Re: Education within the larger system of society-Part 1

[Myron Tribus <mtribus@snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net>]

>I'm very intrigued by Myron's discussion of the Competency Matrix but I'd
>like to see it discussed and applied more broadly than just a commercial
>sense.
>
>It might be a rhetorical request but I wonder what a Competency Matrix
>would look like for other important functions such as parenting and
>citizenship. Who is the equivalent to Sam Welch in developing competence
>for these "vocations?" Would the matrix be multidimensionally complex or
>remarkably simple.
>
>Wayne J. Levin, M.A.Sc., P.Eng

Wayne raises an interesting point.  When we think of a profession or 
of a job to be filled, we can make a list of some of the knowledge, 
know-how and wisdoms a person should have to fill the task.  There 
are some tasks, however, which are more complex.  For them we can 
list many things but when we are finished, we see that even if a 
person was qualified in all of them, there would be other 
characteristics missing.

Moral:  Do not try to make of the competency matrix more than it can 
deliver.  There are issues of character which are not covered.

Myron Tribus,  350 Britto Terrace,  Fremont, CA 94539
Ph:510 651 3641  Fax: 510 656 9875   e-mail: mtribus@earthlink.net
You live only as long as you learn. You learn only as long as it is 
interesting. It is interesting only as long as it is fun.
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