Competency-based Professional Training for an Ever Changing Labor Market
An essential characteristic of workforce training is the relationship between theory and practice. A curriculum based on competencies directed at the preparation of graduates for the labor market is directed towards the development of indispensable intellectual abilities for learning a given profession. In order for the professional, once graduated, to have a good command of work related activities, it is necessary that his/her training take place in a way that is directly linked to the practice of that profession, so that he/she can learn the various activities involved and the social function. A curriculum by competency, which articulates scientific, global and experiential knowledge; recognizes the needs and problems of the society in which the work will take place; and which contains real practical and workplace experience, is one which is oriented towards a professional preparation in which the indispensable professional competencies are identified such that the profile of graduates approximates that of professionals in the field. The curriculum then is defined based on a diagnostic of workplace experiences in a real social context, professional practice of students and graduates and the development of the linkage with the theoretical discipline with the practice acquired in an ever-changing labor market.
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