Skills Development Glossary Definition

Term Skills Development
Definition

Skills Development is the planned development of knowledge, abilities, behaviors, and practical capabilities needed for work or life roles in Learning contexts.

Context & Usage

Skills Development may involve instruction, practice, assessment, competency frameworks, work-based learning, and recognition of prior learning. In U.S. contexts, compare the term with local adult education, workforce, and credential language before treating it as identical.

Categories Instructional Design, Technical Training, and Learning Development, Knowledge Management and Content Governance