ELEMENTS OF QUALITY PRESENT IN THE CURRICULAR DESIGN OF THE TECHNICAL PROGRAMS OF THE SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA

Abstract

Todays education requires an important adaptation to the social and economic changes that surround it. Therefore, actions must be developed in conjunction with the different social actors to allow the design of educational programs with a more focused vision on local territories and that address the needs of specific populations, encouraging discussion and construction of the knowledge, as well as the possibility of increasing opportunities. The current research examines the quality components that are present in the curricular design of professional technical education and training programs in the School of Administration. A phenomenological technique with a qualitative approach was used to determine the presence of elements of educational quality, components of the curricular design used and the connection of the technical programs with current standards. It has been concluded that these technical programs incorporate quality elements in their curricular design.