The Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT viewed from Nussbaum’s Ten Central Capabilities
- This article shows a discussion about the key competencies in informatics and ICT viewed from a philosophical foundation presented by Martha Nussbaum, which is known as ‘ten central capabilities’. Firstly, the outline of ‘The Capability Approach’, which has been presented by Amartya Sen and Nussbaum as a theoretical framework of assessing the state of social welfare, will be explained. Secondly, the body of Nussbaum’s ten central capabilities and the reason for being applied as the basis of discussion will be shown. Thirdly, the relationship between the concept of ‘capability’ and ‘competency’ is to be discussed. After that, the author’s assumption of the key competencies in informatics and ICT led from the examination of Nussbaum’s ten capabilities will be presented.
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| Author details: | Toshinori Saito |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82718 |
| ISSN: | 1868-0844 |
| ISSN: | 2191-1940 |
| Title of parent work (English): | KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT |
| Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
| Place of publishing: | Potsdam |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2015 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2015/10/27 |
| Tag: | Capability approach; competency; education and public policy; philosophical foundation of informatics pedagogy; teaching informatics in general education |
| Issue: | 7 |
| First page: | 253 |
| Last Page: | 266 |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Informatik und Computational Science |
| DDC classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Commentarii informaticae didacticae (CID) / CID (2015) 07 |
| Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Commentarii informaticae didacticae (CID) / CID (2015) 07 / Full Papers | |
| License (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerziell, Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 Deutschland |
