Competency-based training: some development and assessment issues for policy makers
This paper clarifies the meaning of competency-based training, distinguishing it from the old behavioural objectives approach, and defining competence in terms of skills (both routine and non-routine), standards of performance of those skills, and conditions.
Development issues discussed include flexibility, the division between ‘professional’ and ‘vocational’, and the role of workplace trainers. Problems associated with assessment are also explored.
The paper concludes by commenting that Australia’s policy on competency-based training and assessment is in a formative stage, and what is required ... Show more
Authors: Thomson, Peter
Published: Adelaide, South Australia, TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, 1991
Resource type: Article
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