Thesis (MTech (Education))--Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 2004 / The textile industry in South Africa is regarded as a labour intensive industry with high
capital investment. Presently, the textile industry is facing the impact that globalisation
will have on the local industry, which emphasises the importance of training and
development in the face of decreasing levels of human resources. These decreasing
levels of employment will result in the loss of highly technical expertise with no
replacement source in the labour market, unless textile technologists are educated to
compensate for the loss.
The White Paper on the Transformation of Higher Education (1997) indicates that one
of the purposes of higher education is to proVide the labour market, in a knowledgedriven
and knowledge-dependent society, with the high-level competencies and
expertise necessary for the growth and prosperity of a modern global economy. The
establishment of the National Qualifications Framework in South Africa has diluted the
rigid boundaries between education and training, requiring of Higher Education to
establish programmes that are responsive to the needs of industry.
The focus of this research project is to develop and evaluate an outcomes-based textile
technologist curriculum based on the education and training needs of the Western
Cape textile industry in particular, as a result of environmental changes impacting on
the South African textile industry in general. The development and evaluation of an
outcomes-based qualification in textile technology take place Within a world of constant
change, where work and education are becoming increasingly interwoven, stressing
the importance for higher education in South Africa to transform by developing
learning programmes in harmony with industry and by specialising in making
knowledge useful and applicable.
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| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Bester, Marianne |
| Publisher | Cape Technikon |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/za/ |
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