Category: Theories of Learning

27 December 2021

Competency-Based Education

The construct of competence in health care links educational providers, certifying bodies, and employers in the common goal of developing an effective health care workforce. Competency-based education (CBE) has been the educational intervention of choice of many professional and technical health programs. CBE is seen as increasing activities within the classroom that reflect the actual workplace and challenges the idea that institutional reputation determines the […]

27 December 2021

Situated Competence

In the late 1980’s situated cognition began to appear along with research in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Situated cognition involves three central theses: (1) learning occurs not only in the brain but also in the body, (2) learning incorporates the socio-cultural context, and (3) the boundaries of learning extend beyond the individual (Robbins & Aydede, 2009). This holistic approach acknowledges that human cognition involves […]