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Based on considerations done in two previous papers about the viability to assume certain premises of the curricular approach based on the formation by competences; this possibility in relation to important aspects of the improvement in professionals formation in Cuba are discussed. Special attention is dedicated in this paper on discussion about the development of the denominated curricular strategies in Cuban Superior Education. Founded on these premises the idea to continue assuming, agreed with the increasing exigencies of our society, the challenges that until the moment have implied the development of the denominated curricular strategies in the curricula, are viable using itself some of the bases that are applied in the approach of formation by competences in relation to the denominated generic competences, transversals or professional basic, being an alternative makes specific the proposals that in present work consider. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of curricular strategies is present in the perfection of Cuban Superior Education in the general aspects of each profession that are not possible to take shape from a discipline in particular, which have not been able to be formed within any particular discipline and require the presence of the remainder, in order to have a coherent integration with the study plan of each career, as part of its design and with a real balance between the whole and each one of its parts. In this case, the curricular strategy of computing contributes to the guarantee of an aspect of a professional profile, which responds to the demands of technical scientific development. In order to measure the results of this strategy obtained in the different careers under the Ministry of Superior Education, a diagnosis is made in each academic course of the computing skills acquired from a sample of students in advanced years of these careers. The results of this diagnosis show that the majority of the skills related to the use of the means provided for tools of the Office program package's have the highest results, as well as communication by e-mail. The required levels have not yet been obtained with database systems and bibliographic gestors. In the case of use of software for self-learning, the percent of students approved is not the best, due to the incident that the development of this skill has in the professional formation. For careers groups, Technical Sciences careers show the best results. The group of careers with best results was Social Sciences and Humanities. This paper also analyzed results obtained during the five academic courses in which the diagnosis of computing has been developed, and an increase in the percent of students approved for this skill has been achieved. Likewise, the percent of students who have achieved the superior level has increased during the last five academic courses, which demonstrates the validity of this strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The continuous improvement of the Cuban Higher Education has been systematized during the last years by means of the study plans and programs of disciplines according to the conception of the study plans "C" and "D" or of the conscious processes, which has one of its fundamental tendencies, the increase of the professional abilities (Alvarez, 1989). In this sense, there are basic disciplines where the abilities that are developed, are identified with the professionals. Paper exposes how through the discipline: General chemistry is contributed to the development of professional abilities and the integral formation of the students. Presenting the widespread ability of General Chemistry disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]