PROFESSIONAL-VOCATIONAL ORIENTATION TOWARDS THE NATUROPATHY CAREER IN RIOBAMBA, CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.55831523040510

• Palavras-chave: formative process; forms of organization; professional-vocational guidance; Naturopathy.

• Keywords: formative process; forms of organization; professional-vocational guidance; Naturopathy.

• Abstract:

  The training of professionals in the Naturopathy career is currently a necessity not only for families, but also for students, but above all for society. The scientific-technological development requires increasingly better prepared professionals who are competent, but who demonstrate the affective link with the career through solid professional modes of action. In the present investigation, the following scientific problem was declared: how to contribute to the improvement of the work of professional-vocational orientation towards the career of Naturopathy in the Higher Technological Institute "Dr. Misael Acosta Solís” from Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador? That is why the research objective was established to base a system of actions for the improvement of the work of professional-vocational orientation towards the career of Naturopathy in the Higher Technological Institute "Dr. Misael Acosta Solís” from Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador. An organization of the professional-vocational orientation process for the Naturopathy career is presented from the conceptions of the historical-cultural school that has the student as its center, for this reason three basic nuclei of general knowledge are proposed, which includes: Self-knowledge activities ; Activities of instructional-professional content and Activities aimed at establishing the affective bond with the profession to be developed in two fundamental forms of organization of the training process: curricular and extracurricular. These activities, due to their objectives and contents, respond to three basic nuclei of general knowledge. It is considered that in general, each activity must have a comprehensive psycho-pedagogical and professional approach and contribute to the profile of the Naturopathy career in the specific conditions of Ecuador. This can serve as a guide for the elaboration of the projection of work in the Higher Polytechnic Institute "Dr. Misael Acosta Solís” from Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador.