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Matching educational opportunities with competences
Charalampos ThanopoulosAgro-Know Technologies
cthanopoulos@agroknow,gr
Christian StrackeUniversity of Duisburg-Essen
Pollenzo, Bra, ItalyOctober 25, 2012
Workshop on Agricultural Education, Methods, Practices and Technologies
Certificate
Learning Labour
Competence
CerOrganic curriculum
Competence description
Means the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and / or methodological abilities in work and
study situations and in professional and/or personal development.
Competences represent the knowledge, skills, traits, attitudes, self-concepts, values or motives directly related to job performance or important life outcomes and shown to differentiate between superior and average performers.
Competence is a measurable human capability that is required for effective performance. It may be comprised of knowledge, a single skill or ability, a personal characteristic, or a cluster of two or more of these attributes. Competences are the building blocks of work performance. The performance of most tasks requires the simultaneous or sequenced demonstration of multiple competences
EQF, 2008
McClelland, 1973
Hoge et al., 2005
Common schema on the Competence description
Competence: = Knowledge + Skills (+ individual ability)
Activities: = Performance of Knowledge + Skills + Competences (+ individual ability)
Competences can be built and exist without being demonstrated and performed. They are non-observable; they are only shown and observable by acting, i.e. by performance and activities. Only activities can be observed and measured.
WACOM, 2010eCOTOOL, 2011AGRICOM, 2012
Competence example
• Required Competences for an Agricultural Expert in Organic Crop productiono Selection of appropriate crops for a particular
situationo Managing organic cropso Harvesting organic cropso Storage of organic crops
Competences differentiation
General Competences (Key Competences)
e.g. methods and processes are normally built after basic education and training
Specific Competences
Simple Competences Complex Competences
e.g. specialist knowledge in a certain domain
A complex competence can be composed of two, three or more simple competences.
Key Competences(http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/publ/
pdf/ll-learning/keycomp_en.pdf)
1. Communication in the mother tongue2. Communication in the foreign languages3. Mathematical competence and basic competences
in science and technology4. Digital competence5. Learning to learn6. Interpersonal, intercultural, social and civic
competence7. Entrepreneurship8. Cultural expression
Example of Key Competences
Key Competences for an Agricultural Expert in Organic Crop Production
• Reading• Writing• Cognitive• Individual responsibility• Wiliness to learn
• Self-knowledge• Persistence and confidence• Honesty• Giving respect
Example of Specific Competences
Differentiation between competencesComplex - Simple Competences
ComplexCompetence
Writing technicalreports
Problem solving
Writing
Computercompetence
SimpleCompetences
Use cases & Examples
Job Profile
Example: Job Profile
Description of a course
Description of a Certificate
Example of a Europass CS description
Description of Competences
Examples of Competences I
Examples of Competences II
Conclusions: Benefits of implementing Competences
• Better description of Job profiles• Recognition of qualifications• Labour market requirements (Imposed by the
occupational circumstances)• Support a better match between the needs of labour
market for knowledge, skills and competences and Initial / Vocational Education and Training
• Transparency and comparability of training opportunities
• Facilitate the validation of the non-formal and informal learning
• Gap analysis / Measurement of training needs
