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  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,982 Views
10 Pages

Professional Agency for Learning as a Key for Developing Teachers’ Competencies?

  • Auli Toom,
  • Kirsi Pyhältö,
  • Janne Pietarinen and
  • Tiina Soini

Teacher’s professional competencies have been discussed extensively in the literature, often linked to educational policy discourses, teaching standards, student learning outcomes, or the intended outcomes of teacher education. Extensive, but fragmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,059 Views
24 Pages

Online Gamified Learning to Enhance Teachers’ Competencies Using Classcraft

  • Szarmilaa Dewie Krishnan,
  • Helmi Norman and
  • Melor Md Yunus

29 September 2021

Every English language teacher should be competent enough to serve as a model of reference for students. As stipulated by the Roadmap 2015–2025, Ministry of Education, Malaysia, teachers need a minimum CEFR Level C1 qualification to teach English lan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
11,977 Views
14 Pages

12 August 2022

While the Philippines is still building its global citizenship curriculum, there are global citizenship competencies already articulated in existing curriculum guides. Using data from a nationally representative sample of Grade 5 students in the Sout...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,455 Views
14 Pages

23 September 2021

Recent years have seen a disconnect between much-needed real-world skills and knowledge imparted to cybersecurity graduates by higher education institutions. As employers are shifting their focus to skills and competencies when hiring fresh graduates...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,069 Views
11 Pages

The increase in student engagement in the learning process has driven educators to use more dynamic pedagogical methodologies. Several studies have shown evidence of increased interest in learning when real-world problems are integrated into the lear...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,859 Views
21 Pages

Digital Learning Orientation and Entrepreneurial Competencies in Graduates: Is Blended Learning Sustainable?

  • Mir Shahid Satar,
  • Sager Alharthi,
  • Fandi Omeish,
  • Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani and
  • Natasha Saqib

6 September 2024

The emerging literature demonstrates the significance of digital learning in developing sustainable employability skills in learners. In the modern scenario of digitally transforming business and entrepreneurship education (EE), the study examines th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
10,481 Views
18 Pages

Project-Based Learning and the Acquisition of Competencies and Knowledge Transfer in Higher Education

  • María del Carmen Granado-Alcón,
  • Diego Gómez-Baya,
  • Eva Herrera-Gutiérrez,
  • Mercedes Vélez-Toral,
  • Pilar Alonso-Martín and
  • María Teresa Martínez-Frutos

2 December 2020

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the body of knowledge about project-based learning (PBL) methodology in higher education by describing and analysing interrelations between competencies, and their contribution to knowledge transfer (KT) and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,503 Views
18 Pages

Linking SDGs, Competencies, and Learning Outcomes: A Tool for Curriculum Alignment in Higher Education

  • Teresa Magraner,
  • Isabel C. Gil-García and
  • Ana Fernández-Guillamón

8 October 2025

This paper presents a structured strategy for integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into university courses by linking them to competencies and learning outcomes. The proposed methodology, based on fuzzy logic, evaluates the degree of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,239 Views
15 Pages

20 November 2024

This study comprehensively analyzes the alignment of the Technique and Technology curriculum for grades 5–8 in Serbia’s primary education system with key competencies for lifelong learning, following the 2018 Council of the European Union...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,008 Views
8 Pages

Few studies have examined the simulation of fundamental nursing practices regarding nursing competencies and learning satisfaction via repeated measured methods. Objectives: To evaluate a simulation of fundamental nursing practices on nursing student...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,473 Views
16 Pages

25 February 2022

Design of Mechanism is a standard subject in Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering majors. Different methods and tools are used by lecturers to teach the subject. In this work, we investigate the impact on the competencies development by implementi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,251 Views
21 Pages

23 October 2021

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework propose the concept of competencies as a key cognitive, attitudinal, and procedural aspect aimed at the integral development of students, which imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,708 Views
17 Pages

25 July 2022

Entrepreneurship education is a critical issue for higher education (HE) students, and thus has been on the agenda of national sustainable development in China. However, few studies have approached the enhancement of HE students’ entrepreneuria...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,314 Views
14 Pages

22 February 2022

Background: Within the current labor market, continuously changing and accelerating since the COVID-19 crisis (World Economic Forum, 2021), the educational system must offer a pedagogical alternative to face and anticipate these 21st century changes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,290 Views
20 Pages

24 January 2024

Background: The purpose of this study is to find the effects of the international training program for enhancing intelligent capabilities through blended learning on computational thinking, artificial intelligence (AI) competency, and core competenci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
202 Views
29 Pages

14 February 2026

The increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education highlights the need for teacher preparation programs to support pre-service teachers in developing pedagogically grounded and ethically responsible AI competencies. This study de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,330 Views
11 Pages

