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Despite the worldwide increase in entre­preneurship education offered at univer­sities, there is an ongoing debate whether and under which conditions this type of education contributes to foster students’ entrepreneurial competencies. There is no consensus on what entrepreneurial com­petencies means, neither on the charac­teristics of the pedagogical interventions needed, especially on what refers to the measurement of these interventions. This paper argues that universities need to de­velop learning environments in the context of non-formal education. Non-formal ed­ucation is proposed to fit better with the enhancement of entrepreneurial compe­tencies, as it offers the flexibility required to facilitate experimentation and to allow students to gather entrepreneurial experi­ence. Additionally, in this paper arguments are developed to show how formative evaluation systems suit entrepreneurial pedagogic interventions. Therefore, a com­prehensive proposal that facilitates the ac­quisition of entrepreneurial competencies, the main pedagogical characteristics that should inspire the different educational programs and their relationships with the different types of entrepreneurial compe­tencies are exposed. The article ends with the design of a formative evaluation system that highlights the importance of reflection as an element of the evaluation process and the entrepreneurial learning process.

In the European Space of Higher Education, the cultural features of the millennials, the development of technology and the shift in the understanding of the students’ learning process, have played a vital role in the development and evolution of gamification-based teaching practices. Gamification is related to the development of skills, motivation and commitment of students. The aim of this paper is to provide evidence of the benefits of gamification in the training itinerary of Business Administration students. To this end, two different experiences have been selected, based on the skills students train and the added value that these skills may provide. In the first case, this paper presents empirical evidence of the improvement on the final grade of students who have participated in the gamification experience. The benefits of the second experience are diverse and reach students, universities and companies. The success of both experiences is linked to their adaptation to the cultural traits of the millennials, whose learning process is conditioned by technology and by other features identified in literature. The second experience responds to the necessary collaboration between university and business, as well as the generation of networks.

Nowadays our students are quite discouraged attending lectures and working. This leads teachers to introduce changes in their lectures which conduct them to design new learning activities as the basis of their teaching. This paper proposes a model for designing learning activities in basic engineering courses. The proposed activities aim to motivate students, promote learning and strengthen the generic skills of oral communication, teamwork and autonomous learning.The paper discusses the use of two templates to design activities. The former contains general information about the activity, while the latter contains all the details for the development of the activity. Usually the latter will serve as material for students to develop the activity; however in some cases it will be necessary to add some additional documentation (web, guides, etc.).The paper describes how to apply the proposed model to five learning activities of basic engineering programming courses. Moreover, the article proposes the usage of two rubrics to assess two of the activities. Finally, the paper presents the student ratings for the learning activities developed. In general, students are satisfied with the activities and they found the activities helpful for enhancing their learning and for acquiring new skills.

Learning outcomes (LO) and its assessment as quality and governance indicators in the Higher Education (HE) Curricula, are very present in the international quality standards for HE. Assuring the internal coherence of the required elements to reach LO is currently a challenge for HE institutions. A study was conducted in the Degree in Business Administration and Management in Talavera (GADE) during the course 2012-2013 with the aim of analyzing the unit guides (UG) to assess the intra-competences coherence in the so called “verified curricula” and its corresponding learning activities, identifying the most practiced competences by doing the learning activities.The paper reveals by mean of the unit guides the range of criteria used to link learning activities with competences, contributing to detect incoherencies that allow working on improvement proposals for next courses. It is also revealed that UG are a key element in the assessment and improvement of the curricula’s quality. This paper comprises of several parts, starting with the framework for assessing and monitoring of the degrees, followed by the theoretical aspects of LO as coherence indicators for the curricula, then the competences developed are analyzed and tabulated by year, unit and so on, finally the findings are discussed and conclusion delivered.

A new student generation, denominated generation Y emerged as a consequence of structural changes in a higher education globalization context as well as the social and technologic development. Some of the generation Y characteristics are: digital natives, the most diverse generation, at once more connected and more isolated, facing the worst economy in recent memory, more immature and dependent, with a pragmatic vision of studies and with useful searching information skills.This paper focused a comprehensive and structural vision of generation Y college students. This vision, multidimensional and multilevel, has been constructed with two types of evidence: the first one it’s about some secondary evidence sources (research studies, institutional reports), with special focus on strong methodological issues; the second one is founded on primary evidence from a group of junior faculty of University of Barcelona. The multidimensional vision included such aspects as: social and academic background, transition to higher education, modes and types of studies, and learning styles. The multilevel analysis focuses on students of several countries (especial attention on European students), national Spanish students, and student from some specifics universities. A singular objective of this paper is to have the possibility of contrasting the similitude of the double vision generated from the two typologies of examined evidence

Existen interesantes y numerosos estudios que ahondan sobre la influencia de un conjunto de factores (personales, sociales, institucionales, etc.) como facilitadores e inhibidores de una adecuada transición académica desde la perspectiva del alumnado. El presente trabajo describe el proceso de ajuste académico a la universidad desde la perspectiva del profesorado del primer año. Conocer las opiniones de quienes han sido el referente de entrada de estudiantes de nuevo acceso en asignaturas obligatorias del primer año puede contribuir a arrojar luz sobre la necesidad de establecer un perfil –o perfiles– de profesorado en función, no sólo, de las características de la disciplina a impartir sino, también, del perfil del alumno y de las características de los grupos clase. Para ello, se ha administrado una encuesta “on-line” a todo el profesorado de primer curso de los grados de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ADE) y de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Barcelona al finalizar el curso 2010-11 obteniendo una tasa de respuesta del 45%. Mediante diversas técnicas estadísticas se ha analizado las relaciones entre las diferentes variables estudiadas considerando como referencia de análisis el grupo clase. De los resultados se desprende que los factores relativos al contexto docente son los que mayor incidencia presentan en la satisfacción del profesorado del primer año frente a la influencia negativa que ejerce la preparación académica previa de los alumnos. A partir de una reducción dimensional del conjunto de variables sociodemográficas y de contexto de la muestra del profesorado, se han obtenido cuatro factores: coordinación y funcionamiento de la docencia, condiciones de la docencia, experiencia docente y el género del docente. A modo de conclusión, los resultados ponen de manifiesto que la motivación e implicación docente del profesorado del primer año tiende a decrecer a lo largo del curso académico. Este artículo pretende resaltar este punto y sugerir algunos campos de mejorar para los docentes de primer curso y aquellos que tienen responsabilidades de coordinación. ABSTRACT Faculty satisfaction and motivation with first year teaching at social sciences degrees. Could be easy to find interesting studies about the influence of some factors (personal, social, institutional, etc.) as facilitators or inhibitors of adequate academic transition from student’s perspective. This paper describes the process of academic adjustment to high education college from the perspective of first-year teachers. Underlies also the relationship between faculty motivation and satisfaction and students retention. Collect opinions of first-year teachers could result of particular interest. They can have an important influence on students, being a reference for them. Could be possible to identify some profile of first year teachers, not only in terms of the characteristics of the discipline to be taught, but also the student’s profile and the characteristics of the class groups. A statistical survey has been done to all first-year teachers at grades of Administration and Management (ADE) and Education studies, at the University of Barcelona. This survey was done at the end of the 2010-11 academic year, obtaining a rate 45% response. Sample includes “online comments” from faculty members. Statistical techniques as descriptive analysis and regression analysis, based on a principal components analysis, let identify relationships between variables. The study also collected qualitative results of the opinions of higher education teachers to incorporate personal aspects. Factors relating to teaching context are those that have a higher influence in faculty satisfaction. On the other hand, student previous academic preparation has a negative effect on it. Four factors were identified through a dimensional reduction of variables: teaching coordination and operation, teaching conditions, teaching experience and teacher gender. This paper would remark this point and suggest some improving needs for a first year teachers and those who have responsibilities on it. Results show how teachers’ motivation and involvement decline slightly throughout the academic year.

Current University is challenged to design and configure processes of teaching more meaningful and experiential learning, it must continue investing in the development of methodologies and learning experiences that meet the demands of a new culture of learning competence integrated into the European Higher Education Area (EEES). The nocturnal gymkhana “Gymkha-express yourself throught sports” presented in this paper, refers to a non-formal educational event performing for several academic courses, with students from various promotions of Bachelor Degree in Physical Education of the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the Seville University. Through this teaching proposal, faculties from the Departments of Physical Education and Sport and Theory and History of Education of this University, offers to different groups of students the opportunity to experience the potential and utility of the evenings night of camp in the natural environment, which will have to develop and launch sometime in their careers. This paper presents a number of patterns and reflections, related design, implementation and description of a nocturnal gymkhana developed in the Alamillo Park of Seville, which may well result in personal and professional interest, particularly for current practitioners of Physical Education and the future ones.

The major legislative changes undertaken by the Spanish University Ordination Act in 2001 have sharply changed the guidelines of accreditation and promotion for university teachers. The period of 2001-2011 was marked by different economic and social contexts in Spanish universities, as well as by these new teacher evaluation systems coming into force. The period of economic growth until 2007 and the subsequent crisis that continues today have set boundary conditions that directly affect the structure of teaching staff in university faculties. This situation has created a problem that combines short-term phenomena such as the economic situation with long-term ones such as the teacher’s accreditation process. This paper presents the evolution of teachers in Spain (associate, full professor, contracted, etc.) until 2011 and the repercussions of accreditation systems in the teaching profession. It explores the causes and consequences of different variables (such as category, dedication, or teacher’s population) using the methodology of statistical analysis with the aim of determining the influence and representation that actually involves each of the existing figures in the university structure. These parameters influence teaching and it is particularly important to determine how changes in the accreditation system are actually affecting the functioning of university schools. Finally, the paper presents possible future scenarios arising in the field of university accreditation for a better fit in the international context.

