Abstract

ZAMORA SERRANO, Evelyn. Competence framework for the evaluation of professional teaching performance at the University of Costa Rica. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2024, vol.24, n.1, pp.382-414. ISSN 1409-4703.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/aie.v24i1.55643.

The consolidation of the culture of evaluation and quality at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) requires constant reflection on its strategies and mechanisms. The objective of this article was to present a proposal for the conceptualization of university teaching and professional teaching competence, as well as the dimensions that comprise it, to establish recommendations regarding the updating of the professional profile and the process of evaluating teaching performance. at the UCR. This is in order to strengthen the process of evaluating teaching performance, contribute to the identification of improvements in the professional development of teachers and guide institutional processes of teaching training. The research was carried out between 2021 and 2023, with the participation of 282 teachers from different areas of knowledge. Regarding its approach, it was a qualitative and idiographic study, not generalizable or explanatory with respect to other evaluative cases. It is a descriptive research using bibliographic review techniques, group discussion and survey. The results revealed that the definition constructed for university teaching covers the essential aspects for good teaching, and that all the characteristics addressed in the literature are contained in one of the dimensions suggested by the Center for Academic Evaluation (CEA). In the conclusions, it was recommended that the defined competency dimensions be operationalized and that the definitions of teaching and competency constructed be used as a theoretical foundation for new instruments for evaluating teaching performance.

Keywords : teaching; university; teacher evaluation; teacher competencies.

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