Childhood educator training, a challenge to educative innovation in higher education

• Main Authors: Zaily del Pilar García Gutiérrez, Inmaculada Aznar Diaz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Málaga 2017-12-01
• Series: Innoeduca
• Subjects: innovación educativa; educación superior; pedagogía infantil; competencias formativas
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.uma.es/index.php/innoeduca/article/view/2451

This article emerges from the project called “Analysis of the childhood educators training at CorporaciónUniversitariaMinuto de Dios. Bogotá – Colombia”, with the purpose of presenting the results related to the appropriateness of the formative proposal of childhood educators  at UNIMINUTO, according to the childhood’s training needs, as  a starting point to stablish the improvement actions in higher education. The mixed methodology is carried out through surveys, focus group and interviews applied to students, graduates, professors and administrators respectively. Finally, the resultsshow a positive assessment related to the relevance of the training proposal about the childhood’s changeable educative needs, while they are recognized as a social representation, completely determined by the historical moment and current social reality. However, it is identified a big improvement challenge, associated to the diversification of formative practice scenarios and the quantity of academic credits destined for the aforementioned purpose. That transformation need emerges as a response to the innovation demands in higher education.