Competencias genéricas en carreras de ingeniería

Abstract

The development of competency-based education under a systemic andcomplex focus is an urgent need for Higher Education development in general,and for engineers in particular, considering new Third Millennium paradigmsand challenges with an Integral Human Development focus. This paper addressesengineering education with a complex approach and inquiring from key facts aboutskills training, a response to education needs, where is necessary to overcome thefragmented intelligence with multidimensional and integrated visions. In particular,it analyzes the vision of civil engineering first-year teachers about new students’generic skills.