Resumo

SOSPEDRA-BAEZA, María Josefa; LLORET-CATALA, María Carmen  e  CANAS-LOUZAU, Tomás Rómulo. Percepción de los estudiantes de ingeniería civil sobre las competencias óptimas del docente universitario. Sinéctica [online]. 2013, n.41, pp.2-20. ISSN 2007-7033.

Today's society is undergoing a process of constant change obviously affects higher education. Traditionally it has sued the university faculty who were a mere container and transmitter of knowledge. This concept, currently, is obsolete. Increasingly university teacher demand besides that has knowledge (scientific competences), how (methodological / technical competences) knowing how to be (social/participatory competences) and know how to be (personal competences). The aim of this study is to determine the competences that college students perceive as most important in teaching and learning process. To this end, the questionnaire was administered to the "Cuestionario para la Valoración de las Competencias del Profesorado" to a group of fourth-year students Civil Engineering CUJAE (Havana). The results indicate that college students require Civil Engineering of teachers, as well as the scientific-longer-personal skills and social / participatory. This suggests the need to include in the schedule of university teacher training contents that promote personal, social and participatory.

Palavras-chave : skills; higher education; teacher training.