La extensión y su vínculo con la docencia: una visión integral
Date
2018-09-02
Authors
Bermudez-Elizondo, Melvin
Borbón Sandí, Carlos Ronald
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Editorial Universidad Nacional
Abstract
La gran diferencia entre la educación superior privada y la pública, radica no solamente en su coste, sino más bien en la formación integral y humanista que caracteriza a la educación pública estatal, no obstante, este discurso parece desgastado para enfrentar las críticas de algunos miembros de la clase política de este país, que han visto en la educación pública un gasto en lugar de una inversión. Para la próxima década, la universidad debe proyectarse a la sociedad civil, en este sentido los proyectos de extensión universitaria han de ser la principal herramienta para lograr tal proyección. Pero, además la vinculación de la docencia y la extensión universitaria podrá retroalimentar los currículos de las carreras, fortaleciendo con ello la formación profesional de los estudiantes. En el pasado la extensión se concebía como un fin en sí mismo, con poca articulación con la docencia, puesto que los productos finales estaban orientados más hacia la sociedad civil que a nivel interno. La vinculación entre la extensión y la docencia es y debería ser un proceso de articulación en los proyectos de extensión. La experiencia atesorada con el proyecto de extensión desarrollado en la Sede Regional Brunca en los años 2015-2016 ha contribuido para ejemplificar el vínculo entre estas dos áreas del quehacer sustantivo de la universidad
The significant difference between private and public higher education lies not only in its cost but rather in the comprehensive and humanistic formation that characterizes the state public education. However, this discourse seems worn out to face the criticism of some members of the political class of this country, who have seen in public education an expense instead of an investment. For the next decade, the university should be projected to civil society; in this sense, university extension projects should be the main tool to achieve such a projection. However, also, the link between teaching and university extension can provide feedback to the curricula of careers, strengthening thereby the professional training of the students. In the past, the university extension was conceived as an end in itself, with little articulation with teaching, since the final products were oriented more towards civil society than internally. The link between extension and teaching is and should be a process of articulation in extension projects. The experience treasured with an extension project developed in the Brunca Regional Campus, in 2015 2016, has contributed to exemplify the link between these two areas of the substantive work of the university.
The significant difference between private and public higher education lies not only in its cost but rather in the comprehensive and humanistic formation that characterizes the state public education. However, this discourse seems worn out to face the criticism of some members of the political class of this country, who have seen in public education an expense instead of an investment. For the next decade, the university should be projected to civil society; in this sense, university extension projects should be the main tool to achieve such a projection. However, also, the link between teaching and university extension can provide feedback to the curricula of careers, strengthening thereby the professional training of the students. In the past, the university extension was conceived as an end in itself, with little articulation with teaching, since the final products were oriented more towards civil society than internally. The link between extension and teaching is and should be a process of articulation in extension projects. The experience treasured with an extension project developed in the Brunca Regional Campus, in 2015 2016, has contributed to exemplify the link between these two areas of the substantive work of the university.
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DOCENCIA, EXTENSIÓN UNIVERSITARIA, INTEGRACIÓN, SEDE REGIONAL BRUNCA (UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL (COSTA RICA)), TEACHERS, UNIVERSITY EXTENSION, INTEGRATION