University research in Latin American HEIs (Notes for reflection)

Abstract

This paper reflects on the possible strategies that can articulate training and research in the classroom, academic departments (schools) or majors in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Latin America. This link is one of the weaknesses that most of our universities have. Based on a literature review related to the topic of university research, the problem of how to articulate training and research in the classroom is raised. In this sense, the student is key in this process which seeks to improve the quality of teaching, to provide teachers with greater training resources (scientifi c) so that professionals and/or technicians who graduate from HEIs in our country have the necessary skills to create new knowledge and contribute to the development of each of the societies of our countries. However, in order to achieve this goal, there are a series of challenges in terms of human resources training that HEIs have to overcome, among them: stagnant work habits, lack of resources and institutional weaknesses in terms of policies which encourage educational research from an integral perspective, incorporating teachers and students from a constructivist and horizontal pedagogical relationship.