Forget careers. What are your competencies?

Forget careers. What are your competencies?

From Monster Under the Bed by European Investment Bank

October 14, 2019 · 20 min · Season 1 · Episode 5

About this episode

This episode explores the shift from traditional knowledge-based education to a focus on competencies and skills in the digital age.

In this episode of Monster Under the Bed, we bust the ‘you are what you know’ education myth and discover that, in fact, you are the things you know how to do In the grim Victorian building where I went to school, we learned everything by rote. It worked out okay for me. But the focus at the school my kids attend doesn’t seem to be on cramming knowledge into their heads, and sometimes I wonder if that’s bad for them. So I decided to examine the ideas I had about schooling. Maybe the things I thought made for good learning were actually education myths that no longer apply in the digital age. With the help of the education experts at the European Investment Bank , the EU bank, I decided to find out. In this episode you’ll find out: ·        What are competencies? Competencies are the things you know how to do, rather than the things you know (like public speaking or putting together a presentation) ·        That kids are now focused on learning vs memorization, or to put it another way understanding vs memorizing. You could say it means learning life skills vs facts…

Topics covered

  • education
  • competencies
  • upskilling
  • digitalisation
  • learning methods

Keywords

  • competencies
  • education myths
  • upskilling
  • digital age
  • learning vs memorization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: European Investment Bank

Places: EU, Victorian building

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