Research ability in Chemistry and the Tuning Latin America specific competences: a comparative study at University of Cuyo (Argentina)

• Autores: Dias, Iris Valeria; Fernandez Guillermet, Armando Jorge; Rubau, Carina Elisabeth; Tovar Toulouse, María Mercedes
• Año de publicación: 2014
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: HIGHER EDUCATION; TUNING LATIN AMERICA; SPECIFIC COMPETENCES; RESEARCH HABILITY; RESEARCH EDUCATION; EDUCATION IN BASIC SCIENCES; EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Research ability can be thought of as a competence, which requires other abilities — both generic and specific — to be successfully developed. In this study, we determine the degree of importance that the 21 specific competences (SCs) established in the Tuning Latin America (Tuning-LA) Project, have in the acquisition of research ability in Chemistry, as a result of taking the degree program offered at the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (FCENUNCUYO, Mendoza, Argentina). To this end, we adopted the SCs proposed as learning objectives in undergraduate studies in Chemistry, and consulted academics and students at FCEN-UNCUYO about (1) the importance of these competences in his/ her opinion for work in the profession; (2) the level of achievement of these competences, that they estimated was reached as a result of taking the FCEN-UNCUYO degree program in Chemistry; and, (3) the relevance of the Tuning-AL specific competences for the development of research ability in Chemistry. The results of the survey at FCEN-UNCUYO are compared with those obtained by consulting academics and students in the framework of the Tuning-LA Project. Detailed comparisons between the opinion of academics and students at FCEN– UNCUYO are also reported.
Fil: Dias, Iris Valeria. No especifica;
Fil: Fernandez Guillermet, Armando Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Rubau, Carina Elisabeth. No especifica;
Fil: Tovar Toulouse, María Mercedes. No especifica;