Competencies In University Teaching Staff Derived From The Impact Of COVID-19

Abstract

 The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world's Higher Education Institutions to the test. Partial or total closure of classrooms, curricular adaptations and the halted teaching-learning process are some of the negative consequences of the pandemic. The objective of this article is to define the competencies developed by the university professor to methodologically face teaching in conditions of COVID-19. 12 teachers from the “Marta Abreu” Central University of Las Villas participated in the research. The research, with a mixed, non-experimental and descriptive approach, is carried out in two stages. The first determines the key competencies of the university professor to methodologically face teaching in conditions of COVID-19. The second describes the current state of these key competencies in university teaching staff. Three instruments are applied in the research (guide for bibliographic review, composition and questionnaire). The results show the need to continue diagnosing, in practice, the effectiveness of the distance education model and to continue developing the key competencies to methodologically face teaching in COVID-19 conditions. It is proposed to extend the research to a larger universe of teachers to diagnose and influence the skills that have not yet been sufficiently developed.