If administrators make sure that required competencies are taught in the existing curriculum, there will be no need to create remedial classes for those who fail competency tests. Without the need for remedial classes, there is no chance that the regular curriculum will be reduced to accommodate them. (IRT)

Although postmodernism suggests multiple realities, the predominant view of workplace learning is that realities are explainable in terms of competency-based standards, uniform syllabi, and narrow beliefs about how learning should be managed and measured. These practices are linked with image, market share, power, and control in enterprises. (SK)

Andragogy's concern with process is at odds with the competence movement's emphasis on outcomes. Accreditation of prior learning, a system of assessing and certifying competence acquired through experience, has some similarities with andragogy. Learner reflection and identification of learning in many different contexts can bridge the gap. (SK)

Examines issues raised at earlier symposium in 1978 by Jack I. Bardon, Irwin Hyman, Douglas T. Brown, including standards for providers and impact of special education on the profession. Reviews predictions and provides survey evidence for future considerations, including continual need to recognize importance of competency-based training with…

Analyzes "competence" as it pertains to teaching to clarify the term. Four normative conceptions of the meaning of competence that result from the analysis are identified. Implications for teaching and educational settings are explored. (DF)

Competency-based vocational education, focusing on occupational competencies, should be integrated into the curriculum for educating and training seafarers. (JOW)

Questions the teaching methods implemented in competency-based vocational education open entry/open exit programs. One of the problems is that the skills taught have little to do with keeping a job. (JOW)

Describes a flowchart to be used in developing competency-based vocational education materials. The flowchart leads the developer logically through the process and to the point where s/he will be comfortable with competency-based materials. (JOW)

Reaction to the article, "A Critical Analysis of Competency Based Systems in Adult Education," was altogether a surprise. The author believes that, for a better understanding of human action and its vital manifestations, we need to apply our categories in a less trenchant manner, checking them continuously for their relevance to life-world…

Presents a case for competency-based education as it applies to instruction in English as a second language. Competency-based education is necessary to help all adult learners cope with the increasing demands of our society and English as a second language can no longer go on in isolation. (JOW)

The narrowly behavioristic model used by the competence movement is part of a New Right process of culture change aimed at displacing the prevailing professional ethic and culture. The competency method oversimplifies the nature of organizations and work as well as social relations. (SK)

Although competency-based education in nursing is a reality, it must not be allowed to dominate the curriculum. It is a positivist, reductionist approach that limits the function of education to outcome-oriented technical procedures. (SK)

In this article, findings from a recent one-year research project that investigated the use of games in a variety of school settings are described and discussed. The project involved four schools and 12 teachers designing classroom activities around specific games to support learners both within the formal national curriculum and in the context of…

This reaction to Robert M. Gagne's article (1979) explores the meaning of "reflective thinking" and the relationship between it and survival and vocational activities, presents reasons for converting our educational and training system to performance-based instruction, and explains differences between traditional forms of instruction and…

Competency testing can provide helpful information to educators and the public. (Author)