Abstract
The purposes of education, learning and pedagogy in human societies are varied. Some societies may have systems of education which do not necessarily concern themselves with learning, pedagogy or human futurity. This provides a context to discuss whether competence-based education and training (CBET) is congruent with learning and pedagogy and what are the implications of this. The chapter considers the structure of the book as a whole.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Avis, James, Kevin Orr, and Paul Warmington. 2016. “Race, ‘Warehousing’ and Vocational Education and Training: a European Issue?” Paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research, Dublin, Ireland, August 22–26.
Barnett, Ronald. 1994. The limits of competence: Knowledge, higher education, and society. Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press.
Blacker, David J. 2013. The falling rate of learning and the neoliberal endgame. Winchester, UK: Zero Books.
Burke, John. 1989. “The Introduction of NVQs.” In Competency based education and training, edited by John Burke, 109–31. London: Falmer Press.
Burnette, Diane M. 2016. “The Renewal of Competency-Based Education: A Review of the Literature.” The Journal of Continuing Higher Education 64, no. 2: 84–93.
Dewey, John. 1997. Experience and education. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Lewis, Tyson E., and Richard V. Kahn. 2010. Education out of bounds: Reimagining cultural studies for a posthuman age. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Mulder, Martin. 2017. Competence-based vocational and professional education bridging the worlds of work and education. Switzerland: Springer Verlag.
Oates, Tim. 1989. “Emerging Issues: The Response of HE to Competency Based Approaches.” In Competency based education and training, edited by John Burke, 186–96. London: Falmer Press.
Rikowski, Glenn. 2002. “Education, Capital and the Transhuman.” In Marxism against postmodernism in educational theory, edited by Dave Hill, Peter McLaren, Mike Cole, and Glenn Rikowski, 111–43. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Sornson, Robert. 2016. Over-tested and under-prepared: Using competency based learning to transform our schools. New York, NY: Routledge.
Voorhees, Robert. 2001. “Competency-Based Learning Models: A Necessary Future.” New Directions for Institutional Research 100: 5–13.
Wolf, Alison. 1995. Competence-based assessment. Buckingham: Open University Press.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Preston, J. (2017). Introduction. In: Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) and the End of Human Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55110-4_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55110-4_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-55109-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-55110-4
eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)