Post on 12-Dec-2014
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Go beyond Knowledge …Apply Successful!
A philosophy of Competence Based Learning
Ing. M.H.M. Hammer M.Sc.
• The need of change / innovation (Why competence Based Learning?)
• The advantage (Positive arguments)
• The effects (How does it look like?)
• How to get there? (Steps to create a competence Based Learning curricula)
Index
Saxion Universities of Applied Sciences
• Comprehensive university, predominantly undergraduate level
• Focus on profession-oriented education through teaching & undergraduate research
• Professional Masters’ programmes in key fields• Regional focus for most programmes, national profile in key
fields• Quality education under public scrutiny and accreditation • Public funding• History dates back to 1875• 20,000 students, 1,700 faculty and staff• 13 Schools, 5 expertise centres
An international community
Afghanistan Algeria Angola Argentina Brazil Cameroon China Colombia Congo
El Salvador Ethopia Germany Ghana Hungary India Indonesia Iran Finland
Japan Mexico Netherlands Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Rwanda Vietnam
•>1,000 international students, from all over the world.•55 nationalities represented at our university.
School of Business Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Small Business & Retail Management2 year program(Dutch only)
International Supply Chain Management (ISCM)2,5 year program(German/English)
International Entrepreneurship in Technology (Ment:IE)1,5 year program(English)
Master degree programsAssociate degree program
Small Business & Retail Management4 year program (Dutch)1 year post graduate program (English)
Business Engineering4 year program(Dutch only)
Construction management4 year program (Dutch only)
Management for Engineers1 year post graduate program(Dutch only)
Bachelor degree programs
Small Business & Retail Management
• For the last 10 years chosen as the best Entrepreneurship program in the country.
Small Business & Retail Management
• Winner of Dutch Wijnand Wijnen education award for most innovative university program concept.
Small Business & Retail Management
• Winner of several innovation awards for student companies
The need of change
• Dublin Descriptors – Explicit addressed:
• Application of knowledge• Interaction with the society
• Disqualification of the Taxonomy of Bloom– (L.W. Anderson, et al, 2001)
• Feedback from the industry
• 0• 2• 4• 6• 8• 10
O.K.
Not O.K.
Item Figure PerceptionItem Figure PerceptionData
Knowledge
Information
Competent Behaviour
Sense
Innovative
• 3• 5• 8• 10
Source: N. Vloon, 2002
Can successful apply
Successful application resulting in competitive advantage.
Perception from industryPerception from industry
Knowledge / Application ?Knowledge / Application ?
CanKnow
Weight in the curricula
ExampleSee possibilities Tackle
opportunities
Know where to find it.
Successful applicatio
n
The effects
Young people:• Grow up• Finish physical
development• Start intellectual
development• Leading role /
function in society
The Competent EggThe Competent Egg
Knowledge
Application
Behaviour
Talent
Source: N. Vloon, 2002
Structure
Context
Difference in development
Falcon
Source: N. Vloon, 2002GooseGoose
(How to) get there? (!)
1. Determine Critical Professional Situations (CPS).
1. Do research in the professional context; industry, society; local stakeholders
2. National validation of those CPS.
(How to) get there? (!)
2. Transform the CPS into behavioural criteria.
1. Use verbs.2. Get in mind a wide range of context.3. Use the SMART-criteria.4. National, regional and/or local
validation of those behavioural criteria.
(How to) get there? (!)
3. Determine competences 1. Group the behavioural criteria in a
logical way.2. Take the Dublin descriptors into
account.3. National validation of the
Competences.
(How to) get there? (!)
4. Determine the assessments1. Take the CPS for starting.2. Determine the several levels for the
assessments (e.g. propaedeutic phase or post-propaedeutic phase).
3. Use the behavioural criteria as evaluation points.
4. National, regional and/or local validation of the assessments
Placed in a Model
•Assessments
Assessment form
Assessment Settings / Context
Assessment Criteria / Evaluation Points
Thank You for your Attention
For more information, suggestions or cooperation, do not hesitate to
contact:
m.h.m.hammermsc@saxion.nl