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ERIC Number: EJ589765
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
Changing the Concept of Skill in Higher Education in the UK: Is It Progress in the Current Environment?
Blass, Eddie
European Journal of Education, v34 n2 p237-48 Jun 1999
Examines the appropriateness of the concept of "key skills" in higher education in the United Kingdom, as defined by the 1997 Dearing Commission report, and the processes required to achieve this ideal in the current higher education environment. The report distinguishes between high-level intellectual skills and the key skills of communication, numeracy, and capability in communications and information technology. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Intellectual Development, Numeracy, Skill Development, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dearing Report; United Kingdom
Note: Theme issue: "VET in Transition: Renewal, Reform or Reconstruction?"