hic et nunc da realidade. O saber jurídico é fruto da educação e da experiência prática, assim como as virtudes da prudentia e da iustitia são apreendidas ex doctrina et experimento, segundo propugna a tradição aristotélica e tomista. A hermenêutica jurídica, como ato de conhecimento, compreende um exercício intelectual de vertente técnica, mas está fundamentalmente atrelada a um juízo de caráter subjetivo, de dimensão interior de seu agente, como ato da vontade em direção à justiça comandado a partir da consciência moral. Daí a indissociável conexão entre direito e moral, na perspectiva das virtudes da prudentia e da iustitia, com todo o seu vigoroso potencial pedagógico para o ensino jurídico através do \"método do caso\", com as imensas e positivas implicações para o aprimoramento do direito, a persecução do ideal de justiça e a vida em sociedade daí decorrentes. / The methodology of education is not indifferent to the development of the ethical values of the law student and the society, on the juridical side. If law education has no ethical concerns, is formalistic, arid and not connected with reality as a whole, the reaction of the jurist and of the society before law will also tend to be without ethical concerns, formalistic and arid, nurturing the lack of prestige of law, of the institutions that create and interpret the juridical institutes and of the administration of justice itself. Therefore, the implementation of a pedagogical method of law teaching which makes it possible to irradiate ethical values of great significance, particularly in the course of Fundamental Rights and Warranties, in its modern conception of Human Rights, would lead to meaningful positive effects on the moral and legal conscience of the society, in the creation, interpretation and application of the laws. This is because, from the ethical perspective, based on the classic philosophical tradition, there is an inseparable relationship between the virtue of prudentia, which is an act of intelligence directed to the command of action, and the virtue of iustitia, as a decisive attitude towards the recognition of the right of one\'s fellow, with all its broad dimension of alterity (iustitia est ad alterum). The adoption of a pedagogic instrument which brings the reality, in its entire contingency, concreteness and graveness, to the classroom - strongly connecting man\'s being to ethics, in direction of the full realization of the individual and of the society in the perspective of the bonum commune hominis and bonum commune communitatis - should allow the student to abandon a tendency to apathy and passivity in classroom. Such dynamism in law education is feasible through the use of \"case method\", by which the reality of law, learned from court decisions in concrete cases - by the jurisprudentia, which would represent the prudentia of the ius -, is object of reflections and discussion in class, moving the centre of gravity from the professor to the students, who become the core of the education process in classroom. The knowledge of actual court cases would allow the law student to comprehend the general principles which comprise the legal system and life in society and to inquiry about the ideal of justice, of a jusnaturalist conception, which supports the recognition of the fellow citizen, which is the basis of tolerance and would allow the human experience of encounter and coexistence with the fellow human. On the ethical and pedagogical dimension, the affinities of the \"case method\" with the virtue of prudentia are magnificent. The \"case method\" expresses the consubstantiation, the completion of the education for the prudentia in relation to the first part of the virtue, headed for \"seeing reality as it is\" with all of its contingency, graveness and concretion, and with regard to the other part of the moral precept set towards commanding the action to the morally correct attitude, in the legal perspective of the ideal of justice in a concrete situation in the hic et nunc of the reality. Legal knowledge is the outcome of education and practical experience, as the virtues of prudentia and iustitia are learned ex doctrina et experimento, in accordance with the Aristotelian and Thomistic tradition. The legal hermeneutic, as an act of knowledge, follows an intellectual exercise of a technical character, but is fundamentally linked to a subjective judgment arising from the internal dimension of its agent, as an act of will towards justice, driven by the moral conscience. This results in the indissoluble connection between law and moral, from the perspective of the virtues of prudentia and iustitia, with all of their vigorous pedagogical potential for the education of law through the \"case method\", with its vast and positive implications to the improvement of law, the pursue of the ideal of justice and the life in society.