Method for elaborating curricular components based on competences

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a research that aimed to develop a method to facilitate the elaboration of programs of curricular components of undergraduate higher education courses. The principle of the method is to establish a deductive relationship based on the skills needed to perform tasks and solve problems that the future professional will demand in the market, skills, attitudes and knowledge. The study resulted in conceptual maps that didactically demonstrate the use of the method. The Method was used and tested by professors from all undergraduate courses at a higher education institution located in Vale do Paranhana, RS, and proved to be effective for the objectives proposed in the research. The initial results show that the Method developed has an important contribution that lies in the fact that it has a stage where the teacher can propose a differential to be work in the curricular components.