Teacher Training in Generic Competences: A Planning and Development Tool

The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) requires universities to include a competence- based framework in their degree programs. One of the difficulties teachers find is the incorporation of the generic competences in their class: how to plan, implement and assess them. This study provides a tool for teachers to integrate generic competences into their subjects. The tool was applied by a group of teachers at the Deusto University through a semi-structured interview backed up by an assessment protocol and standardization of responses. The results show the efficacy of the tool, which helps professors to improve the planning and incorporation of generic competences in their class. Additionally, other benefits have been observed, such as awareness of the importance of working with transversal competences, as well as considering better ways of implementing them.