Evolución de un Programa de Formación en Competencias Genéricas

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the changes that a competency-based curriculum model that the University of Talca in Chile has been implementing for the last ten years. One of the components of such a model is the Fundamental Training Program (PFF) aimed toward developing generic skills. First, some general in formation that explain the existence of de PFF, followed by an analysis of the changes that the model has experienced (being PFF 3.0 the latest version. The most relevant aspect of PFF version 3.0 is that it significantly reduces and clarified the competences that must be developed, and reorganize the different modules within the study program. The paper concludes with some proposal oriented to consolidate the competency-based curriculum model.