Este trabajo trata de analizar hasta qué punto los alumnos son capaces de evaluar sus propios aprendizajes y los de sus compañeros (evaluación entre pares y autoevaluación) a través de la erúbrica, conociendo estándares y criterios de evaluación propuestos por el profesorado en la configuración, diseño y desarrollo de la evaluación de proyectos. Esta forma de evaluar y autoevaluarse presupone en el Nuevo Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior que el alumno asuma un papel más activo en el proceso de enseñanza y que la propia evaluación le sirva de aprendizaje en la consecución de las competencias profesionales. Así el uso de las nuevas tecnologías en procesos de evaluación autorregulada permite que el alumno alcance un rendimiento óptimo, eficaz y de calidad tanto en la propuesta de contenidos, como en el desarrollo de los mismos ante el grupo, considerando el acto de evaluar como un proceso de mejora y de aprendizaje, a través de herramientas como la erúbrica que favorecen la “evaluación total”; es decir, la asunción de todas las competencias básicas.Este estudio se ha llevado a cabo en el curso académico 2011-2012, durante dos semestres con asignaturas troncales distintas (Teoría y Política de la Educación Infantil y Hacia una escuela inclusiva: modelos y prácticas) y con idénticos grupos (Grupo de 1º de grado de infantil A-grupo experimental- y Grupo de 1º de grado de infantil B-grupo control).El presente trabajo expone los resultados de la evaluación entre pares y la autoevaluación a través de la puesta en práctica de proyectos, donde los alumnos evalúan a sus compañeros y se autoevalúan, comparando los resultados con la evaluación que realiza el profesor de los grupos y de cada alumno de forma individual.ABSTRACTPeer assessment and self-evaluation with erubrics: a case study in the Degree in Early Childhood Education.This paper analyzes the extent to which students are able to assess their own learning and that of their peers (peer assessment and self-evaluation) through erubrica, standards and evaluation criteria proposed by the faculty in the configuration, design and development of project evaluation. This type of evaluation and self-assessment presumes in the New European space of Higher Education that students take a more active role in the learning process and the evaluation itself will serve in helping to achieve the knowledge of professional skills. Thus the use of new technologies in self-regulatory assessment processes allows the student to achieve an optimal, effective and quality performance in the proposed content, as much as in the development of them before the group, considering the act of evaluation as a process of improvement and learning through tools such as the erubrica that favor the “overall assessment”; that is, the assumption of all core competencies.This study has been carried out in the academic year 2011-2012, for two semesters with different core subjects (theory and child education policy and towards an inclusive school: patterns and practices) and with identical groups (Group 1, 1st degree of infant A as the experimental group; and Group 2, 1st degree of infant B, as the control group).This paper exposes the results of peer evaluation and self-evaluation through the implementation of projects, where students evaluate their peers and evaluate themselves by comparing the results with the assessment made by the teacher with their groups and each student individually.

Los importantes cambios legislativos realizados por la Ley de Ordenación Universitaria desde 2001 han modificado severamente las pautas de acreditación y promoción del profesorado universitario. El periodo 2001-2011 viene marcado por distintos contextos económicos y sociales en la universidad española, a la vez que por la entrada en vigor de estos nuevos sistemas de acreditación docente.El periodo de crecimiento económico hasta 2007 y la posterior crisis que dura hasta nuestros días han creado unas condiciones de contorno que repercuten directamente en la estructura del profesorado de las facultades y escuelas universitarias. Esta situación ha generado una problemática que conjuga fenómenos de corto plazo, como la coyuntura económica, junto a procesos de largo plazo, como la acreditación de los profesores en España.El presente artículo presenta la evolución del profesorado en España (asociado, funcionario, contratado, etc.) hasta 2011 y la repercusión que los sistemas de acreditación en la carrera docente pueden estar teniendo actualmente en este colectivo. Se han evaluado las causas y consecuencias de distintas variables (como la categoría, su dedicación o la evolución del número de profesores) mediante la metodología del análisis estadístico, con el objetivo de conocer la influencia y representatividad que realmente tienen cada una de las figuras existentes en la estructura universitaria. Estos parámetros influyen en la actividad docente, siendo de especial importancia conocer en qué medida los cambios en el sistema de acreditación están afectando al funcionamiento de las facultades y escuelas. Por último, se plantean posibles escenarios y propuestas de futuro en el campo de la acreditación universitaria de cara a un mejor encaje en el contexto internacional.ABSTRACTAccreditation and promotion of Spanish university lecturers: situation, trends and future prospects.The major legislative changes undertaken by the Spanish University Ordination Act in 2001 have sharply changed the guidelines of accreditation and promotion for university teachers. The period of 2001-2011 was marked by different economic and social contexts in Spanish universities, as well as by these new teacher evaluation systems coming into force.The period of economic growth until 2007 and the subsequent crisis that continues today have set boundary conditions that directly affect the structure of teaching staff in university faculties. This situation has created a problem that combines short-term phenomena such as the economic situation with long-term ones such as the teacher’s accreditation process.This paper presents the evolution of teachers in Spain (associate, full professor, contracted, etc.) until 2011 and the repercussions of accreditation systems in the teaching profession. It explores the causes and consequences of different variables (such as category, dedication, or teacher’s population) using the methodology of statistical analysis with the aim of determining the influence and representation that actually involves each of the existing figures in the university structure. These parameters influence teaching and it is particularly important to determine how changes in the accreditation system are actually affecting the functioning of university schools. Finally, the paper presents possible future scenarios arising in the field of university accreditation for a better fit in the international context.

El flipped classroom es un nuevo modelo metodológico docente que trata de invertir la forma en que los contenidos de aprendizaje se entregan a los alumnos para favorecer el entendimiento de la materia mediante un trabajo en casa .El objetivo del estudio es analizar si la implantación del ”flippedd classroom” es útil como herramienta docente para mejorar el rendimiento académico y si este es dependiente del sexo. Contamos con una cohorte de 75 alumnos de kinesiología (55% hombres y 46% mujeres) y 98 de obstetricia (94%mujeres y 4% hombres) de ambos sexos entre los 20-24 años. Se les realizo tres pruebas en el semestre académico, 1ºprueba, grupo control N=164, 2 prueba, introducción de clase a clase en papel, 3 pruebas, introducción de plataforma web. La nota media de la primera prueba fue 3,86± 0.78 e intervalo de confianza (3.74-3.99) la de la segunda prueba fue 4.12± 0.87 intervalo de confianza (3.99-4.26) y de la tercera prueba 4.92±0.94 e intervalo de confianza (4.77- 5.05.) Se realizó un análisis de varianza, la p que se obtuvo fue p=0.000, lo que indica que existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre la notas de los 3 grupos. Con respecto la variable sexo, no se observaron diferencias. La introducción de herramientas didácticas mejora ostensiblemente y de forma significativa el rendimiento académico de los alumnos siendo este superior con la introducción de la plataforma web teachem que con el material didáctico en papel. Con respecto al sexo de los alumnos, no influye en ninguna de las calificaciones obtenidas en las 3 pruebas.ABSTRACTTeaching tools to improve academic performance.The “flipped classroom” is a new teaching methodology model that seeks to reverse the way learning contents are delivered to students in order to promote the subject understanding by working at home. The aim of the study is to analyze whether the implementation with “flipped classroom” is useful as a teaching tool to improve academic performance and if it is dependent on the sex of participants. We have a sample of 75 kinesiology students (55% male and 46% female) and 98 of obstetrics (94% women and 4% men), between 20-24 years. They performed three tests in the academic semester: 1st test, control group N = 164; 2nd test, introduction from class to class on paper; 3 test, introduction of web platform. The average score of the first test was 3.86 ± 0.78 and confidence interval (3.74-3.99), second test average score was 4.12 ± 0.87 and confidence interval (3.99-4.26) and third test average score was 4.92 ± 0.94 and interval confidence (4.77-5.05). An analysis of variance was done obtaining p = 0.000, indicating that there were significant differences among the 3 groups scores. Regarding the gender variable, no differences were observed. The introduction of the teaching tools significantly improves academic performance of students and it is better with the introduction of the web platform teachem than with paper materials.

The goal of this paper is twofold: first, it aims at presenting the operation of the Law Degree’s final dissertation at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra; and second, it seeks to analyze the experience accumulated over the past two years and to draw some lessons that – specially with regards to its organization and coordination– may prove helpful to other institutions and universities. After a short introduction, the paper sketches the complex normative framework surrounding the course “Degree’s final dissertation” at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Following this, the paper describes those constrains and initial considerations that informed its design. This brief analysis provides the necessary context to the following pages, which focus on the several stages the course includes and the main coordination activities attached to them. The paper concludes with a reflection on the main lessons that can be drawn after two years of experience and with some suggestions. Among others, three deserve special attention: first, the need to adopt a flexible, proactive, close, continued and anticipatory style of coordination to ensure the success of the course; second, the convenience to elaborate a course guide as clear and concise as possible; third, the relevance of creating a brief manual that helps professors in their tutorial activities and the ulterior evaluation of papers, particularly in those cases that involve a large number of professors.

