TY - JOUR
T1 - Aproximación cuantitativa para valorar los requisitos curriculares en un plan de estudios
AU - Martínez Arboleda, J. Juan D.
AU - Torres-Taborda, Mabel
AU - Gil, Hader Alzate
AU - Ocampo-López, Carlos
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This work proposes a methodology to assess the rigor of curriculum requirements for a higher education student, expressed in terms of requisites and co-requisites. This methodology uses a weighting of restriction system based on the severity and impact that these restrictions represent on curriculum flow, and defines a constraint index. The method can be applied in different contexts, from a one-semester course to a full curriculum of a university career. The methodology was designed by the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Colombia and it was applied to a curriculum of 2014 and to an updated curriculum. The constraint index decreased from 0.54 to 0.38. Thus, the use of a weighting of restrictions system allows getting insights of their influence on curriculum in a wider way and helps in the decision making process towards a more flexible curriculum.
AB - This work proposes a methodology to assess the rigor of curriculum requirements for a higher education student, expressed in terms of requisites and co-requisites. This methodology uses a weighting of restriction system based on the severity and impact that these restrictions represent on curriculum flow, and defines a constraint index. The method can be applied in different contexts, from a one-semester course to a full curriculum of a university career. The methodology was designed by the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Colombia and it was applied to a curriculum of 2014 and to an updated curriculum. The constraint index decreased from 0.54 to 0.38. Thus, the use of a weighting of restrictions system allows getting insights of their influence on curriculum in a wider way and helps in the decision making process towards a more flexible curriculum.
KW - Curricular flow
KW - Curriculum
KW - Flexibility
KW - Requisites; co-requisites
KW - Restriction index
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84962735118&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4067/S0718-50062016000200005
DO - 10.4067/S0718-50062016000200005
M3 - Artículo en revista científica indexada
AN - SCOPUS:84962735118
SN - 0718-5006
VL - 9
SP - 41
EP - 48
JO - Formacion Universitaria
JF - Formacion Universitaria
IS - 2
ER -