Levels and evidences of generic competences application in future Chilean teachers during their career training

Abstract

This study aims to advance in the evaluation methods of Generic Competences (GC) by incorporating the perception of the students from Educational Degrees. The goal is to analyse the levels from which the university students do evidence the acquisition of five generic competencies during their formative trajectory. The approach is quantitative, through the application of a cross-sectional survey in the subjects of the intermediate and terminal cycles of three university degrees in pedagogy in the Southern Macrozone of Chile (n= 117 students). The results show that students perceived an acquisition at medium levels and stated that they had developed them in courses of the career. Students’ self-perception of their level of acquisition and application of GC is key because it is formative, requiring more guidance from teachers and a greater variety of acquisition and authentic assessment strategies.