Curricular adaptations by competencies in the technical baccalaureate of the Logroño Educational Unit

Abstract

Introduction: Educational excellence assigns a series of priorities that can be fulfilled in various approaches, through the realization of the plans required by the educational procedures, considered in the teaching-learning process of the agricultural technical baccalaureate, and the competency-based curriculum in secondary education is a considerable factor to improve the professional balance in students. Objectives: The objective proposed in the research is to design a competency-based syllabus for the Agricultural Technical Baccalaureate of the Logroño Educational Unit to implement a change in the professional profile, contributing to the work competence of students. Methodology: the design of the research adopted a systemic character, taking into consideration graduates, students of the agricultural technical high school and professionals linked to the career, developing under an exploratory approach with quantitative and qualitative methods, the data collected from the directed surveys were tabulated with the statistical program IBM-SPSS in its version 25.0 taking into consideration the descriptive statistics,  the validation method was guaranteed by Cronbach's coefficient. Results: A one-syllabus format proposed as a pedagogical tool for the specialty areas was developed, providing the units by competence for the training modules taking into reference the activities of agricultural companies according to the job offers in Ecuador. Conclusions: The results showed that the implementation of curricular adaptations by competence generated greater interest in students in continuing their studies in the agricultural sector, in addition to presenting greater mastery and motivation in the activities of professional technical projects. General area of study: Education. Specific area of study: Technical training education. Type of study: Original articles.