Competence Development and Assessment in TVET (COMET) Theoretical Framework and Empirical Results /

• Main Authors: Rauner, Felix (Author), Heinemann, Lars (Author), Maurer, Andrea (Author), Haasler, Bernd (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 16
• Subjects: Education.; Assessment.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.

The transferability of vocational education and training qualifications across international borders is a live issue in this heterogeneous field. Key to this goal is defining a common methodology for measuring vocational competences. This publication sets out a proposal for just that, based on the r...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Competence Diagnostics in Vocational Education – what for?
• Foundations of a competence model
• The COMET competence model: foundations for the study of professional competence and identity
• Test development and design of the study
• Test instruments and implementation of the COMET study
• Results 2008 – the survey population
• Results 2008 – Apprentices competence
• Results of the main phase
• The COMET rating procedure in practice: some conclusions
• References.