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Nov 2020
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FreshEd #223 – Competency-based educatio...

FreshEd with Will Brehm
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Today I talk with Kang Zhao about how Chinese policy has interpreted and implemented notions of competency-based education, which has been advanced in global organizations such as the OECD. Kang sees core competencies as limiting and calls for an education beyond competencies. Kang Zhao is an associate professor in the College of Education at Zhejiang Univ ... Show More
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