Measuring and Developing Professional Competences in COMET

This book is a detailed manual for the implementation of competence diagnostics in the field of vocational training. With the COMET competence model, both conceptual competences as well as practical skills are recorded and evaluated. The manual guides through all methodological steps, including the preparation and implementation of tests, cross and longitudinal studies, the development of context analyses and measurement methods for the test motivation. The focus of the final chapter is the application of the COMET procedure for the design, organisation and evaluation of vocational education and training processes.

Presents proven methods to develop quality management and development in vocational training Explains the didactic quality of the COMET method and documents and justifies pedagogical-didactic contexts Provides a detailed guide for the implementation of competence diagnostics in the field of vocational training

Auteur

Prof. Felix Rauner is Head of the Research Group on Vocational Training Research at the University of Bremen and Advisory Professor at the East China Normal University in Shanghai. His research focuses on international comparative vocational education and training and large scale competence diagnostics in vocational education and training.

Contenu
Introduction.- Chapter 1: Professional Competence as a Subject of Competence Diagnostics.- Chapter 2: Categorial Framework for Modelling and Measuring Professional Competence.- Chapter 3: The COMET Competence Model.- Chapter 4: Developing Open Test Tasks.- Chapter 5: Psychometric Evaluation of the Competence and Measurement Model for Vocational Education and Training COMET.- Chapter 6: Conducting Tests and Examinations.- Chapter 7: Evaluating and Presenting the Test Results.- Chapter 8: The Contribution of COMET Competence Diagnostics to Teaching and Learning Research.- Chapter 9: Measuring Professional Competence of Teachers of Professional Disciplines (TPD).- Chapter 10: The Didactic Quality of the Competence and Measurement Model.