Development of life skills in university students through a program of elective courses: an analysis of the coincidence of perceptions

 

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون: García Sicard, Nadia, Saldaña Medina, Caleb, Salamanca Gómez, Sophia, Jiménez Roa, Daniel
التنسيق: artículo original
الحالة:Versión publicada
تاريخ النشر:2022
الوصف:Life skills are indispensable for a student’s future performance, so it is essential to evaluate the degree to which they are developed through the academic curriculum. The present study explores how much the perceptions of teachers, monitors, and students coincide about the life skills they develop in four elective courses at Universidad del Rosario - Colombia. Perceptions were obtained through three different collection methods: focus groups, participatory observation, and a questionnaire. The results showed a percentage of agreement among the participants on which skills are developed of 34.8% in the Oenology elective class, 55% in the Creative Writing Workshop, 80% in an elective class focused on stress management, and 94% in the Map of Senses elective class (general agreement 66%). In the end, it is discussed that, while it is true that the elective classes’ focus is to achieve not only an education for the academic world but also for real life. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust in a prior and measurable way which are the skills to be developed in each subject and in what way, in order to optimize learning outcomes and have an impact concomitant to the courses’ objectives.   The results showed a 66% agreement among the participants leading to the discussion that, although it is true that the electives are adequately focusing on education for life and not only for academia, it is necessary to standardize in advance and measure what skills are developed in each subject and in what way, to optimize learning results and have an impact according to the objectives of the subjects.
البلد:Portal de Revistas UNED
المؤسسة:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
اللغة:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/3955
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/innovaciones/article/view/3955
Access Level:acceso abierto
كلمة مفتاحية:life skills
higher education
active learning
socioemotional learning
interdisciplinary approach
competencias para la vida
enseñanza superior
aprendizaje activo
aprendizaje socioemocional
enfoque interdisciplinario
educación
Habilidades para a vida
ensino superior
aprendizagem ativa
aprendizagem socioemocional
enfoque interdisciplinar