Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education: Bridging the Worlds of Work and Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Introduction....Pages 1-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Developing Domains of Occupational Competence: Workplaces and Learner Agency....Pages 47-66
Competence, Qualification and Action Theory....Pages 67-82
Competence and Professional Expertise....Pages 83-101
Competence, Capability and Graduate Attributes....Pages 103-123
Using an Epistemological Perspective to Understand Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education....Pages 125-144
Mindful Working and Skilful Means: Enhancing the Affective Elements of Vocational Education and Training Through the Ethical Foundations of Mindfulness....Pages 145-164
Competence-based Education and Teacher Professional Development....Pages 165-182
Beyond Competence, Thinking Through the Changes: Economy, Work and Neo-liberalism....Pages 183-202
The Integrated View on Competence....Pages 203-228
Competence and the Alignment of Education and Work....Pages 229-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Competence-based Education in the United States....Pages 255-272
Competence-based Education and Assessment in the Accounting Profession in Canada and the USA....Pages 273-296
NVQs and Approaches to Competence in the UK: Contexts, Issues and Prospects....Pages 297-315
Competence Development and Workplace Learning: Enduring Challenges in the Interplay of Policy and Practice in the UK....Pages 317-335
Competence Domains and Vocational-Professional Education in Germany....Pages 337-359
The Competence Development Agenda in France....Pages 361-380
Competence-based Approach in the Education Reforms of Lithuania and Estonia....Pages 381-406
Competence-based Education in the Italian Context: State of Affairs and Overcoming Difficulties....Pages 407-427
Competence-based Education in China’s Higher TVET: The Case of Shenzhen Polytechnic....Pages 429-448
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Competence-based Training in South Asia....Pages 449-467
Competence-based Vocational Education and Training in Viet Nam: Input and Process towards Learning Outcomes....Pages 469-485
Competence and TVET Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Rwanda....Pages 487-504
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Competencies in Higher Education: Experience with the Academic Competences and Quality Assurance (ACQA) Framework....Pages 507-532
Models and Principles for Designing Competence-based Curricula, Teaching, Learning and Assessment....Pages 533-553
“4Cyourway”: A Competence Framework for Measuring Competence Growth from Secondary Vocational to Higher Education and Curriculum Design....Pages 555-587
Comparing Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) across Countries....Pages 589-606
Competence Assessment as Learner Support in Education....Pages 607-630
Assuring Quality in Competence Assessments: The Value Added of Applying Different Assessment Approaches to Professional Education....Pages 631-648
Quality Management of Competence-based Education....Pages 649-665
Competence-based Education and Educational Effectiveness....Pages 667-693
Areas of Learning: The Shift Towards Work and Competence Orientation Within the School-based Vocational Education in the German Dual Apprenticeship System....Pages 695-717
Knowledge Concepts in Competence-based VET Research Perspectives on Cognitivist and Social-Constructivist Approaches....Pages 719-737
Competence and the Need for Transferable Skills....Pages 739-753
Factors Influencing Professional Development in Teacher Teams within CBE Contexts....Pages 755-773
Self-Regulation and Competence in Formal and Informal Contexts of Vocational and Professional Education....Pages 775-793
Fostering Development of Work Competencies and Motivation via Gamification....Pages 795-818
Software Tools for Scaffolding Argumentation Competence Development....Pages 819-839
Front Matter....Pages 841-841
Modeling, Measurement, and Development of Professional Competence in Industrial-Technical Professions....Pages 843-861
Competence Modeling and Measurement in Engineering Mechanics....Pages 863-881
Front Matter....Pages 841-841
Modeling and Measurement of Teacher Competence: Old Wine in New Skins?....Pages 883-901
Competency-Based Medical Education and its Competency Frameworks....Pages 903-929
Green Skills as the Agenda for the Competence Movement in Vocational and Professional Education....Pages 931-951
Complex Problem-Solving in a Changing World: Bridging Domain-Specific and Transversal Competence Demands in Vocational Education....Pages 953-969
Intuition as Crucial Component of Professional Competence: Its Relevance for Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education and Training....Pages 971-984
Labour Market Uncertainty and Career Perspectives: Competence in Entrepreneurship Courses....Pages 985-1005
Becoming Globally Competent through Student Mobility....Pages 1007-1028
Social Competence Research: A Review....Pages 1029-1050
Computational Thinking as an Emerging Competence Domain....Pages 1051-1067
Front Matter....Pages 1069-1069
Competence Theory and Research: A Synthesis....Pages 1071-1106
Back Matter....Pages 1107-1142