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7 Citations
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Perception of Competence as Mediator between Motor Competence and Physical Activity

  • Luis-de Cos Izaskun,
  • Urrutia-Gutierrez Saioa,
  • Luis-de Cos Gurutze and
  • Arribas-Galarraga Silvia

Background: The practice of physical activity (PA) plays an important role in achieving an active-healthy lifestyle. Several authors have focused their studies on the relationship between motor competence (MC) and physical activity (PA). Stodden et a...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,231 Views
14 Pages

27 November 2023

The promotion of regular physical activity (PA) is becoming one of the main tools applied in developed countries to address health and obesity problems, particularly in view of the proven benefits of PA on a physical, psychological, and social level....

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  • Open Access
55 Citations
4,019 Views
8 Pages

Competence of Nurses and Factors Associated With It

  • Natalja Istomina,
  • Tarja Suominen,
  • Artūras Razbadauskas,
  • Arvydas Martinkėnas,
  • Riitta Meretoja and
  • Helena Leino-Kilpi

19 April 2011

Objective. Nurse competence became a relevant topic for discussion among nurse practitioners and nurse researchers. However, the factors connected with nurse competence need deeper exploring. The aim of this study was to explore nurse competence and...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,325 Views
14 Pages

The Impact of Digital Safety Competence on Cognitive Competence, AI Self-Efficacy, and Character

  • Cecilia M. S. Ma,
  • Daniel T. L. Shek,
  • Irene Y. H. Fan,
  • Xixian Zhu and
  • Xiangen Hu

13 May 2025

Although there are studies on digital competence in higher education, there are very few studies on digital safety competence. This study aims to explore the impact of digital safety competence on students’ higher-order thinking and AI-related...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,356 Views
29 Pages

30 June 2023

In social interactions, people who are perceived as competent win more chances, tend to have more opportunities, and perform better in both personal and professional aspects of their lives. However, the process of evaluating competence is still poorl...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,093 Views
14 Pages

Teachers’ Professional Digital Competence

  • Ilka Nagel and
  • Synnøve H. Amdam

Teachers’ professional digital competence (PDC) refers to digital competence specific to the teaching profession. PDC serves a dual purpose: it encompasses a range of instrumental, professional, ethical, critical, and epistemic dimensions relat...

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  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,825 Views
14 Pages

Assessment of Project Manager’s Competence in the Context of Individual Competence Baseline

  • Mariusz Sołtysik,
  • Małgorzata Zakrzewska,
  • Adam Sagan and
  • Szymon Jarosz

This study’s aim is to determine the consistency of student opinions regarding the importance of individual skills in three areas—people, practice, and perspective—with expert assessment. The study group consisted of five-year stude...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,891 Views
16 Pages

The Implementation of Pharmacy Competence Teaching in Estonia

  • Daisy Volmer,
  • Kristiina Sepp,
  • Peep Veski and
  • Ain Raal

Background: The PHAR-QA, “Quality Assurance in European Pharmacy Education and Training”, project has produced the European Pharmacy Competence Framework (EPCF). The aim of this study was to evaluate the existing pharmacy programme at the University...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,723 Views
18 Pages

Investigating the Age-Related Association between Perceived Motor Competence and Actual Motor Competence in Adolescence

  • Conor Philpott,
  • Brian Donovan,
  • Sarahjane Belton,
  • Diarmuid Lester,
  • Michael Duncan,
  • Fiona Chambers and
  • Wesley O’Brien

Irish adolescents have been found to possess high perceptions of motor competence. However, there is an evidential value to investigating the strength of the relationship between adolescent perceptions of motor competence and their low levels of actu...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,197 Views
15 Pages

The development of transversal competencies, in interaction with professional competencies, is essential for individuals to adapt to change and live meaningful and productive lives. The aim of this study was to explore the mutual interaction of six t...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,248 Views
12 Pages

19 April 2022

Systems thinking competence is one of the key sustainability competences to make the future more sustainable by focusing on individuals’ capability to analyse sustainability problems across different sectors and scales. The other competencies t...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,540 Views
10 Pages

This is a cross-sectional descriptive study that investigates the mediating effect of humanism on the relationship between task performance and holistic nursing competence among clinical nurses. The participants were nurses with more than one year of...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,128 Views
14 Pages

26 April 2022

As we know, there is some relationship, such as precedence relation, among skills. Each precedence relation induces a competence structure. Thus, we study competence-based skill functions, which rely on competence structures and go from somethings ob...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,855 Views
17 Pages

3 August 2022

Sustainability competence is understood as the interlinked set of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that effectively enable embodied action in the world concerning real-world sustainability problems, challenges, and opportunities, according to...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,743 Views
19 Pages

The Moral Competence of Spanish Councilors

  • Pedro Herrero García,
  • Miguel Ángel Carbonero and
  • Luis Jorge Martín Antón

2 July 2020

The citizenship’s distrust of politicians clashes with the absence of research of politicians’ moral competence, which is a challenge to positive psychology. The objective of this work, approved by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,065 Views
26 Pages

8 July 2024

The formulation of the construct of communicative competence (CC) was the consequence of the perceived “inappropriateness” of the theory of linguistic competence and performance. To obtain a comprehensive understanding of second language...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,906 Views
18 Pages

Automated Competence Assessment Procedures in Entrepreneurship

  • Markus Marschhäuser,
  • Fabienne Riesel and
  • Volker Bräutigam

2 May 2024

This study endeavors to automate the assessment of competencies within the domain of entrepreneurship, specifically targeting the augmentation of entrepreneurial cognition and conduct within universities in German rural regions, like Lower Franconia....

