Bildung and 21st Century Competences: In Need of Mutual Recognition?

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Eleven
  In Roundtable Session: Progress, Successes, and Challenges of Programs and Leadership: Case Studies Across Countries (Table 10)

Abstract

Internationally, curriculum policy is shaped through either content-based or competence-based curriculum approaches. Considering these two framings of educational policy discourse and curriculum policy making, this paper compares and contrasts Bildung and 21st century competences as outcome(s) of education by examining the latest OECD and European Union (EU) education frameworks and visions and the latest curriculum reform agendas in the national contexts of Norway and Kosovo. Through qualitative document analysis and based on the findings, it is concluded that a Bildung-based curriculum policy could provide for a more holistic view of the individual and human development as it gives more agency to the individuals to shape their lives in their own terms and resume responsibility accordingly.

Author

• Armend Tahirsylaj, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  Presenting Author