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    The return of behaviourist epistemology: A review of learning outcomes studies

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    Learning outcomes as a concept has encountered a revival since the beginning of the Bologna process in 1999. The concept itself has a longer history with its roots in the behaviourist tradition of the 1960s. The goal of this review is to study how the historical roots of learning outcomes are noted in current research articles since the launch of the Bologna process and whether the concept of learning outcomes is used critically or uncritically. The review of 90 articles shows that the behaviourist tradition is still evident in the 21st century research with 29% of the articles directly and 11% indirectly referring uncritically to the respective publications or to the behaviourist epistemology. Only a minority of the articles, i.e. 8%, was found to be critical towards the behaviourist meaning of learning outcomes.</p

    Kompetenzdefinition und Curriculumsentwicklung durch Anwendung von EU-Instrumenten

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    ZusammenfassungHintergrund und Anlass des in diesem Beitrag beschriebenen Erasmus-Plus-Projekts TecCOMFrame ist die europäische Situation bei der Aus- und Weiterbildung im Bereich Technische Kommunikation. Zu den wichtigsten Projektergebnissen zählen die Entwicklung eines akademischen Kompetenzrahmens, Prototyp-Curricula für Bachelor- und Masterstudiengänge und für Vertiefungsrichtungen sowie eine internationale Berufswebseite zur Projektdissemination. In diesem Beitrag wird an Hand des Demingkreises mit den Phasen „Plan - Do - Check - Act“ gezeigt, wie zur Projektdurchführung, Ergebniserarbeitung und Qualitätssicherung systematisch vorhandene EU-Instrumente eingesetzt und so strategische Ziele der EU im Bereich der Bildung adressiert und umgesetzt wurden. Außerdem sollen die Projektergebnisse durch die Übertragbarkeit und Wiederverwendbarkeit der Methodik nachhaltig bei vergleichbaren Aufgabenstellungen genutzt werden können.Schlüsselwörter: Curriculumsentwicklung, Bologna-Instrumente, Technische Kommunikation, Demingkreis, Projekt TecCOMFrame__________Defining competence and developing curricula using EU instrumentsAbstractThe current European situation in the field of training and further education in Technical Communication provides the background for the Erasmus-Plus project TecCOMFrame described in this contribution. The project aims at developing an academic competence framework, prototype curricula for bachelor’s and master’s programs as well as specialization streams based on that framework, and an international website for the profession intended for project dissemination. In this contribution, it will be shown by means of the Deming cycle comprising the phases „Plan - Do - Check - Act“, how the project execution, delivery of results and quality assurance are based on existing EU instruments. It is also exemplary illustrated how by doing so strategic goals of the EU in the area of education are addressed and implemented. Moreover, in view of the transferability and reusability of the method, the project results are intended to be used in a sustainable way for similar assignments.Keywords: Curricula Development, Bologna Instruments, Technical Communication, Deming Circle, TecCOMFrame Projec
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