MANAGEMENT THEORIES

AND
PRACTICES
EDMA 501

DR. MA. THERESA A. ACOSTA

JEWEL M. BABADILLA
COMPETENCY-BASED APRROACH
IN
EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
Competency-based education is an outcome-focused
approach that concentrates on the mastery of skills at
the learner’s pace rather than within a specific period of
time (Credit Hour).

COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION(CBE)

Simply: In competency-based education, it’s not about
time, it’s about what you know and are able to do.
Competency-based education
measures learning by
demonstrated mastery of learning
objectives.
These objectives are created as
modules, which contain the
competencies, suggested
resources for obtaining the
objective, guidance and feedback
from a mentor or facilitator and
some type of formative
assessment.
HOW CBE LOOKS LIKE
COMPETENCY MAP
ADVANTAGES OF COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION
- Flexible
- Personalized
- Self-paced
- Supportive
- Skills-based
- Respected
- Affordable
WHY STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED WITH CBE
Competency-based education was introduced
in America towards the end of the 1960s in
reaction to concerns that students are not taught
the skills they require in life after school.
Competency: is the capability to choose and use (
apply) and integrated combination of knowledge,
skills and attitude with the intention to realise a
task in a certain context. (generic)
• Competence: is the capacity to release up to
standard the key occupational task that
characterize a profession. (specific)
CLASSIFICATION
• Domain specific: ( cluster of knowledge, skills
and attitudes within a specific content domain
related to a profession)
• Generic domain: ( basic set of transferable
capabilities used outside the profession) needed in
all content domains.
GENERIC COMPETENCIES
• 1. Collecting, analyzing, and organizing
information;
• 2. Communicating ideas and information;
• 3. Planning and organizing activities;
• 4. Working with others in a team;
• 5. Using mathematical ideas and techniques;
• 6. Problem-solving
• 7. Using technology
• 8. Using cultural understanding
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPETENCE, CORE COMPETENCE
AND SPECIFIC AND GENERIC COMPETENCIES
CHARACTERISTICS OF CBE.
• It’s oriented to the professional practice.
• It’s learner-centered
• It has a constructivist approach.
• Learning environments are focus on developing
competencies.
• Develop generic competencies
• Assessment is focused on competencies
• Domain specific knowledge and skills are
determined by competencies.
COMPARE AND CONTRAST COMPETENCY-BASED CURRICULUM DESIGN
ADVANTAGES OF CBE
• Nationally agreed objectives.
• Experts define competence standards and the
required knowledge, skills and attitudes
• Relevance of industry and enterprise needs is
reflected in the competence standards.
• Enables a learner-centered approach: students
decide when, where and how they learn.
DISADVANTAGES OF CBE
• Focus on observable outcome and performance
and not on learning processes.
• Problem of accreditation of underpinning
knowledge