This book radically counters the optimism sparked by Competence Based Education and Training, an educational philosophy that has re-emerged in Schooling, Vocational and Higher Education in the last decade.
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A selection of papers from the first symposium devoted to competency based learning held in March 1989. The book provides an historical backdrop for anyone coming new to the study of Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET).
Vocational and professional education and training and especially companybased apprenticeship programmes can facilitate the transfer of skills, if they build on situated learning in real-life work situations, and activate deep learning.
In particular , the level and comparative worth of work traditionally done by women has tended to be undervalued ( TAFE Labour Market Issues , 20 ; K Barnett 1993 ) . The technical complexity or level of responsibility of the work of ...
Competency-Based Education for Professional Psychology presents the most up-to-date, research-based model for education in professional psychology. The volume is divided into four parts. Part I presents an overview of the...
The final chapter reviews the prospects for competence-based awards, and offers some conclusions on what is essential to a competence-based approach.
Providing a series of chapters, written by teacher educators in three continents, this edited volume explores the concepts, challenges, possibilities, and implementations of competency-based instruction for developing English competencies ...
This book provides a rich collection of research and practice perspectives around central topics in the field of work-based learning (WBL). Key themes of interest are discussed by researchers and experts from around the world.
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