Open AccessStrategies and challenges for the promotion of a responsibility mindset in technical career students during internships
Author(s) -
José María Zavala-Perez,
Ana Jiménez-Rivero,
Justo García-Navarro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in building education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2530-7940
DOI - 10.20868/abe.2021.3.4735
Subject(s) - internship , commit , mindset , promotion (chess) , public relations , social responsibility , engineering ethics , pedagogy , process (computing) , work (physics) , moral responsibility , psychology , political science , sociology , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , database , artificial intelligence , politics , law , operating system
Promoting responsibility values and knowledge of students requires actions with a strong focus on citizenship and ethics, with the aim to commit, engage, and empower future professionals. In this sense, a key question arises: how to define and foster responsibility among professionals at different organizational levels? This paper deals with contextual factors and key concepts for promoting responsibility-related values and competences (knowledge, skills, attitudes) throughout curricular internships carried out by students of technical degrees. In this work, we explore the advantages and challenges of working on a responsibility approach at this stage of a professional career, and we outline ideas for optimizing the process.