Abstract

GIRARDO, Cristina; MARTINEZ PELLEGRINI, Sarali; SALGADO LOCELA, Luz Helena  and  COSTAMAGNA, Pablo. Development of Individual and Collective Capacities in Postgraduate Studies and their Impact on Territories. Territ. [online]. 2016, n.34, pp.215-236. ISSN 0123-8418.  https://doi.org/10.12804/territ34.2016.09.

A number of master degrees in Mexico include territory approaches in their programs in the main to provide specialized skills to their students so they can contribute on local development from their current jobs. The objective of this study lays in first place in determine the capacities that students from territory master degrees obtain, and in second place to show how their individual capacities transform into collective ones. Two case studies that make use of information from the departments of education, and semi-structured interviews were handled. The general results highlight: (a) territory master degrees respond to local education demands, and have a strong link to its with local context; (b) among the graduates, capacities stand the interdisciplinary and cognitive skills; (c) the transformation from individual to collective capabilities is conditioned by exogenous factors, however the case studies shows that this process always depends on the local resources in which they were developed.

Keywords : Territory; education; individual and collective capacities; postgraduate studies.

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