Reflections on Cross-Curricular and Digital Competency Training in Higher Education Institutions of Mexico

 

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Bibliografiset tiedot
Tekijät: Vega Cadena, Uzziel Japhet, Figueroa de la Fuente, Mariana, del Real Medina, Francisco
Aineistotyyppi: artículo original
Tila:Versión publicada
Julkaisupäivä:2017
Kuvaus:Education in the 21st century faces the great challenge of training professionals who can meet contemporary labor needs in a globalized and highly-skilled environment. Therefore, it is required that Higher Education foster the development of work and digital skills that allow cross-cutting and interrelated projects to be developed so that the student has the necessary tools to deal with changes in the knowledge society in a competitive way. Therefore, the aim of this essay is to reflect on the role of higher education in Mexico in the so called “knowledge society” and contribute to the analysis of the relationship between educational institutions with the government, society, and productive sector. To this end, in a first section current Mexico’s educational policies are described; in a second section, a theoretical approach to the definition of competencies or skills is made to finally review the importance of Digital Skills in the current age; finally, the conclusions are presented.
Maa:Portal de Revistas UNA
Organisaatio:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Kieli:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/9671
Linkit:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/9671
Access Level:acceso abierto
Sanahaku:competencias digitales
competitividad económica
educación superior
enseñanza
formación profesional
digital skills
economic competitiveness
higher education
teaching
vocational training