The relevance of the academic offer of career of technological education at the National Pedagogical University Francisco Morazán

Abstract

Nacional Francisco Morazán has defined improvement plans for the careers oriented towards the institutional accreditation of their academic programs. This task demands concrete actions to ensure attention to the demand for services from students, teachers, employers and the university community. The Department of Industrial Technical Education, attends this institutional demand. The review of the improvement action plans motivated to develop the present research on the relevance of the academic offer. The objective of the research was to assess the relevance, from the perception of teachers, students and employers, of the academic offer as a strategy for improving institutional performance. The evaluation of the relevance of the academic offer of the Technological Education Career is a research for improvement and change; although with a mixed methodology, the quantitative approach predominates. The study develops a situational assessment that allows prioritizing problems detected by the participants and deepening their opinions, experiences and perceptions. The results of the research process showed that the professors value as pertinent the actions for the promotion of the academic advising, academic offer and visualization of the Career in the national labor market. Besides, the students consider that the training defined, in the Curriculum and the academic offer, are pertinent. However, the academic advice and community outreach activities are topics for improvement.