Loo MI, Olmos RA, Granados MA

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 63-69
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ABSTRACT

This research, placed within the historical cultural perspective has as a proposal an evaluation of implicit theories used by professors. This means that the built representations consist of academic experiences obtained because of the contact with certain socio-cultural models, defined by cultural practices and social interaction formats. This evaluation facilitates the understanding of the exchange and negotiation processes implied in the teaching process. In the educational exercise, the knowledge of implicit theories possessed by teachers allows to infer those used on their practice. The presentation of the reality is based in the use of their cognitive processes for interpreting situations, predicting and understanding other people's behavior and planning their own. Activities that students and professors should develop in the classroom must be linked to a social reality where the acquired knowledge will be applied by building new representations with high meaning levels.
Objective: To analyze the implicit theories the teachers have through a descriptive, prospective study. The sample included 84 teachers from 7 different majors of the FES Zaragoza, UNAM, throughout using an adapted survey (from Rodrigo, Rodriguez & Marrero, 1993) in order to identify a thinking pattern with which the teacher builds, transmits, and negotiates the meanings in the classroom.
Results: The results showed the predominant implicit theories used in the teaching process, and also, consider switching or trying to modify them in teaching formation programs, rather than compete with them. In the single case of nursing, predominant theories are constructivist, active and technical, which reflect the institutional teaching system, the professional characteristics and the implicit theories used by teachers.

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