Article Gold Open Access 2011

Development of student knowledge in competence-based pre-vocational secondary education

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Koopman, Maaike
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Teune, Peter J.
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Beijaard, Douwe
Learning Environments Research
Journal · Vol. 14 · Issue 3 · pp. 205-227
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the development of student knowledge in pre-vocational secondary education schools which differ in the manner and extent to which they have implemented characteristics of competence-based education. The implementation of these characteristics was examined using a teacher questionnaire and the development of knowledge was investigated using concept mapping. The results showed that students developed slightly more knowledge in learning situations with fewer characteristics of competence-based education. The organisational characteristics of the learning situations were further found to be distinctive for the development of knowledge. © 2011 The Author(s).

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Competence-based education Vocational education Knowledge development Concept mapping

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Eindhoven School of Education, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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