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ERIC Number: EJ512991
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0269-0004
Competence and Citizenship: Towards a Complementary Model for Times of Critical Social Change.
Evans, Karen
British Journal of Education and Work, v8 n2 p14-27 1995
In the United Kingdom, vocational education and training are dominated by competence approaches that seek to regulate behavior through outcomes. In Germany, they serve the broader purpose of education for citizenship. Narrow competency-based education does not develop critical skills or cultivate a sense of shared autonomy. (SK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Social Change, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Germany; United Kingdom