Written by Hannes Nel Introduction. I will discuss the following two issues in this article. When is unethical behaviour acceptable? Honour your promises and commitments. When is unethical behaviour acceptable? It is never acceptable to be unethical in anything. Ethics apply to all parts of your job, including human interaction […]
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Mentornet fully agree with the draft National Policy and Criteria for the Implementation of RPL (referred to as “the National RPL Policy” in this feedback document). However, the RPL Policies of QA Bodies differ in some rather critical elements from the National RPL Policy. The following should be considered and, […]
Comment on the National Policy and Criteria for the Implementation ...
Written by Dr Hannes Nel, D. Com; D. Phil Introduction. I will discuss corruption and the consequences of unethical behaviour in this (second) article on ethics in ETD. Corruption challenges for learning institutions. Learning institutions often do not have the financial resources to deal with legal and ethical challenges. They, […]
Learning and Development Ethics: Article 2 of 9
Written by Dr Hannes Nel, D. Com; D. Phil The problem with unethical behaviour is not just that it damages the image of the learning institution or quality assurance body, but rather that it can easily become a national trend, almost a culture and that it can reduce the country […]
Learning and Development Ethics: Article 1 of 9
Thinking Tools as medium of education and learning relies on THINKING instead of on memorizing. When a learners marks in an electric subject improved for 15% to 64% and disciplinary challenges disappear, Thinking Tools cannot be ignored.See this easy to read report by Dr Muavia Gallie on a Schools Turnaround […]
Thinking Tools proved itself as the way of education for ...
It stands to reason that any qualification needs to have sufficient depth to ensure real learning on the level of the qualification. It, however, is not always clear what is meant by “depth”. This is how I see it and I would really appreciate it if you could add on […]
When does a qualification have depth?
The constitutional court has recently – for all practical purposes, legalised the private use of cannabis. What the Constitutional Court confirmed is that citizens have the right to cultivate, possess and use cannabis in private. In considering the rights of all in relation to “Private use” we need also refer […]
Cannabis – Understanding the Constitutional Court ruling
Written by Dr Hannes Nel, MBL, D.Com (HRM); D. Phil (LPC) Some quality assurance bodies will probably immediately reply “no, definitely not” to the question if they should provide learning institutions applying for accreditation with guidance and support. Reasons why they feel this way might well include arguments such as […]