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  • Open Access
30 Citations
10,636 Views
29 Pages

24 December 2021

The development of entrepreneurship competence considering a broad view of entrepreneurship requires a systematic approach to determine the validated content of learning and methodological basis for supporting learners’ entrepreneurial attitude...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,704 Views
16 Pages

30 August 2022

The article begins with clarifying what an Intercultural Faith Education would mean in a global culture that seems to be growing more pronounced in its pluralistic nature. Taking for granted the evident fact that Intercultural theology is the bedrock...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
754 Views
21 Pages

22 May 2025

This study proposes a learning path recommendation method based on fuzzy competence space theory. It is developed within the theoretical framework of knowledge space theory and fuzzy set theory, aiming to address the progressive nature of learners&rs...

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  • Open Access
33 Citations
19,241 Views
24 Pages

27 March 2024

Digital transformation opens up multiple opportunities for educators to achieve the continuity of learning through life, aligning with UNESCO’s fourth goal of sustainable development, and to prepare them for the digital age. Effective integrati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,743 Views
15 Pages

Development of Digital Competence for Research

  • Adrián Sánchez,
  • Rosa María Woo,
  • Roberto Carlos Salas,
  • Francisco López,
  • Esther Guadalupe Narvaez,
  • Agustín Lagunes and
  • Carlos Arturo Torres

Several kinds of research conclude that the level of digital competence of students is mainly oriented to their daily activities. Therefore, we present the current paper which seeks to determine the impact of implementing a blended learning course de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,857 Views
12 Pages

1 April 2019

Objectives: To examine if the relationship between physical activity (PA) and actual motor competence (MC) in British early years children is mediated by their perceived MC. Design: Cross-sectional convenience observational study. Methodology: MC was...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,839 Views
18 Pages

3 July 2020

The examination of pedagogies that promote effective sustainability learning has led to vigorous academic discussion, as has research regarding the role of competence-based learning for sustainability. This paper investigates the role of a study abro...

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  • Open Access
448 Views
32 Pages

16 October 2025

Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in education. Learning path recommendation is one of the key technologies in artificial intelligence education applications. This paper applies knowledge space theory and fuzzy set the...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,557 Views
16 Pages

Sandbox of Competence: A Conceptual Model for Assessing Professional Competence

  • Alcides Luiz Neto,
  • Luciano Ferreira da Silva and
  • Renato Penha

1 December 2022

This article aims to propose a conceptual model for evaluating the knowledge stage of a professional activity. Starting from an integrative literature review, a method that allows us to assess, criticize and synthesize empirical or theoretical knowle...

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  • Open Access
163 Citations
20,739 Views
12 Pages

Development of Digital Competence in Secondary Education Teachers’ Training

  • María Napal Fraile,
  • Alicia Peñalva-Vélez and
  • Ana María Mendióroz Lacambra

Digital competence is one of the eight key competences for life-long learning developed by the European Commission, and is a requisite for personal fulfilment and development, active citizenship, social inclusion, and employment in a knowledge societ...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,919 Views
13 Pages

Cultural Competence in Dietetic Practice

  • Oana-Liliana Atomei,
  • Monica Sânpălean and
  • Monica Tarcea

2 December 2024

In the European context shaped by migration, it is necessary to adapt dietitians to cultural diversity for effective professional practice. The objectives of the research are to analyze the cultural and ethnic diversity in Romania, highlighting the p...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,585 Views
9 Pages

Producing and sustaining a competent nursing workforce is imperative to protect the public. Identifying current issues and trends in nursing competence can strengthen insights and provide direction for the future nursing workforce. A summative conten...

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  • Open Access
2,798 Views
31 Pages

27 August 2025

Flexibility is increasingly recognized as a key competence in addressing current challenges and transitions. It is a multidimensional construct, discussed across various disciplines, encompassing cognitive, behavioral, and emotional dimensions. The E...

