Perceptions about teacher profiles and good educational practices in higher education: a comparative study from the perspective of future teachers and technical professionals

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https://doi.org/10.5944/reec.43.2023.32603

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teacher profiles, constructivism, higher education, teaching model

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyse, from a comparative inter-group perspective, the perception of the teaching profession of the 21st century have the students in initial training of the Degree in Teaching (Infant and Primary) and Physical Activity and Sport in comparison to students in training in the Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration and Accounting and Auditing (n = 443). It aims to approach this symbolic universe in terms of the teaching functions to be developed (pedagogical, professional, related to the environment, professionals and techniques), to adapt to what they consider to be good educational practice. The methodology applied was quantitative, performing both a descriptive analysis (means and standard deviation) and an inferential analysis (ANOVA) of the data obtained. A validated ad hoc questionnaire, factored in the aforementioned teaching functions, was used as a data collection instrument. Starting from the hypothesis that the perception constructed by the students, in general, agrees with the social constructivist teaching model, it is verified that the future educators give higher priority to the social interaction planning skills and for their part, future professionals in the world of finance and business, to teaching planning as management.

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María Luisa Rico Gómez, Universidad de Alicante

María Luisa Rico Gómez has a Ph.D. in the History of Education from the Université de Tours (France). She has been a JAE pre-doctoral scholarship at the High Council for Scientific Research of Spain-CSIC, a Assistant Lecturer at different french universities, and, since 2018 she is a Professor, in the area of Theory and History of Education, of the Department of General Didactics and Specific Didactics, of of the University of Alicante. His research interests focus on the history of education in the 20th century, vocational training, initial teacher training and the question of memory, education and identity. In addition, she has participated in different research activities and national and international conferences, in Europe and Latin America. Also, she has been and is a member of different research groups and projects in Spain and France.

Isabel Gómez-Trigueros, Universidad de Alicante

Isabel Mª Gómez Trigueros has a Ph.D. in Educational Sciences from the University of Alicante. She is a professor of Geography and History of Secondary Education. Main PI of the Emerging Group Project (GV/2021/077): The digital gender gap and the TPACK model in teacher training: analysis of the digital teacher training of the Program for the Promotion of Scientific Research, Technological Development and Innovation in the Valencian Community to support and promote the activity of emerging R+D+I groups (DOGV nº 8959, 2021).

Her research interests focus on teacher training in digital skills, the correct inclusion of ICT-LKT in Social Sciences classrooms, from the TPACK model, and the digital gender gap in the educational context. These lines of interest articulate the activity of the Interdisciplinary Group for the Didactics of Social Sciences and Learning and Knowledge Technologies (GIDTAC), which she directs. Educational Innovation Award in Geography - 2021-2022 Edition - in the AGE University category. She currently holds the position of vice-dean in the Master's Degree in Educational Research and Master's Degree in Secondary Education Teachers of the Faculty of Education of the University of Alicante.

Delfín Ortega-Sánchez, Universidad de Burgos

Delfín Ortega-Sánchez holds a Ph.D. in Didactics of History and Social Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Burgos and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Extremadura. His research interests focus on the processes of construction of cultural and social from the educational and pedagogical fields, and on education for a democratic, inclusive and committed citizenship with social problems and controversial issues. These lines of interest articulate the activity of the Recognized Research Group (DHISO), which he leads (https://investigacion.ubu.es/grupos/1783/publicaciones). His research career has been recognized with his nomination as one of the Top 10 best social science researchers in the world in the seventh edition of the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network - USERN Prize 2022. He currently holds the position of vice-rector for Social Responsibility, Culture and Sport at the University of Burgos, with competences in activities for the promotion of equality, diversity, social inclusion and non-discrimination, and in attention to diversity and people with disabilities.

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2023-06-30

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Rico Gómez, M. L., Gómez-Trigueros, I., & Ortega-Sánchez, D. (2023). Perceptions about teacher profiles and good educational practices in higher education: a comparative study from the perspective of future teachers and technical professionals . Revista Española de Educación Comparada, (43), 431–452. https://doi.org/10.5944/reec.43.2023.32603

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