A strategy for education in public policy

the case of public innovation projects apllied in government and public policy master of PUCP (Peru)

Abstract

The research and the implementation of public policies are disciplines that demand, despite their common points, their own ways of teachinglearning and their own ways of producing skills in students. The first focuses mainly on the analysis of public policies, the second on the concrete making of public policies. This article describes the teaching-learning proposal applied to students, interested in the implementation of public policies (state managers and executives), of the Masters on Government and Public Policies of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), which uses innovation projects as a means of graduation based on applied research; and presents, based on the information provided by graduates of the master’s degree, the first results of the application of this strategy in terms of professional and educational achievements and main challenges in the implementation of the proposed innovations. In methodological terms, this article is a descriptive case study that outlines the main components of the indicated experience, as well as its first effects on students. To meet its objectives, this study uses three tools: bibliographic review, interviews, and a survey.