Methodological foundations associated with the learning process in students and working adults in a Chilean university

Abstract

The article unveils the methodological foundations associated with the teaching-learning process in working adult students, of the engineering career in business administration, of the Arturo Prat University in Santiago, Chile. The approach is qualitative and interpretative, from the Grounded Theory. The processing and analysis of the information was developed with Atlas.Ti software. The main results showed that the methodological components are the teaching process, its preparation and a learning environment. It is concluded that training adult working students in Business Science careers requires a methodological process according to their andragogical particularities.