Discursos y prácticas en torno a las competencias en educación

Abstract

In this paper, based on the knowledge obtained through different research projects carried out in recent years, I first outline the difficulty of creating discourses and proposals from the field of education due, among other factors, to the scarcity of means and resources for educational research. Secondly, I refer to the social, political, economic, cultural and technological changes that have led to the emergence and expansion, especially from the business field, of discourses on the importance and convenience of implementing competence-based teaching and learning processes. I also discuss the strengths, difficulties and dangers that this entails. Thirdly, I consider the proposals made by different international organizations and their application in the Spanish education system. Next, I explore the difficulty of generating substantive changes in teaching and learning based on the enactment of the royal decrees that stipulate the obligation to introduce the competences that are considered basic in the school curricula. The article ends with some conclusions and proposals that may be considered.