Training program in teaching for Engineering for the Americas (EftA) Academic Article in Scopus uri icon

abstract

  • Being a professor-engineer in engineering courses is common in universities in Latin America and the Caribbean, so it is likely that pedagogical practices are not the subject of reflection, since the activity, in most cases, would focus on the contents. Therefore, in this article, we review various pedagogical training proposals for engineers and anticipate a teacher-training program endorsed by LACCEI, an organization focused on collaboration, education, practice, research, and innovation in Engineering and Technology. The issue of training is a priority; for example, recently, the recognition of the iPEER (International Professional Engineering Educator Registered) title was achieved through the project ¿Pedagogical training of engineering educators-EnTER" (created in 2018). This was achieved with the support of the only professional regulatory body that oversees engineering teaching professionals, the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), with code 2311 (ISCO Code 08) as ¿Higher education teaching professional: Engineering educator" [4-6]. Thus, this article will show how the reviewed programs are structured, and will provide a proposal for engineering that seeks to reflect, innovate, and rethink its teaching practices. Some research shows that engineering teaching practices closely linked to the concept of traditional science are recognized, but in most cases, they do not incorporate into their practices how the contents taught are related to social, environmental, and explicitly human social issues [7-9]. This training program will provide teachers with the necessary tools to consider teaching in their curricular spaces at this time of complexity. The importance of specific training for the best performance of engineering professionals in teaching has been recognized. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024.

publication date

  • June 23, 2024