In 1983 there was a dramatic change in the activities of
the Royal Australian Army Educational Corps (RAAEC). From 1965
to 1983, the RAAEC satisfied the educational needs of soldiers in
the Regular Army by conducting the Australian Army Certificate of
Education Class 1 (AACE 1) and the Australian Army Certificate
of Education Class 2 (AACE 2). These courses were originally
designed to parallel civilian secondary school studies, and as a
result, the AACE program's structure, subject range and content
were similar to those of the civilian educational system. This
duplication was so complete that credit towards the AACE
qualifications was granted for secondary school studies at, or
above, Year 9.
In August 1983 the AACE program was replaced by a new
program of Army education. This program consisted of two courses
- Subject 3 Level 1 and Subject 3 Level 2. Whereas the AACE
courses were lengthy and included an extensive range of
subjects, the Subject 3 courses were of relatively short duration
and addressed only literacy and numeracy skills. As this change
was carefully planned and deliberately executed to better satisfy
the educational needs of soldiers, for the purposes of this field
study, it was described as an innovation - the Subject 3
innovation.
The study reported here reviewed the Subject 3 innovation
process. To ensure that the review was comprehensive, the
innovation process was examined from a number of different
perspectives. These included an historical description, an
analysis of the innovation strategy, a review of the curriculum
development tool and decision making, and a determination of the
process necessary to confirm and remediate any deficiencies in
the innovation process.
The outcomes of this review of the Subject 3 innovation
process gave cause to question the validity of many fundamental
characteristics of the Subject 3 courses, e.g. the scope of the
course content, the content validity of the terminal assessment
instruments, and the exit standards of the courses. The field
study concluded that there was an urgent need to conduct a
comprehensive evaluation of the Subject 3 courses to verify and
correct these shortcomings.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219323 |
| Date | January 1987 |
| Creators | Sercombe, Wayne, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Wayne Sercombe |
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