Today we take a critical look at the idea of competency-based education. Not only is the term hard to define but also it has various political agendas depending on which organization is promoting it.With me are Kathreyn Anderson-Levitt, a Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn and Meg Gardinier, who teaches at the School for International Training’s (SIT) Doctorate in Global Education Program. They’ve recently co-edited a special issue of Comparative Education entitled “Contextualising Global Flows of Competency-based Education."https://freshedpodcast.com/Anderson-Levitt-Gardinier/--Get in touch!Twitter: @FreshEdpodcastFacebook: FreshEdEmail: [email protected]Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/donate