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Critical Issues Surrounding Competency-Based Education in the Digital Age: The “Wickedness Narrative of the Problem”

Critical Issues Surrounding Competency-Based Education in the Digital Age: The “Wickedness Narrative of the Problem”

Jonai Wabwire
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781668465868|ISBN10: 1668465868|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668490860|EISBN13: 9781668465875
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6586-8.ch010
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Wabwire, Jonai. "Critical Issues Surrounding Competency-Based Education in the Digital Age: The “Wickedness Narrative of the Problem”." Competence-Based Curriculum and E-Learning in Higher Education, edited by Jared Keengwe and Joyce W. Gikandi, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 199-215. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6586-8.ch010

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Wabwire, J. (2023). Critical Issues Surrounding Competency-Based Education in the Digital Age: The “Wickedness Narrative of the Problem”. In J. Keengwe & J. Gikandi (Eds.), Competence-Based Curriculum and E-Learning in Higher Education (pp. 199-215). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6586-8.ch010

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Wabwire, Jonai. "Critical Issues Surrounding Competency-Based Education in the Digital Age: The “Wickedness Narrative of the Problem”." In Competence-Based Curriculum and E-Learning in Higher Education, edited by Jared Keengwe and Joyce W. Gikandi, 199-215. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6586-8.ch010

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Abstract

Competency-based education and life in post-2022 Africa will involve dealing with very complex problematic issues described by various scholars as “wicked problems.” Examples of “wicked problem” policy issues include climate change, health issues, environment degradation, and sustainable development. This chapter explores the characteristics of wicked issues and the challenges they pose for competency-based education approaches. The first part of the chapter introduces the concepts of competency-based education and the “wicked problems.” The second part discusses the properties of wicked problems in the context of competency-based education. The third part suggests possible strategies for taming wicked problems, and the last section draws the conclusions.

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