Chemistry Teacher Association of the 5th region in West Sumatera is a discussion media for chemistry teacher Sijunjung, Sawahlunto, and Darmasraya District. There are 33 Senior High School these area with 42 members. They have difficulty implementing Problem Based Learning Project model due to lack understanding. Some expected competences 2013 curriculum require teaching learning process be con...

This study investigates applied service learning (SL) methodology with the goal of analyzing digital competence in teacher training. Twenty-three preservice teachers completed validated questionnaires regarding both general and specific music as well a self-evaluation SL case complemented by quasi-experimental quantitative pre-post-test comparison. The experience highlighted this paper not only...

This article presents the results of mapping the Slovenian pharmacy curriculum to evaluate the adequacy of the recently developed and validated European Pharmacy Competences Framework (EPCF). The mapping was carried out and evaluated progressively by seven members of the teaching staff at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Pharmacy. Consensus was achieved by using a two-round modified Del...

BACKGROUND The aim of this project was to analyze and compare the educational experience in rheumatology specialty training programs across European countries, with a focus on self-reported ability. METHOD An electronic survey was designed to assess the training experience in terms of self-reported ability, existence of formal education, number of patients managed and assessments performed du...

Maintaining and developing competitive advantages in a constantly changing market requires the creation and exploitation of a network of adequate competences. Competence management necessitates both clean formalisation and evaluation of the pertinence of competences. This depends on several factors and involves subjective elements. In this paper, a methodological approach for evaluating compete...

The objective of this research is to investigate the managerial competences for Electronic Commerce professional managers. Three research approaches have been adopted here: Focus Group, Fuzzy Delphi Method. The results indicated that professional skills and leadership competence are more important than other competences such as administrative skills and motivation. Comparing the competences of ...

Research into and practice of Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) have been increasing during the last two decades. These have focused on providing sustainability education to future generations of professionals. In this context, there has been considerable progress in the incorporation of SD in universities’ curricula. Most of these efforts have focussed on the design and deliv...

OBJECTIVE A literature review was made to construct a proposal regarding the concept of competences-based learning in higher education. METHODS The pertinent literature published in Spanish and English in databases such as Medline, Redalyc, SciELO and Academic Google, as well as material in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, reference centers and books was searched using keywords. The data...

Core competences or capabilities are characterized in an almost exclusive affirmative way. Even if the perils of path dependence and core rigidity are acknowledged to some extent, the flip side of core competences is not really reflected in the well-established concepts. The paper focuses on such shortcomings accompanying the one-sided affirmative conceptualizations and tries to develop a more ...