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Ambitious expectations and social key competencies

There are two main origins to the German debate on key competencies: (1) the growing importance of 'extrafunctional competencies'; and (2) evidence indicating that the competencies built over several years of vocational education and training (VET) are at least partially obsolete when people eventually enter a job. In this article, the author looks at particular types of key competencies and conceptualises them in the context of situations relevant for promoting them.

There are two main origins to the German debate on key competencies: (1) the growing importance of 'extrafunctional ...  Show Full Abstract  

Authors: Euler, Dieter
Date: 2001
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany
Journal title: Lifelong learning in Europe
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Qualifications; Skills and knowledge

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