El objetivo de este trabajo es doble: por un lado, presentar el funcionamiento del “Trabajo de fin de Grado” en el Grado en Derecho de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra; por otro, analizar la experiencia acumulada durante estos dos años y extraer algunas lecciones que, sobre todo desde el punto de vista de la organización y la coordinación, puedan resultar útiles para otros centros y universidades. Tras una breve introducción, el trabajo dibuja el complejo marco normativo en el que se inscribe la asignatura “Trabajo de fin de Grado” en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra. A continuación, recoge aquellas constricciones y consideraciones preliminares que inspiraron su diseño. Este breve análisis sirve para contextualizar las páginas posteriores, que se centran en las etapas que comprende la asignatura y las principales funciones de coordinación asociadas a cada una de ellas. El trabajo concluye con una reflexión en torno a las principales lecciones aprendidas tras dos años de funcionamiento de la asignatura y con algunas recomendaciones. Tres merecen especial interés: la necesidad de adoptar un estilo de coordinación flexible, proactivo, cercano, continuado y anticipatorio para garantizar el éxito de la asignatura; la conveniencia de elaborar una guía de la asignatura lo más clara y precisa posible; y la importancia de desarrollar un manual que ayude a los profesores en la acción tutorial y en la posterior evaluación de los trabajos, especialmente si el número de profesores implicados es elevado.ABSTRACTThe coordination of the Law degree’s final dissertation at the UPF: operation and lessons after two years of experience.The goal of this paper is twofold: first, it aims at presenting the operation of the Law Degree’s final dissertation at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra; and second, it seeks to analyze the experience accumulated over the past two years and to draw some lessons that –specially with regards to its organization and coordination– may prove helpful to other institutions and universities. After a short introduction, the paper sketches the complex normative framework surrounding the course “Degree’s final dissertation” at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Following this, the paper describes those constrains and initial considerations that informed its design. This brief analysis provides the necessary context to the following pages, which focus on the several stages the course includes and the main coordination activities attached to them. The paper concludes with a reflection on the main lessons that can be drawn after two years of experience and with some suggestions. Among others, three deserve special attention: first, the need to adopt a flexible, proactive, close, continued and anticipatory style of coordination to ensure the success of the course; second, the convenience to elaborate a course guide as clear and concise as possible; third, the relevance of creating a brief manual that helps professors in their tutorial activities and the ulterior evaluation of papers, particularly in those cases that involve a large number of professors.

The paper assumes some relevant links connecting both, the reflection on student dropout and quality in Higher Education. The assumed frames locate the reflection on student dropout in a wider context than the most common studies do. That’s it; the influence exerted by the tertiary education in the student’s personal development and its socio-economic impact on the local contexts where it is such education is developed. Beyond it, the paper analyzes some of the more relevant data related to the dropout phenomena and some of the it most common evaluations on Higher Education in our country, besides considering some key biases detected in studies on dropout. To deepen the knowledge of this phenomenon means the development of high analytic criticism on previous studies and the frames they adopted in its analysis. Beyond the former analysis some feasible guidelines are proposed in order to build up better policies pointing at the dropout reduction in Higher Education. According to such proposal some key concepts are depicted for a more comprehensive approach to the phenomena. As a closing summary, they are illuminated by ten basic guidelines aiming at the institutional intervention.

En el siguiente texto se asume la relevancia de la reflexión sobre el fenómeno del abandono en relación con la calidad de la formación superior. Los referentes adoptados sirven para contextuar aquél en un marco de comprensión más general del que suele ser habitual: el de la influencia ejercida por los estudios superiores universitarios en el desarrollo de las personas y en el impacto socio-cultural y económico que ejerce la universidad en su entorno. Por otra parte, también se analizan algunos de los datos más relevantes en relación al abandono y a determinadas percepciones o evaluaciones que se hace de los estudios universitarios en nuestro país, así como algunas limitaciones de los estudios sobre el mismo. Profundizar en el conocimiento del abandono y sus causas lleva aparejada la necesidad de someter a análisis crítico muchos de los estudios que se hacen sobre el mismo y de sus principales referentes.A partir de lo anterior, se aportan algunas orientaciones posibles para el abordaje del fenómeno del abandono, distinguiendo aquellas aportaciones que ofrecen unas mejores condiciones conceptuales para una interpretación relevante del mismo y se finaliza sugiriendo diez grandes líneas posibles de acción institucional y académica.ABSTRACTThe paper assumes some relevant links connecting both, the reflection on student dropout and quality in Higher Education. The assumed frames locate the reflection on student dropout in a wider context than the most common studies do. That’s it; the influence exerted by the tertiary education in the student’s personal development and its socio-economic impact on the local contexts where it is such education is developed. Beyond it, the paper analyzes some of the more relevant data related to the dropout phenomena and some of the it most common evaluations on Higher Education in our country, besides considering some key biases detected in studies on dropout. To deepen the knowledge of this phenomenon means the development of high analytic criticism adopted in its analysis.Beyond the former analysis some feasible guidelines are proposed in order to build up better policies pointing at the dropout reduction in Higher Education. According to such proposal some key concepts are depicted for a more comprehensive approach to the phenomena. As a closing summary, they are illuminated by ten basic guidelines aiming at the institutional intervention.

The e-portfolio used as a tool in the process of teaching and learning, provides students with opportunities for reflection so they can achieve improvements throughout their own learning process. This is also a powerful tool that accompanies the process of fulfilling changing requirements, ensuring strong involvement of students, increasing awareness of their own learning and progress, and emphasising the promotion and development of skill-based assessment. The e-portfolio has been implemented in nursing studies at the Universitat d’Andorra, in all the practical subjects, provides a wide range of activities that guide and assist in the teaching-learning process and shows the progress of students’ improvement during their clinical training, in a transversal and longitudinal way throughout the first university level in nursing. In this paper, we analyze a group of 25 students of Bachelor of Nursing, and we clearly show how mentoring and monitoring the student during clinical training is very important, both to offer tracking of the activities thus helping their improvement, and to provide continuity and support. This tutoring offers the opportunity to reflect continuously on the activities and experiences in front of new real situations that involve new approaches, doubts and therefore evolution and progress. The results of implementing the e-portfolio shown in this paper, demonstrate the high level of participation and constancy of the students and their progress throughout clinical training.

In a review of the university tutoring, we find it reappears in Higher Education, with the new European guidelines, as an element of quality and innovation that facilitates the process of accompaniment required to contribute to the integral formation of students, favoring the new educational approach centered on the students and their learning. This paper focuses on the perceptions, beliefs and relationships that students and tutors of different Degree studies belong to a University Tutoring Special Plan have on it in the first year of admission. The analysis and discussion of basic aspects of tutoring allows its protagonists, students and tutors, raise a feedback and suggestions for optimal development. This paper concludes with the need to consider tutoring as a process characterized as systematic, planned, integrated, intentional, ongoing, dynamic and, above all, recognized, responding to a right of the EHEA and a quality factor of the same. Given this fact, tutoring can´t be left in the hands of willful people, but it should be seen as an institutional matter. This requires the creation of an organizational structure to ensure its performance and the appropriate response to specific demands. Therefore, it is to provide content tutoring, to give it meaning, coherence and continuity.

The European Higher Education Area has brought a significant change in traditional practices of university education, introducing significant changes in teaching methodology. In this way, we have changed from a teaching centred model to a learning centred one. This paper presents research aimed at first year students in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education in the University of Jaen. This paper intends to determine their attitudes and perceptions towards developing cooperative strategies in their learning process. Thus, the study sample was selected through a randomized sampling procedure and it was made up by all students who answered the questionnaire provided after taking the subject (n=416). The results have shown a favorable perception of the students surveyed towards this type of methodology. They assessed positively both the planning posed by the teacher and its impact on their learning process. Additionally, the data provided have revealed that older students and those studying Early Childhood Education are more receptive to this type of methodology. No doubt, this is an innovative experience in the field of Higher Education which has meant significant progress in the teaching of undergraduates.

This paper reflects on the concept of English Medium Instruction, a growing activity at Spanish universities and a consequence of the European Higher Education Area, the internationalization of universities and the gradual interest in the different CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) models. The forces behind CLIL are presented along with the benefits for institutions and practitioners involved. Special attention is given to methodological implications with the purpose of demystifying the belief that English language competence is the only requisite and benefit of bilingual programs. The paper offers an overview of the spread of this practice in Spanish Universities as well as references to sources for further information. Another section presents some of the aspects related to the implementation of bilingual programs, mainly those referring to planning. Teacher education, competences required and linguistic needs are dealt with in the final section. The main contribution of the article could be some indications for trainers or for those who may undertake autonomous training to teach through English. The paper points at three areas from which knowledge about the linguistic needs can be obtained. In addition, these areas may help the content teacher to understand the different language types used in the classroom event.

The new educational scenario promoted by the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has brought significant changes in the day-to-day teaching of undergraduate degrees. Among these changes we can mention the appearance of a Final Project as a compulsory subject in all degrees, including the degree in Business Administration. This paper examines the experience in this regard of the Faculty of Business Administration and Tourism of the University of Vigo. This Faculty located in the Ourense Campus already has two years of experience as regards teaching and academic organization of the Final Project since its establishment in the academic year 2010-11. For this purpose the paper begins by reviewing the main characteristics of the Final Project. This review is made in the Spanish context of the new degrees adapted to the EHEA and paying special attention to the degree in Business Administration. Then we present the particular case of this Faculty where you can identify the main pillars on which its implementation was based as well as the future challenges that those responsible for the Faculty still face.

El Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior ha traído consigo un cambio significativo en las prácticas tradicionales de la enseñanza universitaria, introduciendo importantes modificaciones en la metodología docente; de este modo se ha pasado de un modelo centrado en la enseñanza a un modelo centrado en el aprendizaje del alumno. En este trabajo se presenta una investigación dirigida a estudiantes de primer curso del Grado de Educación Infantil y Educación Primaria de la Universidad de Jaén, con la intención de conocer sus actitudes y percepciones hacia el desarrollo de estrategias cooperativas en su proceso de aprendizaje. Para ello, la muestra objeto de estudio ha sido seleccionada mediante un muestreo de tipo accidental o causal, estando formada por todos aquellos alumnos que contestaron al cuestionario proporcionado una vez cursaron la asignatura (n=416). Los resultados obtenidos han demostrado la percepción favorable del alumnado encuestado hacia este tipo de metodología, valorando de forma positiva tanto la planificación planteada por el profesor como su repercusión hacia su proceso de aprendizaje. Asimismo, los datos aportados han revelado cómo son los alumnos de mayor edad así como aquellos que están cursando el Grado de Educación Infantil los que se muestran más receptivos hacia este tipo de metodología. Sin duda, se trata de una experiencia de innovación en el ámbito de Educación Superior la cuál ha planteado importantes avances en el proceso de enseñanza de los estudiantes universitarios.ABSTRACTPerceptions towards cooperative learning in students of Primary and Infant Education Teacher Degrees.The European Higher Education Area has brought a significant change in traditional practices of university education, introducing significant changes in teaching methodology. In this way, we have changed from a teaching centred model to a learning centred one. This paper presents research aimed at first year students in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education in the University of Jaen. This paper intends to determine their attitudes and perceptions towards developing cooperative strategies in their learning process. Thus, the study sample was selected through a randomized sampling procedure and it was made up by all students who answered the questionnaire provided after taking the subject (n=416). The results have shown a favorable perception of the students surveyed towards this type of methodology. They assessed positively both the planning posed by the teacher and its impact on their learning process. Additionally, the data provided have revealed that older students and those studying Early Childhood Education are more receptive to this type of methodology. No doubt, this is an innovative experience in the field of Higher Education which has meant significant progress in the teaching of undergraduates.

El nuevo escenario educativo propiciado por el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES) ha supuesto importantes cambios en el día a día de la docencia de las titulaciones de grado. Entre ellos se encuentra la aparición del Trabajo Fin de Grado (TFG) como materia obligatoria de todos los grados, entre los que el de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ADE) no es una excepción. En este artículo se expone la experiencia concreta en este sentido de la Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Turismo de la Universidad de Vigo. Este Centro universitario del Campus de Ourense cuenta ya con dos años de experiencia en lo que se refiere a la docencia y organización académica del TFG desde su puesta en marcha en el curso académico 2010-11. Con esta finalidad se comienza con una revisión de las principales características del TFG en el contexto de los nuevos grados dentro del EEES en España, prestando atención preferente al grado en ADE. A continuación, se presenta el caso particular de este Centro donde se identifican los principales pilares sobre los que se basó su implementación así como los retos futuros a los que aún se enfrentan los responsables del Centro. ABSTRACTBachelor’s Degree Final Project in Business Administration: From theory to experience at the Business and Tourism Faculty, Ourense campus, (University of Vigo).The new educational scenario promoted by the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has brought significant changes in the day-to-day teaching of undergraduate degrees. Among these changes we can mention the appearance of a Final Project as a compulsory subject in all degrees, including the degree in Business Administration. This paper examines the experience in this regard of the Faculty of Business Administration and Tourism of the University of Vigo. This Faculty located in the Ourense Campus already has two years of experience as regards teaching and academic organization of the Final Project since its establishment in the academic year 2010-11. For this purpose the paper begins by reviewing the main characteristics of the Final Project. This review is made in the Spanish context of the new degrees adapted to the EHEA and paying special attention to the degree in Business Administration. Then we present the particular case of this Faculty where you can identify the main pillars on which its implementation was based as well as the future challenges that those responsible for the Faculty still face.

Este artículo reflexiona sobre el concepto de docencia en inglés, una actividad creciente en la universidad española como consecuencia del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, la internacionalización de las universidades y el progresivo interés por las distintas modalidades de CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning). Se exponen las fuerzas que ocasionan esta práctica y las ventajas que puede aportar a las instituciones y personas implicadas. En especial se consideran las implicaciones metodológicas con el objetivo de desmitificar que el único requisito y beneficio de impartir clase en inglés es un mejor dominio de este idioma. El artículo incluye una panorámica de la situación en España así como referencias a trabajos y fuentes que permiten ampliar esta información. Algunos aspectos relacionados con la implementación de los programas bilingües, en especial los vinculados a la planificación se presentan en otro apartado. En la última sección se considera con más detalle la formación de profesorado: competencias requeridas y necesidades en lo que respecta a la dimensión lingüística. La aportación principal son unas indicaciones para formadores o para los que de manera autónoma opten por prepararse para la docencia en inglés. El artículo señala tres ámbitos de los que se pueden extraer conocimientos para abordar las necesidades lingüísticas de los profesores que se preparan para la docencia en inglés. A su vez estos ámbitos pueden ayudar al profesor de contenidos a comprender los distintos tipos de lengua que convergen en el aula.ABSTRACTLecturer education for English Medium InstructionThis paper reflects on the concept of English Medium Instruction, a growing activity at Spanish universities and a consequence of the European Higher Education Area, the internationalization of universities and the gradual interest in the different CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) models. The forces behind CLIL are presented along with the benefits for institutions and practitioners involved. Special attention is given to methodological implications with the purpose of demystifying the belief that English language competence is the only requisite and benefit of bilingual programs. The paper offers an overview of the spread of this practice in Spanish Universities as well as references to sources for further information. Another section presents some of the aspects related to the implementation of bilingual programs, mainly those referring to planning. Teacher education, competences required and linguistic needs are dealt with in the final section. The main contribution of the article could be some indications for trainers or for those who may undertake autonomous training to teach through English. The paper points at three areas from which knowledge about the linguistic needs can be obtained. In addition, these areas may help the content teacher to understand the different language types used in the classroom event.

Engineering students must have a good capacity of spatial visualization to face up the tasks of their studies. In this sense, taking into account that it is possible to improve this capacity by means of an adequate training, an innovative methodology is proposed in this paper, which is based on stablishing interdisciplinary links between technical drawing and other more practical issues and, which also helps students to reinforce their spatial abilities through original exercises. Specifically, this paper deals with the link between the Technical Drawing subject and the industrial radiology, obtaining the views of a part (plan, elevation and profile) as radiographs. It is necessary to apply the fundamental concepts of radiology, which define the color of the different radiograph zones in a quantitative way, according to both the type of material and the thickness of the represented part. The active methodology proposed in this paper helps: (i) to improve the spatial abilities of students and (ii) to make the study of technical drawing more enjoyable, bringing students closer to the professional life of an engineer.

The framework of this paper is a coordinated research project between three universities (Barcelona, Sevilla and Santiago de Compostela) entitled: Professional knowledge of university professors: the Construction and transfer of teaching practice2 . It is based on an unexplored higher education theoretical approach: analysis of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), an original Shulman (1986) construct that Mishra and Koehler (2006) extended to Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK). It is a multiple case study. Each university took three cases of three professors selected as good teachers. We focus here on the case of a teacher of the Degree in Computer Engineering from the School of Engineering at University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Non participant observation of classes and in-depth interviews were carried out. Data were analyzed based on theoretical dimensions and those arising from the observations. This paper presents the dimension "transformation of knowledge" that allows realizing the teacher's TPCK, and a dialogue between the teacher who was the own "case" and two USC researchers. This crossing perspective is around two issues: the relationship between teaching and research and TCPK. The results show limited relationship between research and teaching and poor use of specific technologies to help students understand the subject.

Este trabajo tiene como marco un proyecto de investigación coordinado entre tres universidades (Barcelona, Sevilla y Santiago de Compostela) titulado: El conocimiento profesional del profesor universitario: procesos de construcción y transferencia de la práctica docente[1]. El mismo se basa en un enfoque teórico poco explorado en la enseñanza universitaria: el análisis del Conocimiento Didáctico del Contenido (CDC), un constructo original de Shulman (1986) que Mishra y Koehler (2006) ampliaron posteriormente al de Conocimiento Tecnológico-Didáctico del Contenido (TPCK). Es un estudio de caso múltiple. Cada universidad tomó tres casos de profesoras o profesores universitarios seleccionados como buenos docentes. Nos centraremos aquí en el caso de un profesor del Grado en Ingeniería Informática de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC). Se realizó observación participante de clases y entrevistas en profundidad al profesor. Los datos fueron analizados en base a dimensiones teóricas y aquellas que surgieron de las observaciones. Se expone la dimensión "transformación del saber" que permite dar cuenta del TPCK del profesor y un diálogo entre el profesor que constituyó el “caso” con los investigadores que hicieron su seguimiento. Este cruce de perspectivas gira en torno a dos aspectos: la relación entre docencia e investigación y el Conocimiento Tecnológico-Didáctico del Contenido. Los resultados muestran escasa relación entre investigación y docencia y poco uso de tecnologías específicas para ayudar al alumnado a comprender la asignatura. Palabras clave: Educación Superior, Ingeniería Informática, Formación del Profesorado, Conocimiento Didáctico del Contenido, Conocimiento Tecnológico-Didáctico del Contenido. ABSTRACTTechnological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of a Computer Engineering Professor. A collaborative case study with the perspective of Professor and Researchers.The framework of this paper is a coordinated research project between three universities (Barcelona, Sevilla and Santiago de Compostela) entitled: Professional knowledge of university professors: the Construction and transfer of teaching practice[2]. It is based on an unexplored higher education theoretical approach: analysis of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), an original Shulman (1986) construct that Mishra and Koehler (2006) extended to Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK). It is a multiple case study. Each university took three cases of three professors selected as good teachers. We focus here on the case of a teacher of the Degree in Computer Engineering from the School of Engineering at University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Non participant observation of classes and in-depth interviews were carried out. Data were analyzed based on theoretical dimensions and those arising from the observations. This paper presents the dimension "transformation of knowledge" that allows realizing the teacher's TPCK, and a dialogue between the teacher who was the own "case" and two USC researchers. This crossing perspective is around two issues: the relationship between teaching and research and TCPK. The results show limited relationship between research and teaching and poor use of specific technologies to help students understand the subject. [1] I+D+i Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación EDU 2008-05964-C03-03/EDUC. [2] I+D+i Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Ministry of Research, Development and Innovation- 2008-05964-C03-03/EDUC EDU.

