Key Competencies and Examples of their Development in Humanities Subjects in Albanian Pre-University Education

Abstract

In the curriculum framework of the Republic of Albania, many reform elements are defined, but among the most important we mention: competence-based teaching and student-centered teaching. Competency-based teaching and student-centered teaching are related to each other, because both focus on the student and the learning process. Competency-based curriculum shifts the focus of attention from teacher-centered learning of subject content to student-centered learning situations. As a result, student-centered curricular teaching offers a variety of learning situations through which the student it is formed in the social, cultural, intellectual and civic aspect. Competences include the integration of skills, abilities, knowledge, attitudes and values with the aim of achieving active citizenship, social inclusion and sustainable personal development. There are seven main competencies such as learning; the competence of communication, thinking, learning, for life, entrepreneurship and the environment, personal, civic and digital. What are the key learning competencies and their importance in the teaching process in pre-university education? The methodology consists of an analysis that evaluates the current situation through the existing analysis of the development of competences in foreign language and geography lessons in pre-university education, as well as the synthesis of the interweaving of theoretical knowledge with practical skills found in the teaching process in these subjects. Curriculum reform is one of the most important components of the current reform in Albanian education based on the professional development of teachers and students throughout their lives.

Received: 11 July 2024 / Accepted: 28 August 2024 / Published: 05 September 2024