Higher level technical education: history and prospects

Authors

  • Paulina Dittborn Cordua Universidad Tecnológica de Chile, INACAP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31619/caledu.n27.216

Keywords:

technical education, history, prospects

Abstract

This paper briefly describes the history of technical education in Chile. It shows how it passed from elementary education to higher education, in close connection with the labor world. Up until recently, technical education was limited almost exclusively to the production of goods while at present it is increasingly linked to information technologies and the teaching of skills such as team work, resource and personnel management, verbal communication skills and learning English. The paper describes the current status of higher level technical education in Chile and discusses its prospects.

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Published

2007-05-02

Issue

No. 27 (2007): Revista Calidad en la Educación: Educación Superior Técnica

Section

MONOGRÁFICO

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