Pedagogy in higher education: enhancing academic practice

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Marco Paulo Maia
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Olcina-Sempere, Gustau
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Revista Docência do Ensino Superior (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/15837
• topic: Educação superior; Ensino e aprendizagem; Abordagens ao estudo; Concepções de aprendizagem; Qualidade do ensino; Higher education; Teaching and learning; Study approaches; Learning conceptions; Quality of teaching; Enseñanza superior; Enseñanza y aprendizaje; Enfoque al estúdio; Conceptos de aprendizaje; Calidad de la enseñanza

This article is a theoretical review that highlights several pedagogical issues related to the quality of teaching and learning in higher education. The objectives of this article are, on the one hand, to analyze the relationship between conceptions of the learning process and students’ approaches with teaching methods and, on the other hand, to show the attitudes that professors and students can adopt to develop a meaningful learning and a noteworthy teaching. It is intended to contribute to a critical and constructive reading in the development of a quality higher education. To this end, we emphasize the influence of evaluation in the learning and teaching processes, presenting some of the fundamental determinants for the promotion of a quality higher education. We consider innovation, technology and globalization as complementary factors for the improvement of educational practices in higher education nowadays.