Los estudiantes de ingeniería tienen que tener una buena capacidad de visión espacial para enfrentarse a las tareas cotidianas de su titulación. En este sentido, teniendo en cuenta que esta capacidad se puede mejorar mediante un entrenamiento adecuado, en este artículo se plantea una innovadora metodología basada en la existencia de vínculos interdisciplinares entre el dibujo técnico y otras materias de carácter más práctico que, además, ayuda a reforzar la visión espacial de los estudiantes mediante unos ejercicios totalmente originales. Concretamente, este artículo trata el vínculo existente entre la asignatura Dibujo Técnico y la radiología industrial, obteniendo las vistas de una pieza (planta, alzado y perfil) como si fueran radiografías. Para ello, es necesario aplicar los conceptos propios de la radiología industrial, que definen de manera cuantitativa la coloración de las distintas zonas de una radiografía, en función del tipo de material y del espesor que tiene la pieza representada. La metodología activa que se plantea en este artículo ayuda: (i) a mejorar las habilidades espaciales del alumnado y (ii) a hacer más entretenido el estudio del dibujo técnico al acercar al estudiante al mundo profesional del ingeniero. ABSTRACTAn innovative methodology to practice the three dimensional viewing capacity of engineering students.Engineering students must have a good capacity of spatial visualization to face up the tasks of their studies. In this sense, taking into account that it is possible to improve this capacity by means of an adequate training, an innovative methodology is proposed in this paper, which is based on stablishing interdisciplinary links between technical drawing and other more practical issues and, which also helps students to reinforce their spatial abilities through original exercises. Specifically, this paper deals with the link between the Technical Drawing subject and the industrial radiology, obtaining the views of a part (plan, elevation and profile) as radiographs. It is necessary to apply the fundamental concepts of radiology, which define the color of the different radiograph zones in a quantitative way, according to both the type of material and the thickness of the represented part. The active methodology proposed in this paper helps: (i) to improve the spatial abilities of students and (ii) to make the study of technical drawing more enjoyable, bringing students closer to the professional life of an engineer.

Tutoring is one of the methodological resources which has undoubtedly experienced a deepest evolution since the implantation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Tutorial conception as a merely legal obligation to address students’ doubts has given rise to the use of tutorials as one of the most useful methods to develop certain skills and competences, in addition to its contribution to the learning of the subject in which they are inserted. This paper analyzes, from the perspective of developed innovative teaching experiences, the evolution of traditional mentoring until the current use that can be made of them as an interactive forum of equals, and, moreover, suggesting a classification. Finally, this paper shows a new breakthrough in the role of tutoring supported on new technologies as a suitable means of contrasting opinions, encouraging critical thinking and building student’s autonomous thought.

This paper describes a proposal of a Tutoring and Support Plan for PhD students, designed and conducted by the Competences and Values Development Team of Deusto University. This plan aims to provide the training of the members of the research team with strategies and it is also conceived as an alternative to avoid the feeling of loneliness experienced by PhD students while doing their theses as well as to minimize the dropout rate. The basics of the plan are aimed at developing learning autonomy, collaborative work competence on research teams, reflection practising and scientific knowledge construction. The objectives, the main activities and the results based on the opinions of people involved in the Plan are included in this paper. The evaluation of the Plan carried out both by directors and students is positive.

One of the problems that has to be faced by university teachers is the large number of students that start doing a degree without actually knowing the professional profile they will have after finishing it, as well as without knowing what the profession they are being trained for actually consists in. Furthermore, one can usually find definitions of professional identities which only take into account the technical and legal aspects while overlooking emotional and social components. University provides us with an appropriate space for the development of that identity on the basis of a comprehensive concept of training. However, at the same time, the compartmentalized structures of the degrees, which are subdivided into different subjects, mean an obstacle for the implementation of that development. Hence, we decided to create a team of university teachers specialized in different subjects in order to suggest a proposal to be implemented in the classroom. This proposal is intended to put an end to the rigidity of a structure organized by subjects through the design and implementation of a number of joint activities whose ultimate aim is the acquisition of competences. This paper presents our personal views about the professional identity of those degrees relating to Economics and Business, suggesting a comprehensive team work proposal which integrates different views on different subjects in order to design activities which may help students to achieve a better understanding of their future profession. This paper includes a summary of the designed activities, the evaluation tools and the results of their implementation during the first years.

Uno de los problemas con que nos encontramos quienes trabajamos en la docencia universitaria es el gran número de estudiantes que comienzan un grado sin saber muy bien cuál es el perfil de egreso del mismo y sin saber en qué consiste la profesión para la que se están formando. Además, es frecuente encontrar definiciones de identidades profesionales que sólo atienden a aspectos técnicos y legales, dejando aparte las componentes emocional y social. La universidad nos brinda un espacio apropiado para el desarrollo de esa identidad desde una concepción integral de la formación, pero a la vez, las estructuras de las titulaciones, compartimentadas en asignaturas, dificultan ese desarrollo. De ahí que nos propusiéramos plantear una propuesta de aplicación en el aula desde un equipo de profesores de distintas materias. Esta propuesta intenta romper la rigidez de la estructura por asignaturas a través del diseño y aplicación de actividades conjuntas para la adquisición de competencias. En este trabajo presentamos nuestras reflexiones sobre la identidad profesional en carreras relacionadas con la Economía y la Empresa y hacemos una propuesta de trabajo en equipo en la que se integran visiones de distintas materias para el diseño de actividades que faciliten al estudiante el acercamiento a su profesión futura. Presentamos un resumen de las actividades diseñadas, de los instrumentos de evaluación y de los resultados de su aplicación en los primeros años. ABSTRACTThe development of professional identity at university: a proposal from the teaching in Business Management.One of the problems that has to be faced by university teachers is the large number of students that start doing a degree without actually knowing the professional profile they will have after finishing it, as well as without knowing what the profession they are being trained for actually consists in. Furthermore, one can usually find definitions of professional identities which only take into account the technical and legal aspects while overlooking emotional and social components. University provides us with an appropriate space for the development of that identity on the basis of a comprehensive concept of training. However, at the same time, the compartmentalized structures of the degrees, which are subdivided into different subjects, mean an obstacle for the implementation of that development. Hence, we decided to create a team of university teachers specialized in different subjects in order to suggest a proposal to be implemented in the classroom. This proposal is intended to put an end to the rigidity of a structure organized by subjects through the design and implementation of a number of joint activities whose ultimate aim is the acquisition of competences. This paper presents our personal views about the professional identity of those degrees relating to Economics and Business, suggesting a comprehensive team work proposal which integrates different views on different subjects in order to design activities which may help students to achieve a better understanding of their future profession. This paper includes a summary of the designed activities, the evaluation tools and the results of their implementation during the first years.

En este artículo se describe una propuesta de un Plan de Tutoría y Apoyo para estudiantes de doctorado diseñada y llevada a cabo por el equipo Desarrollo de Competencias y Valores de la Universidad de Deusto. Dicho Plan pretende aportar estrategias para la formación de los investigadores del equipo y se plantea como una alternativa para evitar la sensación de soledad que viven los doctorandos durante el proceso de realización de tesis doctoral y minimizar la tasa de abandono. Los fundamentos del Plan están orientados al desarrollo de la autonomía para aprender, al desarrollo de la competencia para trabajar colaborativamente en equipos de investigación, a la práctica de la reflexión y a la construcción de conocimiento científico. Se incluyen los objetivos del Plan, las actividades fundamentales y los resultados según las opiniones de los protagonistas. La valoración que realizan tanto los directores como los estudiantes sobre el Plan es positiva.ABSTRACTTutoring and Support for PhD Students: A Proposed Plan.This paper describes a proposal of a Tutoring and Support Plan for PhD students, designed and conducted by the Competences and Values Development Team ​of Deusto University. This plan aims to provide the training of the members of the research team with strategies and it is also conceived as an alternative to avoid the feeling of loneliness experienced by PhD students while doing their theses as well as to minimize the dropout rate. The basics of the plan are aimed at developing learning autonomy, collaborative work competence on research teams, reflection practising and scientific knowledge construction. The objectives, the main activities and the results based on the opinions of people involved in the Plan are included in this paper. The evaluation of the Plan carried out both by directors and students is positive.

