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2010-2011: National Qualifications Frameworks: A Critical Analysis of an Important International Approach to Education Reform Postdoctoral Fellowship, ESRC PTA-026-27-2166 (Mentor Professor David Raffe)

The Implementation and Impact of National Qualifications Frameworks. Report of a study in 16 countries. Geneva: International Labour Office

Outcomes-based education: understanding what went wrong. In Shalem and Pendlebury (eds). Retrieving Teaching: critical issues in curriculum, pedagogy and learning. Cape Town: Juta

The Changing Faces of the South African National Qualifications Framework. In S. Allais., Raffe, D., Strathdee, R., Wheelahan, L., and Young, M. Learning from the First Qualifications Frameworks.

Employment Sector Working Paper Number 45, Geneva: International Labour Office

with D. Raffe and M. Young. Researching Qualifications Frameworks: Some conceptual issues. Employment Sector Working Paper Number 44, Geneva: International Labour Office

‘Building and sustaining systems for delivering education: the role of the state’, in McLennan and Munslo (eds) The Politics of Delivery in South Africa. Johannesburg: Wits University Press

Understanding Quality Assurance in Education. Johannesburg: Centre for Education Policy Development

‘Smoke and Mirrors: What’s really informing the growth of national qualifications frameworks internationally?’ Paper presented at the 10th UKFIET conference, Oxford University, 14-17 September 2009.

Outcomes-based education: Never having to say you're sorry? The Teacher, Mail and Gaurdian, August 8th edition.

‘Why the South African NQF failed: lessons for countries wanting to introduce qualifications frameworks’, in the European Journal of Education, 42 (4).

‘Education Service Delivery: the disastrous case of outcomes-based qualifications frameworks’. Progress in Development Studies, 7(1)

Special edition of the Southern African Review of Education with Education with Production. The focus of the special edition was on assessment, and I was the guest editor.

Why outcomes can’t lead education reform: Understanding the failures of the NQF. Invited column in the Mail and Guardian, October 2007

With A. Ferreira, E. Dempster, A. Barlow-Zambodla, S. Grussendorf, A. Kitto, and P. Pillay. Learning from Africa: A report of Umalusi’s research comparing syllabuses and examinations in South Africa with those in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. Pretoria: Umalusi

Making Educational Judgements: Reflections on judging standards of intended and examined curricula. Pretoria: Umalusi

With M. King, L. Bowie, and C. Marock. The 'f' word: the quality of the 'fundamental' component of qualifications in general and further education and training. Pretoria: Umalusi.

‘Why the South African NQF failed’. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, 2 - 5 December 2007, Stellenbosch

‘A nation in denial—the ongoing crisis of outcomes-based education’. Paper presented at the Annual Kenton Conference, 25th – 28th October 2007, University of KwaZulu-Natal

‘Beneath the assumptions: understanding the failures of the South African National Qualifications Framework as a driver of educational reform in post-apartheid South Africa’. Paper presented at the Annual Kenton Conference, 25th – 28th October 2007, University of KwaZulu-Natal

‘Understanding the failures of the South African National Qualifications Framework as the driver of educational reform in post-apartheid South Africa’. Paper presented at UKFIET Conference 2007, 11-13 September 2007, University of Oxford

‘Problems with qualification reform in senior secondary education in South Africa’ in Knowledge, curriculum and qualifications in South African Further Education. Eds Michael Young and Jeanne Gamble. Pretoria: HSRC press

‘The Further Education and Training Certificate: Unresolved problems’. In Marking Matric, ed. Vijay Reddy. Pretoria: HSRC press.

Apples and Oranges? A comparison of school and college subjects. Pretoria: Umalusi.

‘Comparing apples with oranges? Comparing standards of vocational and general education. Paper presented at the Annual Southern African Assessment in Education Conference, 25th to 30th June, University of Johannesburg.

‘Outcomes-based quality assurance: what do we have to lose?’ Journal of Education, Volume 34. Co-authored with Yael Shalem and Carola Steinburg.

Being a Vocational Educator: A Guide for Lecturers in FET Colleges. Edited with Maryla Bialobrzeska. Johannesburg: SAIDE.

‘Qualification metamorphosis in further education’. Quarterly Review. Education Policy Unit, University of the Witwatersrand.

‘The National Qualifications Framework in South Africa: A Democratic Project Trapped in a Neo-liberal paradigm?’ Journal of Education and Work, Volume 16, Number 3, September 2003.

‘Outcomes-based qualification driven reform and equivalence in academic, vocational, and occupational education’. Keynote presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the African Assessment in Education Association, Cape Town, 25-29 August 2003.

‘Creating social parity through standards setting, assessment, and quality assurance mechanisms’. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the International Assessment in Education Association, Manchester, 5-10 October 2003.

‘The Source of Skills Frustrations’. Co-authored article with Deborah Byrne. South African Labour Bulletin, Volume 26, Number 5, October 2002

‘Credit Transfer and Recognition of Qualifications Obtained through Distance Education in Southern Africa’. Research report for Unesco and COL, March 2002.