The Modular Interdisciplinary Project as a tool for developing transversal competences

The current university system faces the challenge of training students that will be able to adapt and respond to a constantly changing demographic and socioeconomic context. The development of transversal competencies by means of modular interdisciplinary projects provides an appropriate setting for achieving such goal. This research presents the results obtained in the training of six transversal competences through the module "Diversity at School" carried out in the second year of the Degree in Primary Education of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). 113 students answered a questionnaire concerning their perception with regards to such competences, both before and after the accomplishment of the module. Besides, the answers of certain open questions were also collected at the end of the intervention. The results showed that students perceived a significant improvement in their competence regarding research abilities, critical reasoning, treatment of information and transfer of the knowledge. The paper concludes by discussing the contribution that these improvements entail for the training of future teachers.