PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS, THE UISEK_QUITO EDUCATION MODEL AND PROFESSIONAL TEACHING PERFORMANCE

Abstract

International university system is undergoing continuous and constant processes of accreditation of its educational services, which implies, among other things, the implementation of lifelong learning strategies for the improvement of teacher performance. One of the longest established conceptions in terms of this purpose is to identify the professional qualities demanded by university teaching, allowing systematic identification of skills associated with this profession. Currently the Ecuadorian context, in its need for the improvement of university training offer is required that such systematic help to specify the characteristics of the university teaching profession according to their prospects for economic development, better determining is achieved skills associated with this profession, and thus will contribute to reveal the character of the contemporary university teaching professional performance. This paper aims to socialize the experience on the subject has developed the International University SEK (UISEK) to promote the improvement of continuous training of its faculty from the triadic relationship is modeled between the skills teachers, institutional educational model and professional performance defendant.