This study aimed to determine the academic performance and learning skills of students who studied through remote teaching methods during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It was conducted in February 2021 with 398 university students...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,718 Views
11 Pages

Effects of Problem-Based Learning Strategies on Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Self-Evaluation of Their Core Competencies: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

  • Yen-Chiao Angel Lu,
  • Shu-Hsin Lee,
  • Ming-Yi Hsu,
  • Fen-Fen Shih,
  • Wen-Jiuan Yen,
  • Cheng-Yi Huang,
  • Pei-Ching Li,
  • Ching-Yen Hung,
  • Hsiao-Ling Chuang and
  • Ching-Pyng Kuo

To respond to patients’ increasing demands and strengthen nursing professionals’ capabilities, nursing students are expected to develop problem-solving skills before they enter the workforce. Problem-based learning (PBL) is expected to pr...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,210 Views
20 Pages

5 February 2025

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are instrumental in promoting industrialisation and economic growth in many countries, especially within the developing world. While various SEZs established in South Africa are expected to drive local economic developme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
11,068 Views
19 Pages

Despite growing educational efforts in various areas of society and albeit expanding knowledge on the background and consequences of consumption, little has changed about individual consumer behavior and its detrimental impact. Against this backdrop,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,608 Views
13 Pages

5 November 2021

(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted education systems globally, and numerous strategies were used to transform education into online learning. Caring is recognized as a core competency in nursing; this competency is difficult to cultivate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,014 Views
38 Pages

Developing Sustainability Competencies Through Active Learning Strategies Across School and University Settings

  • Carmen Castaño,
  • Ricardo Caballero,
  • Juan Carlos Noguera,
  • Miguel Chen Austin,
  • Bolivar Bernal,
  • Antonio Alberto Jaén-Ortega and
  • Maria De Los Angeles Ortega-Del-Rosario

6 October 2025

The transition toward sustainable production requires engineering and science education to adopt active, interdisciplinary, and practice-oriented teaching strategies. This article presents a comparative analysis of two educational initiatives impleme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
862 Views
23 Pages

22 December 2025

Time management is a critical competency for first-year college students, yet many struggle with limited self-regulation, and existing interventions are often short-term and weakly grounded in theory. This study explored how a design-based research (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
743 Views
12 Pages

Service-Learning (SL) is an innovative educational methodology that integrates academic learning with active community engagement, fostering both technical and transversal competencies. This pilot study explores the implementation of an SL-based expe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,543 Views
19 Pages

Are Teachers Ready to Adopt Deep Learning Pedagogy? The Role of Technology and 21st-Century Competencies Amid Educational Policy Reform

  • Muh Fitrah,
  • Anastasia Sofroniou,
  • Novi Yarmanetti,
  • Indriani H. Ismail,
  • Hetty Anggraini,
  • Ita Chairun Nissa,
  • Bakti Widyaningrum,
  • Irul Khotijah,
  • Prabowo Dwi Kurniawan and
  • Dedi Setiawan

10 October 2025

The transformation of national education policy during Indonesia’s governmental era has led to regulatory disruptions through the rapid revocation of previous policies and swift introduction of new ones. This landscape requires teachers to poss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,628 Views
17 Pages

To advance the understanding about social-cognitive factors related to Chinese adolescents’ experience with problematic Internet use (PIU), we examined the associations between social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies (i.e., responsible decision-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,857 Views
19 Pages

6 February 2023

The nurturing of a student’s core competencies and creativity has been promoted and prioritized as one of the main axes in education worldwide, which has also been emphasized in Taiwan’s new curriculum guidelines. This study aims to devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
725 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
427 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...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,205 Views
20 Pages

29 October 2022

To meet the changing competence requirements for employees in engineering professions, education and training need to adapt accordingly. Learning factories offer various possibilities to design or integrate practice-oriented learning into training me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
10,575 Views
14 Pages

9 November 2020

The aim of this study was to determine if there is a connection between the inquiry-based teaching of science in primary school and the development of the students’ learning to learn competence. The research involved 333 fourth-grade students a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,079 Views
22 Pages

17 July 2018

With plenty of stocks newly listed in the Chinese stock market everyday, it becomes more and more important for managers and governess to examine the trend of core competencies for these companies. Since most companies of newly listed stocks are smal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
7,114 Views
22 Pages

Teacher Competences for Active Learning in Engineering Education

  • Renato Martins Neves,
  • Rui M. Lima and
  • Diana Mesquita

17 August 2021

The implementation of active learning strategies in engineering education still encounters barriers when facing conventional teaching-learning practices. This work aims to contribute to the discussion on teachers’ pedagogical competences required for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
11,651 Views
19 Pages

15 May 2014

This paper looks at universities as training centers for a sustainable economy. Their remit is to promote the required competencies to achieve that aim, including competencies in sustainability. This article describes the role that the universities i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,659 Views
15 Pages

