The role of qualifications and competences in initial and further education
The role of qualifications and competences in initial and further education

Summary/Abstract: The new concept of life-long learning based on the acquisition and development of competences proves to be a significant trend in Czech curriculum reform and an important milestone in postgraduate education and development of the Qualifications Framework. This entry means to present the competency-based model of individuals’ learning and development that is now prevalent in the Czech Republic and the European Union. The model has been used in vast curricular reforms and continues to shape the thinking of all those who enter the educational reality in any role. This entry further aims to present data gathered in researches carried out in 2011. These researches not only show that employees need life-long learning and development but, in the first place, organizations must have a necessary ability to anticipate certain economic phenomena and to react more flexibly to the outer economic environment. The competency-based model seems optimal here, enabling an individual to succeed in the labour market of the globalized society affected by economic and social changes as well as rapid technological advance.

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