The teaching vocation as a condition of educational quality: analysis with experts in education

Abstract

Teachers with a vocation not only impart conceptual knowledge, but also generate a pleasant classroom climate, encourage creativity, impart values and train students with the ability to solve problems. While educational quality refers to the training of citizens who acquire skills to face problematic situations in their environment. The objective of this study is to analyze the teaching vocation based on the opinions of four international experts to understand how it is linked to the achievement of educational quality within the framework of educational policies. The research approach is qualitative, the contents of the interviews with the four experts in education were analyzed, contrasted with international theoretical frameworks. The results show that quality education guarantees the achievement of skills through the work of all educational actors. It is concluded that the teacher with a vocation provides a quality education to his students.