Competency-Based E-Learning Systems: Automated Integration of User Competency Portfolio

  • Asta Margienė,
  • Simona Ramanauskaitė,
  • Justas Nugaras,
  • Pavel Stefanovič and
  • Antanas Čenys

9 December 2022

In today’s learning environment, e-learning systems are becoming a necessity. A competency-based student portfolio system is also gaining popularity. Due to the variety of e-learning systems and the increasing mobility of students between diffe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,245 Views
14 Pages

Development and Validation of a Digital Learning Competence Scale: A Comprehensive Review

  • Junfeng Yang,
  • Ahmed Tlili,
  • Ronghuai Huang,
  • Rongxia Zhuang and
  • Kaushal Kumar Bhagat

17 May 2021

Digital learning competence (DLC) can help students learn effectively in digital learning environments. However, most of the studies in the literature focused on digital competencies in general without paying specific attention to learning. Therefore...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,414 Views
20 Pages

Conceptualizing Inclusive Learning and Development: A Framework towards Entrepreneurial Competency Practices for Sustainability

  • Naidu Chander,
  • May Ling Siow,
  • Sridar Ramachandran,
  • Puvaneswaran Kunasekaran and
  • Thanuja Rathakrishnan

25 August 2020

This paper reviews the position of entrepreneurial competency practices for sustainability within the learning and development (L&D) narrative over the last three decades. In alignment with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable De...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,332 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,138 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,144 Views
21 Pages

Building Sustainable Career Skills in Youth Through Adaptive Learning and Competency Self-Assessment Tools

  • Andreja Abina,
  • Darko Kovačič,
  • Marika Prucnal,
  • Vaia Kiratzouli and
  • Aleksander Zidanšek

8 January 2025

The DECIDE project entitled “Career choices competencies for the post-pandemic future using multicriteria decision-making”, aimed to empower young individuals in their career decision-making by providing them with personalised learning so...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
11 Citations
11,058 Views
9 Pages

Competency-based education (CBE) “derives a curriculum from an analysis of a prospective or actual role in modern society and attempts to certify students’ progress on the basis of demonstrated performance in some or all aspects of that role”. This p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,520 Views
19 Pages

The Learning to Learn Competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers: An Outdoor and e/m-Learning Experience in the Museum

  • Daniel Abril-López,
  • Hortensia Morón-Monge,
  • María del Carmen Morón-Monge and
  • María Dolores López Carrillo

23 January 2021

This study was developed with Early Childhood Preservice Teachers within the framework of the Teaching and Learning of Social Sciences over three academic years (2017–2018, 2018–2019, and 2019–2020) at the University of Alcalá...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,557 Views
18 Pages

The paper analyzes what personal goals primary school pupils are able to set on their own and how they achieve them in their decision-making process, thereby developing competence in learning to learn. In this work, the reader will be able to get acq...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,405 Views
8 Pages

11 April 2022

Integrative learning and competency-based education are both evolving as major themes in education. Integrative learning emphasizes that knowledge from different domains and contexts are brought together to enhance the learner’s experience. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,055 Views
25 Pages

16 July 2024

Addressing the skill gap between labor market requirements and graduate readiness is crucial for the sustainable development of China’s vocational education system. This study investigated how outcome-based education (OBE) influences the attain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,368 Views
25 Pages

22 June 2025

Digital learning competence has gradually become one of the core qualities essential for undergraduate students. To effectively enhance undergraduates’ digital learning abilities and their positive impact on academic performance, this study dev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
302 Views
23 Pages

The author investigates how digital learning competence (DLC) is bridged to academic achievement (AA) through informal digital learning engagement (IDLE) and how meta-cognitive self-regulation (MSR) shapes these pathways among university students. Gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,462 Views
13 Pages

This paper conceptually discusses why it is essential to foster intercultural responsiveness through learning a language other than English (LOTE) and developing intercultural communication competence at Australian universities. Learning a LOTE is me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,234 Views
20 Pages

20 December 2018

The purpose of this research is to determine the level of teacher candidates’ lifelong learning competence and basic motivation resources and to examine the lifelong learning competence and basic motivation of teacher candidates in terms of some vari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,268 Views
28 Pages

Empowering Educators: A Roadmap for Teachers to Build Lifelong Learning Competencies

  • Patricia Fidalgo,
  • Joan Thormann,
  • Adeeb Jarrah,
  • Othman Abu Khurma,
  • Reem Hashem,
  • Qasim Al Shannag,
  • Farah El Zein and
  • Jason D. Johnson

19 August 2025

This mixed-methods study investigated the dispositions and motivations of 118 K-12 teachers in Abu Dhabi regarding lifelong learning. Employing a sequential explanatory design, quantitative data were collected using a validated 40-item Likert scale s...

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