Different frameworks are available for assessing and developing digital competences, which poses a choice challenge potential users. This article aims to analyze compare international competence education. The study compares characteristics such as the frameworks’ purpose, structure, levels, well indicators instrument development. results indicate that objective, theoretical background, target ...

In this paper railway accident investigation reports issued by the national accident investigation boards in three Scandinavian countries during a 2-year period have been systematically studied. Content analysis of attributed causes in these reports reveals a considerable emphasis on physical processes, actor activities and equipment (the microlevel). Much less attention is paid to organisation...

This paper describes different Scratch activities proposed in different learning situations: for primary school-children aged about 9-10 years old; for in-service teachers active in various levels and types of schools, but with very low or without computing competences; for teachers and pupils in middle schools; for students in their beginning two years of technical secondary school (not necess...

Increased attention is being paid to the specification of learning outcomes.This paper provides a framework based on the three-circle model: what the doctor should be able to do ('doing the right thing'), the approaches to doing it ('doing the thing right') and the development of the individual as a professional ('the right person doing it').Twelve learning outcomes are specified, and these are...

Learning terminologies and concepts of the socio-technical innovation is for many master students in computer science a trivial task. This is the case for both, students and teachers alike. For example, one can present to students a series of academic articles, which start with sentences such as: “There is no consensus on the definition of innovation in the computer science literature”. At the ...

The acquisition of competences (the set of knowledge, skills and attitudes required to perform a job to a professional level) is considered a fundamental part of medical training. Dermatology competences should include, in addition to effective clinical interviewing and detailed descriptions of skin lesions, appropriate management (diagnosis, differentiation, and treatment) of common skin disor...

This paper reports on a study conducted with intention to identify competences of employees engaged on software development projects that are responsible for reliable effort estimation. Execution of assigned project tasks engages different human characteristics and effort estimation is integral part of development process. Competences are defined as knowledge, skills and abilities required to p...

Volitional competences (skills of will), including self-regulation skills such as self-motivation and emotion regulation and self-control skills such as impulse control, are particularly necessary for patients with psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders. The Volitional Components Questionnaire (VCQ) is an instrument designed to measure volitional competences. However, its length of 190 items p...

The paper provides a solution to the task of implementing student’s character building activities as component main educational program higher education in technical university through common universal competences formation, process is considered single focused and training interests person, family, society state, where an activity aimed at personal development, creating conditions for self-det...

Training engineering students has been evolving towards the development of professional competences, both technical and transversal. These competences will enable new engineers to apply learning resources in professional contexts with greater efficacy. Thus, these engineers will be closer to the needs of industry. A learning methodology that has been used in these contexts is Project Based Lear...