Download or read book Exploring Competency Based Education written by W. Robert Houston and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Competency Based Education in Aviation written by Suzanne K. Kearns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether a trainee is studying air traffic control, piloting, maintenance engineering, or cabin crew, they must complete a set number of training 'hours' before being licensed or certified. The aviation industry is moving away from an hours-based to a competency-based training system. Within this approach, training is complete when a learner can demonstrate competent performance. Training based on competency is an increasingly popular approach in aviation. It allows for an alternate means of compliance with international regulations - which can result in shorter and more efficient training programs. However there are also challenges with a competency-based approach. The definition of competency-based education can be confusing, training can be reductionist and artificially simplistic, professional interpretation of written competencies can vary between individuals, and this approach can have a high administrative and regulatory burden. Competency-Based Education in Aviation: Exploring Alternate Training Pathways explores this approach to training in great detail, considering the four aviation professional groups of air traffic control, pilots, maintenance engineers, and cabin crew. Aviation training experts were interviewed and have contributed professional insights along with personal stories and anecdotes associated with competency-based approaches in their fields. Research-based and practical strategies for the effective creation, delivery, and assessment of competency-based education are described in detail.
Download or read book Defining and Assessing Learning written by National Postsecondary Education Cooperative. Working Group on Competency-Based Initiatives in Postsecondary Education and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Self Directed Learning and the Academic Evolution from Pedagogy to Andragogy written by Patrick C. Hughes and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book fills the gap between theory-laden academic books designed to help academic faculty incorporate self-directed learning activities into their courses and the self-help books designed to help motivate individuals to learn new skills"--
Download or read book Breaking with Tradition written by Brian M. Stack and published by Solution Tree. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Chris Sturgis Shifting to a competency-based curriculum allows educators to revolutionize education by replacing traditional, ineffective systems with a personalized, learner-centered approach. Throughout the resource, the authors explore how the components of PLCs promote the principles of competency-based education and share real-world examples from practitioners who have made the transition to learner-centered teaching. Each chapter ends with reflection questions readers can answer to apply their own learning progression. By reading this book, K-12 administrators, school leaders, and teacher leaders will: - Evaluate the qualities of true competency-based schools and the flaws in traditional schooling. - Consider the foundational role that PLCs have in establishing the competency-based approach and promoting learning for all. - Gain tips for successfully implementing student-centered practices for learning competencies and performance assessment and grading. - Explore real school experiences that highlight the processes and challenges involved in moving from traditional to competency-based school structures - Access reproducible school-design rubrics appropriate for the five design principles of competency-based learning. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Understanding the Components of an Effective Competency-Based Learning System Chapter 2: Building the Foundation of a Competency-Based Learning System Through PLCs Chapter 3: Developing Competencies and Progressions to Guide Learning Chapter 4: Changing to Competency-Friendly Grading Practices Chapter 5: Creating and Implementing Competency-Friendly Performance Assessments Chapter 6: Responding When Students Need Intervention and Extension Chapter 7: Sustaining the Change Process References and Resources Index
Download or read book Defining and Assessing Learning written by Elizabeth A. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring Competency based Education in an Application Development Curriculum written by Amanda Mahon and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students have different learning styles and preferences to help them learn and understand course material. Current course structures in education create restrictions on how a class session can be designed, which makes it difficult, if not impossible, to create a course that encompasses all of these students needs because of the complexity of accounting for each of these differences. To help overcome this intricacy, this research attempts to understand how competency-based courses related to application development and programming can utilize a more personalized approach. This was explored by using an application called eAsel. To understand competency and personalization, interviews were conducted with university instructors and students to understand how students learn, how teaching is handled in the classroom, and how programming course within the college could transition to implement a personalized course flow in eAsel. During these interviews, the participants were able to interact with eAsel through a guided walkthrough. Observations of students were also conducted in a two-hundred level programming course as well as during common tutoring hours hosted by the college to test eAsels student activity record page which helps to score student understandings of course competencies based on a five-point scale.Overall, at the conclusion of this research study, there were positive comments toward implementing the application into the classroom for programming courses in the College of IST. Through eAsel, both professors and students are able to more easily understand the structure of the course, identify resources that they can use to learn the material they are still having a difficult time understanding, and demonstrate how well students understand course material through a rating system. By being able to assess students in real-time, both the students and professors can have faster feedback of how students can improve to master a certain competency. However, there are also challenges identified within eAsel. For instance, class size can affect the efficiency of recording data and the ability to individually communicate with each student to build a personal connection. The effectiveness of the application also varies based on how it is implemented in the classroom, including how many and which resources are available to students, how much time is devoted to the application in and out of the classroom, and how professors are able to motivate students to reach mastery of each course competency. Although eAsel can be implemented into these classes, there are still some looming questions surrounding what this would look like within the classroom and how it would affect the current course structure. These questions must be answered before implementation can take place.
