1. 21st CS Nepal
Competence based learning
Monday 22nd Feb 2021 at 10.00-11.30 (1.45-3.15)
Viivi Virtanen (HAMK) and Tauno Tertsunen (HAMK)
2. Content of this session
To get a common understanding about
the competence based education
Definition of competence
Competence-based curricula
Competence-based learning
3. In order to achieve higher quality and meet the
changing competence demands of the society and the
world of work
-> We need to rethink teaching and learning!
UNESCO, ILO, OECD
Education is the most powerful weapon which you
can use to change the world (Nelson Mandela)
4. Education in the future?
What are the needs of the society?
What are the needs of the world of work?
What are the 21st
century skills?
Education 4.0?
Competence based thinking?
Artificial intelligence and learning?
6. Graduate competence:
The Future of Education and Skills: OECD Education 2030 Framework
https://www.oecd.org/education/2030/E2030%20Position%20Paper%20(05.04.2018).pdf
7. Competence?
Competence is a combination of knowledge, skills,
attitudes
something what is needed in the real world of work
something that belongs to and is developed by the
workers or learners
People usually have or have not enough competence to
perform certain work tasks (like welding)
8. Online-polling
Your ideas and opinions about the of Education in Nepal
nowadays and in the future?
Link to quiz: joinmyquiz.com
And the code is: 356360
9. Competence-based curricula vs
Subject-based curricula?
Subject-based:
Planning teaching processes
Focus on input
A list of subject and content, like:
Mathematics, Chemistry,
algebra, organic chemistry,
Planning teaching activities
Teacher- / Teaching-centered
Competence-based:
Planning learning processes
Focus on output
Description of competences, like:
The student can weld
The student can serve
Planning learning activities
Learner- / Learning-centered
10. Competence based learning
Based on planning and guiding learners learning processes:
Teachers' role is to make goals-based learning possible for
learners (vs. teachers ethic)
Planning learning processes instead of teaching processes
Students are individual persons, and they all need
individual guidance and learning paths for they goals-based
learning (individual but not necessary alone)
11. Alignments of the implementation
and the goals of training
Will the planned learning processes make learning, based
on learners learning goals, possible?
Do we as teachers choose the matching pedagogical
models and learning activities (teaching methods) for each
learning situation
Can learners learn to weld by reading books and watching
videos?
12. Teaching / Learning process
Phase 1 Phase 2
1 2 3
Phase n
= learning activities
= face to face meetings
= learning materials
= online meetings
= small group working
= guiding and assessing
x
13. Small group working
What are the main challenges to organize
competence-based online education in Nepal
nowadays?
