open government - Freddy Mariñez Navarro (38 pages)
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Table 2
Skills and Objectives
Type of Skills
Learning Objective (graduates have…)
Cognitive/Theoretical
Reflective
/Practical
Knowledge and
Understanding
1. Demonstrable knowledge and understanding
of public administration concepts and
theories
2. Demonstrable knowledge and understanding
of adjacent disciplines, such as sociology,
political science, economics, and law
3. Demonstrable knowledge and understanding
of the nature, causes, and consequences of
societal phenomena
Applying
knowledge
and
understanding
4. Ability to develop, conduct, and evaluate
public administration research
5. Ability
to
apply
different
public
administration concepts and theories in order
to comprehend societal
Phenomena
6. Ability
to
adequately
apply
acquired
knowledge and understanding to public
administration practices
Making
judgments
7. Ability to gather relevant data and, based on
these data, make judgments and give
recommendations that integrate relevant
professional, ethical, and academic interests.
8. Ability to recognize and reflect on normative
dilemmas
9. Ability to distinguish between empirical
analyses and normative statements.
Communication
10. Ability to function as a broker between
different values and interests
11. Ability to report on public administration
issues and research results to different target
groups according to academic standards.
Learning skills
12. Ability to reflect on their own learning
strategies and acquired skills
13. Developed learning skills that enable them to
make decisions about future professional
development, including a master’s program
Source: Menno Fenger and Vincent Homburg,
2011
Procedures:
The domain of some procedures is fundamental to skills. In this sense the procedure is defined
by Coll as "a set of actions ordered and completed, in other words, aimed at achieving a goal”