Higher education, facing the social tendencies of the context

Abstract

This article comprises important elements to reflect and discuss about the different curricular processes in higher education facing the current tendencies of contemporary society and the challenges proposed for education in a globalised, competitive, dynamic and ever-changing world. Following these principles new educative tendencies have been introduced taking into consideration some international projects: Tuning, and 6x4 UEALC and at a national level, the project of curricular modernization, the processes based on competences, the internationalization of the curriculum, curricular pertinence and the educative processes in higher education framed in an integral vision of the human being. Correspondingly, some proposals for curricular development based on competences, the role of the teacher, and the relevance of this model of education in the human development of society are presented.