Design of a STEM lecturer-training programme based on competencies

In recent years the paradigm of teaching and learning has changed, with a plethora of research being conducted in this field, but all these changes and research have scarcely affected the lecturer training programmes. This paper presents a lecturer training programme implemented in a technical unive...

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Autores: López Álvarez, David|||0000-0002-7993-3799, Pérez Poch, Antoni|||0000-0003-2609-8694
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/121588
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/121588
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Competency-based education
College teachers, Training of
Teacher training
Professional competencies
Teaching teachers
Higher education teaching
Competències professionals -- Ensenyament
Professors universitaris -- Formació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
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Resumo:In recent years the paradigm of teaching and learning has changed, with a plethora of research being conducted in this field, but all these changes and research have scarcely affected the lecturer training programmes. This paper presents a lecturer training programme implemented in a technical university and based on the competencies that lecturers should possess. To this end, we have conducted research to determine which competencies are essential and if our lecturers consider them important or are reluctant to acquire them. The programme is also designed to bring all the acquired techniques into the classroom and apply them to the student learning process. A further factor for the success of such training programmes is that lecturers should find them useful, not only for improved student performance, but also for their future professional careers, especially in an environment where promotion is dependent on papers published and grants obtained, and where education itself becomes a secondary objective. Our training programme started two years ago and since then has achieved all these goals, thereby creating a new network of lecturers committed to engineering education research and innovation.