本文針對「國民核心素養」的相關文獻予以整理分析歸納探討，首先探討「國民核心素養」的相關學者學理論點，其次探討「國民核心素養」的五種學術理論基礎，再者則從國際接軌的觀點進一步深入探討國際組織相關實證研究包括聯合國教育科學文化組織、經濟合作與發展組織及歐洲聯盟等國際組織所進行的學理研究，做為建構我國「國民核心素養」之理論基礎。

The author had articulated concept and reconceptalisation of competence and explored the ideal of competence and core competencies. In this paper, the author enquired more deeply and widely the ideal of national core competencies. Firstly, the author enquired different scholar perspective form different countries. Secondary the author investigated five disciplinary approaches of national core competencies. And thirdly, the author conducted a study based on three international organisations resaerch result, as a basis to build a theorectical foundation of national core competencies in Taiwan.