Identificador: TDX:677
Autors: Fonseca Ruiz, José Gregorio
Resum:
The general objective of the research was to contribute to the establishment of a group of criteria for the evaluation of the axiological development of the faculty of the School of Education of the Universidad de los Andes with a view to promoting professional, personal and evaluation programs that would guarantee improvements in the institution. This research is a requisite for candidacy to the title of Doctor of Philosophy under the Doctoral Program: Innovation and the Educational System. In its development special attention was paid to key words related to morality, ethics, professional development, personal development, evaluation, educational improvement, deontological codes and educational values. Together with the principal objective, the carrying out of the reaches and maintains adequate axiological development, the promotion of a culture of institutional and faculty evaluation within the context of the previously mentioned school, the contribution towards the elaboration of a table or scale of values to orientate the moral and ethical development of the faculty can be evaluated and the promotion of the establishment of deontological codes in the school under study.The research is based on several theoretical pillars, the foremost being those related to the different contemporary models that explain the problem of moral education. Special emphasis is placed on the moral education model as a cognitive-evolutive process based on the theory of Lawrence Kohlberg. It is also based on models for faculty evaluation; in particular, attention is placed on the evaluation of the professional development of the faculty and on the assumptions on which faculty evaluation and educational improvement are based. Likewise, theoretical references are found that contribute to the explanation of the problem of values, ethics and morality. Besides the preceding theoretical bases, the research is guided by the belief that educational improvement is possible only if it is promoted by a faculty that demonstrates and maintains certain maturity in its axiological structures.The methodology used was the holistic-inductive model of a descriptive and field type, using at the considerations and premises that orientate qualitative research. It is predominantly an 'instrumental case study'. The research was carried out at the School of Education of the Universidad de los Andes in Mérida, Venezuela. The population under study was composed of professors, students and administrators of the school. The different samples were taken by means of 'chunk sampling'. In particular, 'accidental or casual sampling' and 'purposive or opinion sampling' were used. A series of instruments was designed for gathering information. Students were consulted on three occasions using three instruments with Likert type scales and classification scales, the professors on two occasions by means of a survey and a self-survey, and the managers and administrators through an in-depth qualitative interview. All the instruments used ere reviewed by and submitted for the consideration of experts. Their content validity was estimated by using the Range Proportion Coefficient (RPC). The data were presented and analyzed by means of the Miles and Huberman Intercative Model, Wich allowed diagrams, drawings, graphs and conceptual maps to be made that contributed to the comprehension of the information gathered. The conclusions indicate that in order to obtain educational improvements the interrelation of processes that encompass the evaluation of the faculty, professional and personal development and the attaining of quality education is necessary. For this to be possible, it is necessary and of great importance that the faculty be the focus of attention. In this respect, and in view of these assumptions, the research allowed the gathering of some of the impressions of the professors of the school under study and thereby the drawing of conclusions and the elaboration of conclusions and the elaboration of proposals.Key words: Axiological development, faculty evaluation, personal development, professional development, ethics, morals, values, educational improvement.
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