This article highlights the deep processes of change that go along the modernizing transformation of contemporary society. Therefore, it is imperative to review the formation of human resources in the field of social sciences for improving the social intervention skills of young professionals today. To that end, some major challenges must be faced for assuring the relevance of university teaching when the latter is understood as a process for transforming students, which is also dynamic in delivering its intellectual contents. Undergraduate teaching is the first scenario for this transformation. Research is a fundamental requirement for post graduate teaching and it is highly commendable for undergraduate teaching, particularly at the advanced levels of the curricula. There are three contributions that the social sciences can make for facing those challenges: development of analytical thought, development of research capacities, and training in the practice of the professions. Undergraduate university teaching must assume curricular innovation as a compulsory task for higher education institutions.
Keywords:
social sciences, university teaching, transformation, curriculum innovation, research
Atria Benaprés, R. (2016). Social Sciences in University Teaching. Revista Enfoques Educacionales, 13(1), pp. 13–24. Retrieved from https://enfoqueseducacionales.uchile.cl/index.php/REE/article/view/44630
