Logros y desafíos en la formación de competencias transversales por áreas de conocimiento en la educación superior del instituto politécnico nacional (México)

This research focuses on the assessment of the development of transversal competences, part of the graduation profile, of higher education students of the National Polytechnic Institute (México). Its objective was to determine, from the perception of the students, the development of transversal competences such as: i) teamwork and leadership attitude; ii) Life and career plan; and iii) consciousness and openness to change, The study was of the exploratory-type and a questionnaire was applied to 1903 students from three areas of knowledge: Engineering and Physical and Mathematical Sciences (IPMS),Biological and Medical Sciences (BMS), and Social Sciences and Administration (SCA). The results show that the competition life and career plan of the students is linked to an autonomous performance It is also found that the existence of different degrees of competence development, teamwork and leadership- more developed in students of SCA and less in those of IPMS. With respect to consciousness and openness to change the study shows that conducts and valuation of different activities are still affected by social stereotypes.