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Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

Cooperative learning as a methodology for competency-based training in law degree

Authors

  • Yenny Pinto Sarmiento Universidad Católica del Norte

Abstract

Competency-based training has been seen as a good way to improve the quality of student learning to the extent that maximizes its level of participation in the process of teaching -learning. This paper shows the experience carried out in the subject of Labour Law - I of Universidad de Antofagasta and was developed under the methodology called problem-based Learning (ABP in Spanish). ABP promotes cooperative learning by simulating a labour demand situation, where class group is divided between plaintiffs, defendants and court. Each group must assign roles and functions, even the hearing.

Keywords:

Competency-based training, problem-based Learning, law teaching

Author Biography

Yenny Pinto Sarmiento, Universidad Católica del Norte

Universidad Católica del Norte. Chile. Correo electrónico ypinto@ucn.cl