Development of Individual and Collective Capacities in Postgraduate Studies and their Impact on Territories

• Published in: Territorios (Bogotá, Colombia) Colombia), 2016-01, Vol.34, p.215-236
• Main Authors: Girardo, Cristina, Pellegrini, Sarah Martinez, Locela, Luz Helena Salgado, Costamagna, Pablo
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; spa
• Subjects: Case studies; College graduates; Higher education; Territorial issues; Training
• ISSN: 0123-8418

El presente estudio propone conocer la manera en la que los estudios del territorio brindan ca- pacidades a los alumnos de educacion superior, y la forma en la que los egresados contribuyen al desarrollo territorial desde su actual empleo, bajo el supuesto de que las capacidades individuales adquiridas en la formacion educativa se transforman en colectivas y coadyuvan al desarrollo de los territorios. Se manejaron dos casos de estudio con informacion de los departamentos de docencia, y entrevistas semiestructuradas. Entre los resultados Fguran que (a) los origenes de las maestrias responden a demandas educativas locales, y tienen una fuerte vinculacion con su entorno (desarrollo fronterizo y especializacion municipal); (b) entre las capacidades de los egresados Fguran un perFl interdisciplinario y habilidades cognitivas; (c) la constatacion de la transformacion de capacidades individuales a colectivas, si bien esta condicionada a factores exogenos, los casos estudiados eviden- cian este pasaje sujeto siempre a los recursos en donde se desarrollan.//This study aims to identify the way in which studies territorial provide skills to students in higher education, and the way that graduates contribute to regional development from their current job, under the assumption that individual skills acquired in educational training become collective and contribute to the development of the territories. two case studies with information departments teaching, and semistructured interviews were handled. The results include that (a) the origins of the master respond to local educational demands, and have a strong relationship with their environment (border development and municipal specialization); (B) between the skills of graduates include an interdisciplinary profile and cognitive skills; (C) the realization of the transformation from individual to collective capacities, although it is subject to exogenous factors, the cases studied show this passage always subject to resources where they develop. http://www.redalyc.org/html/357/35744556009/index.html] Reprinted by permission of the Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Regionales