DISCOURSE AND THE PRACTICE OF COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION: A STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSES

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  • Simone Costa Nunes Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/MG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2010.v11n3.136

Keywords:

teaching of competencies, business administration courses, higher education

Abstract

Considering the importance given to the notion of competencies in guiding the educational reforms implemented in various countries, we propose a study that aims to map the aspects that characterize the teaching of competencies in two undergraduate Business Administration
courses. This proposal is based on our understanding that the education of an undergraduate student based on competency acquisition should include pedagogical elements allowing for the effective incorporation of the competencies. This means that the educational models on which these courses are based need to be submitted to a critical review, with the premise that they should incorporate, in addition to the acquisition of conceptual knowledge, the associated knowledge relating to doing and being. Thus, a qualitative-descriptive study is carried out using a semistructured interview methodology for collecting data from three Educational Coordinators from two Higher Education institutions. The outcomes show that the teaching of competencies does not guide their courses. Although some of its elements are detected, this does not mean that there is a global, systematic and articulated orientation involving all
the elements constituting the teaching-learning process.

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Author Biography

Simone Costa Nunes, Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/MG

Doutora e Mestre em Administração pela UFMG. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Ensino em Administração, Desenvolvimento de Competências, Gestão de Pessoas, Gestão de Terceirizados, Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho

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Published

2010-09-30

How to Cite

Nunes, S. C. (2010). DISCOURSE AND THE PRACTICE OF COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION: A STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSES. Administração: Ensino E Pesquisa, 11(3), 395–424. https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2010.v11n3.136

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2010): Julho-Setembro

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