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Use of conceptual models in self‐evaluation of personal competences in learning and in planning for change *
Author(s) -
Kersh Natasha,
Evans Karen,
Kontiainen Seppo,
Bailey Howard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2011.00387.x
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , psychology , process (computing) , knowledge management , conceptual framework , personal development , conceptual change , conceptual model , mathematics education , pedagogy , computer science , social psychology , sociology , database , social science , psychotherapist , operating system
This paper demonstrates the use of conceptual modelling to assist with the competence development of adult learners with interrupted occupational and learning careers. The research introduces a self‐evaluation approach used with a group of adult female students in the United Kingdom. The study aimed at increasing learners' awareness of the qualities and nature of their individual learning processes. The paper applies Kontiainen's dynamic concept analysis modelling method as a tool to assist individual students in the evaluation of their personal competences in learning. The findings of the current study suggest that providing adult learners with opportunities to evaluate their own competences may facilitate a process of making their skills visible to themselves as well as to their tutors and employers. This aims to increase their motivation to use and develop their competences. The paper provides an example and a demonstration of the self‐evaluation process in action illustrated by two case studies.