Competencias laborales: un análisis desde Trabajo Social 1995 - 2005

Abstract

The article presents the process and results of the research project “labour Skills: An Analysis from the Perspective of Social Work 1995-2005”, as a result of data gathered from the majors of business administration, education, psychology and social work, in universities of Bogotá. The contribution of such majors is analysed from perspective of social work. Research activity, concept descriptions, innovation, perspectives and dimensions of labour skills, as well as topic relationship and relevance to Social Work and the pedagogy-world connection are analysed. The subject has been analysed in different Universities from Bogotá. Taking a look at the data base of the Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN), 73 programs at national level were found, of which 29 are based in Bogotá; regarding research projects, 176 was the number for nine universities of Bogotá, according to the selection criteria, 64 productions were analysed. The methodology proposal was divided into four stages: design, exploration, focusing, and deepening, according to Vélez and Galeano (2000:1), who proposes “ …research is a documentary process, from which accumulation of knowledge on a specific object is recovered and extended reflectively”.