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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mulder, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 23
• Subjects: Education.; Higher education.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Higher Education.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of extant literature on competence-based vocational and professional education since the introduction of the competence concept in the 1950s. To structure the fi eld, the book distinguishes between three approaches to defi ning competence, based on 1.funct...