Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) and the End of Human Learning [electronic resource] The Existential Threat of Competency / by John Preston.

This book radically counters the optimism sparked by Competence Based Education and Training, an educational philosophy that has re-emerged in Schooling, Vocational and Higher Education in the last decade. CBET supposedly offers a new type of learning that will lead to skilled employment; here, Pres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Preston, John (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Subjects:
Learning, Psychology of.
Education—Philosophy.
Education and state.
Educational sociology.
Educational tests and measurements.
Online Access:
Springer Education eBooks 2017 English/International: 2017 (Springer Link)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. CBET as a Theory of Non-Learning
  • 3. Rethinking existential threats and education
  • 4. CBET and Our Human Future.