System Of Indicators To Assess The Training And Development Of Teaching Experts And Researchers In Universities

Abstract

The objective of this study was to validate the modifications made to a system of indicators to assess the training and development of experts who work in teaching-research activity in universities. Based on the experience obtained in a research developed for the management of training and development of experts in a research center, modifications were made to the system obtained to adapt it to the activities carried out by teachers - researchers in higher education institutions. . The modified system was validated in the panel of experts with the use of the Delphi method and the application of the Likert scale, as well as with the statistical treatment of the participants' responses. Indicators of three variables of the “Expert qualification” dimension (professional career, leadership and national and international visibility) and of the “Teaching” variable of the “Expert management” dimension were modified. Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.9274) demonstrated the internal consistency of the instrument used. The values ​​of the medians and interquartile ranges reached allowed the consensus of the participants to be established in the validation of the indicator system. The modifications made to the original system allowed it to be adapted and applied for the assessment of teaching experts - researchers who work in the departments responsible for nuclear careers in the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Technologies of the Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences, attached to the University of Havana, which showed average development both from the point of view of the qualification and management of its experts.