Tanja Weigel

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the critical analyses brought forward by various authors in this field and pointed out the most important theories and critiques on the use of the competence concept in the development of vocational education and training in England, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

TL;DR: The use of the competence concept in the development of vocational education and training in England, France, Germany, and the Netherlands is discussed in this paper, where critical analyses brought forward by various authors in this field are reviewed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comparison of the meaning and use of the concept of competence within four European countries (England, Germany, France and the Netherlands) and conclude that despite a certain amount of diversity, especially at the instrumental level, there is enough conceptual convergence within the four above countries.

TL;DR: Weigel, Mulder and Collings as mentioned in this paper revisar el analisis critico llevado a cabo by varios autores of the area of competencia, revisar aspectos such as the falta de una definicion coherente del concepto de competencia, the perdida de a relacion mutua entre competencia and desempeno, the nocion erronea de que the empleo del concept of competencia disminuye el valor del conocimiento, etc.

TL;DR: In this paper, an international project investigated whether these developments pose a threat to developed initial vocational education and training (IVET) systems and whether companies are changing their recruitment strategies and how they rate the status of IVET.