Detecting which teaching competences should be reinforced in an engineering lecturer training program

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  • D. López
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In Catalonia (Spain), each university is required by law to offer lecturers a learning framework. This requirement is met by specialized centers: at our technical university, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) this center is the Institute for Education Sciences (ICE), to which the authors of this article belong. This institute offers training to both new and senior lecturers. This training is voluntary because no specific teacher training background is required for teaching at the university, other than knowledge of the subject to be taught.

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تاریخ انتشار 2016