Reflections on the impact of competency-based training on university curriculum reform. A case study in engineering programs.

Abstract

This article reflects on the author's Master's Thesis in University Teaching and analyzes the impact of the paradigm shift in competency-based training on the curricular reform of engineering programs, with the aim of formulating application criteria and courses of action for its implementation.

This research reflects the educational experience based on a specific case in Argentina: the Faculty of Engineering and Water Sciences, National University of Litoral, in the Water Resources Engineering and Environmental Engineering programs, focusing on the training path related to the subjects of Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Systems Design.

The incorporation of competency-based training into the engineering curriculum is a general strategy based on experience at this Faculty, which has evolved through its own curricular redesign plan for engineering programs, within the framework of the second-generation standards that govern the current accreditation process. We problematize the approach in different dimensions of analysis, such as the epistemic, curricular, pedagogical, and institutional questions, based on qualitative research and case studies.