Lessons on Learning
Design and Quality Parameters of an Instrument to Measure Teaching Competences in Higher Education
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Oswaldo Lorenzo-Quiles, Marisa del Socorro Zaldívar Acosta, Carolina Alegre Benítez
This study constructs an instrument to measure the perception of their own teaching competences of a group of university professors of health sciences in Yucatan, Mexico. The method used includes both quantitative and qualitative approaches with mixed techniques to evaluate the relevance and quality of the four analyzed dimensions determined by the literature review: Planning of the subject, Teaching practice, Reflection of teaching in classroom, and Motivation for teaching practice. The instrument was validated by a group of 150 Mexican professors from different subjects related to health sciences (sixty men and eighty-two women). The implications of the study are interesting not only for university professors in health sciences, but also for higher education professors from other disciplines, since the conceptual references used for its construction have into consideration common aspects to teaching in different disciplines.
Study of the Values of Degree Students in Primary Education at Andalusian Universities
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Gracia González Gijón, Andrés Soriano Díaz, Nazaret Martínez Heredia
Given the importance of the transmission of values by the teaching staff in their professional exercise, this paper aims to describe the values of Primary Education Degree students from Andalusian universities (Spain). To this end, an instrument called Adapted Value Test - “Test de valores adaptado” (TVA) - with answers as a Likert scale, was administered to a representative sample of 650 students. The results reveal that the polled university students value in a positive manner non-material aspects related to affectivity, ecology, moral, and individual values followed by the values related to the body, body care, as well as, social, material, and aesthetic values. Finally, at the bottom of the hierarchy, values related to intellectual, political, and religious aspects can be found.
