Good intentions are not enough... - Productive assistance from a competence-oriented perspective

Abstract

People with disabilities are exposed to social exclusion, the risk of poverty, misconceptions about them, and charitable assistance. From a future-oriented perspective, one of the most important tasks of pedagogy/andragogy is to promote the development of employee competencies.

In our work, the method of productive assistance can support the development of transversal competencies in students and young people through the process of problem solving embedded in practice-oriented tasks.

In this study, we compare the mechanisms of well-intentioned and productive assistance in the problem-solving process in terms of activating certain transversal competencies. Based on our hypothetical model, we conclude that transversal competencies can be activated more effectively through productive assistance than through well-intentioned assistance.