Includes bibliographical references and index.

""Cover""; ""Competence and Competence Development""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Changes in Work and Competences""; ""2.1 Main changes in the workplace""; ""2.1.1 The end of a model""; ""2.1.2 Fundamental changes in the relationship between people andtheir work""; ""2.1.3 The consequences on individuals""; ""2.2 Continued existence of a wide variety of work situations""; ""2.3 The question of competences in the new working environment""; ""2.3.1 The professionalisation of key players""; ""2.3.2 The importance of �acting competently� in a work situation""

""2.3.3 Training schemes that facilitate problem solving in a range ofsituations""""Exercises and tasks""; ""3. Professionalisation and the Development of Competences in Education and Training""; ""3.1 Professionalisation: A polysemous word""; ""3.1.1 Professionalisation and the professions""; ""3.1.2 Professionalisation and efficiency at work""; ""3.1.3 Professionalisation and adult education""; ""3.2. The development of competences: Varied processes""; ""3.2.1 The development of competences within the organisation: �Qualifying� and �learning� organisations""

""3.2.2 The development of competences through a third party: Support""""3.2.3 The development of competences in and through work activity""; ""3.3 The development of competences and professionalisation: A question of identity""; ""3.3.1 The attribution of competences to individuals based on the action processes they are engaged in""; ""3.3.2 Professionalisation and the development of competences in identity negotiation""; ""Exercises and tasks""; ""4. The Role of Professional Didactics in SkillsDevelopment for Training and EducationProfessionals""

""4.1 Introduction: From quality of service to the development of professional skills""""4.2 Professional didactics: Objectives and theoreticalfoundations""; ""4.2.2 The objectives of professional didactics""; ""4.2.3 The theoretical foundations of professional didactics""; ""4.3 Analysing activity: A tool for understanding and action""; ""4.3.1 A few preliminary remarks on activity""; ""4.3.2 What is the appropriate methodology for identifying anactivity?""; ""4.4 Activities �aimed at other people�""; ""4.4.1 Characteristics of activities aimed at other people""

""4.4.2 Comparison between traditional industrial work and workaimed at other people or human interactions""""4.4.3 Learning from activities in work �aimed at other people�""; ""4.5 Conclusion""; ""Exercises and tasks""; ""5. Competence Evaluation Processes in AdultEducation""; ""5.1 What is involved in evaluating competences?""; ""5.2 Competences: A difficult object to evaluate""; ""5.2.1 Evaluation must be able to accommodate a range ofconceptions of competences""; ""5.2.2 Evaluation relates to a multi-faceted object""; ""5.2.3 Evaluation must include the individual being assessed""

What are today?s main concepts and theories? and the main stakes? associated with the issue of competences in organisations? Several topics are discussed, including competence issues regarding the evolution of work, professionalisation, competence evaluation, competence management, and the competences of adult educators and trainers, as well as European policies regarding competence needs and development. From the Contents: Changes in Work and Competences Professionalisation and the Development of Competences in Education and Training The Role of Professional Didactics in Skills Development for Training and Education Professionals Competence Evaluation Processes in Adult Education Competence Management and Adult Education Changes in Vocational Training and New Models of Competences for Individuals.

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