Abstract

CORONADO SUAREZ, Eliana Zoraida  and  ESTUPINAN APONTE, María Rosa. Social Imaginaries Concerning the Performance of University Professors. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2012, vol.8, n.1, pp.73-84. ISSN 1794-9998.

The study seeks to interpret the social imaginaries in students of psychology on the teacher performance of the university. Through the revision of 299 archives of educational evaluations, structured interviews and strategies of free association in which 79 students participated, the information wascollected and analyzed qualitatively, revealing imaginaries related to the attributed functions of the college professors, for the education of psychologists. These studies centralize the imaginaries on the teaching function, referred to the education methods discipline handling, evaluation methods, motivation; interpersonal relations; handling of the power, promotion of student development in emotional aspects, focused on the love of knowledge. They show how four teaching performances affect student performance, causing some times, student desertion. They recognize the research function of the the professors who enriches their knowledge and they value his/hes contributions to the development and the social transformation. They consider necessary to raise policies that guarantee their efficiency in the academic administrative activities. The need for a truely instructive education in the psychological field demands the revision of the professor's skills in this discipline, which should articulate to the characteristics of the student population and to the requirements of the present society.

Keywords : social imaginaries; teaching performance; university professor; education of the psychologist.

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