â€COMPETENCE†UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: ANALYSIS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
Keywords:
competence-competency, competent personality, evolving competencies, concrete competencies in practice, curriculum design,Abstract
This paper is an approach to the competence both as a concept and as a core issue
of the curriculum design and curriculum implementation. This approach could be
considered as an application of existing knowledge so as to generate new nuanced
understandings of the competence concept. The ongoing process of competencies’
development during the different phases of ontogenesis is synthetically presented.
The important place and role of the formal curriculum design and of curriculum
implementation for the quality of the process of competencies’ development are
explained. At the same time, it is emphasized the idea that the curricular design
starts with the formulation of the prefigured competences as expected results,
while the curricular implementation is finalized with the achievement of these
competencies, in a greater or a lower level of quality. The presentation uses
metaphors (the “metaphor of the forest†and the “metaphor of the buildingâ€) for
a more suggestive argumentation of the exposed ideas. The paper is part of the
series of publications focused on the thorny issue of curriculum theory.
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