Hibridization as a possibility for the achievement of a high degree of curricular flexibility

Abstract

This paper is about the organization of curricular designs at university level within the framework of the debate regarding complementarity between scientific, technological and humanistic knowledge in the field of technological disciplines. To this end, different curricular formats that allow the overcoming of traditional breaks caused by fragmented disciplinary structures are taken into account. In this sense, this research has focused on the analysis of the curricular designs of engineering, which proved to be closed and rigid. The contributions from curricular theory allow the thinking of new models that conjugate different fields of knowledge grounded on a flexible curricular organization. In line with this, and taking into account the need for integralformation for future professionals, it proves necessary to think designs that allow the assembling, connecting and linking of different contents, research and experiences with the purpose of achieving meaningful learnings. To that end, two degrees of curricular flexibility are proposed: of integration and of hybridization. The latter understood as the possibility of combining, connecting, creating, innovating; thus becoming a category that goes beyond traditional curricular models.