Competency-Centered Education
Education that focuses on the achievement of competencies defined in discipline learning outcomes as qualification for a degree in the discipline. This is much more than testing to assess learning outcomes, since the educational process includes a wide range of learning activities, experiences, and practices. Nevertheless, in competency-centered education all of these educational experiences are focused on developing essential competencies that build on one another and achieving learning outcomes. Granting of the degree is conditioned on the student demonstrating achievement of the discipline learning outcomes.