Concepción de calidad educativa de los docentes del área de Ciencias Sociales y características sociodemográficas

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to relate the conception of educational quality of teachers in the Social Sciences area of the University of Cuenca with sociodemographic characteristics. A retrospective study was conducted, with a relational scope, with a sample of 200 professors assigned to the Social Sciences areas. For the collection of information, the Olaskoaga questionnaire (2009) was applied, structured in 7 items and subdivided into two entries: one related to the influence and self-identification of teachers with the notions of educational quality and the other, related to perception of the degree in which the University identifies with these notions. The information obtained was processed using the statistical program SPSS 22®; descriptive tables of percentage relative frequency were generated. The results obtained allowed us to verify that, from a teaching perspective, quality consists mainly of training students capable of assuming a social commitment and their own transformation; however, from the perspective of the institution, the conception would aim to fulfill the objectives, mission and quality standards. Likewise, it was found that three sociodemographic characteristics would be linked to the conception of quality: age, work experience and employment status. Such results allow us to conclude that the conception of educational quality that teachers have in the area of Social Sciences of the University of Cuenca would imply the understanding that the training received must be paid in the same society and not focused on the pursuit of purely individualistic purposes.