A competency-based curricular framework for forestry professionals human development, and a sustainable environment

Abstract

An alternative presented follows the studies derived from the Forum "Defining the profile of the forestry professional of the future" held on September 6, 2021, with the assistance of 160 experts selected by different institutions to carry out a joint analysis of the situation of Forestry Professionals in the new realities, supported by a Delphic Study where they reflected their experiences, opinions, and expectations, with this it was also possible to promote the rapprochement with its members, collect their perceptions and experiences, as well as clarify the new scenarios and collect proposals, transforming the proposal attitudes into elements of analysis with new orientations of the forestry work. The result of the study presented follows these findings and indicates six attributes required by the Curricular Framework and which are: 1. Promote Integral Human Development, 2. Self-manage Professional Development, 3. Development of Executive Functions and Higher Thinking Skills, 4. The impulse to Social Integration, 5. Fulfill the environmental agenda, and 6. Educate under the paradigm of Agrocultural Revitalization and also, norms for curriculum development.