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T1  - Competent uses of competence : on the difference between a value-judgment and empirical assessability 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/334634 
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A1  - Schaffar, Birgit 
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Y1  - 2021 
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AB  - This article considers the concept of Competence as applied to educational theory and policy, and illuminates the possibility of significant variations in meaning. Referring to Wittgenstein’s distinctions between transitive and intransitive uses of notions and Holland’s description of mastery, the article argues in favour of two senses in which someone can be described as being competent: i) as expressive of a value judgment; and ii) as pointing to a person’s (formal) qualifications. While the l... 
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KW  - 516 Educational sciences; COMPETENCE; assessability; Bildung 
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