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.