{"product_id":"redefining-competency-based-education-competence-for-life-paperback","title":"Redefining Competency Based Education: Competence for Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Jones Morel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruce Griffiths\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRedefining Competency-Based Education\u003c\/i\u003e provides an expanded definition of career competence, based on actual employer hiring and promotion requirements, which enhances university curricula to better prepare students for work and life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Readers will learn how private sector competency models have evolved to define criteria for hiring, promoting, and training talent. The authors contrast these models with classic university practices to document a historic academic preference for technical preparation over the so-called soft skills valued by employers. This book outlines techniques for measuring and developing soft skills that provide significant advantage in career success, and shares examples of universities that have successfully implemented these concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Jones Morel\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of education and Lipscomb University dean in Nashville, Tennessee, where she leads a competency-based online program and an International Coach Federation-accredited coaching program. She is a coach and author of two books: How to Develop an Instructional Coaching Program for Maximum Capacity (Corwin 2012) and Learning from Coaching: How do I work with an instructional coach to grow as a teacher? (ASCD 2014). Nina received her BA from Lipscomb University and her M.Ed. and Ed.D from Tennessee State University. She also received the Milken National Educator Award for teaching excellence in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154079154239,"sku":"9781631578991","price":28.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/PKRMhHdGTc9781631578991.webp?v=1776953519","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/redefining-competency-based-education-competence-for-life-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}