For the last two decades, the competency-based education(CBE) as a reform idea for higher education has attracted significant policy attention in such countries such as the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The validity of CBE in highe...
For the last two decades, the competency-based education(CBE) as a reform idea for higher education has attracted significant policy attention in such countries such as the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The validity of CBE in higher education, however, has yet to be established. Furthermore, CBE approach to higher education has scarcely been discussed in Korea. This study evaluates the relevance of the CBE approach to higher education. For the purpose, a survey was conducted to reveal the perceptions of the professors of the Duksung Women's University on the validity and applicability of the competency-based instructional framework developed and utilized by the Wheeling Jesuit University of the United States. The survey was conducted after an intensive faculty workshop that had been held for two consecutive days to instruct the concepts, principles, and procedures regarding the instructional designing model. The result of the survey supports the viability of the CBE approach to higher education. Also implied is that the fair training of the faculty, as well as the availability of a variety of specific practical models of practice for each academic discipline, is the prerequisite to the wholesome application of the approach.