International perspectives on competence development
Subtitle: developing skills and capabilities
By: edited by Knud Illeris.
Contributors: Illeris, Knud.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780415492102; 9780415492119
Subjects: Employees -- Training of -- Cross-cultural studies; Core competencies -- Cross-cultural studies; Skilled labor -- Cross-cultural studies; Labor productivity -- Effect of education on -- Cross-cultural studies; Continuing education -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Competence development in the USA: limiting expectations or unleashing global capacities / Karen E. Watkins & Maria Cseh; title: Adult education and competence development from a critical thinking perspective / Moacir Gadotti; title: Competence development in the workplace: concepts, strategies and effects / Per-Erik Ellstrøm & Henrik Kock; title: Competence: commodification of human ability / Soonghee Han; title: Holistic competence: putting judgements first / David Beckett; title: From learning to competence development: how can competences be learned, and how can they be developed in formal education? / Knud Illeris; title: Learning to be an expert: competence development and expertise / Peter Jarvis; title: Competence development in the public sector: development, or dismantling of professionalism? / Katrin Hjort; title: Labour perspectives on the new politics of skill and competence formation: international perspectives / Peter Sawchuk; title: Competences and employer engagement / Pam Irwin; title: Developing competence-in-practice: female entrepreneurs in small business / Manuela Perrotta; title: Enhancing competences and skills in China / Xianjin Dou; title: Competence based training and national qualifications frameworks in South Africa / Ben Parker & Shirley Walters; title: Towards enhanced competence of the Thai workforce / Patcharawalai Wongboonsin & Kua Wongsboonsin.