Management system and methodology based on competences: new meaning to teaching performance

Abstract

Management system and methodology based on competences: new meaning to teaching performance The article intends to show how the use of two different methodologies require a new role for teachers. The aim is to articulate a methodology of planning with a pedagogical methodology based on competence. The reference is to PDCA as far as planning is concerned and competence based education. This new way of teaching, that by the way, is being adopted in several countries to deal with a new profile of students and a new demands of the world of labor and the advent of new information and communication technologies, requires a new positioning of teachers. The teacher must abandon the idea that he is the main source of knowledge and that he is responsible to transmit his knowledge to the student. His new position is to be the mediator between the student and the knowledge. To assume this new position he has different roles to carry on, like: defining the competences, planning tasks through which the competences will be developed by students, checking the effective appropriation of competences, and plan new tasks when the proper competence was not developed. A case study is briefly presented which shows a significant improvement in student performance in terms of knowledge, abilities, and social skills showing the pertinence of the model adopted.