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Download full textAnchalee Sangarwut; Meena Polsuwan – Higher Education Studies, 2025
The purposes of the current study were to examine the 5C social engineering model-based training program on Surat Thani Rajabhat University students and Khun Thale Subdistrict residents' problem solving and adaptability and to examine the participants' satisfaction learning with the 5C social engineering model-based training program. A training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Competency Based Education
Thongchai Arunchai; Arnut Ruttanatirakul; Jesada Is-haak; Suchada Boonsri; Vitsanu Nittayathammakul – Higher Education Studies, 2025
In response to rapid technological advancements, higher education institutions face an urgent need for innovative, competency-based learning systems to address workforce development challenges. This research aims to design and validate the competency-based MOOC system architecture using microlearning objects, referred to as the digital MicroLearn…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, MOOCs, Labor Force Development, Skill Development
UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2025
The Government of South Sudan, in collaboration with UNESCO, is implementing a project with the aim of strengthening TVET in South Sudan. The project commissioned a baseline study to engage stakeholders in an in-depth discussion to unpack what they consider to be the key entry points and pathways to enable TVET to effectively accelerate a green,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career and Technical Education, Environmental Education, Sex Fairness
Bancha Daengneam; Kanyarat Sriwisathiyakun; Thanongsak Sovajassatakul – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Purpose: This study examined Thai general practitioners' (GPs) actual and expected levels of critical thinking skills (CTS) and identified developmental priorities through an educational development needs assessment (EDNA) using the modified Priority Needs Index (PNI-modified). Methodology: A descriptive survey was conducted with 346 Thai GPs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
Direct linkRobson Gonçalves Fechine Feitosa; Gustavo Augusto Lima de Campos; Ismayle de Sousa Santos; Carlos Hairon Ribeiro Gonçalves; Antônio de Barros Serra; Alisson Romão de Oliveira; Pedro Lucas Pereira Feitosa; Yuri David Santos; Esdras Lins Bispo Jr.; Guilherme Álvaro Rodrigues Maia Esmeraldo – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2025
Many existing solutions for the automatic assessment of open-ended questions predominantly rely on machine learning models, primarily focusing on aspects such as writing style and assigning a final score. However, these solutions often overlook the crucial factor of feedback content relevance, specifically, how well the response aligns with the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Skill Development, Artificial Intelligence, Feedback (Response)
Ewart Keep – Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), 2025
This paper represents the latest in a line of papers and think pieces that the author has prepared on this topic -- for the UK government, the UK Skills and Productivity Board, and the Scottish Government and Scottish Funding Council -- since 2014. It seeks to explain why trying to bring skills supply into closer alignment with demand for skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Supply and Demand, Employer Attitudes
Seemiller, Corey; Rosch, David M. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2023
In conducting a multi-disciplinary, multi-degree study of all 83 higher education accrediting organizations in the United States and the 605 academic programs associated with them, our goal was to uncover patterns in the presence of leadership and general workforce competencies identified within the stated learning outcomes employed by these…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Leadership Qualities, Competence
Yu Cheon Kim; Song Yi Lee – SAGE Open, 2024
Competency development is critical for college students to prepare for future careers after graduation. A scientific investigation of these students' perceptions of competency can help develop effective ways to enhance their competencies. This study used Q methodology, which reveals subjectivity, to examine Korean college students' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Competency Based Education, College Students
Guilherme Duarte Da Silva Otoni; Huidan Niu – Policy Futures in Education, 2025
This study explores tensions between procedural and substantive knowledge within New Zealand's competency-based curriculum reforms, focussing on social sciences education. Drawing on interviews with teachers, it examines how the shift towards skill-oriented, procedural knowledge impacts teaching practices, student preparedness for higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competency Based Education, Social Sciences, Curriculum Development
Laura M. Farrell; Cary Cuncic; Shavaun MacDonald; Bruce J. Wright; Kevin W. Eva; Mark A. Goldszmidt – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2024
Inherent in every clinical preceptor's role is the ability to understand the learning needs of individual trainees, enabling them to meet their potential. Competency-based medical education frameworks have been developed to this end, but efforts to identify behaviours and activities that define competence are based on mapping knowledge, skills and…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Professional Identity, Competency Based Education, Skill Development
Bich-Hang Duong; Vu Dao; Joan DeJaeghere – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2025
Competency-based education (CBE) has been widely adopted in various educational contexts although research discussing how CBE is implemented in local contexts and how it shifts (or not) teaching practices is limited. This study explores how Vietnamese secondary teachers made sense of general competencies and adapted their teaching towards…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Educational Practices
Antonio S. Almeida-Aguiar; Miguel Ángel Betancor León; Roberto Espinoza-Gutiérrez – Cogent Education, 2024
University curricula of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences usually strengthen different areas of professional intervention to their students. Physical activity for health, sports training, physical performance, sports management, and physical education stand out. Meanwhile, the sports referee role is commonly perceived by society as an authority…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Athletics, College Athletics
Laurie Gagnon – Aurora Institute, 2025
In 2020, Kentucky embarked on a journey to transform teaching and learning in the state through its "United We Learn" initiative. As a result of that work, Kentucky learning communities are making significant strides toward innovative deeper learning practices. In Aurora Institute's glossary, the term "deeper learning"…
Descriptors: State Programs, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Thinking Skills
Caldana, Adriana Cristina Ferreira; Eustachio, João Henrique Paulino Pires; Lespinasse Sampaio, Bárbara; Gianotto, Maria Luiza; Talarico, Aurora Contiero; Batalhão, André Cavalcante da Silva – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to explore whether formal, non-formal, and informal learning experiences contribute to developing sustainable development competencies (SDCs) among students in a Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) signatory business school. Design/methodology/approach: An online survey based on the students' learning…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Business Administration Education, Informal Education, Learning Experience
Chan, Cecilia K. Y.; Lee, Katherine K. W. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Background: Holistic competencies comprise various holistic skills (e.g., communication) and positive values and attitudes (e.g., empathy). There have been increasing efforts worldwide to foster students' holistic competency development within engineering curricula. While recent studies indicate a positive shift, it remains unclear whether such…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Holistic Approach, Competency Based Education, Engineering Education