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T18:39:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ricardo Pereira Rios.pdf: 3554960 bytes, checksum: b0188732aa12453d0c5eece280b83c6c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-15 / The Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education determines that higher education must provide students with training which can lead to the labor market a professional with scientific spirit, reflective thinking, creative and able to solve daily business problems. Thus, the high quality teaching should be the fundamental task of educational institutions across the country. The process of teaching and learning should be developed to encourage these required qualities in the student as well as motivate him to learn, allowing him to build his own knowledge. The Case Method offers the stimulus to critical thinking, problem-solving skills and learning of concepts in the area. In this method, teaching has the student as the focus and through case studies provides a contact with the reality of companies, and so, motivating him for learning. This paper aims to verify the contribution of the case method for teaching accounting. A survey was developed with coordinators of the accounting course and the implementation in a discipline of the Accounting Course of a Higher Educational Institution was possible. The results of the survey with coordinators show that the method contributes to a better development of students, motivating them and encouraging them to a more active role in learning and developing critical thinking and judging skills. Regarding the implementation of the method of cases, the results show that students have acquired knowledge in the subject they were taught, developed skills and gained confidence / A Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional, 9394/96, determina que a Educação Superior deva proporcionar ao estudante uma formação capaz de levar ao mercado de trabalho um profissional com espírito científico, pensamento reflexivo, criativo e capaz de solucionar problemas do cotidiano empresarial. Portanto, o ensino de qualidade deve ser tarefa primordial nas Instituições de Ensino Superior de todo país. O processo ensino-aprendizagem deve ser desenvolvido de forma a estimular no aluno essas qualidades requeridas, bem como estimulá-lo a aprender, fazendo com que construa seu próprio conhecimento. O método de Casos propôs o estímulo ao pensamento crítico, habilidades para solução de problemas e a aprendizagem de conceitos na área. Neste método o ensino tem como foco o aluno e, por meio de Estudos de Casos proporciona um contato com a realidade das empresas, motivando-o, assim, para a aprendizagem. O presente trabalho objetivou a verificação da efetividade/contribuição do método de casos para o ensino da Contabilidade. Desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa com coordenadores de curso de Ciências Contábeis, bem como a implantação do método na disciplina de Análise das Demonstrações Contábeis, do curso de Ciências Contábeis de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior do interior paulista. Os resultados da pesquisa com coordenadores mostraram que o método contribuiu para um melhor desenvolvimento do aluno, motivando-o e estimulando-o a um papel mais ativo na aprendizagem, desenvolvendo o raciocínio crítico e a capacidade de julgamento. Em relação à implantação do método de casos, os resultados apontaram que os alunos adquiriram conhecimento na disciplina ministrada, desenvolveram habilidades e ganharam confiança

L’essor des réseaux AFDX comme infrastructure de communication entre les équipements de bord des aéronefs civils motive de nombreux travaux de recherche pour réduire les délais de communication tout en garantissant un haut niveau de déterminisme et de qualité de service. Cette thèse traite de l’effet des accolements de trames sur l’End System de réception, notamment sur le buffer interne afin de garantir une non perte de trames et un dimensionnement mémoire optimal. Une modélisation pire cas du flux de trames est réalisée selon une première méthode pessimiste, basée sur un flux de trames périodiques ; puis une seconde, plus optimiste, basée sur des intervalles de réception et un placement de trames itératif. Une étude probabiliste met en œuvre des distributions gaussiennes pour évaluer les probabilités d’occurrences des pires cas d’accolements et apporte un éclairage qui ouvre une discussion sur la pertinence de ne considérer que la modélisation pire cas pour dimensionner le buffer de réception. Un gain mémoire supplémentaire peut être obtenu par la mise en œuvre de la compression sans perte LZW. / The rise of AFDX networks as a communication infrastructure between on-board equipment of civil aircraft motivates many research projects to reduce communication delays while guaranteeing a high level of determination and quality of service. This thesis deals with the effect of the back-ot-back frame reception on the reception End System, in particular, on the internal buffer, in order to guarantee a non-loss of frames and optimal memory dimensioning. A worst-case modeling of the frame flow is carried out according to a first pessimistic method, based on a periodic frame flow. Then a more optimistic method is presented based on the reception intervals and an iterative frame placement. A probabilistic study implements Gaussian distributions to evaluate the occurrence probabilities of the worst back-to-back frames and provides an illumination that opens a discussion on the relevance of not considering the worst-case modeling to size the reception buffer. Additional memory gain can be achieved by implementing LZW lossless compression.

