VET Boost : : towards a theory of professional competencies : essays in honor of Frank Achtenhagen /

VET Boost : : towards a theory of professional competencies : essays in honor of Frank Achtenhagen / / edited by Fritz Oser [and three others].

The themes of the different papers in this book are related to five major areas of research. First, the book presents the work on a large-scale assessment in vocational and occupational education and training. Reason was the work of Frank Achtenhagen and his colleagues on the preparation of a VET-PI...

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Oser, Fritz,
Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Fritz Oser , Ursula Renold , Ernst G. John , Esther Winther and Susanne Weber
  • International Large-Scale Assessment on Vocational and Occupational Education and Training / Martin Baethge , Lena Arends and Esther Winther
  • International Comparisons: Strengths and Weaknesses and How to Overcome the Weaknesses / Jürgen Baumert
  • Reflections on the Assessment of Job Performance and Competence / Richard J. Shavelson
  • Do High-stakes Tests of Academic Achievement Limit Economic Development? The Beginning of a Long-term Natural Longitudinal Study / David C. Berliner
  • Reconciling the ‘Sacred’ and the ‘Profane’ in Developing and Assessing Competence / John Stevenson
  • Developing Sustainable VET/PET Research in Switzerland – An Appraoch Combining Research, Policymaking and Practice / Ursula Renold
  • When the Food Goes to the Horses / Fritz Oser and Sarah Heinzer
  • The Swiss Leading House on Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies / Uschi Backes-Gellner and Johannes Mure
  • Economics of Education – Transitions, Skills and Labour Market / Jean-Marc Falter , Yves Flückiger and José Ramirez
  • (In-)Visible Differences: On the Modelling and Validation of Competence Profiles / Albert Düggeli , Sarah Heinzer , Fritz Oser and Gian-Paolo Curcio
  • Fostering Learning Competencies in Vocational Education / Astrid Elke , Sandra Grieder , Corinne Tiaden , Gerhard Steiner , Christoph Metzger , Charlotte Nüesch , Fredi Büchel , Jean-Louis Berger and Nadine Kipfer
  • Competency as a Blurred Category in Curriculum Theory / Walter Doyle
  • Making Contemporary Knowledge Shareable and Useable in Teacher Education: Technology and Media Tools to Transform Teaching and Learning / James W. Pellegrino , Susan R. Goldman , Kimberly Lawless and Matthew Brown
  • The Effectiveness of Learning Environments or About the Difficulties to Compare Apples and Oranges / Esther Winther
  • The Systematic Development of Competence-Based Curricula in Vocational Education and Training / Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer
  • Granting Time – Restricting Time – Wasting Time? Subtle Patterns in Vocational Schooling / Detlef Sembill and Kristina Dreyer
  • Assistant for Instructional Design (AID): Development and Validation / Josephine P. van Meer , Gerard. J. Veldhuis , Martijn L. van Emmerik and Nicolet C. M. Theunissen
  • Emotional Experience and Learning Motivation / Andreas Krapp
  • Social Networks and Career Development: A Case Study in a Consulting Company / Erno Lehtinen and Tuire Palonen
  • Fit – Fit for Business, Fit for Life: A Problem-Based Learning Module / Susanne Weber , Karin Heinrichs , Verena Mayer , Stephanie Starke and Sandra Trost
  • The Art and Skill of Engraving: Craftsmanship and the Evolution of Knowing and Technologies / Åsa Mäkitalo , Christer Carlsson and Roger Säljö
  • Teacher Education and Technology: A Look at Current Practice and Why There is Still Much Left To Do / James W. Pellegrino , Susan R. Goldman and Kimberly Lawless
  • To Learn Makes People Grow Large and Strong – Developing Trends in Gainful Occupation, Learning Competence and Social Inclusion in an International Perspective / Friedrich Buttler
  • Economics of Education – Transition, Skills and Labour Market / M. Reenalda , W. J. Nijhof , R. J. Veldkamp-De Jong and B. P. Veldkamp
  • Policy Learning and Outcome Orientation in Austrian VET – Theoretical and Empirical Explorations / Lorenz Lassnigg
  • In Search for Flexible Expertise as a Source for Firm Viability / Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis and Alan Brown
  • Learning in Working Life – Work Integrated Learning as a Way to Develop Competence at Work / Per-Olof Thång
  • List of Authors / Fritz Oser , Ursula Renold , Ernst G. John , Esther Winther and Susanne Weber
  • Frank Achtenhagen / Fritz Oser , Ursula Renold , Ernst G. John , Esther Winther and Susanne Weber.

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