The competences in scientific education. Tensions from the epistemological pragmatism

Actually the focus on education by competences has become a matter of central interest in educational research because of its influence on many of the educational reforms. Nevertheless the notion of competence, and particularly in scientific education, is still ambiguous and sets out many questions,...

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Autor: Valladares, Liliana
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Perfiles Educativos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/24902
Acesso em linha:https://perfileseducativos.unam.mx/iisue_pe/index.php/perfiles/article/view/24902
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Competences
Pragmatism
Scientific education
Knowledge
Competencias
Pragmatismo
Educación científica
Conocimiento
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Resumo:Actually the focus on education by competences has become a matter of central interest in educational research because of its influence on many of the educational reforms. Nevertheless the notion of competence, and particularly in scientific education, is still ambiguous and sets out many questions, not only for psychology, pedagogy and didactics, but also for the epistemology. This paper is a contribution to the understanding of the competences from the epistemological pragmatism. From this philosophical framework the author debates on three tensions within the relation between the competences and the process of knowledge: a) about the idea of knowledge; b) about the structure of competences; and c) about the role of the context. The author argues that in most of the definitions of competences the knowledge are reduced to their merely declarative aspect, instead of understanding it in a comprehensive way as actions.