Competence: Myth or reality?

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Abstract

We seem to feel the need today, as we have done in the past, to use competence whenever we need to demonstrate the ability of the British workforce to be the best and the most able to succeed. The National Council for Vocational Qualifications states that ‘competence’ is ‘the ability to perform in a realistic working environment’. In the simplest of terms and using National Vocational Qualifications as a method of achieving this, we must begin our research in specialist colleges for the visually-impaired student. The first area for concern is to develop the understanding of the staff within these colleges in terms of today’s definition of competence and how as teachers they must now change the emphasis to workbased learning and assessment. At first glance and without having an in-depth understanding of competence-based training and assessment it may seem impossible for a visually-impaired student to achieve these standards.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Visually Impaired
Subtitle of host publicationCurricular Access and Entitlement in Further Education
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages65-73
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9780429944192
ISBN (Print)1853462489, 9781138597600
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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