Multi-purpose training and the professional identity of educational supervisors

Abstract

This paper analyzes the professional identity of students who earned their bachelor's degrees in Educational Intervention, a program that applies a competency-based approach and multi-purpose training at the Universidad Nacional Pedagógica. It used a qualitative approach to interview 12 students from three different university cohorts. The results show that students appropriated the formal discourse regarding the competency-based approach and its role in opening up multiple career possibilities. However, they struggled to construct their own professional identities, as well as to identify specific areas in which they could be hired.