Measurement of the management skills of academic directors in a higher education institution

Abstract

The evaluation and the teaching practice are subjects of great importance in the educational field, and objects of study of research centers and higher education institutions. In this sense, this article shows some reflections as a product of the first phase of research, currently under development, about teacher evaluation in higher education, closely linked to the practices developed by academic staff at this level. educational. The first point that we present is made up of the latest reforms to Article 3 of the Constitution, the maximum normative reference for education in Mexico. Next, a brief overview of the recent history of the evaluation of education is made and its relationship with the much-touted quality is analyzed. A third section is made up of a series of discussions and analysis on teacher evaluation, opening the debate about whether it is worth reconsidering the concept, given that the original purpose of this has been perverted, as we establish in the following subtopic. The conclusive lines call for the urgency of recovering the essence of evaluation, as a means for the improvement and transformation of ourselves, as educators, and of our world, based on our contexts. We accept that if, as a result of the improvement of our practices, we achieve a salary or ladder promotion, welcome; but we make a call to uphold the original meaning of the evaluation.