System of actions for the education of responsibility and social commitment

Abstract

This article is a scientific result of a qualitative research of a pedagogical nature, whose objective was to develop a system of actions for the education of responsibility and social commitment in the first-year students of the Civil Engineering career of the Central University. "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas. The materials used were the Professional Model, the Study Plan E of the career, the Teaching-Methodological Work Regulation, the Director Program for the strengthening of fundamental values in Cuban society and the most up-to-date definitions of the social commitment concept. 70 students were taken as a sample. The research methods used were at the theoretical level, historical-logical, inductive-deductive, analysis and synthesis, ascent from the abstract to the concrete and systematization; from the empirical level, analysis of documents, observation, semi-structured interviews; other measurement techniques were used, such as surveys and sentence completion. The main actors of the teaching-educational process were involved to determine the educational needs, the proposal of the system of actions was elaborated and its implementation began, the results were evidenced in the significant achievements achieved, since it positively influenced the formation of the future university graduate that Cuban society aspires to. The objective proposed in the investigation was fulfilled satisfactorily and caused its impact in the university context. The practical contribution consisted in the introduction and validation of the scientific result obtained that can be extended to other university careers with similar characteristics presented, through a comparative study.