Measuring Professional Knowledge

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Felix Rauner is Head of the VET Research Group at the University of Bremen and Advisory Professor at East China University in Shanghai.Martin Ahrens is a member of the VET Research Group at the University of Bremen.

• Foreword.- Introduction.- Competence development in vocational training courses and contexts of action.- Philosophers and educators: craft knowledge and skills.- Skills research and curriculum - a connection to be clarified.- Methods of occupational science knowledge research.- Occupational science work and work process studies.- The COMET competence and measurement model.- Competence diagnostics and competence development with the COMET method.- Test results of selected occupations.- Determinants of the development of occupational knowledge.- A résumé.- Literature.- Appendix.