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Between the trap of completeness and the emphasis on competency – Scaffolding for designing degree courses

10. November 2022

The opening of a new department for Special Needs Education at the University of Regensburg has provided an opportunity to completely redesign the special needs part of the degree course, which encompasses 120 credits. We almost fell into the “trap of completeness” (Lehner, 2020) in the process. A competency matrix helped us bundle the content to create a coherent degree course based on the intended learning outcomes and forms of acquiring knowledge and skills.

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