UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN CHILE: TRANSDISCIPLINARITY LINKED TO TEACHING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.21651125190811

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  This article addresses the discussion regarding transdisciplinary professional teaching in tertiary education in Chile. It analyzes educational aspects, both for students and faculty, from an epistemological perspective anchored in complex thinking and the science of sustainability. It critically examines university organization and its resistance to the integration of knowledge. It concludes that transdisciplinary training, which articulates scientific and extra-scientific knowledge and is based on an epistemology of complexity, is fundamental for the development of robust competencies in environmental sciences. With regard to university campuses, the persistence of disciplinary structures and organizational systems that are obsolete in the face of the interconnected nature of contemporary socio-ecological challenges is noted.