Abstract

MONTES, César Silva. Graduate and Job Profile in the Context of Technological Advancement. Pedagogía y Saberes [online]. 2018, n.48, pp.83-96. ISSN 0121-2494.

This article is a reflection derived from the implementation of a curriculum based on competences (CBC). The aim is to understand the effects of such curriculum on the graduate profile in the context of the growing technologization and automation of new employments and the repercussions on the hiring process in different technical and professional areas. The paper makes a brief historical review of the curriculum's orientation towards preparing students for the job market in Mexico. Then, a discussion about the CBC is proposed, as well as its definition, its advantages, and its technical nature in the twenty-first century graduate profile. Next, the article proposes a debate about knowledge economy and the promise to improve life conditions, noting how schools strive to generate human capital with the technological and informatic competencies for an excluding and precarious space in which automation decreases people employment. Finally, two conclusions are presented: first, that adapting contents and study programs to competences in order to link it to the job market does not guarantee job positions or better salaries; and second, that it is creating professionals unconcerned with finding solutions to social problems.

Keywords : skills; training; knowledge society; technology; exclusion.

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