The education of the XXI century based on competences, promotion of values, and the development of emotional dimension

Abstract

The article presented consists in explaining the importance of an education based on not only the development of professional skills, but also on the promotion of values and development of the affective dimension for the 21st century. It is about explaining how the balanced integration of these three elements contributes to the integral formation of the student. In summary, it is exposed how the education that humanity needs should be, in order to achieve that integral formation of the human being that coexists in peace and harmony with others and the environment, sensitive to the suffering of others, that contributes more efficiently in the construction of a better, fairer, more equitable and supportive world.