Educational Model to Develop Work Skills in Students at a Higher Education Institute in Lima, Peru

The present research aims to propose an educational model to develop work skills in students of a technological institute in Metropolitan Lima, for which it is framed in the qualitative approach, with an educational design applied within the framework of the naturalistic and interpretive paradigm. For the research, a sample of 25 students was worked with; from the regular training program of the technical careers of the institute taken into account for the research, as well as five teachers and five representatives of the companies that constantly request students, to whom the questionnaire was applied, as well as the observation and interview guide. In the field diagnosis, it was found that the evaluated companies consider that the students have an optimal level of work skills in general terms; however, there are some social skills that need to be reinforced and improved. On the other hand, it was also obtained as a result that the educational model must be updated according to the needs of the current student profile, as well as the labor demands. The teachers have an active participation in the development of the skills of their students, which enables them to be their referents. The proposed educational model is composed of methodological dimensions: philosophical dimension, academic dimension and organizational dimension; in addition to transversal components such as contextual adaptation, disruptive teachers, project-based learning and globalization, and all of this in an articulated manner allows this proposed educational model to have greater solidity in the formation of the work skills of its students.