O método de ensino não é indiferente à formação dos valores éticos do acadêmico de direito e da sociedade, no plano jurídico. Se o ensino jurídico for aético, formalista, árido e desconectado do todo da realidade, a reação do jurista e da sociedade perante o direito tenderá a ser igualmente aética, formalista e árida, concorrendo para o desprestígio da lei, das instituições criadoras e intérpretes dos institutos jurídicos e da própria aplicação da justiça. Daí que a implementação de um método pedagógico para o ensino do direito que possibilite a irradiação de valores éticos de alta significância, notadamente para a disciplina de Direitos e Garantias Fundamentais, na sua moderna concepção dos Direitos Humanos, deverá produzir efeitos positivos expressivos para a consciência moral e jurídica da sociedade, na elaboração, interpretação e aplicação das leis. Isto porque, na perspectiva ética, segundo a tradição filosófica clássica, há indissociável vinculação da virtude da prudentia, que é ato da inteligência voltado ao comando da ação, com a virtude da iustitia, como atitude decisiva da vontade dirigida ao reconhecimento do direito do outro, com toda a sua ampla dimensão de alteridade (iustitia est ad alterum). A adoção de um instrumento pedagógico que leve a realidade, com toda a sua contingência, concretude e dramaticidade, para a sala de aula - unindo fortemente o ser do homem à ética, na realização em plenitude tanto do indivíduo quanto da sociedade na perspectiva do bonum commune hominis e do bonum commune communitatis - deverá propiciar que o aluno abandone uma tendência à apatia e passividade em sala de aula. Tal dinamização do ensino jurídico é possível pelo \"método do caso\", pelo qual a realidade do direito, apreendida a partir de decisões judiciais em casos concretos - pela jurisprudentia, que deveria exprimir a prudentia do ius -, é objeto de reflexão e discussão em classe, deslocando-se o centro de gravidade do professor para os alunos, que passam a ocupar o núcleo do processo educativo em sala de aula. A partir do conhecimento dos casos concretos permite-se ao acadêmico de direito compreender os princípios gerais que regem o sistema jurídico e a vida em sociedade, bem como a inquirir sobre o ideal de justiça, de concepção jusnaturalista, que propugna por reconhecer o direito do outro, o que é a base da tolerância e o que possibilita a experiência humana do encontro e da convivência com o próximo. Na dimensão ética e pedagógica as afinidades do \"método do caso\" com a virtude da prudentia são magníficas. O \"método do caso\" exprime a consubstanciação, a concretização da educação para a prudentia tanto da primeira parte da virtude no sentido de se \"ver a realidade tal como ela é\", com toda a sua contingência, dramaticidade e concretude, quanto remete à outra parte do preceito moral voltada ao comando da ação em direção à atitude moralmente certa, no plano jurídico do ideal de justiça em uma situação concreta no hic et nunc da realidade. O saber jurídico é fruto da educação e da experiência prática, assim como as virtudes da prudentia e da iustitia são apreendidas ex doctrina et experimento, segundo propugna a tradição aristotélica e tomista. A hermenêutica jurídica, como ato de conhecimento, compreende um exercício intelectual de vertente técnica, mas está fundamentalmente atrelada a um juízo de caráter subjetivo, de dimensão interior de seu agente, como ato da vontade em direção à justiça comandado a partir da consciência moral. Daí a indissociável conexão entre direito e moral, na perspectiva das virtudes da prudentia e da iustitia, com todo o seu vigoroso potencial pedagógico para o ensino jurídico através do \"método do caso\", com as imensas e positivas implicações para o aprimoramento do direito, a persecução do ideal de justiça e a vida em sociedade daí decorrentes. / The methodology of education is not indifferent to the development of the ethical values of the law student and the society, on the juridical side. If law education has no ethical concerns, is formalistic, arid and not connected with reality as a whole, the reaction of the jurist and of the society before law will also tend to be without ethical concerns, formalistic and arid, nurturing the lack of prestige of law, of the institutions that create and interpret the juridical institutes and of the administration of justice itself. Therefore, the implementation of a pedagogical method of law teaching which makes it possible to irradiate ethical values of great significance, particularly in the course of Fundamental Rights and Warranties, in its modern conception of Human Rights, would lead to meaningful positive effects on the moral and legal conscience of the society, in the creation, interpretation and application of the laws. This is because, from the ethical perspective, based on the classic philosophical tradition, there is an inseparable relationship between the virtue of prudentia, which is an act of intelligence directed to the command of action, and the virtue of iustitia, as a decisive attitude towards the recognition of the right of one\'s fellow, with all its broad dimension of alterity (iustitia est ad alterum). The adoption of a pedagogic instrument which brings the reality, in its entire contingency, concreteness and graveness, to the classroom - strongly connecting man\'s being to ethics, in direction of the full realization of the individual and of the society in the perspective of the bonum commune hominis and bonum commune communitatis - should allow the student to abandon a tendency to apathy and passivity