Curricular Development of Teamwork as a Generic Competence, from the Student's Experience, in a Technical Institution for Higher Education

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Abstract

This research focuses on the curricular development of the teamwork competence, from the students´ experience at a higher technical institution. It was sought to understand the students´ experience regarding the teaching of this competence and to inquire about its meaning for he subjects. It is a qualitative study, with a descriptive level and a phenomenological method. The collection and analysis of information was executed in three stages which correspond with the phenomenological method: a previous stage of liberation of prejudices on the part of the researcher; a descriptive stage, that consisted on the interviews, and the organization and analysis of information about each subject, and finally, a structural stage, where the results obtained were analyzed with a holistic vision, contrasting it with the conceptual framework and the research problem. It is concluded that the curriculum experienced by the students regarding the competence of teamwork is linked to emotions and perceptions about their abilities. Also the importance and meaning they give to the competence, focusing on the process of an individual and collective learning. Regarding the teaching experience, they stated that the evaluation was focused on the final product and not so much on the process that involves the teamwork competence, always depending on the teaching style.

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curricular development, competences, teamwork, curriculum evaluation, students