Innovative competitions in students of technical high school from the learning based on projects: Agricultural professional figures.

Abstract

Introduction: The research whose results are presented was developed at the Cerezal Bellavista Agricultural Technical Educational Unit with first-year students of the Technical Baccalaureate, professional figure agricultural production. Materials and methods: It is classified as applied, its scope is descriptive and its approach mixed, although with a predominance of qualitative methods. For its development, different methods and techniques were used, such as theoretical, analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction and empirical, documentary review, interviews and surveys. Results: The assessment of the feasibility and effectiveness of the teaching guide for the development of innovative competencies based on PBL, proposed as a solution to the identified scientific problem, was carried out through action research. As a result of the study, it was corroborated that the use of PBL is an adequate way for the development of innovative competencies in students, considering the importance of systematizing its application in the teaching-learning process. Discussion: The use of action research as a method simultaneously achieves theoretical and practical results, as well as tests the feasibility and relevance of the proposed teaching guide. It also improves teachers' performance to develop innovative competencies in students in line with the specific conditions for their future work performance. Conclusions: Technical baccalaureate students are preparing for an increasingly rigorous and specialized labor market, which demands the search for alternatives for their preparation. Hence, the proposal of a teaching guide offered in this study on innovative competencies for first-year technical baccalaureate students using project-based learning at the Cerezal Bellavista Agricultural Technical Educational Unit.