Politics of Knowledge in Education random variables Differentiating Concept-Based and Competency-Based Approaches

Differentiating Concept-Based and Competency-Based Approaches chapter explains the close interrelationship of concepts and competencies

It is an acknowledged if not accepted fact that all European societies are being fundamentally transformed

The long-run structural approach is illustrated with various global and national examples

The author argues that sport played an important

Congregational music-making is not only a means of expressing local concerns and constituting the local religious community

Politics of Knowledge in Education random variables Differentiating Concept-Based and Competency-Based ApproachesThis book explores the decline of the teaching of epistemic, conceptual knowledge in schools, its replacement with everyday social knowledge, and its relation to changes in the division of labor within the global economy. It argues that the emphasis on social knowledge in postmodern and social constructionist pedagogy compounds the problem, and examines the consequences of these changes for educational opportunity and democracy itself.