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On a lookout beyond STCW: Seeking standards and context for the authentic assessment of seafarers
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Ghosh, S and Bowles, M and Ranmuthugala, D and Brooks, B, On a lookout beyond STCW: Seeking standards and context for the authentic assessment of seafarers, IAMU AGA 15 Looking Ahead Innovation in Maritime Education, Training and Research, 27 - 30 October, Australian Maritime College, Launceston, Tasmania, pp. 77 - 86. ISBN 978-0-9806391-4-8 (2014) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
The Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention (STCW) amendments in 1995
intended to improve the knowledge-based training mandate established in STCW’78 by making it
outcome-based. This required seafarer students undertake competence assessment (or outcome of
training received) to demonstrate their capacity to perform tasks listed in the STCW Code. This
necessitates that students direct their learning efforts to the attainment of clearly stated expectations
that, typically, are represented by learning outcomes based on the STCW competencies. Maritime
Education and Training (MET) providers working under the directives of the National Maritime
Regulators interpret the STCW requirements to develop the seafarer training curriculum and the
resulting learning outcomes, to assure that students attain the minimum standards of competence
established by the STCW. This paper will review and argue that different ideas as to ‘outcomes’ has
been confusing the interpretation of STCW and, therefore, how seafarer students are being assessed.
Critically, a review of specific excerpts from the STCW Code will be used to show that the Code
largely fails to provide a ‘standard’ that can assure assessment of seafarers to one of the most critical
outcomes: the performance expected at a level of work in the industry. A short review of the inherent
characteristics of authentic assessment is provided in justification of its use as an alternate and optimal
solution to improve current assessment practices and respond to stakeholder needs. The paper will
point to an evidence-based way forward where future research will empirically investigate how
authentic assessment can improve the STCW and the resulting training outcomes
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | STCW, Outcomes, Criteria, Standards, Context, Authentic Assessment |
| Research Division: | Engineering |
| Research Group: | Maritime Engineering |
| Research Field: | Marine Engineering |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Education and Training Systems |
| Objective Field: | Management of Education and Training Systems |
| Author: | Ghosh, S (Mr Samrat Ghosh) |
| Author: | Bowles, M (Dr Marcus Bowles) |
| Author: | Ranmuthugala, D (Professor Dev Ranmuthugala) |
| Author: | Brooks, B (Associate Professor Benjamin Brooks) |
| ID Code: | 96263 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Deposited By: | Seafaring |
| Deposited On: | 2014-10-28 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-04-05 |
| Downloads: | 9 View Download Statistics |
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