Competencias docentes del profesorado universitario

Quality and professional development – The thesis of this book is that the University develops a formative task at the higher levels as requ ired, in order to be effective, with regard to institutional condition s as well as the capacitation of their personnel. The formative missio n of each university institution is concretized and carried out in its curricular offer and its quality of formation, for its part, it will depend in good measure on the performance of the teachers. Today it is beyond doubt that good teaching requires command of different compete ncies on the part of the teachers of each faculty or school. The ôuniv ersity curriculumö, the ôteaching skillsö and the ôanalysis of the tea ching qualityö are the three big parts in the book. Ten competencies t hat summarize the most important aspects of the university professorsÆ activity are analysed. Competencies that can serve as a mark of refer ence for a possible program of qualification of the university profess ors.