La tutoría es uno de los recursos metodológicos que, sin duda, más ha evolucionado tras la implantación del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES). La concepción de la tutoría meramente como una obligación legal de atender las dudas de los estudiantes ha dado paso al uso de la tutoría como una de las metodologías más útiles para desarrollar determinadas capacidades y competencias, adicionalmente a su contribución al aprendizaje de la materia en la que se inserta. El presente trabajo analiza, desde la perspectiva de experiencias de innovación docentes desarrolladas, la evolución de la tutoría tradicional hasta el uso que actualmente se puede hacer de ella como foro interactivo entre iguales, y propone una clasificación de la misma. Finalmente, se expone un nuevo avance en el papel de la tutoría apoyada en las nuevas tecnologías como medio idóneo para el contraste de opiniones, el fomento del espíritu crítico y la construcción del pensamiento autónomo del estudiante.ABSTRACTFrom on-site tutoring to virtual one: evolution of tutoring process.Tutoring is one of the methodological resources which has undoubtedly experienced a deepest evolution since the implantation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Tutorial conception as a merely legal obligation to address students’ doubts has given rise to the use of tutorials as one of the most useful methods to develop certain skills and competences, in addition to its contribution to the learning of the subject in which they are inserted. This paper analyzes, from the perspective of developed innovative teaching experiences, the evolution of traditional mentoring until the current use that can be made of them as an interactive forum of equals, and, moreover, suggesting a classification. Finally, this paper shows a new breakthrough in the role of tutoring supported on new technologies as a suitable means of contrasting opinions, encouraging critical thinking and building student’s autonomous thought.

This paper presents a conceptual clarification of the term ‘competences‘, outlining the authors‘ personal stance and examining different theoretical currents which offer differing views of this construct. Its polysemy and ambiguity generate different conceptions and, consequently, encompass different educational practices within university education. An exhaustive characterisation of this concept helps to identify its significant features: its holistic, comprehensive, contextual, axiological, transferable and evolutionary nature. This paper shows the potential of competences to offer frameworks of reference for the new model of university teaching proposed in the European Higher Education Area. Hence, competences appear as broad ends in themselves which frame the purposes and formative and professional profile of university course programmes, whilst at the same time facilitating the selection of contents, understood as cultural media, which in turn facilitate the acquisition of relevant, in-depth, interdisciplinary, flexible and creative knowledge. Competences allow us to design learning situations and to choose methodological principles which emerge from involving students in research processes in order to acquire new knowledge. Similarly, evaluation is affected by the inclusion of competences in the curriculum, requiring the application of an approach to training which is materialised through the use of different instruments to evaluate the processes and not just academic results. Finally, the paper analyses certain circumstances which have hindered the real application of competences in scenarios of higher education, proposing the RIECU network as an example of good practices for the development of professional competences in prospective Pre-Primary school teachers.

Se presenta una clarificación conceptual del término competencias, explicitando nuestra posición personal e indagando en diferentes corrientes teóricas que aportan diferentes visiones de este constructo. Su polisemia y ambigüedad genera diferentes concepciones y, como consecuencia, ampara diversas prácticas educativas en el ámbito universitario. Una caracterización exhaustiva de este concepto permite identificar como rasgos relevantes su carácter holístico, integral, contextual, axiológico, transferible y evolutivo. Se muestra la potencialidad de las competencias para instaurarse como marcos de referencia del nuevo modelo docente universitario propuesto en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. De este modo, las competencias aparecen como amplias finalidades que enmarcan los propósitos y el perfil formativo y profesional de las titulaciones, al tiempo que facilitan la selección de unos contenidos entendidos como soportes culturales que facilitan la adquisición de un conocimiento relevante, profundo, interdisciplinar, flexible y creativo. Las competencias permiten diseñar situaciones de aprendizaje y elegir principios metodológicos que surgen de la implicación del alumnado en procesos de investigación para adquirir nuevos saberes. Del mismo modo, la evaluación se ve afectada por la inclusión de las competencias en el currículum, necesitando aplicar una concepción formativa que se concreta en el uso de diversos instrumentos para valorar el proceso y no solo los resultados académicos. Finalmente analizamos algunas circunstancias que han dificultado la aplicación real de las competencias en los escenarios de educación superior, proponiendo la red RIECU como ejemplo de buena práctica para el desarrollo de competencias profesionales en los futuros docentes de Educación Infantil. ABSTRACTThe Controversial Application of Competences in Teacher Training at University.This paper presents a conceptual clarification of the term ‘competences‘, outlining the authors‘ personal stance and examining different theoretical currents which offer differing views of this construct. Its polysemy and ambiguity generate different conceptions and, consequently, encompass different educational practices within university education. An exhaustive characterisation of this concept helps to identify its significant features: its holistic, comprehensive, contextual, axiological, transferable and evolutionary nature. This paper shows the potential of competences to offer frameworks of reference for the new model of university teaching proposed in the European Higher Education Area. Hence, competences appear as broad ends in themselves which frame the purposes and formative and professional profile of university course programmes, whilst at the same time facilitating the selection of contents, understood as cultural media, which in turn facilitate the acquisition of relevant, in-depth, interdisciplinary, flexible and creative knowledge. Competences allow us to design learning situations and to choose methodological principles which emerge from involving students in research processes in order to acquire new knowledge. Similarly, evaluation is affected by the inclusion of competences in the curriculum, requiring the application of an approach to training which is materialised through the use of different instruments to evaluate the processes and not just academic results. Finally, the paper analyses certain circumstances which have hindered the real application of competences in scenarios of higher education, proposing the RIECU network as an example of good practices for the development of professional competences in prospective Pre-Primary school teachers.

The Higher Education regulation process in Europe, known as the Bologna Process, has involved many changes, mainly in relation to methodology and assessment. According to some authors, one of the terms that may characterise best this Higher Education framework is "modularization". This concept is linked to the new structure of the university studies which is precisely based on "modules". The paper given below is related to implementation of the new EU study plans into the Teacher Training University College of Vitoria-Gasteiz; it is the first interdisciplinary paper involving teaching staff and related to the Teaching Profession module, the first contained in the structure of the new plans. The coordination of teaching staff is one of the main lines of work in the Bologna Process, which is essential to develop the right skills and maximise the role of students as an active learning component. The use of active, interdisciplinary methodologies has opened up a new dimension in universities, requiring the elimination of the once componential, individual structure, making us look for new areas of exchange that enable students' training to be developed jointly. Among the conclusions it is highlighted the implementation of module which has had its difficulties to be carried out. Moreover, we show the principal valuations made by teaching staff and students about this first interdisciplinary experience.

This paper presents an innovative approach to improving teacher quality that is being developed at the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the UPV / EHU, taking the opportunity arose with the configuration of the new curricula for their convergence in the European Higher Education Area. It is framed in the broader context of organizational change, curriculum and cultural, that is assuming the implementation of a modular design of the new degree (Education and Social Education), working in teams coordinated and with the institutional support of the UPV. The concrete innovation is presented, describes one of the seven modules of the new degree of Social Education, and underlines the work done by the faculty team who teach the five subjects that make up the module in the two official languages: Basque and Spanish, because they must plan, develop and evaluate the interdisciplinary activity in a coordinated manner. We reflect in this paper on the potential that the modular structure offers to undertake real change in the culture of teaching practice, and how to manage key factors to ensure the transition to a teaching model active, participatory and collaborative.

The aim of this article is to expose the emprise in curricular innovation of the Faculty of Humanities and Education (HUHEZI) at Mondragon University. This experience will be illustrated through the subject Cross-cultural Education and Values Education of the Teacher Training Degree (Infant and Primary Education Degrees). The practice described is located within the cooperative framework of Grupo Mondragón. This paper explains the keys and the institutional and collective process of the education project at HUHEZI. It portrays the development and the evolution of the subject afore mentioned from its early start (Teacher Training Degree in the academic year 2005-2006) to nowadays (2012-2013). The core of the paper is the exposition of the organization of this subject, its methodology, participation means, staff training, its ongoing design, application, evaluation and the improvement of its cross-curricular perspective - all of which represent the main ingredients of the educational project of HUHEZI. Difficulties and challenges are also described, such as the need to balance the democratic means of participation with the academic and epistemological disciplines. The current financial struggle, the constant political alterations and the sudden socio-cultural changes are some other challenges to be faced.

El proceso de regulación de la Educación Superior en el marco europeo, conocido como Plan Bolonia, ha supuesto muchos cambios, principalmente en lo concerniente a metodología y evaluación. Uno de los términos que, según algunos autores, caracterizan el actual marco de estudios superiores es el de “modularización”, relacionado con el proceso de estructuración y reforma de los nuevos planes de estudio, organizados precisamente por “módulos”. El trabajo que se presenta a continuación se enmarca en el módulo de Profesión docente, primero de los que componen –en los grados de Magisterio- la estructura modular de los nuevos grados. El reto que plantea el proceso de Bolonia difícilmente puede ser abordado sin una adecuada coordinación entre el profesorado, algo que resulta indispensable para el desarrollo de las competencias y el impulso del papel del alumnado como agente activo del aprendizaje. La utilización de metodologías activas e interdisciplinares supone la apertura de una nueva dimensión en el ámbito universitario, obliga a la ruptura de la otrora conocida estructura parcelaria e individual, y conduce a la búsqueda de nuevos espacios de intercambio que posibiliten que la formación del alumnado sea desarrollada conjuntamente. Entre las conclusiones se destaca la propia implementación del módulo, no exenta de ciertas dificultades, y se recogen las principales valoraciones que tanto profesorado como alumnado han realizado sobre esta primera experiencia interdisciplinar. ABSTRACTThe beginning of the interdisciplinary experience in the U.C. of Teacher Training of Vitoria-Gasteiz: Teaching Profession module.The Higher Education regulation process in Europe, known as the Bologna Process, has involved many changes, mainly in relation to methodology and assessment. According to some authors, one of the terms that may characterise best this Higher Education framework is “modularization”. This concept is linked to the new structure of the university studies which is precisely based on “modules”. The paper given below is related to implementation of the new EU study plans into the Teacher Training University College of Vitoria-Gasteiz; it is the first interdisciplinary paper involving teaching staff and related to the Teaching Profession module, the first contained in the structure of the new plans. The coordination of teaching staff is one of the main lines of work in the Bologna Process, which is essential to develop the right skills and maximise the role of students as an active learning component. The use of active, interdisciplinary methodologies has opened up a new dimension in universities, requiring the elimination of the once componential, individual structure, making us look for new areas of exchange that enable students' training to be developed jointly. Among the conclusions it is highlighted the implementation of module which has had its difficulties to be carried out. Moreover, we show the principal valuations made by teaching staff and students about this first interdisciplinary experience.