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  • Open Access
663 Views
17 Pages

5 December 2025

University students’ excessive smartphone use has become a widespread concern due to its association with poor academic performance, mental health issues, and other negative outcomes, this study investigated whether digital competence (digital compet...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,389 Views
15 Pages

Teachers’ Pedagogical Competence in Finnish Early Childhood Education—A Narrative Literature Review

  • Samuli Ranta,
  • Jonna Kangas,
  • Heidi Harju-Luukkainen,
  • Tuulikki Ukkonen-Mikkola,
  • Marita Neitola,
  • Jarmo Kinos,
  • Nina Sajaniemi and
  • Arniika Kuusisto

3 August 2023

Finnish early childhood education (ECE) is defined in education policies and research as an activity with an emphasis on pedagogy as a holistic and Nordic model of education. Pedagogical competence can be viewed as a special expertise of teachers res...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,604 Views
12 Pages

Objectives: This study examined the impact of nurses’ critical thinking disposition, clinical reasoning competency, and nursing practice environment on their medication safety competency. Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed, involvin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,022 Views
15 Pages

17 March 2016

The aim of this article is to explore interpersonal communication competence needed by crisis communication and management experts when co-operating with citizen groups in response to emergencies. Moreover, the purpose is to understand how response o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,140 Views
22 Pages

Intercultural Competence in Catholic Religious Education

  • Marija Jurišić and
  • Marija Žagmešter Kemfelja

6 January 2025

According to European organizations, intercultural competence is considered a prerequisite for achieving social cohesion. Even though its development calls for a lifelong learning approach, the formal education system has a primary task in its develo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,708 Views
12 Pages

Associations among Motor Competence, Physical Activity, Perceived Motor Competence, and Aerobic Fitness in 10–15-Year-Old Youth

  • Dawn P. Coe,
  • Emily M. Post,
  • Eugene C. Fitzhugh,
  • Jeffrey T. Fairbrother and
  • E. Kipling Webster

17 February 2024

(1) Background: The developmental model describes possible mechanisms that could impact the trajectory of children and adolescents’ health behaviors related to obesity; however, few data are available that support this model in the adolescent p...

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  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,117 Views
26 Pages

Neuro-Competence Approach for Sustainable Engineering

  • Susana Suarez-Fernandez de Miranda,
  • Francisco Aguayo-González,
  • María Jesús Ávila-Gutiérrez and
  • Antonio Córdoba-Roldán

15 April 2021

Manufacturing systems under Industry 4.0, and their transition towards Industry 5.0, take into account the Quintuple Helix innovation model, associated with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the UN and Horizon 2030, in which companies f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
10,164 Views
15 Pages

(1) Background: Individuals have to effectively manage their physical activity in order to optimize the associated physical and psychological health benefits. Control competence allows the individual to structure and pace physical activity in a healt...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
15,389 Views
24 Pages

Assessing the Competence of Nursing Students in Clinical Practice: The Clinical Preceptors’ Perspective

  • Watin Arif Alkhelaiwi,
  • Marian Traynor,
  • Katherine Rogers and
  • Iseult Wilson

Nursing students’ integration of theoretical knowledge and practical abilities is facilitated by their practice of nursing skills in a clinical environment. A key role of preceptors is to assess the learning goals that nursing students must mee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,564 Views
10 Pages

3 October 2020

An expert network is a community of professionals in a specific field, united by an information system, in which different tasks are solved. One of the main tasks in expert networks is the selection of specialists with specified competencies for join...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,190 Views
12 Pages

29 June 2022

Digital competence for learning (skills, knowledge and attitudes needed for learning with digital devices) is a factor that affects the effectiveness of both the traditional and e-learning process. More specifically, technical competence is considere...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
11,500 Views
26 Pages

Standards of Teacher Digital Competence in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Andrea Basantes-Andrade,
  • Sonia Casillas-Martín,
  • Marcos Cabezas-González,
  • Miguel Naranjo-Toro and
  • Frank Guerra-Reyes

27 October 2022

In a society marked by continuous technological changes in favor of education, digital competence is an unavoidable feature in the professional profile of the university teaching staff. This systematic literature review aims at answering the followin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,107 Views
14 Pages

18 December 2021

The concept of sustainability emerged globally in the 1987 Brundtland Report. Initially, it comprised three dimensions: environmental, social, and economic. Over time, sustainability became a global necessity that led to the establishment in 2015 of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,945 Views
15 Pages

3 March 2023

Industry 5.0 and the associated transformation into Society 5.0 require a complete realignment of the skills required of the engineers of tomorrow. Thereby, the pre-dominant and policy-driven drivers of digitalization, and sustainability in particula...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,624 Views
23 Pages

Although entrepreneurship at the university level has constantly been evolving, little research has been done on what competencies should be developed in entrepreneurship education (EE) and how EE relates to the core of entrepreneurship—the ent...

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  • Open Access
149 Views
21 Pages

5 March 2026

This study investigates how entrepreneurial competencies contribute to social value creation and sustainable economic development among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Turkey, an emerging economy, emphasizing the facilitating roles of co...

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  • Open Access
45 Citations
9,156 Views
26 Pages

Competence Frameworks of Sustainable Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review

  • Charlotte S. Diepolder,
  • Holger Weitzel and
  • Johannes Huwer

13 December 2021

The importance of the transformation to a sustainable economy for the protection from global crises such as climate change is widely recognized. Sustainable entrepreneurs are considered to play a key role in this transformation process as they create...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
13,226 Views
22 Pages

The practice of translation today is inextricably linked to the use of technology, and this is reflected in how translator training is conceptualized, with technologies present in every area of such training. More and more authors have begun to voice...

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