Resumen de Design of a STEM lecturer-training programme based on competencies

David López Álvarez , Antoni Pérez Poch

• In recent years the paradigm of teaching and learning has changed, with a plethora of research being conducted in this field,but all these changes and research have scarcely affected the lecturer training programmes. This paper presents a lecturertraining programme implemented in a technical university and based on the competencies that lecturers should possess. Tothis end, we have conducted research to determine which competencies are essential and if our lecturers consider themimportant or are reluctant to acquire them. The programme is also designed to bring all the acquired techniques into theclassroom and apply them to the student learning process. A further factor for the success of such training programmes isthat lecturers should find them useful, not only for improved student performance, but also for their future professionalcareers, especially in an environment where promotion is dependent on papers published and grants obtained, and whereeducation itself becomes a secondary objective. Our training programme started two years ago and since then has achievedall these goals, thereby creating a new network of lecturers committed to engineering education research and innovation.