University Communal Work: A disruptive and transformative proposal for 2050

Abstract

The article synthesizes the transformation process of the University Communal Work (TCU for its acronym in Spanish) carried out by the TCU Manager and University Authorities of Research and Extension of the Castro Carazo University, in Costa Rica. It is presented with the purpose of evidencing the experience of a theoretical-practical process in the internal context of epistemological, axiological and methodological transformation of the university's programs. Attending the call of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the theme "The futures of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean", we decided, as a starting point, to assume the commitment to present the TCU experience, from the critical analysis of the documents published by UNESCO. The TCU experience arises from a critical analysis process in relation to the University's Educational Model and the documents mentioned by UNESCO in the call for this publication. And thus, to demonstrate the transformation proposal made by the Castro Carazo University. The experience of this process in itself contributes to the construction of ideas to visualize the need to transform plans and programs into institutional coherence. The article ends with the Discussion and Developments section (unfinished and circular process) based on critical analysis variables defined by the work team, namely: educational model, transformation of the person, epistemological rupture.