En este artículo se presenta una experiencia de innovación que se ha articulado en el seno de un diseño curricular a través de módulos al objeto de mejorar los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje que se está desarrollando en la Facultad de Fª y Ciencias de la Educación de la UPV/EHU, aprovechando la oportunidad surgida con la configuración de los nuevos planes de estudio para su convergencia en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior.Se enmarca en el contexto más amplio de los cambios organizativos, curriculares y culturales, que está suponiendo la realización de un diseño modular de las nuevas titulaciones de grado (Pedagogía y Educación Social), trabajando en equipos docentes coordinados y contando con el apoyo institucional de la UPV/EHU. La innovación concreta que se presenta, se desarrolla en uno de los siete módulos que componen la nueva titulación del Grado en Educación Social, y consiste en la realización de una actividad interdisciplinar que ha sido planificada, desarrollada y evaluada por el equipo docente que imparte las cinco materias que conforman el módulo en las dos lenguas oficiales: euskara y castellano. Para su consecución todo el alumnado del curso ha formado equipos de trabajo estables a lo largo del cuatrimestre.En esta experiencia damos cuenta, tanto del contexto institucional, como de la descripción, análisis y valoración de la innovación, a modo de caso, para terminar ofreciendo algunas reflexiones inferidas de la experiencia que pueden ser objeto de transferencia. ABSTRACTInterdisciplinary Projects Module: An innovative experience in Social Education degree from the UPV / EHU.This paper presents an innovative approach to improving teacher quality that is being developed at the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the UPV / EHU, taking the opportunity arose with the configuration of the new curricula for their convergence in the European Higher Education Area. It is framed in the broader context of organizational change, curriculum and cultural, that is assuming the implementation of a modular design of the new degree (Education and Social Education), working in teams coordinated and with the institutional support of the UPV. The concrete innovation is presented, describes one of the seven modules of the new degree of Social Education, and underlines the work done by the faculty team who teach the five subjects that make up the module in the two official languages: Basque and Spanish, because they must plan, develop and evaluate the interdisciplinary activity in a coordinated manner. We reflect in this paper on the potential that the modular structure offers to undertake real change in the culture of teaching practice, and how to manage key factors to ensure the transition to a teaching model active, participatory and collaborative.

Este artículo tiene por objeto narrar la experiencia de innovación curricular de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación (HUHEZI) de Mondragon Unibertsitatea, concretada en la creación y desarrollo de la materia denominada Educación intercultural y educación en valores de los grados de maestro (Grado de Educación Primaria y Grado de Educación Infantil). En el texto se contextualiza la experiencia en el marco cooperativo del grupo Mondragón, se describen las claves y el proceso institucional y comunitario del proyecto educativo de la facultad HUHEZI y se narra el desarrollo de la materia y su evolución desde su inicio en la Diplomatura de Magisterio en el curso 2005-2006 hasta el curso 2012-2013 en los Grado de maestro. El núcleo del artículo consiste en la exposición de la organización de dicha materia, la metodología que utiliza, los foros de participación y formación de su profesorado, la dinámica constante de diseño, aplicación, valoración y mejora y la interdisciplinariedad, elementos representativos de la aplicación del proyecto educativo en la facultad HUHEZI. Asimismo se apuntan algunas dificultades y retos, como el difícil equilibrio entre la interdisciplinariedad de las materias y la constitución de los equipos docentes o el equilibrio entre los métodos de participación democráticos y el rigor académico y epistemológico necesarios en las áreas de la enseñanza universitaria, además de las serias consecuencias de las actuales dificultades económicas, de los vaivenes políticos y de los rápidos cambios socio-culturales. ABSTRACTCurricular innovation at the Teacher Training degree of the Faculty of HUHEZI (Mondragon University): Multicultural education and values education subject area.The aim of this article is to expose the emprise in curricular innovation of the Faculty of Humanities and Education (HUHEZI) at Mondragon University. This experience will be illustrated through the subject Cross-cultural Education and Values Education of the Teacher Training Degree (Infant and Primary Education Degrees). The practice described is located within the cooperative framework of Grupo Mondragón. This paper explains the keys and the institutional and collective process of the education project at HUHEZI. It portrays the development and the evolution of the subject afore mentioned from its early start (Teacher Training Degree in the academic year 2005-2006) to nowadays (2012- 2013). The core of the paper is the exposition of the organization of this subject, its methodology, participation means, staff training, its ongoing design, application, evaluation and the improvement of its cross-curricular perspective – all of which represent the main ingredients of the educational project of HUHEZI. Difficulties and challenges are also described, such as the need to balance the democratic means of participation with the academic and epistemological disciplines. The current financial struggle, the constant political alterations and the sudden socio-cultural changes are some other challenges to be faced.

This work-paper is about providing the tutor approach of practicum, understood as a collaborative process between supervisor and tutor. We meant to explain the relationship between colleges/universities with the goal of achieving a learning from which we can get a double qualification because the dual nature, curricular-practical, of the process. This approach wants to surpass and improve this dual view of the same process because even most of the times it is equal, it doesn´t always happen this way, creating a discordance that looks unjustified. If the process is unique (although it is diverse in his content), this process should be qualified as such, making the collaborative assessment process surpass its internal dichotomy (theorical-practical). This discordance isn´t as important by itself but as evidenced of communication, collaboration and unity ack as the result of agreement absence and a probable commitment absence in programming. The analysis of the PRACTICUM planning and programming process, of his implementation, and the analysis of the used tools in this assessment process will guide some of the proposal made in this paper.

The current crisis, unsustainable growth, financial scandals involves reflection on the role of universities in the professional training, particularly those who have to manage businesses. On this issue, there is a perception that the teaching of ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is insufficient (Baetz and Sharp, 2004; Kashyap et al., 2006). In this regard, universities play a fundamental role due both to the impact of the incorporation of CSR into the design of their study and research programs, and its incorporation into universities’ mission, vision, and corporate strategy (Muijen, 2004). Then, the present study focuses jon analyzing both the definition of educational objectives and skills development to be acquired by students as the level of inclusion of CSR offered by Spanish universities. In particular, the present paper focuses on analyzing reports verified by National Agency for Quality Assessment of degrees related to the organizational management area implemented in the 2010-2011 academic course, which degrees has been developed based on European Higher Education Area. Based on previous papers, the results of the present paper show that the Bologna process and the Higher Education reform in Spanish universities have promoted an increase of the presence of CSR in the business education.

This paper presents the experience carried out by a confederation of Higher Education Institution (IUS) operating in six states of Latin America. To achieve the goal of new model of teaching and learning based on “learning process” and shift the paradigm of learning as “centered teaching”, the Higher Education Institution have defined a new profile of the university teachers. This action expresses three characteristics presented in this paper: the first refers at the profile as "product" of a Community of Thought; the second refers to "participated process", a working model that allowed the co-construction of the profile with the teachers, the administrative and the human resources staff of the universities; the third presents the tools and technologies used in integrated way (Virtual Collaborative Learning Environment based on Web 2.0, the human resource Management, video-research, e-portfolio). The project - developed by action-research - has defined a shared idea of teaching´ quality, researchbased and supported by tools that allow self-assessment of every teachers, to monitor the quality of universities, to develop plans of continuous improvement building a community of learning. There are presented some qualitative and quantitative data of research.

En este texto se presenta la experiencia realizada por un red de instituciones de educación superior (IUS) que operan en seis estados de Sudamérica. Para alcanzar el objetivo de pasar de una docencia centrada en la enseñanza a un estilo docente cuyo compromiso básico es el de propiciar un aprendizaje de calidad en los estudiantes, las universidades han definido un nuevo perfil del docente universitario. Esta acción tiene tres características, que se describen en el texto: la primera se refiere al perfil como el "producto" de una comunidad de pensamiento; la segunda, al "proceso participativo" de trabajo que ha permitido la construcción del perfil con los docentes, el personal administrativo y los referentes de los recursos humanos de cada universidad; la tercera se relaciona con los instrumentos y las tecnologías, utilizadas de manera integrada durante el proceso (el Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizaje Colaborativo basado en el web 2.0, el Human Resource Management, la video investigación, el e- portafolio). El proyecto - desarrollado a través de la R-A - ha tenido como finalidad la de definir una idea compartida de calidad de la enseñanza, de autoevaluación y de monitorear la calidad con planes de mejora continua. La experiencia es un resultado de una de investigación promovida por la Fundación Edulife Onlus. ABSTRACTA participatory process to build the competence profile of teachers in a network of Higher Education Institutions in the Latin America context.This paper presents the experience carried out by a confederation of Higher Education Institution (IUS) operating in six states of Latin America. To achieve the goal of new model of teaching and learning based on “learning process” and shift the paradigm of learning as “centered teaching”, the Higher Education Institution have defined a new profile of the university teachers. This action expresses three characteristics presented in this paper: the first refers at the profile as "product" of a Community of Thought; the second refers to "participated process", a working model that allowed the co-construction of the profile with the teachers, the administrative and the human resources staff of the universities; the third presents the tools and technologies used in integrated way (Virtual Collaborative Learning Environment based on Web 2.0, the human resource Management, video-research, e-portfolio).The project - developed by action-research - has defined a shared idea of teaching´ quality, research- based and supported by tools that allow self-assessment of every teachers, to monitor the quality of universities, to develop plans of continuous improvement building a community of learning. There are presented some qualitative and quantitative data of research.

