Towards a National Quality Assurance System for the Greek Adult Education

By Constantinos Tsamadias and Eugenia Arvanitis.

Published by The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

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The GSAE has piloted (2006-2008) the national quality assurance & assessment framework (NQAF) following the general principles of the Common Quality Assurance Framework for VET in Europe (CQAF). According to the Greek framework each Adult Learning and Education Provider (ALEP) designs and implements self-evaluation procedures for its programs following national program evaluation standards and procedures. In addition, audit procedures carried out by external evaluators in all 13 regions of the country to ensure accountability and quality improvement.

Finally, GSAE has been engaged in a discussion of developing a National Competency Framework (NCF) to assess learner achievements and performance. Overall six key competencies (i.e. organizational, technical, cultural, personal, civic, communicative) have been developed to assess prior learning as well as to validate the Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes adult learners acquire after completing an educational program.
This paper will present the responce of the Greek Adult Educational System to the European quality assurance policies.

Keywords:	Quality Assurance, Competence Frameworks, Program Evaluation, Self-Evaluation, External Evaluation, Lifelong Learning Providers, Adult Education

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 7, pp.125-132. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 552.349KB).

Constantinos Tsamadias

Secretary General, General Secretariat of Adult Education, Xarokopeio University - Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece

Dr. Eugenia Arvanitis

Research Associate, Globalism Institute, RMIT University, Athens, Greece

Eugenia Arvanitis was born on the Ionian island of Lefkada in Greece. She graduated from the Department of Elementary School Education at the University of Ioannina, Greece in 1992. In 2001 Eugenia became the first international doctoral exchange student to complete a Doctoral Thesis in Education at RMIT (Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services) from the University of Ioannina, Greece. As part of her studies she has been involved in research on Greek ethnic schools in Australia. Her research interests include multicultural educational policy and practice; ethnic community development and identity; community building education, and teachers’ training. She has attended and presented papers at several conferences in Australia and overseas. Between 2001 and 2004 Eugenia co-ordinated and taught the Greek Language and Cultural Studies Program at the School of International and Community Studies, and was employed as the Manager of the Australian-Greek Resource and Learning Center at RMIT University, Melbourne. In November 2004 Eugenia was offered the position of Honorary Associate Researcher at the Globalism Institute at RMIT University, Melbourne. As part of her role Eugenia works with Professor Mary Kalantzis in developing a Learning Competency/Accreditation Framework for the Greek Ministry of Education. She finally engages in personnel training for the Greek Adult Educational System and publication activities.

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