Praxiological characterization of the teaching-learning process of the subject databases in the Informatics Engineering career

Abstract

The article presents the results obtained by the authors of the scientific task of the I&D Project "The teaching-learning process in virtual environments in teacher training.", which responds to the solution of the research problem: insufficiencies in students for the appropriation of database design, which limit its application to the solution of professional problems related to databases. Its objective is to carry out the praxiological characterization of the teaching-learning process of the subject Databases, with the intention of revealing the existing insufficiencies and limitations in the aforementioned process that prevent, by students, the appropriation and application of knowledge, to the solution of professional problems. Its central axis of analysis is the application of the historical-logical method and pedagogical research instruments to reveal the historical evolution and verify the current state of the teaching-learning process in the subject Databases of the Informatics Engineering career. Among the theoretical and empirical methods used are: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction; and as data collection techniques: study of documents, observation of classes; pedagogical tests; the interview to verify in the teachers the knowledge of a didactic-methodological character; the survey applied to the students to obtain information on the main difficulties and insufficiencies in the execution of the process, that influences student learning. The data obtained show the existing insufficiencies in the execution of the process and indicates the way forward to mitigate the limitations and raise the quality of the training of the future graduate of the career.