Can do! Has read the book?

Reading books and being a skillful professional (or a future professional) are by no means opposites. And I'm definitely not against reading books! An interesting thing, however, is whether we really assess what students can do - how they are able to use their theoretical skills in practise. Or are we just assessing whether s/he can answer our questions in an exam? Has s/he read the book?

Competence-based curricula - and assessment - are very topical to me right now. Last Monday I met people from other universities of applied sciences round the same table discussing the issue. Next week there will be two workshops on competence-based learning here at SAMK. I'm already looking forward to our international week!

Anne

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