Competence Based Approach
Competence Goal
1c) You reflect on the meaning of the competence-based approach from the perspective of learning and the student.
Keeping in mind the blog by Juha Pousi, following are the key points about "Competence-based Approach":
- It incorporates teaching skills, practices and competences.
- It is student-centered (student is responsible for own learning, active participation and development)
- It is not based on typical subjects, materials or lectures but is more goal oriented and focuses on learning outcomes
- Existing skills or competences of students serve as a starting point for the implementation of education. So, the competences are first identified, evaluated, recognized and then accepted.
- Each student has a Personal Study Plan which is unique and tailored according to individual needs, skills and competences.
- Competences are assessed in actual and authentic working situations.
- Self-assessment is the central tool to assess existing competences which can be supplemented if is inadequate in any sense.
- All methods of achieving competence for example, formal education, volunteer work, hobbies or other everyday experiences.
- Sometimes you need to unlearn old habits.
Here is a link for the mind map that I created for competence-based education.
So, if I think about what does "Competence Based Approach" to education actually mean, I understand that instead of comparing student's competence to one another, the focus is on individual competence. In this student centered approach, each student has his/her own Personal Study Plan (PSP) and they have a freedom to choose how they want to demonstrate a particular competence. A very important part of this PSP is "self evaluation" which actually allows the students to think about what it means to have a particular competence, what they already know, how can they supplement the existing knowledge or competence and also how can they develop a competence that they do not have already.
So, practically speaking, the programme is flexible in terms of how and when students demonstrate a particular competence according to set competence goals and assessment criteria. they have to provide proof of the existence of a particular competence irrespective of the means through which they acquired that competence. In this approach, student is the center of planning and according to the needs of the students the planning of the lesson varies. The student's previous competence is identified and acknowledged, and the session is planned according to how and what new competence he needs to acquire.
References
https://blogi.oamk.fi/2018/06/07/competence-reflection-and-other-mind-bogglers/
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