Some characteristics of the university professors of the unsa from a theoretical and empirical study

Abstract

Latin American universities are debating the elevation of educational quality and the challenges faced by the teacher in the present century. The Peruvian reality does not escape this imprint and the National University of San Agustín (UNSA) of Arequipa is immersed in a process of curricular transit and of improvement of the teaching-educational process. The applications of a group of theoretical and empirical methods, from the research-action-participatory methodology, offer the results that are presented in the article. Which depart from the diagnosis carried out to an institution and directs the research that is proposed as objective: to offer some characteristics of the university professors of the UNSA, from the current situation that. They present, for the strengthening of their professional profile on the basis of the current social demands. The identification of the main characteristics of the university teacher that requires the 21ST century and its impact on the change that is implemented in the UNSA is considered a new and necessary contribution to the impact of the preparation of teachers to bring the demands of society and the training of future professionals.