Download or read book A Handbook for Personalized Competency Based Education written by Robert J. Marzano and published by Marzano Resources. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation In K-12 education's growing movement of competency-based education and personalized learning, both contradictory and overlapping definitions come up around these two terms. To clear up this confusion, A Handbook for Personalized Competency-Based Education by Robert J. Marzano, Jennifer S. Norford, Michelle Finn, and Douglas Finn III and contributors Rebecca Mestaz and Roberta Selleck delves into the components of a personalized competency-based education system. It reckons with the need to establish shared meanings for these terms, resulting in an inclusive definition of the terms, which the authors call personalized competency-based education (PCBE), and a clear implementation approach for a PCBE system. Once that term is in place, this handbook explores considerations, approaches, and strategies that educators should survey as they design PCBE systems that can help ensure students' content mastery.
Download or read book Competency Based Education written by Rose L. Colby and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competency-Based Education introduces educators to a new model for anytime, anywhere schooling and provides tools and curriculum resources for redesigning the traditional structures of K–12 schools. Based on pioneering work across multiple states, the book shows how educators can design central elements of competency-based education—including performance tasks, personal learning plans, and grading systems—to meet the needs and interests of all students. Rose L. Colby provides critical tools for creating these elements in collaborative teams and engaging stakeholders such as educators, parents, and community members. The book incorporates case studies and voices from the field, and examines the variety of competency models that schools have adopted, highlighting the benefits for students. Competency-Based Education provides a much-needed resource at a time when states, districts, and schools are working to implement competency-based models and experimenting with new accountability systems that include evidence of learning beyond standardized tests.
Download or read book Exploring Competency Based Learning in an Application Development Curriculum written by Amanda Mahon and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students have different learning styles and preferences to help them learn and understand course material. Current course structures in education create restrictions on how a class session can be designed, which makes it difficult, if not impossible, to create a course that encompasses all of these students needs because of the complexity of accounting for each of these differences. To help overcome this intricacy, this research attempts to understand how competency-based courses related to application development and programming can utilize a more personalized approach. This was explored by using an application called eAsel. To understand competency and personalization, interviews were conducted with university instructors and students to understand how students learn, how teaching is handled in the classroom, and how programming course within the college could transition to implement a personalized course flow in eAsel. During these interviews, the participants were able to interact with eAsel through a guided walkthrough. Observations of students were also conducted in a two-hundred level programming course as well as during common tutoring hours hosted by the college to test eAsels student activity record page which helps to score student understandings of course competencies based on a five-point scale. Overall, at the conclusion of this research study, there were positive comments toward implementing the application into the classroom for programming courses in the College of IST. Through eAsel, both professors and students are able to more easily understand the structure of the course, identify resources that they can use to learn the material they are still having a difficult time understanding, and demonstrate how well students understand course material through a rating system. By being able to assess students in real-time, both the students and professors can have faster feedback of how students can improve to master a certain competency. However, there are also challenges identified within eAsel. For instance, class size can affect the efficiency of recording data and the ability to individually communicate with each student to build a personal connection. The effectiveness of the application also varies based on how it is implemented in the classroom, including how many and which resources are available to students, how much time is devoted to the application in and out of the classroom, and how professors are able to motivate students to reach mastery of each course competency. Although eAsel can be implemented into these classes, there are still some looming questions surrounding what this would look like within the classroom and how it would affect the current course structure. These questions must be answered before implementation can take place.