En este articulo se trata de aportar el punto de vista correspondiente al tutor en relación al PRACTICUM entendido como un proceso colaborativo entre el supervisor y el tutor, es decir entre la Universidad y los centros colaboradores, con el fin de lograr una formación en función de la que se emite una doble calificación atendiendo al doble carácter curricular-practico del proceso. Este punto de vista pretende ser superador de esta doble interpretación de un mismo proceso que si bien en la mayoría de los casos es coincidente no siempre sucede así dando lugar a una discordancia en las calificaciones que parece injustificada puesto que si el proceso es único (aunque diverso en su contenido) debiera ser calificado como tal, de tal manera que el proceso evaluador conjunto superara su dicotomía interna (teoría-practica). Esta discordancia no es tan significativa en si misma cuanto en lo que subyace a la misma, indicador de falta de comunicación, colaboración y unidad de criterios consecuencia de la ausencia de consenso y seguramente compromiso en la programación. El análisis del proceso de planificación y programación del PRACTICUM, de su implementación, así como, de los instrumentos utilizados en el proceso de evaluación, guiaran algunas de las propuestas que se hacen en este artículo. ABSTRACTConcordance Vs discordance in the assessment of the Practicum: protocols, tools and personal items of the process.This work-paper is about providing the tutor approach of practicum, understood as a collaborative process between supervisor and tutor. We meant to explain the relationship between colleges/universities with the goal of achieving a learning from which we can get a double qualification because the dual nature, curricular-practical, of the process. This approach wants to surpass and improve this dual view of the same process because even most of the times it is equal, it doesn´t always happen this way, creating a discordance that looks unjustified. If the process is unique (although it is diverse in his content), this process should be qualified as such, making the collaborative assessment process surpass its internal dichotomy (theorical-practical). This discordance isn´t as important by itself but as evidenced of communication, collaboration and unity lack as the result of agreement absence and a probable commitment absence in programming. The analysis of the PRACTICUM planning and programming process, of his implementation, and the analysis of the used tools in this assessment process will guide some of the proposal made in this paper.

La crisis actual, el crecimiento insostenible, los escándalos financieros, exigen una reflexión sobre el papel de las universidades en la formación de profesionales, particularmente de aquéllos que tienen que administrar y gestionar empresas. En este sentido, existe una percepción de que la formación en valores éticos y en una conducta socialmente responsable de estos profesionales es insuficiente (Baetz y Sharp, 2004; Kashyap et al., 2006). Es por ello que el presente trabajo se encarga de analizar, tanto la definición de objetivos y competencias a adquirir por los estudiantes, como la oferta formativa de las universidades españolas en materia de responsabilidad social (RSC). Para ello se tomará como referencia las memorias verificadas positivamente por la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación de la Calidad (ANECA) de los títulos más cercanos al ámbito de la gestión de organizaciones ofertados por las universidades españolas en el curso 2010/2011, momento en el cual comienza a impartirse los nuevos grados adaptados al Proceso de Bolonia, con la finalidad de comparar los resultados obtenidos con la literatura. Sobre este particular, el presente estudio muestra que la adaptación de la oferta formativa universitaria al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior ha supuesto una mayor presencia de la RSC en los estudios universitarios. ABSTRACTThe Bologna process and the Higher Education reform: Has there been greater incorporation of Corporate Social Responsibility in business education in Spain?The current crisis, unsustainable growth, financial scandals involves reflection on the role of universities in the professional training, particularly those who have to manage businesses. On this issue, there is a perception that the teaching of ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is insufficient (Baetz and Sharp, 2004; Kashyap et al., 2006). In this regard, universities play a fundamental role due both to the impact of the incorporation of CSR into the design of their study and research programs, and its incorporation into universities’ mission, vision, and corporate strategy (Muijen, 2004). Then, the present study focuses jon analyzing both the definition of educational objectives and skills development to be acquired by students as the level of inclusion of CSR offered by Spanish universities. In particular, the present paper focuses on analyzing reports verified by National Agency for Quality Assessment of degrees related to the organizational management area implemented in the 2010-2011 academic course, which degrees has been developed based on European Higher Education Area. Based on previous papers, the results of the present paper show that the Bologna process and the Higher Education reform in Spanish universities have promoted an increase of the presence of CSR in the business education.

Este ensayo reconoce la manera en la que el conocimiento científico ha alcanzado preponderancia al haberse contrapuesto a los argumentos dogmaticos, creencias culturales e ideológicos establecidos acríticamente durante años. Los logros científicos permiten cambios en las concepciones humanas al transformar la percepción, la interpretación y la interacción del hombre con su entorno de manera crítica y reflexiva. A través de una revisión de antecedentes se recrea el aislamiento de las ideas evolutivas y la ciencia, para reconocer y exhibir los pantanos de los cuales debe resurgir una y otra vez para insertarse en todos los niveles educativos. Este ensayo recrea la complejidad y el impacto de las ideas evolutivas en algunos estados de la unión americana, la situación en Argentina sobre la enseñanza de la teoría evolutiva y el estado que guarda la misma en México; en todos ellos se enmarcan similitudes y diferencias. Similitudes en cuanto a las dificultades y diferencias en cuanto a la aceptación, el manejo de los tiempos y la influencia de las creencias sobre el origen y formación de nuestro planeta. ABSTRACTUnintended consequences of the passage of evolutionary theory in the classroom.This paper recognizes the way in which scientific knowledge has reached center stage, have opposed the dogmatic arguments, cultural and ideological beliefs uncritically established for years. The scientific achievements allow for changes inhuman conceptions to transform the perception, interpretation and interaction between humans and their environment critically and reflectively. This essay re-creates the complexity and impact for which they had to move evolutionary ideas in some states of the American Union, the situation in Argentina and finally the case of Mexico, which all fall similarities and differences. Similarities in the difficulties and differences in the acceptance, management of time and the influence of beliefs about the origin and formation of our planet. Beyond the passage of a controversial debate, this paper frames a reflection that searches there adersaw are of the role played by the University in the transmission of knowledge and critical discussion.

En este trabajo se muestra un modelo de conocimiento construido sobre buenas prácticas docentes de dos profesores universitarios de áreas de conocimiento relacionadas con la Ingeniería y, seleccionados como “docentes excelentes” por sus estudiantes y por su contribución a la innovación en la Universidad. El modelo fue realizado en el marco de una investigación que se ha llevado a cabo por 6 universidades españolas. El trabajo identifica, analiza, explicita y representa El conocimiento de expertos, en este caso de profesores universitarios definidos como “buenos docentes” con la ayuda del programa informático CMap Tools. El pensamiento pedagógico y la práctica docente de estos profesores caracterizados por su buena práctica, constituye un excelente ejemplo que puede orientar tanto al profesor novel como a profesores experimentados que quieran mejorar la calidad de la docencia que imparten. ABSTRACTThe good teaching practice of university professors: case studyThis paper presents a knowledge model of the good teaching practice of a university lecturer in “Social Organization and Human Development” a subject taught in the first semester in Sociology: The model was developed as a part of a research project conducted by 6 Spanish universities. The paper identifies, analyzes, explicates and, with the aid of the CMap Tools software package, maps the pedagogical thinking and teaching practice of a university lecturer with a reputation for good teaching practice. The knowledge model for the good practice of this lecturer, which is readily accessible via the Internet, provides an excellent example for the guidance of both novice and experienced lecturers who wish to improve the quality of their teaching.

Se muestra en este trabajo un modelo de conocimiento construido sobre buenas prácticas docentes de un profesor universitario, responsable de la asignatura “Organización Social y Desarrollo Humano”, correspondiente al primer semestre del Grado de Sociología.. El modelo fue realizado en el marco de una investigación que se ha llevado a cabo por 6 universidades españolas. El trabajo identifica, analiza, explicita y representa con la ayuda del programa informático CMap Tools el pensamiento pedagógico y la práctica docente de un profesor universitario caracterizado por su buena práctica. El modelo de conocimiento construido de las buenas prácticas de este profesor, fácilmente accesible a través de Internet, constituye un excelente ejemplo que puede orientar tanto al profesor novel como a profesores experimentados que quieran mejorar la calidad de la docencia que imparten. ABSTRACTAn example of an university lecturer in Sociology who is a recognised good teaching practitioner.This paper presents a knowledge model of the good teaching practice of a university lecturer in “Social Organization and Human Development” a subject taught in the first semester in Sociology: The model was developed as a part of a research project conducted by 6 Spanish universities. The paper identifies, analyzes, explicates and, with the aid of the CMap Tools software package, maps the pedagogical thinking and teaching practice of a university lecturer with a reputation for good teaching practice. The knowledge model for the good practice of this lecturer, which is readily accessible via the Internet, provides an excellent example for the guidance of both novice and experienced lecturers who wish to improve the quality of their teaching.