Abstract

ROMERO, Néstor L. A Critical Analysis of the Pedagogical Model of Venezuelan Universities . Revista Venezolana de Gerencia [online]. 2010, vol.15, n.50, pp.321-341. ISSN 1315-9984.

The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, enacted in 1999, dictates, among other things, a new concept and mission for education, which demands that the management at each university make the transformations required to bring the university up to date and fulfill its new mission. The objective of this study is to make a descriptive, explanatory and critical analysis of the pedagogical model contained in the Law of Universities, considering contributions of recent theories regarding knowledge, education, pedagogy, management and the new concept and mission of education. By applying the analytic-synthetic method, it was detected that: (1) the division of knowledge into disciplines is out of date and has generated curricular and administrative excesses, isolationism among the different faculties and groups that exercise power and, occasionally, resistance to proposed changes; and (2) there is a need to adopt and apply to the university model the changes regarding the complex concept of knowledge and pedagogy and the new concept of education set forth in the National Constitution.

Keywords : University pedagogical model; educational concept; pedagogical concept; university transformation; Law of Universities.