English translation: cafeteria model / Pick and Mix Education / self-service education
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Dutch term or phrase:
cafetaria-onderwijs.
English translation:
cafeteria model / Pick and Mix Education / self-service education
Dutch to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Dutch term or phrase:cafetaria-onderwijs.
Dit studiejaar is in de eerste periode begonnen met het verkrijgen van inzicht in de eigen competenties door middel van de demogame, het POP en het portfolio, waarna de student de mogelijk is geboden om enkele competenties naar keuze verder te ontwikkelen in **cafetaria-onderwijs**.
I can't find any references on the internet, so I think that this is just an informal term used by the author, but I would rather have confirmation. This is taken from a course handbook for Aviation Management at a university in the Netherlands.
-> "It is recognised that credit systems are very important. It is envisaged that these will solve many issues related to Access, Transfer and Progression. Within a ***cafeteria model***, coherence depends on the final awarding body, that is, those who award the final qualification. One particular difficulty within credit systems is that of recognising achievement by proxy, that is, the problem that in awarding body faces in standing over a qualification or a set of learning outcomes which have been certified by another awarding body." http://www.nqai.ie/policies&criteriatext.htm
-> "Before EC 2000, ABET required that engineering students take the equivalent of one full term of liberal arts courses, usually 15 to 18 hours. That led to the "Chinese menu" approach currently used by most schools. Students typically take a hodgepodge of HSS electives. ... The problem is, the ***cafeteria model*** "often does not add up to anything coherent," complains Barbara Olds, associate vice president for academic affairs, liberal arts and international studies, at the Colorado School of Mines." http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3797/is_200402/a...
Thank you for all the proposed answers. I ended up using a few of the answers proposed as the Dutch habit of repeating words forced me to this. Unfortunately I cannot award points to all the answers, so I'll apply the first come first serve principle. Thank you everyone! 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Zoek eens op "cafetariaplan" (wordt gebruikt in het bedrijfsleven), waarbij de werknemer ' la carte' kan kiezen met betrekking tot bijv. groepsverzekeringen. Ik denk dat de term daarvan is afgeleid. Een vertaling weet ik echter niet.
12:59 Oct 19, 2005
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cafeteria-onderwijs
cafeteria model
Explanation: E.g.:
-> "It is recognised that credit systems are very important. It is envisaged that these will solve many issues related to Access, Transfer and Progression. Within a ***cafeteria model***, coherence depends on the final awarding body, that is, those who award the final qualification. One particular difficulty within credit systems is that of recognising achievement by proxy, that is, the problem that in awarding body faces in standing over a qualification or a set of learning outcomes which have been certified by another awarding body." http://www.nqai.ie/policies&criteriatext.htm
-> "Before EC 2000, ABET required that engineering students take the equivalent of one full term of liberal arts courses, usually 15 to 18 hours. That led to the "Chinese menu" approach currently used by most schools. Students typically take a hodgepodge of HSS electives. ... The problem is, the ***cafeteria model*** "often does not add up to anything coherent," complains Barbara Olds, associate vice president for academic affairs, liberal arts and international studies, at the Colorado School of Mines." http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3797/is_200402/a...
Chris Hopley Netherlands Local time: 12:35 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 68
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Thank you for all the proposed answers. I ended up using a few of the answers proposed as the Dutch habit of repeating words forced me to this. Unfortunately I cannot award points to all the answers, so I'll apply the first come first serve principle. Thank you everyone!
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