Teachers evaluate the competencies strengthened by students during academic programs development

Abstract

The incorporation of competencies in the study programs underlies an effort to displace encyclopedic and rote learning, a product of traditionalist study programs that are alien to social reality, and replace them with ethical and social conceptions based on knowledge of the needs of the population that promote progress in education and in society. The objective of this study was to obtain the teachers’ perception of the competencies acquired by the student body. Forty-seven professors from the Psychology degree program at FES Zaragoza, UNAM participated and answered a questionnaire on the contents of six academic programs of the Basic Training Stage. The professors reported that students develop reading comprehension activities (M=2.67), improve their theoretical-methodological knowledge, the ability to collect data, acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to venture into the investigation of psychological phenomena, planning, design and application of research methods, as well as their ability to prepare and present reports (M=3.37). They believe that students strengthen their ability to study and work in teams (M=3.33) with a disposition for self-criticism (M=3.14).