Currently, education relies more than ever on the developing of competence-based learning. The progress and demands of today's society poses the need of training professionals that are capable of responding to the 21st century challenges, jobs, social and personal expectations. This article is the result of a documentary analysis of different authors, and experts in the field of teaching by competences. This framework results in the formation of highly qualified, comprehensive, and research oriented individuals. Contributions are finally reflected in a competitive, vanguard, and equitable society. In conclusion, the article supports the thesis that learners’ background knowledge is at the core of competency meaningful teaching, leading to relevant, lifelong learning skills.In this sense, the education by competencies model, goes beyond academic units and contents to enhance curricular ...

The COVID-19 crisis has wounded society in different areas, such as social, economic, but particularly, the educational field as a result, of the great economic inequality of social groups in the face of the educational process and, particularly, access to technology. The clearest effect revealed during the crisis is the weaknesses of educational policies, not only at the national level, but also at the global level. Vulnerability and social inequality became even more latent in this global crisis, with disadvantaged groups being, once again, the most affected. The purpose of this article is to examine the bleak effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially as it relates to humanity's coexistence. Although the appearance of ICT has transformed and connected us on a worldwide level, producing a feeling of closeness, this has only been a mirage which disguises negligence on both a government...

Currently, education relies more than ever on the developing of competence-based learning. The progress and demands of today's society poses the need of training professionals that are capable of responding to the 21st century challenges, jobs, social and personal expectations. This article is the result of a documentary analysis of different authors, and experts in the field of teaching by competences. This framework results in the formation of highly qualified, comprehensive, and research oriented individuals. Contributions are finally reflected in a competitive, vanguard, and equitable society. In conclusion, the article supports the thesis that learners’ background knowledge is at the core of competency meaningful teaching, leading to relevant, lifelong learning skills.In this sense, the education by competencies model, goes beyond academic units and contents to enhance curricular ...

The COVID-19 crisis has wounded society in different areas, such as social, economic, but particularly, the educational field as a result, of the great economic inequality of social groups in the face of the educational process and, particularly, access to technology. The clearest effect revealed during the crisis is the weaknesses of educational policies, not only at the national level, but also at the global level. Vulnerability and social inequality became even more latent in this global crisis, with disadvantaged groups being, once again, the most affected. The purpose of this article is to examine the bleak effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially as it relates to humanity's coexistence. Although the appearance of ICT has transformed and connected us on a worldwide level, producing a feeling of closeness, this has only been a mirage which disguises negligence on both a government...