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Author Barnett, Ronald, 1947-

Title The limits of competence : knowledge, higher education, and society / Ronald Barnett
Published Buckingham [England] ; Bristol, PA : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1994

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Description 207 pages ; 24 cm
Series Society for Research into Higher Education Series
Contents Pt. 1. Knowledge, Higher Education and Society. 1. The Learning Society? 2. A Certain Way of Knowing? 3. We are all Clerks now -- Pt. 2. The New Vocabulary. 4. 'Skills' and 'Vocationalism'. 5. 'Competence' and 'Outcomes'. 6. 'Capability' and 'Enterprise' -- Pt. 3. The Lost Vocabulary. 7. Understanding. 8. Critique. 9. Interdisciplinarity. 10. Wisdom -- Pt. 4. Competence Reconsidered. 11. Two Rival Versions of Competence. 12. Beyond Competence -- The Society for Research into Higher Education
Analysis Higher education
Notes "SRHE and Open University Press imprint"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [194]-200) and index
Subject Education -- Philosophy.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher -- Social aspects.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Author Society for Research into Higher Education.
LC no. 94022170
ISBN 0335190707
0335193412 (paperback)