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Curricular redesign of the career social management and development of the University of Otavalo for its accreditation process; Rediseño curricular de la carrera gestión social y desarrollo de la Universidad de Otavalo para su proceso de acreditación

Formacion Universitaria
Journal · Vol. 10 · Issue 6 · pp. 3-16
Abstract

This paper presents the curricular redesign of the academic offer in Social Management and Development, carried out by the teaching and multidisciplinary team of the University of Otavalo during the year 2016. The methodology consisted of the organization of multidisciplinary workshops, which allowed comprehensive analysis of the components for the redesign. The result was a harmonious curricular proposal between the different components of vocational training, according to the competency model, which includes strategies for evaluation and quality assurance in the training. The article describes the progress of the transformation that is experimenting Ecuador with respect to higher education according to the curriculum by competences. Therefore, this work can serve as a reference to other universities that go through the process of approval and accreditation of its academic offer.

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Higher education Curriculum redesign Social management development

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Universidad de Otavalo, Ecuador, Ecuador
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