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Competency education more show than reality
By Shiao Fu-song 蕭福松
When I mentioned “civic competence” and “democratic competence” during a lecture on social awareness not long ago, I asked my students jokingly whether I should test their “competence” on the final exam. My question caused a commotion in the classroom as they all shouted: “No.”
Some students wondered how such competence could be tested, and I answered, with a smile, that it was something I also wanted to know, and I would therefore like to give it a try.
I asked if they could explain what literacy was. After a lively discussion, some said “competence” refers to a person’s temperament, sophistication or culture, while others said that it refers to self-respect, self-discipline or being a law-abiding citizen. All the answers were right, but they seemed to be quite different from the Ministry of Education’s emphasis on “competency education” in the new curriculum guid ....

Lee Chia Tung , National Academy For Educational Research , National Tsing Hua University , Ministry Of Education , Shiao Fu Song , National Academy , Educational Research , லீ சியா துங் , தேசிய கலைக்கழகம் க்கு கல்வி ஆராய்ச்சி , தேசிய ட்ஸிங் ஹுவா பல்கலைக்கழகம் , அமைச்சகம் ஆஃப் கல்வி , தேசிய கலைக்கழகம் , கல்வி ஆராய்ச்சி ,