in classroom. Such dynamism in law education is feasible through the use of \"case method\", by which the reality of law, learned from court decisions in concrete cases - by the jurisprudentia, which would represent the prudentia of the ius -, is object of reflections and discussion in class, moving the centre of gravity from the professor to the students, who become the core of the education process in classroom. The knowledge of actual court cases would allow the law student to comprehend the general principles which comprise the legal system and life in society and to inquiry about the ideal of justice, of a jusnaturalist conception, which supports the recognition of the fellow citizen, which is the basis of tolerance and would allow the human experience of encounter and coexistence with the fellow human. On the ethical and pedagogical dimension, the affinities of the \"case method\" with the virtue of prudentia are magnificent. The \"case method\" expresses the consubstantiation, the completion of the education for the prudentia in relation to the first part of the virtue, headed for \"seeing reality as it is\" with all of its contingency, graveness and concretion, and with regard to the other part of the moral precept set towards commanding the action to the morally correct attitude, in the legal perspective of the ideal of justice in a concrete situation in the hic et nunc of the reality. Legal knowledge is the outcome of education and practical experience, as the virtues of prudentia and iustitia are learned ex doctrina et experimento, in accordance with the Aristotelian and Thomistic tradition. The legal hermeneutic, as an act of knowledge, follows an intellectual exercise of a technical character, but is fundamentally linked to a subjective judgment arising from the internal dimension of its agent, as an act of will towards justice, driven by the moral conscience. This results in the indissoluble connection between law and moral, from the perspective of the virtues of prudentia and iustitia, with all of their vigorous pedagogical potential for the education of law through the \"case method\", with its vast and positive implications to the improvement of law, the pursue of the ideal of justice and the life in society.

Denna rapport redovisar ett examensarbete på Civilingenjör och Lärarprogrammet på KTH och SU.Examensarbetets syfte är att öka förståelsen för och kartlägga hur olika presentationsmodelleruppfattas påverka intresset och möjligheten att ta till sig kunskapen om mekaniken i fjädrandekonstruktionselement (FKE). Tre olika presentationsmodeller har kartlagts därpresentationsmodellernas kommunikativa angreppssätt har varierat mellan auktoritativ ochdialogisk. Presentationsmodellerna som kartlagts är: Seminarie utifrån problembaserat lärande Seminarie utifrån casemetodiken Auktoritativt seminarieGenom deltagande observation och intervjuer har deltagarnas uppfattningar om de olika KPM, vadavser intresse och möjlighet att ta till sig kunskap, testats och kartlagts och studiens slutsatserredovisats. Denna studie utförs inom ämnet FKE och målgruppen för presentationsmodellerna ärvuxna personer med grundläggande kunskaper i mekanik.Resultatet av studien visar att möjligheten till inlärning och intresset ökar om det kommunikativaangreppssättet dialogiskt betonas. Det kommunikativa angreppssättet ska inte planeras vararenodlat dialogiskt eller auktoritativt. Detta beror på att intresset tenderar att minska närkommunikationen blir för auktoritativ samt för att deltagarna kan få det för svårt att styra seminarietdå kommunikationen är för dialogisk. Det blir speciellt svårt för deltagarna att styra detkommunikativa angreppssättet om deltagarna inte har förkunskaper som behövs för att ta till sigkunskaper från seminariet. Den seminariemodell som ökade inlärningen och intresset mest var detcaseutformade seminariet.NyckelordVuxenutbildning, / This essay is the report of my master's dissertation for Master of Engineering and Teacher Program atKTH and SU in Stockholm. The aims of the master’s dissertation are to increase the understandingand compose a map of how different presentation models affect the interest and ability to learnwhen the subject is resilient construction element is presented on a one day seminar.I have composed maps of three different presentation models in which the presentation models’communicative approach varied between authoritative and dialogic. The presentation models thathave been composed a map of are:• Seminar designed by problem-based learning• Seminar designed by the case method• Authoritative seminar The presentations models were tested and based on the tests, the feedback from participants and myparticipation studies, the presentation were surveyed and conclusions drawn about the learning and theinterest. This study was performed in the subject resilient construction element with the target groupadults with a basic skill in mechanics.The result of this study is that the potential for learning and interest increased if the communicativeapproach is in the dialogic direction. The communicative approach should neither be veryauthoritative or very dialogic. This is because the interest tends to decrease when the communicativeapproach is too authoritative and because the participants have problem with directing the seminarif communicative approach is too dialogic. Difficulties occur for the participants to control thedialogic communicative approach if they don’t have prior knowledge. The seminar model thatincreased learning and interests the most was the case-seminar format.

