Sustainable development of university teacher competencies: current trend for educational quality

Abstract

The objective of this research is to carry out a hermeneutical analysis on the challenges and challenges involved in the sustainable development of the competences of university teachers in the face-to-face, virtual or hybrid environment. A qualitative methodology was used from an interpretive paradigm that emphasizes the relationship between hermeneutics and dialectics. Interviews were conducted with various teaching experts with extensive experience and a global vision of the higher-level educational situation. The results confirm the importance of the sustainable development of teaching skills for a quality education, connoting the importance of university environments of reflective practice, collaborative work and commitment. It is concluded that for the above, the following are dynamizing elements: 1.- public policies that promote educational quality and innovation, 2.- promote continuous teacher training in environments: face-to-face, virtual and hybrid and 3.- couple the Teaching process - Learning with social realities and needs.