The Use of Competencies in Higher Education: Putting Efficacy at the Service of Sense

Abstract

The competency-based approach is intended to produce meaning in learning. That’s its primary purpose. But it also seeks to produce more efficacy. How? By making the student able to deal with complex situations, corresponding to an output profile. The aim of this article is to show how today we can introduce the competence approach in higher education, in an operational way: what are the stakes, what are the different ways of doing it, what traps to avoid.

Keywords

• enfoque basado en las competências
• perfil de salida
• enseñanza superior
• producción con sentido
• eficacia
• evaluación de la competência