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Aim: This study explores what type of information patients and nurses share with, or provide to, each other, and whether or not the information received was relevant and sufficient for their needs. Background: Information exchange, as part of shared decision-making, is advocated in policy and practice throughout the healthcare sector. Much of the literature on information exchange relates to one-to-one consultations with consultants or GPs. To date, no studies have explored information exchange between patients and nurses in ward settings. Nursing literature on patients’ information needs focuses on one-way information provision from nurses to patients, rather than on two-way information exchange between patients and nurses. Methods: Interactions between patients and nurses were observed and audio-recorded using a remotely controlled audio-recording system. Semi-structured individual face-to-face interviews were then conducted to clarify and add to the observation data. A multiple case study design was used for this study: each case comprised one patient, the nurses caring for that patient, and the interactions between them. A pilot study was undertaken to inform the methods for recruitment and data collection for the main study. Results: The pilot study comprised five cases (patients n=5, nurses n=3). Changes to the recruitment strategy for the main study included surgical patients being invited to participate in the same way as medical patients. There were no difficulties with the data collection methods. The main study comprised nineteen cases (patients n=19, nurses n=22). Information exchange seemed unfamiliar to ward-based nurses. The findings show that information exchange may not be a one-off event but a complex series of interactions. Patients did not distinguish between clinical and non-clinical information in the same way as nurses. Primary reasons for patients’ hospital admission were not discussed and nurses did not share information about nursing interventions. The relevance for patients and nurses differed; patients generally wanted information for reducing anxiety and socialization; nurses wanted information for assessment and care planning. In terms of sufficiency, observation sessions highlighted that insufficient information was provided, often due to lost opportunities and paternalistic practice. However, the majority of patients and nurses perceived that they had exchanged sufficient information. Conclusion: This multiple case study provides insights into the type, relevance and sufficiency of information for patients and nurses in ward settings. In ward settings, information exchange as conceptualised by Charles et al. (1997 and 1999) may be difficult to achieve due to the complexity of patient/nurse interactions. Therefore, there are implications for policy makers as policies are not context specific. However, information exchange may be helpful for reducing patients’ anxieties. The concepts of shared decision-making and information exchange are not part of ward-based cultures and philosophies, which suggests implications for patient and nurse education. Research on information exchange between patients and nurses in other ward contexts may contribute to further understanding of information exchange in ward settings.

