Title | International Perspectives on Competence in the Workplace [electronic resource] : Research, Policy and Practice / edited by Christine Velde |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0742-9 |
Descript | XV, 251 p. online resource |
Perspectives on Competence Development: Views and Tensions -- Theme One Competence in the Workplace: A Focus on Industry and Vocational Education -- 1 Understanding the Basis for Competence Development -- 2 Perceptions of Vocational Education and Competence: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice -- 3 Vocational Educators: Understanding Practice at Work -- Theme Two Competence in the Workplace: A Focus on Schools and Colleges -- 4 The Changing Context of Business Education: Competency Requirements for the New Paradigm -- 5 An Alternative Model of Competency-Based Assessment -- 6 โKicking and Screaming into the 21st Centuryโ: A Collaborative Attempt To Develop Beginning Teacher Competencies through E-Communication -- Theme Three Competence in the Workplace: A Focus on Small Business and Companies -- 7 Workplace Trainers in Action: Their Role in Building a Training/Learning Culture -- 8 Learning in Small Business Enterprises -- 9 Learning Environments: What are They? -- Theme Four Competence in the Workplace: A Focus on Health and Global Contexts -- 10 Empowerment through Reflection: Competence for the New Millennium or A Case of the Emperorโs New Clothes -- 11 Nursing Work and Nurses at Work -- 12 Demands for Intercultural Communicative Competence in Working-Life: A Case Study of Swedish Higher Education Co-operation with Baltic Neighbour, Estonia -- Conclusion Competence in the Workplace: A Synthesis of Issues for Reflection and Action