Workshop on Agricultural Education, Methods, Practices and Technologies Matching educational opportunities with competences

1. Workshop on Agricultural Education,
Methods, Practices and Technologies
Matching educational
opportunities with competences
Charalampos Thanopoulos Christian Stracke
Agro-Know Technologies University of Duisburg-Essen
cthanopoulos@agroknow,gr Christian.Stracke@icb.uni-due.de
Pollenzo, Bra, Italy
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2. Certificate
Learning Labour

3. Certificate
Competence
Learning Labour

4. Certificate
Competence
Learning Labour

5. Certificate
Competence
Learning Labour

6. CerOrganic curriculum
Certificate
Competence
Learning Labour

7. Competence description
Means the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and
personal, social and / or methodological abilities in work and
study situations and in professional and/or personal
development.
EQF, 2008

8. Competence description
Means the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and
personal, social and / or methodological abilities in work and
study situations and in professional and/or personal
development.
EQF, 2008
Competences represent the knowledge, skills, traits, attitudes,
self-concepts, values or motives directly related to job
performance or important life outcomes and shown to
differentiate between superior and average performers.
McClelland, 1973

9. Competence description
Means the proven ability to use knowledge, skills and
personal, social and / or methodological abilities in work and
study situations and in professional and/or personal
development.
EQF, 2008
Competences represent the knowledge, skills, traits, attitudes,
self-concepts, values or motives directly related to job
performance or important life outcomes and shown to
differentiate between superior and average performers.
McClelland, 1973
Competence is a measurable human capability that is required for
effective performance. It may be comprised of knowledge, a single skill or
ability, a personal characteristic, or a cluster of two or more of these
attributes. Competences are the building blocks of work performance. The
performance of most tasks requires the simultaneous or sequenced
demonstration of multiple competences
Hoge et al., 2005

10. Common schema on the
Competence description
Competence: = Knowledge + Skills (+ individual ability)
WACOM, 2010
eCOTOOL, 2011
AGRICOM, 2012
Activities: = Performance of Knowledge + Skills + Competences
(+ individual ability)
Competences can be built and exist without being demonstrated and
performed. They are non-observable; they are only shown and
observable by acting, i.e. by performance and activities. Only activities
can be observed and measured.

11. Competence example
• Required Competences for
an Agricultural Expert in Organic Crop production
o Selection of appropriate crops for a particular
situation
o Managing organic crops
o Harvesting organic crops
o Storage of organic crops

12. Competences differentiation
General Competences
Specific Competences
(Key Competences)

13. Competences differentiation
General Competences
Specific Competences
(Key Competences)

14. Competences differentiation
General Competences
Specific Competences
(Key Competences)
e.g. methods and processes
e.g. specialist knowledge in
are normally built after basic
a certain domain
education and training

15. Competences differentiation
General Competences
Specific Competences
(Key Competences)
e.g. methods and processes
e.g. specialist knowledge in
are normally built after basic
a certain domain
education and training
Simple Competences Complex Competences

16. Competences differentiation
General Competences
Specific Competences
(Key Competences)
e.g. methods and processes
e.g. specialist knowledge in
are normally built after basic
a certain domain
education and training
Simple Competences Complex Competences
A complex competence can be
composed of two, three or
more simple competences.

17. Key Competences
(http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/publ/
pdf/ll-learning/keycomp_en.pdf)
1. Communication in the mother tongue
2. Communication in the foreign languages
3. Mathematical competence and basic competences
in science and technology
4. Digital competence
5. Learning to learn
6. Interpersonal, intercultural, social and civic
competence
7. Entrepreneurship
8. Cultural expression

18. Example of Key Competences
Key Competences for
an Agricultural Expert in Organic Crop Production
• Reading • Self-knowledge
• Writing • Persistence and confidence
• Cognitive • Honesty
• Individual responsibility • Giving respect
• Wiliness to learn

19. Example
of Specific Competences
Differentiation between competences
Complex - Simple Competences
Complex Simple
Competence Competences
Writing
Writing technical Problem solving
reports
Computer
competence

20. Use cases & Examples

21. Job Profile

22. Job Profile

23. Job Profile

24. Example: Job Profile

25. Example: Job Profile

26. Description of a course

27. Description of a course

28. Description of a course

29. Description of a course

30. Description of a Certificate

31. Description of a Certificate

32. Description of a Certificate

33. Example of a Europass CS
description

34. Example of a Europass CS
description

35. Example of a Europass CS
description

36. Description of Competences

37. Description of Competences

38. Examples of Competences I

39. Examples of Competences II

40. Examples of Competences II

41. Examples of Competences II

42. Conclusions: Benefits of
implementing Competences
• Better description of Job profiles
• Recognition of qualifications
• Labour market requirements (Imposed by the
occupational circumstances)
• Support a better match between the needs of labour
market for knowledge, skills and competences and
Initial / Vocational Education and Training
• Transparency and comparability of training
opportunities
• Facilitate the validation of the non-formal and
informal learning
• Gap analysis / Measurement of training needs

43. thank you!
Christian.Stracke@icb.uni-due.de
cthanopoulos@agroknow.gr
http://portal.cerorganic.eu