Quality and professional development of university teaching staff, from the perspective of learning communities

Abstract

In this research, we reflect about the teaching skills that a university professor should have from the perspective of learning communities at each stage of the management process of teaching and learning: 1) planning and design of teaching where competencies and objectives are set, contents are organized, materials and resources are chosen, and the assessment is made, 2) the implementation of the planned action (methodology and use of teaching strategies such as motivation and tutoring), the appropriate use of media and materials, evaluation, to promote and develop the critical thinking ability, and 3) professional development (continuing education) , to provide teachers a domain of scientific discipline to integrate information technology and communication in teaching.

Entorno, april 2014, issue 55: 63-71