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A review of human competence in educational research: Levels of K- 12, College, Adult, and Business Education

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The purpose of this study is to review the main perspectives or issues dealt with in the research on considered to be key competences, in order to develop a fuller understanding of how human competence functions. As a result of this review, two themes considered as having important implications for the actual practices can be identified: that there exists an holistic nature with different aspects of a given competence and that influences of a contextual and cultural nature are factors which affect the operation of human competence. By incorporating four characteristics and three domains of competence with the review conducted in this study, we began to appreciate what the research on human characteristics related to key competences has achieved and what is needed for future research.

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Kim, M., Youn, S., Park, M. et al. A review of human competence in educational research: Levels of K- 12, College, Adult, and Business Education. Asia Pacific Educ. Rev. 8, 500–520 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03026477

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