Pertinence of the Guía Académica in the Curso Integrado de Humanidades at the Escuela de Estudios Generales at the Universidad de Costa Rica: a Critical Perspective: Complacency or Self-Criticism

Abstract

At the Universidad de Costa Rica, part of the Sistema de Educación General, in the Escuela de Estudios Generales, there’s an inter and transdisciplinar course called Curso Integrado de Humanidades. This course has the intention of giving humanistic and integral formation to the person and future UCR’s professional because it gives the basics academic and cultural university’s labour. In this course, there is a sub-course called “Guía Integrada de Investigación” which has the objective of teaching the basics of academic research. The objective of this paper is questioning the pertinence of this program because, during the years, its complexity has arisen this idea: not only for its existence but also for the way it is taught.  This paper shows a possible theorical and ideological answer, taking into consideration the law that orders the UCR, the ideals of the Escuela de Estudios Generales, and the personal teaching experience.