The Competences from the Perception and Practice of University Students

José-Manuel Sáez-López, María-Concepción Domínguez-Garrido, María-del-Castañar Medina-Domínguez, Fuensanta Monroy and Raúl González-Fernández
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José-Manuel Sáez-López: Department of Didactics, School Organization and Special Didactics, Faculty of Education, National Distance Education University, Calle de Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015 Madrid, Spain
María-Concepción Domínguez-Garrido: Department of Didactics, School Organization and Special Didactics, Faculty of Education, National Distance Education University, Calle de Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015 Madrid, Spain
María-del-Castañar Medina-Domínguez: Department of Didactics, School Organization and Special Didactics, Faculty of Education, National Distance Education University, Calle de Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Fuensanta Monroy: Department of Research Methods in Education, University of Murcia, Calle Campus Universitario, 11, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Raúl González-Fernández: Department of Didactics, School Organization and Special Didactics, Faculty of Education, National Distance Education University, Calle de Bravo Murillo, 38, 28015 Madrid, Spain

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: There is a growing importance of competences as an essential curricular element in higher education since they allow for the transfer of knowledge to diverse academic and professional contexts. For the foundation, taxonomy and classification of this study, we obtained ratings from 543 students at two prestigious Spanish universities. The different competences were grouped by management and planning, higher cognitive skills, quality management and innovation, expression and communication and knowledge acquisition. We evaluated the attitudes of university students regarding competences in a pedagogical design; it was expected that students valued the importance of competencies in pedagogical contexts and the skill in these competences. Students highlighted the importance of management and planning, higher cognitive skills, quality management and innovation, expression and communication, knowledge society and teamwork. A correlation analysis between the importance of and skill in the studied competences was also included. Obtained data detail the importance that students give to competences. The participants also detailed the deficiencies in their skill on most competences. The lack of correlation between importance and skill is detailed, as well as the importance of management and planning competences in curricular design in higher education.

Keywords: competence; higher education; curriculum research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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