title: Evaluation of competence-based teaching in higher education: From theory to practice.
abstract: Competence-based teaching in higher education institutions and its evaluation have become a prevalent topic especially in the European Union. However, evaluation instruments are often limited, for example to single student competencies or specific elements of the teaching process. The present paper provides a more comprehensive evaluation concept that contributes to sustainable improvement of competence-based teaching in higher education institutions. The evaluation concept considers competence research developments as well as the participatory evaluation approach. The evaluation concept consists of three stages. The first stage evaluates whether the competencies students are supposed to acquire within the curriculum (ideal situation) are well defined. The second stage evaluates the teaching process and the competencies students have actually acquired (real situation). The third stage evaluates concrete aspects of the teaching process. Additionally, an implementation strategy is introduced to support the transfer from the theoretical evaluation concept to practice. The evaluation concept and its implementation strategy are designed for internal evaluations in higher education and primarily address higher education institutions that have already developed and conducted a competence-based curriculum.
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Applied Psychology: Work, Education, Economy, Universitaetsstrasse 7, Vienna A-1010, Austria; University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinaerplatz 1, Vienna A-1210, Austria. Electronic address: evelyn.bergsmann@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bergsmann
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Applied Psychology: Work, Education, Economy, Universitaetsstrasse 7, Vienna A-1010, Austria. Electronic address: marie-therese.schultes@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Marie-Therese
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Schultes
authors.affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinaerplatz 1, Vienna A-1210, Austria. Electronic address: petra.winter@vetmeduni.ac.at.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Applied Psychology: Work, Education, Economy, Universitaetsstrasse 7, Vienna A-1010, Austria. Electronic address: barbara.schober@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.affiliation: University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Applied Psychology: Work, Education, Economy, Universitaetsstrasse 7, Vienna A-1010, Austria. Electronic address: christiane.spiel@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spiel
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005062:European Union; D005178:Faculty / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards
keywords: Competence-based teaching; Higher education; Implementation; Participatory evaluation; Quality management