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875017
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Barnett, Ronald,1947-
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| Title & Author
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The limits of competence : : knowledge, higher education, and society /\ Ronald Barnett.
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| Publication Statement
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Buckingham [England] ;Bristol, PA :: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press,, 1994.
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207 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0335190707
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: 0335193412
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: 9780335190706
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: 9780335193417
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-200) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. Knowledge, Higher Education and Society. 1. The Learning Society? 2. A Certain Way of Knowing? 3. We are all Clerks now -- pt. 2. The New Vocabulary. 4. 'Skills' and 'Vocationalism'. 5. 'Competence' and 'Outcomes'. 6. 'Capability' and 'Enterprise' -- pt. 3. The Lost Vocabulary. 7. Understanding. 8. Critique. 9. Interdisciplinarity. 10. Wisdom -- pt. 4. Competence Reconsidered. 11. Two Rival Versions of Competence. 12. Beyond Competence -- The Society for Research into Higher Education.
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| Abstract
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In the new version of "competence" in higher education, the key question is not: "What do students understand?", but "What can students do?". This book develops an alternative view, suggesting that the university curricula might, instead, offer an education for life.
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Education-- Philosophy.
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Education, Higher-- Aims and objectives.
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Education, Higher-- Social aspects.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Connaissance, Théorie de la.
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Éducation-- Philosophie.
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Enseignement supérieur-- Aspect social.
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Enseignement supérieur-- Finalités.
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81.80 tertiary education.
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connaissance-- enseignement supérieur-- société (milieu humain)
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Education-- Philosophy.
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Education, Higher-- Aims and objectives.
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Education, Higher-- Social aspects.
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enseignement supérieur-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Competency-Based Education.
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Education, Graduate.
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Educational Measurement.
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Quality Control.
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Socialization.
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Hoger onderwijs.
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Kennistheorie.
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Onderwijssociologie.
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| Dewey Classification
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378/.001
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| LC Classification
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LC189.B39 1994
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| NLM classification
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81.80bcl
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