Education and Competence Studies Group

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The mission of the chair group is to explore competence to improve the quality of life and society.
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Education
ECS offers courses in various aspects of:
- teaching, learning and competence development
- teacher training, and
- academic and professional skills training.
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Research

The focus of the ECS chair group is competence development. Competence is interpreted by the ECS chair group as 'the capacity necessary for effective performance.' Key questions are:

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What are the important competencies that develop in a changing society?
- What are the inspiring competence based learning environments
   in which competencies are developed?
- What are the effects of these competence based learning environments?

Research is performed by several different target groups: students in the green sector of education, students in higher and scientific education, citizens, employees and seniors in companies and institutions and entrepreneurs.

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News
15 May 2012
Annual Convention of the American Educational Research Association
14 Apr 2012
Renate Wesselink of ECS presented ProDo at AERA
8 Mar 2012
PhD course Competence Theory and Research running
2 Mar 2012
Prof. dr. Martin Kropff, Rector Magnificus, and Prof. dr. ir. Pim Brascamp, Director of the Education Institute of Wageningen University visit ECS
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Contact
Education and Competence Studies Group
PO Box 8130
NL-6700 EW Wageningen
 
Hollandseweg 1
6706 KN Wageningen
 
office.ecs@wur.nl
Phone: + 31 317 48 43 83
Fax: + 31 317 48 45 73
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