Exercises to Understand Competences

Let’s try to understand the competences better before we continue - here are some exercises you can go through to make sure you understand properly.

Exercise 1

Imagine you are going for a bike trip. Which knowledge, skills and attitudes you must have to do that? Make a list of at least 5 of each and write them somewhere.

Which knowledge, skills and attitudes did you come up with?

Here are some… have a look when you're ready!

Is it more clear now? If you still have doubts or don’t understand properly what competence is, you can try another exercise. In case all is clear for you, find out more about competences in categories back at this page.

Exercise 2

Here is a Cartoon called ‘Shaun the Sheep’. Watch it now. When you’re done, select one or more of these characters and write down, which knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to do what they do. When you're ready, below you can unroll some more examples.