Publication of English chapter in book:
2011 "Teaching moral competence to pre-professionals. A blessing or a curse?" In: Doret J. de Ruyter & Siebren Miedema (Eds.) Moral education and development. A lifetime commitment. Liber amicorum for Jan Steutel. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam/Boston/Tapei, pp.239- ISBN 978-94-6091-714-1
The book ends with part four consisting of a chapter about the moral education of students who will work in a pedagogical or educational environment. Jos Kole explores the pros and cons of using the concept of competences in the moral formation of pre-professionals. Competences currently seem to be the predominant way of conceptualising the qualities of professionals and thereby also of defining the aims of education of students. Does this mean that moral qualities and aims of
moral education should also be phrased in terms of (moral) competences? He shows that the arguments that defend the use of moral competences – the curriculum integration argument and the personal component integration argument – correspond with a wide and singular conception of a person’s (moral) competence. In contrast, the arguments that oppose to the idea of moral competences – the dwindling effect and the disintegration effect – correspond with a narrow view of competences. This insight also allows him to critically and normatively evaluate these four arguments.
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