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Virtue: A Necessary Component of Ethical Administration Virtud: componente necesario para la gestión ética Virtude: componente necessário da gestão é…

2011

The objective is to offer a theoretical model to help conceptualize ethics and to clarify the characteristics and constraints of the different ethical theories. An integral ethical approach must include three dimensions: norms, good and virtue. It is argued that each of these dimensions stems from a comprehensive anthropology that deals with understanding human action. The article describes the principal aspects in terms of the pursuit of objectives, principles to be followed and virtues to be acquired. It concludes with a description of an experience in the application of this framework at two different universities in Spain: a Catholic inspired institution and a state university.El objeti…

Virtude: componente necessário da gestão ética

2011

The objective is to offer a theoretical model to help conceptualize ethics and to clarify the characteristics and constraints of the different ethical theories. An integral ethical approach must include three dimensions: norms, good and virtue. It is argued that each of these dimensions stems from a comprehensive anthropology that deals with understanding human action. The article describes the principal aspects in terms of the pursuit of objectives, principles to be followed and virtues to be acquired. It concludes with a description of an experience in the application of this framework at two different universities in Spain: a Catholic inspired institution and a state university. El objet…

Deconstrucción del “buen profesor”. Análisis de las características formales y no formales de la docencia universitaria

2016

Antecedentes: la evaluación de la calidad del profesorado universitario, desde el punto de vista del alumnado, se ha centrado principalmente en los aspectos más formales del ejercicio docente, desatendiendo así otros factores de tipo personal. Objetivo: identificar y analizar las cargas de cada uno de los distintos factores que conforman la idea de la buena docencia según el alumnado. Es decir, detectar la ecuación que da lugar al esquema mental  de “buen profesor” o “buena profesora”. Método: encuesta transversal, elaborada a partir de los resultados de revisiones e investigaciones propias que permitieron conocer la identidad de los distintos factores implicados en la evaluación de la doce…

Training of future STEAM teachers: Comparison between primary degree students and secondary master's degree students

2022

In recent years, the presence of the acronym STEAM has been growing in the educational field. All around the world we are faced with a growing demand for professional STEM skills, however, who has the responsibility to train future STEAM teachers? In this article, we explain the results of an investigation with university students pursuing a degree in primary education and Master’s degree students in  secondary education, with technology speciality, participating in a seminar about STEAM projects design in two consecutive academic calendar years (18/19 and 19/20). We analyse the responses to a questionnaire which was specifically designed to discover their knowledge about STEAM and the pred…

Politique de recrutement des enseignants non fonctionnaires et qualité de l'éducation de base au Sénégal : quels enseignements vers l'Education Pour …

2011

In the early 1990s, like in many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Senegal was also facing a decrease in the gross school enrolment ratio (GER). Despite the numerous measures taken for increasing GER at lower cost (creation of double shift classes, strengthening of multi-grade classes, creation of training schools which train teachers curriculum in one year instead of four as previously, increased recruitment of assistant teachers, etc.), this decline continued until 1994. In order to reverse this downward trend, the government recruited non-civil servant teachers (education volunteers and contract teachers). Compared to their tenured colleagues, these "new teachers" received a short d…

Pedagogy and Teacher Education (Scientific Papers University of Latvia, vol. 811)

2016

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHERS SELF- ASSESSMENT TO TEACH 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

2021

The context of educational reforms taking place in many countries gives special relevance, as the curriculum enters the 21st century skills or so-called transversal skills. It is necessary to ascertain how successful the teaching of these skills is already so that the school management together with teachers develop evidence-based or data-driven professional development solutions. The aim of the research is to create a theoretical framework and corresponding self-assessment tools, how the teacher can assess for himself to what extent he has succeeded in achieving the competence to teach students in the 21st century skills required to achieve the goals set by the school in the context of the…

Seeking New Perspectives on the Development of Teacher Education – A Study of the Finnish Context

2013

Studies show that changes in teacher education around the world occur slowly and are difficult to implement. This study aims to contribute to the discussion on the major resources for and obstacles to developing teacher education and finding novel solutions to overcome the obstacles. Resources and obstacles were investigated in the context of academic and university-based teacher education in Finland. Findings revealed three major challenges: (a) obstacles in renegotiating professional identity, (b) internal competition between subject-matter groups within the department, and (c) discrepancies between individual agency and organizational development. Based on the findings, this study argues…

What Research Shows about Mathematics Teachers' Learning Needs: Experience from Latvia

2015

<p><em>The implementation of new skills (competencies) according to education regulation documents in 2006 – 2008 demanded a change in the Mathematics and Science teaching practice in Latvia. Work on the new education reform started this year (2015). The aim of the research is to look for the answers to the following questions – do the changes in learning approach occur and are teachers’ skills sufficient for organizing a different teaching process? What are the learning needs expressed by teachers and concluded by experts? The range of cognitive activity, collaboration and focusing on students’ learning are the criteria set for lesson observations. The research shows a tendency…

La metodología de la Flipped Classroom (FC) en la práctica didáctica de los docentes universitarios. Hacia una definición del modelo didáctico a part…

2022

El trabajo de investigación que se presenta aborda el tema de la implementación del Flipped Classroom, o clase invertida, en el contexto universitario. Flipped Classroom es un método formativo activo, que consiste en invertir los tiempos y espacios de aprendizaje. Al implementarlo, el profesor prepara y proporciona al alumnado los contenidos a estudiar con antelación, de manera que, en el tiempo de clase, hay más posibilidades para hacer ejercicios y practicar los conceptos aprendidos durante el autoestudio. Además, en este proceso juega un papel fundamental el feedback que el docente da a sus alumnos sobre su nivel de comprensión, así como los resultados del aprendizaje y los comentarios q…