This glossary of terms intends to provide the TESDA key players, partners, and stakeholders an online and updated TVET information, concepts, to bring common understanding and clarification on the use of TESDA terminologies.
| CONCEPT/TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| Patentable Inventions |
refers to any technical solution of a problem in any field of human activity that is new, involves an inventive or innovative step, and is industrially applicable. It may be or may relate to a product, a process, or an improvement of any of the foregoings.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 023 s. 2021 |
| Pathways | refers to mechanisms or access ramps that provide access to qualifications and assist people to move easily and readily between the different education and training sectors and between these sectors and the labor market. Source: IRR of the Ladderized Education Act of 2014 (RA No. 10647) |
| Paying or Non-Eligible |
refers to non-eligible learners to avail of the Free TVET benefits shall be charged the training cost and other training-related costs determined by the TESDA Board.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 092 s. 2019 |
| Payout |
disbursement of allowances to TESDA Scholars .
Source: TESDA Circular No. 030 s. 2021 |
| Pedagogy | the art and science of teaching, as a professional practice and as a field of academic study. It encompasses not only the practical application of teaching but also curriculum issues and the body of theory relating to how and why learning takes place. Source: https://www.ibe.unesco.org |
| Peer Teaching |
a training modality wherein fast learners are given the opportunity to assist slow learners.
Source: Training Regulations Framework |
| People’S Organization |
refers to an independent community and/or a class-based association established to advance specific causes and to protect the interest of specific sectors.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 035 s. 2018, DOLE Department Order No. 17 s. 2017 |
| Performance |
the manifestation of acquired skills and personal work values.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 119, s. 2019 |
| Performance Criteria |
are evaluative statements that specify what is to be assessed and the required level of performance.
Source: TESDA Training Regulations Framework per TESDA Board Resolution No. 2014-04 |
| Performance Indicators (in the context of PQF Level 5, Diploma Programs) | are a set of quantifiable measurements that will achieve a certain Program Learning Outcome (PLO). Specifically, it corresponds with the 17 PLOs which has its own function, whether to introduce, enhance or demonstrate the PLO. Source: TESDA Circular No. 086, s. 2019 |
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