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COMPETENCE GENERIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 2004-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
DEF

A skill which can be applied across a variety of subject domains, and takes longer to acquire than domain-dependent (subject-area) skills.

CONT

The major kinds of generic skills include thinking skills (such as problem solving techniques), learning strategies (such as creating mnemonics to help you remember things), and metacognitive skills (such as monitoring and revising your problem solving techniques or mnemonic-creating techniques).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
CONT

Une compétence est générique lorsqu'elle est requise par la plupart des gestionnaires et des superviseurs. Par exemple, la résolution créative de problèmes, la communication interpersonnelle, le travail en équipe, la conduite de réunions, etc.

CONT

La compétence transversale regroupe tout ce qui n'est pas de la compétence technique (liée au métier).

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
  • Education (General)
CONT

The concept of cross-curricular competency refers to the set of competencies that students must acquire in each discipline outside their area of concentration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
DEF

Compétence qui s'applique à toutes les disciplines des programmes d'étude, à tous les domaines généraux de formation et à plusieurs situations de la vie quotidienne.

OBS

Les compétences transversales sont réparties en quatre ordres : l'ordre intellectuel; l'ordre méthodologique; l'ordre personnel et social; l'ordre de la communication.

Spanish

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