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| Competence | 1 |
| Competency Based Education | 1 |
| Employment Qualifications | 1 |
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| Power Structure | 1 |
| Social Control | 1 |
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| Studies in the Education of… | 1 |
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| Edwards, Richard | 1 |
| Usher, Robin | 1 |
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Peer reviewedEdwards, Richard; Usher, Robin – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1994
Suggests that "competence" is a component of power-knowledge practices that regulate adults through a process of self-regulation. Argues that competency-based education is a means of producing consent without using oppression or force in reproducing the social order. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Employment Qualifications
