TVETipedia Glossary

SMART objectives (SMART)

Mnemonic used in management to help setting objectives which are:

Specific: precise about what is going to be achieved;
Measurable: with quantified objectives;
Achievable;
Realistic: are the necessary resources available;
Timed: within manageable timing.

Source: Cedefop, Technical working group on quality in VET; EIPA, 2006.

Source:
Cedefop, Glossary: Quality in education and training, 2011
Cedefop, Glossary: Quality in education and training, 2011
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This glossary is an updated and extended version of Quality in training – La qualité dans la formation, published by Cedefop in 2003. It considers a series of important recent policy developments at European level, including setting up a European qualifications framework for lifelong learning (EQF) and the development of a European credit system for vocational education and training.
It is intended for researchers, experts and all those involved in improving the quality of learning curricula, learning providers and education and training systems. It does not represent an exhaustive inventory of the terminology used by specialists.