Generic competencies – called with various terms – have become of major interest as outcomes for education, and they are emphasized in curricula of various educational levels. Then, what are these competencies and why are they justified? How should competencies be investigated and taught?

Program
8.30 Coffee
9.00 Welcome words
9.05 Dr. Natasa Pantic Institute for Education, Teaching and Leadership (ETL), University of Edinburgh: The problem of competence in changing work contexts
10.05 Prof. emeritus Reijo Miettinen: 21st century skills: OECD reshaping language of education
Break
11.15 Short contributions:
Prof. Auli Toom, HYPE, University of Helsinki: The complexity of competency and competencies
Prof. Hanni Muukkonen, University of Oulu: Challenging of integrating paradigms in the research of competence development
Doc. Liisa Ilomäki TEdu, University of Helsinki: Teaching undefined competencies
12.25 Closing words

Organisers:
Researchers Auli Toom, Liisa Ilomäki, Minna Lakkala and Hanni Muukkonen from the Argumentative online inquiry in building students’ knowledge work competences (ARONI) project
Centre for University Teaching and Learning (HYPE) and Technology in Education Research Group (TEdu)