RETRACTED: The importance of competency development in higher education: Letting go of rote learning

Fuchs, Kevin

doi:10.3389/feduc.2022.1004876

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“…The significance of implementability shows that if students manage to implement what they have learnt at university, the outcome of the internship in terms of competency development will also be at a higher level. The outcomes that were statistically significant in our model were more related to general skills (also highlighted by della Volpe, 2017; Chen et al, 2018;Kapareliotis et al, 2019), but also skills which are related to managing new situations, which is considered one of central elements of competency (Fuchs, 2022). As the world and labour market is changing very quickly, the students have to be ready for career changes and be able to adapt to new situations.…”

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“…However, how these skills and knowledge transfer to the workplace, is a complex matter, which needs integrated approach to learning in classroom and practical settings (Fleming et al, 2021). Very often the term competency is also used, which includes knowledge, skills and attitudes, and also captures the potential to cope with unpredictable situations (Voogt and Roblin, 2012;Fuchs, 2022). As the world and labour market is changing very quickly, the term "future skills" are more and more discussed in the context of higher education studies.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…, 2021). Very often the term competency is also used, which includes knowledge, skills and attitudes, and also captures the potential to cope with unpredictable situations (Voogt and Roblin, 2012; Fuchs, 2022). As the world and labour market is changing very quickly, the term “future skills” are more and more discussed in the context of higher education studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The future skills are also called 21st century skills, and their focus is application in real-life context (Erickan and Oliveri, 2016). However, also a term “competency” is used in the context of how student is able to “choose and adapt from within the acquired processes those ones necessary to solve an unknown task or problem” (Fuchs, 2022, p. 2).…”

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The linkages between antecedents, processes and outcomes of internship

Poltimäe,

Rõigas,

Lorenz

2023

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify how different factors of antecedents and processes affect the outcomes of an internship, measured in terms of competency development.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used an internship questionnaire designed for the University of Tartu in Estonia. Responses were obtained from 178 students across different disciplines – humanities and the arts, social sciences, natural sciences and medicine – who had recently taken an internship. Based on current academic literature, the authors create a three-level model: antecedents-processes-outcomes. The antecedents and processes were both differentiated into three factors and tested with a structural equation model.FindingsThe model demonstrates that there are different antecedents that have an effect on internship outcomes, but these only work through internship processes. For example, the objective of the internship and clarity of instructions will only have a positive effect if there is relevant support from the supervisor at the employing company and if the student can use the knowledge and skills gained at university.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is based on survey data filled in by students, i.e. based on self-perception. Based on the results of the study, the authors claim that an active role and initiative-taking by students in finding suitable internships should be further encouraged.Originality/valueWhilst previous studies have used a two-level model of internship (or a three-level model for students satisfaction as an outcome) the authors create and test a three-level model measuring competency development as the outcome of an internship.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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confidence: 99%

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The linkages between antecedents, processes and outcomes of internship

Poltimäe,

Rõigas,

Lorenz

2023

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“…According to this concept, the infrastructural role of education in the social and investment model of economic growth is substantiated and emphasized in the works Aleixo et al (2020), Finnveden et al (2020), Neelam et al (2020), andPedro et al (2020). The specifics of higher education's development in emerging markets are studied in the works Adeyinka-Ojo et al (2020), Baartman et al (2022), Fuchs (2022, Gonzales-Valdivia et al (2022), Hassan (2020), Lohberger and Braun (2022), Saqib et al (2020).…”

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The infrastructural role of education in the social and investment model of economic growth: the specifics of emerging markets

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The purpose of this paper is to determine the directions and to specify the infrastructural role of higher education in the social and investment model of economic growth in view of the specifics and perspectives of emerging economies. Correlation analysis is used to determine the dependence between the directions of higher education’s development and the target results of its contribution to the implementation of the social and investment model of economic growth in emerging economies. These connections are specified with the help of regression analysis. Then, the simplex method is used to determine target landmarks for the selected directions. According to the experience of the top emerging economies with the highest level of economic innovative development in 2020, maximization (up to 100%) of knowledge-intensive employment (+299.29%), medium-tech and hi-tech manufacturing (+223.42%) and e-participation (+19.98%) requires the increase in the number of students per 1 lecturer in higher education by 387.26%, growth of mobility in higher education by 1,116.27%, and increase in QS university ranking by 139.13%. It is proved that only three directions of higher education’s development are significant and have to be implemented to support social and investment model of economic growth in emerging economies: increase in the number of students per 1 lecturer in higher education, growth of mobility in higher education, and increase in QS university ranking.

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Assessing beyond grades: unravelling the implications on student learning and engagement in higher education

Lim

2024

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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RETRACTED: The importance of competency development in higher education: Letting go of rote learning

Abstract: September CITATION Fuchs K () The importance of competency development in higher education: Letting go of rote learning.

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

The linkages between antecedents, processes and outcomes of internship

The linkages between antecedents, processes and outcomes of internship

The infrastructural role of education in the social and investment model of economic growth: the specifics of emerging markets

Assessing beyond grades: unravelling the implications on student learning and engagement in higher education

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