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外文翻译 原文 Core competence and education Material Source: Higher Education 40:247-258, 2000 Author: Gary Holmes Nick Hooper Abstract. Core competence is a managerial concept used to analyse and develop key elements of business strategy. This article outlines the concept and applies it to post-compulsory education in the UK. After considering educational characteristics which might be considered to delineate core competence, an economic approach is adopted. The educational perspective suggests accreditation as the core competence of Universities. The economic approach suggests that the market trend toward lifetime learning might best be met by institutions developing a core competence in relationship marketing. The article concludes by considering the implications for the institutional structure of post-compulsory education. Keywords: accreditation, business strategy, core competence, educational characteristics, institutional structure, relationship marketing The concept and implications of core competence The term ‘core competence’ is used in the literature of education and in that of economics and management. The two disciplines use the term to convey very different concepts. This article briefly reviews the concept of core competence as it is used in education, before focusing on the application of the economic and management concept to post-compulsory education. In essence, the phrase core competence in the literature on education defines a set of learning outcomes (skills or competencies) which each individual should acquire during or demonstrate at the end of a period of learning. It is one of a number of associated concepts, including core skills, core competency, generic skills and key qualifications. There are differences between all of these concepts, but they all relate to learning outcomes which support further learning, employment, personal development and socialisation. In the context of lifelong learning, the acquisition of core educational outcomes is