Abstract

GUZMAN, Jesús Carlos. The strengths and weaknesses of competency based education (EBC). Nueva antropol [online]. 2003, vol.19, n.62, pp.143-162. ISSN 0185-0636.

The article discusses the principal debates generated by competency based education (EBC). It analyses the implications of designing curriculum content in response to the demands of the workplace. Some of the aspects of contemporary society are commented as well as their consequences for education. Finally, the limitations of EBC are discussed, pointing out that labor norms are developed in circumstances far removed from the educational context. Nevertheless, EBC can offer relevant, attractive and useful learning because it facilitates and helps students prepare themselves for insertion into the world of work.

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