Download or read book Competence based Vocational and Professional Education written by Martin Mulder and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 1145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.functional behaviourism, 2. integrated occupationalism, and 3. situated professionalism. It also distinguishes between two ways of operationalizing competence: 1. behaviour-oriented generic, and 2. task-oriented specifi c competence. Lastly, it identifi es three kinds of competencies, related to: 1. specific activities, 2. known jobs, and 3. the unknown future. Competence for the unknown future must receive more attention, as our world is rapidly evolving and there are many ‘glocal’ challenges which call for innovation and a profound transformation of policies and practices. Th e book presents a range of diff erent approaches to competence-based education, and demonstrates that competencebased education is a worldwide innovation, which is institutionalized in various ways. It presents the major theories and policies, specifi c components of educational systems, such as recognition, accreditation, modelling and assessment, and developments in discipline-oriented and transversal competence domains. Th e book concludes by synthesizing the diff erent perspectives with the intention to contribute to further improving vocational and professional education policy and practice. Joao Santos, Deputy Head of Unit C5, Vocational Training and Adult Education, Directorate General for Employment, Social Aff airs and Inclusion, European Commission: “This comprehensive work on competence-based education led by Martin Mulder, provides an excellent and timely contribution to the current debate on a New Skills Agenda for Europe, and the challenge of bridging the employment and education and training worlds closer together. Th is book will infl uence our work aimed at improving the relevance of vocational education to support initial and continuing vocational education and training policy and practice aimed at strengthening the key competencies for the 21st century.” Prof. Dr. Reinhold Weiss, Deputy President and Head of the Research, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Bonn, Germany: “This book illustrates that the idea and concept of competence is not only a buzzword in educational debates but key to innovative pedagogical thinking as well as educational practice.” Prof. Dr. Johanna Lasonen, College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA: "Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education is one of the most important multi-disciplinary book in education and training. Th is path-breaking book off ers a timely, rich and global perspective on the fi eld. Th e book is a good resource for practitioners, policymakers and researchers."
Download or read book Competency based Education written by Larry McClure and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading educators explore the meaning and development of competency and the competency-based approach; review complex problems and issues pertaining to program development; examine the role of instruction in achieving competency-based education; describe school and non-school programs being implemented; probe evaluation issues; and examine implications of competency based education for secondary school practice.
Download or read book Competency based Language Teaching in Higher Education written by María Luisa Pérez Cañado and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the divide between the theory and praxis of competency-based teaching in tertiary language education, this volume contains invaluable practical guidance for the post-secondary sector on how to approach, teach, and assess competencies in Bologna-adapted systems of study. It presents the latest results of prominent European research projects, programs of pedagogical innovation, and thematically linked academic networks. Responding to a profound need for a volume addressing the practical aspects of the newly designed language degrees now being rolled out across Europe, this essential contribution pools the insights of a prestigious set of scholars, practitioners, and policy makers from diverse parts of Europe and the US. It will inform crucial decisions about instituting and evaluating competencies in a new generation of language studies programmes.
Download or read book Competency Based Education And Training written by John Burke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-18 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Assessment Essentials written by Trudy W. Banta and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher education assessment text This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment in higher education. In this thoroughly revised edition, you will find, in a familiar framework, nearly all new material, examples from more than 100 campuses, and indispensable descriptions of direct and indirect assessment methods that have helped to educate faculty, staff, and students about assessment. Outcomes assessment is of increasing importance in higher education, especially as new technologies and policy proposals spotlight performance-based success measures. Leading authorities Trudy Banta and Catherine Palomba draw on research, standards, and best practices to address the timeless and timeliest issues in higher education accountability. New topics include: Using electronic portfolios in assessment Rubrics and course-embedded assessment Assessment in student affairs Assessing institutional effectiveness As always, the step-by-step approach of Assessment Essentials will guide you through the process of developing an assessment program, from the research and planning phase to implementation and beyond, with more than 100 examples along the way. Assessment data are increasingly being used to guide everything from funding to hiring to curriculum decisions, and all faculty and staff will need to know how to use them effectively. Perfect for anyone new to the assessment process, as well as for the growing number of assessment professionals, this expanded edition of Assessment Essentials will be an essential resource on every college campus.
Download or read book Deeper Competency Based Learning written by Karin Hess and published by Corwin. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The roadmap for your school’s CBE journey! The one-size-fits-all instructional and assessment practices of the past no longer equitably meet the needs of all students. Competency-based education (CBE) has emerged not only as an innovation in education, but as a true transformation of the approaches to how we traditionally "do" school. In Deeper Competency-Based Learning, the authors share best practices from their experiences implementing CBE across states, districts, and schools. Leaving no stone unturned, readers are guided step-by-step through CBE implementation and validation phases, beginning with defining your WHY and collaborative development of the competencies describing deeper learning. The CBE readiness tools and reflections inside will help your team: Build the foundation for organizational shifts by examining policies, leadership, culture, and professional learning Dig in to shifts in teaching and learning structures by addressing rigorous learning goals, competency-based assessment, evidence-based grading, and body of evidence validation Take a deep dive into the shift to student-centered classrooms through personalized instructional strategies that change mindsets regarding teacher-student roles, responsibilities, and classroom culture Discover how your students can demonstrate deeper learning of academic content and develop personal success skills by maximizing time, place, and pace of learning with this roadmap for your CBE journey.
Download or read book Higher Education Opportunity Act written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