在網路發達的數位經濟時代，數位學習越來越普及，且大多是以非同步線上學習為主，但是非同步線上學習面臨即時互動性不高的問題，如此情形下，學習者無法立即獲得回應，會降低其學習意願與學習成效；以「參與體驗式個案教學」為例，參與體驗式個案教學法主張透過學生角色扮演，進行個案模擬和討論來增強個人成長與在組織中互動運作的應變能力。本研究透過探討並描述「參與體驗式個案教學法」課程的情境，了解課程在上課前、中、後教師與學生的需求，規劃並實作一個學習社群導向、結合顧客關係管理、網路客服中心概念與Ｗiki共筆為基礎的數位學習系統去支援參與體驗式個案教學，建立客製化服務，讓學習內容被網路的成員所共同創造、分享、重新混合、重新定義，並傳遞出去，以及運用即時通訊來實踐立即性互動，改善學習者無法即時獲得回應而降低學習意願的問題。 本研究所建用來支援參與體驗式個案教學的雛型系統，其操作介面簡單易上手，且功能符合參與體驗式個案教學情境所需，是一個因教學制宜的系統，並且提供了即時通訊於其中，實踐了客製化、即時互動與數位學習社群的概念，同時也補足非同步線上學習的缺點，讓數位學習系統確實成為學生自主學習參與體驗式個案教學的輔助工具。

Studies relating to recent curriculum changes implemented by SAICA and CIMA with an increased focus on pervasive skills are limited. The problem addressed in this study related to the challenge faced by ODL accounting education institutions to deliver practice-ready accounting graduates. This study explored accounting educators’ and students’ perception of whether pervasive skills can be developed effectively through the use of case studies in an ODL environment. The study aimed to determine whether ODL accounting departments should introduce a dedicated case study-based module as part of their curriculum. The perceived level at which case studies should be introduced, challenges and the benefits of case studies in light of their pervasive skills development potential were considered in an ODL environment. The study revealed that the case study-based approach is effective and that a staggered approach to introducing case studies in existing accounting-related modules tailored for different difficulty levels, would be appropriate. / Management Accounting / MPhil (Accounting Sciences)

Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Students graduate from Boland College after obtaining the National Certificates N4 – N6 in Tourism. I have been working at Boland College Stellenbosch Campus as a tourism lecturer for 12 years and over the past few years I have found that students have been struggling to find employment in the tourism industry on completion of their studies. The national tourism curriculum offered at FET colleges was implemented in 1995 with the last renewal in 2001 for selected subjects. The tourism industry, however, is a vibrant, ever-changing industry which stands in direct contrast with a static, needs-insensitive and unchanging curriculum. The aim of this study was to establish in which respects the current national tourism curriculum corresponds, or does not correspond, with what the tourism industry in Stellenbosch requires from entry-level employees in terms of expected skills, knowledge and attitudes. Qualitative methods were used to generate data from employers representing the tourism industry in Stellenbosch, graduates and lecturers from Boland College. Research participants were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The data was analysed by doing verbatim transcriptions of the interviews, using coding and an Excel spread sheet analysis. The results revealed specific areas where the current national tourism curriculum does not correspond with the expectations and needs that the tourism industry in Stellenbosch has from entry-level employees in terms of expected skills, knowledge and attitudes. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Studente ontvang ‘n kwalifikasie in Toerisme nadat hulle die Nasionale Sertifikate N4 – N6 in Toerisme voltooi het. Ek werk die afgelope 12 jaar as toerismedosent by Boland Kollege Stellenbosch Kampus. Gedurende die afgelope paar jaar het ek gevind dat studente sukkel om werk te kry in die toerismebedryf nadat hulle hul studies voltooi het. Die nasionale toerisme-kurrikulum wat by VOO Kolleges aangebied word, is in 1995 geïmplementeer en die laaste keer in 2001 hernu en boonop slegs in sekere vakke. Die toerismebedryf is egter ‘n lewendige, vinnig-veranderende industrie in direkte teenstelling met die statiese, onveranderde kurrikulum wat oënskynlik nie sensitief genoeg is vir die behoeftes van die toerismebedryf nie. Die doel van hierdie studie was om vas te stel in watter mate die huidige nasionale toerisme-kurrikulum ooreenstem, of nie ooreenstem nie, met wat die toerismebedryf in Stellenbosch verwag van intreevlak-werknemers in terme van verwagte vaardighede, kennis en houdings. Kwalitatiewe metodes is gebruik om data te genereer en onderhoude is gevoer met werkgewers wat die toerismebedryf in Stellenbosch verteenwoordig asook gegradueerdes en dosente van Boland Kollege. Daar is hoofsaaklik gebruik gemaak van semi-gestruktueerde onderhoude. Die data-analise het bestaan uit verbatim getranskribeerde onderhoude, die kodering daarvan asook ‘n genoteerde Excel-ontledingstaat. Die resultate van die studie dui op spesifieke aspekte van die nasionale toerisme kurrikulum wat nie ooreenstem met die verwagtinge en behoeftes wat die toerisme-industrie in Stellenbosch het van intreevlak werknemers in terme van vaardighede, kennis en houdings nie.