GIẢI THÍCH THUẬT NGỮ SỬ DỤNG TRONG BỘ TIÊU CHUẨN AUN

Life-long learning (Học tập suốt đời) Lifelong learning is the "ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated“ pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons (Wikipedia). Lifelong learning is the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people's lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfilment (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/)

Stakeholders (Các bên liên quan) Stakeholders are groups or individuals who can affect or be affected by the achievements of a business (http://lexicon.ft.com) In education, the term stakeholder typically refers to anyone who is invested in the welfare and success of a school and its students, including administrators, teachers, staff members, students, parents, families, community members, local business leaders, and elected officials such as school board members, city councilors, and state representatives. (http://edglossary.org/)

Programme specification (Bản mô tả chương trình đào tạo) A programme specification documents the aims, objectives or learning outcomes, programme content, learning and teaching methods, process and criteria for assessment, usually with indicative reading or other reference material as well as identifying the modules or sub-units of the programme, setting out core and optional elements, precursors and levels. (http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/)

Curriculum vs Programme (Chương trình học và Chương trình đào tạo) Curriculum is the embodiment of a programme of learning and includes philosophy, content, approach and assessment. (http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/) Curriculum is the content that a program has to offer to a student, and this curriculum is set or determined by an external body that has the authority to administer the program to students. (http://www.differencebetween.com/)

Teaching and learning strategy (Chiến lược dạy và học) Activities and methods used to move the learner towards achievement of the learning outcome. (http://myconestoga.ca/web/tlc/)

Active learning (Phương pháp học tập tích cực) Active learning engages students in two aspects – doing things and thinking about the things they are doing. In an active learning environment learners are immersed in experiences within which they are engaged in meaning-making inquiry, action, imagination, invention, interaction, hypothesizing and personal reflection (Wikipedia)

Criterion-referenced assessment (Đánh giá dựa trên tiêu chí) Evaluation that attempts to uncover the strengths and weakness of a student or trainee in terms of what he or she knows or doesn't know, understands or doesn't understand, or can do or cannot do, as measured against a benchmark or standard. (http://www.businessdictionary.com/)

Skills matrix (Ma trận kỹ năng)