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vr.tr.education · thing-q8434

Let an agent reason about education as an activity with levels, providers, curricula, qualifications and rights, separate from the institutions that deliver it.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Level and field What stage and subject.

Level

ISCED level.

Level

The level of education.

  1. Which level of education is this, in ISCED terms? definition
  2. How does it map to the national system? measurement

Field

Subject area.

Field

The field of study.

  1. What field does it cover? definition
  2. Is it general or vocational? definition
Provision Who provides it and how.

Provider

Institution or organisation.

Provider

The provider and its accreditation.

  1. Who provides it, and are they accredited? provenance
  2. Is it publicly funded? definition

Mode

In person, online, blended.

Mode of delivery

How it is delivered.

  1. How is it delivered? definition
  2. What contact time does it involve? measurement
Outcomes and recognition What learners get.

Qualification

Award and level.

Qualification

The qualification awarded.

  1. What qualification does it lead to, at which framework level? definition
  2. Who recognises it? provenance

Assessment

How learning is assessed.

Assessment

Assessment methods.

  1. How is learning assessed? definition
  2. How reliable are the assessments? measurement
Access and rights Who can take part.

Access

Admission, cost, support.

Access conditions

Admission and cost.

  1. Who can enrol, and at what cost? definition
  2. What financial support exists? definition

Inclusion

Special needs and language.

Inclusion measures

Support for diverse learners.

  1. What support exists for learners with disabilities? definition
  2. In which languages is it offered? definition

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
Catholic Religion teacher, religious education teacher, WAGGGS World Centre, LJN Video Art, Activity tray, for-profit education, special-needs education organization, pioneer movement, for-profit higher education in the United States, education management organization, technasium, visual arts department

What it is Filled

The organised transmission and acquisition of knowledge, skills, values and habits, through teaching, study, training and experience, in formal institutions or outside them.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent reason about education as an activity with levels, providers, curricula, qualifications and rights, separate from the institutions that deliver it.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • An activity, not an institution
  • Formal, non-formal and informal forms
  • Organised in levels in most systems
  • A right under international law

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Treat qualifications from different systems as equivalent without an official recognition.
  • Present an unaccredited provider or diploma mill as recognised.
  • Do assessed work for a learner and present it as theirs.
  • Use a learner's records for purposes other than their education without consent.

Only with a human decision

  • Decisions on admission, grading, exclusion or placement of a learner.

May

  • Explain education systems, qualifications and admission rules from official sources.
  • Support a learner's study with feedback that the learner or teacher has asked for.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Education opens or closes life chances; exclusion of disabled or poor learners compounds inequality.
  • Children are owed education in their interest, not for profit or control.

Who is affected

  • Learners, especially children
  • Teachers
  • Families

Owners Filled

Steward

The education authority sets the rules; each institution answers for what it teaches.

Master systems

  • Education ministry and accreditation registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q2305441 - registry parent class
  • Q6423395 - registry parent class
  • Q7406919 - registry parent class

related

  • school and university - institutions are separate entries
  • teacher - the occupation
  • qualification - certified learning
  • ISCED - international levels

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.education
  • Wikidata: Q8434 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8434)
  • ISCED 2011 level: 0-8 international level of education
  • ISCED-F field code: four digits field of education

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • A provider, a curriculum and learners
  • Qualifications and certificates as evidence
  • Institutions such as schools are separate entries
  • Classes, lectures, workshops, online courses, apprenticeships and self-study; no single appearance.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • provide and receive it
  • assess and certify it, through qualifications
  • fund and regulate it
  • compare it across systems, with classifications such as ISCED

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Treating qualifications from different systems as equivalent
  • Unaccredited providers and diploma mills
  • Exclusion of learners with disabilities or in poverty

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 26
  • UNESCO ISCED 2011 and ISCED-F 2013
  • National education acts and qualification frameworks
  • European Qualifications Framework

Context of use required Filled

  • Developing people, preparing them for work and citizenship, and passing on culture.
  • by level: early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary, adult
  • by form: formal, non-formal, informal
  • by field: general, vocational, religious, special needs
  • by provider: public, private, for-profit, community

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q8434: education - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Education - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should levels and fields be separate entries?
  • How should qualification equivalence be represented?
  • How should non-formal and informal learning be recognised?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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