It is an Innovation and Research in Teaching project aimed at improving university teaching through classroom practices. For this purpose, a qualitative research process in which students and faculty work together to analyse the classroom practices – its design, development and assessment – and envision improvements is opened. The main question is how we can help the student body improve their learning.
Inspired on the Action Research premises, we design a data collection process which allows a later discussion with those involved to assess the development of what happened in the classroom and how to improve it. Thus, through planning, development and assessment of a “study and learning lesson”, the aim is to design improvements in university teaching for several subjects in different educational curricula.
Finally, the development of a Video-Guide entitled “Improving University Teaching” will be carried out and the main results of the project, as well as the methodology used, will be presented. At the same time, a roadmap will be designed for those who are interested in introducing improvements in their teaching work at any educational level.
The project was developed for two years and funded by the Vice-chancellorship for Academic Management and Faculty from the University of Cantabria within the framework of its III Teaching Innovation Competition.
The project team is made up of faculty and researchers from the University of Cantabria and Oviedo Faculty of Learning and Faculty of Learning and Teacher Training, respectively.
PROJECT MEMBERS
Coordination team from the University de Cantabria:
Adelina Calvo
Carlos Rodríguez
Researchers from the University of Cantabria workteam:
Elia Fernández
Ignacio Haya
Teresa Susinos
Noelia Ceballos
Julia Ruiz
Researchers from the University of Oviedo workteam:
Aquilina Fueyo
Mª Gloria Braga
José Luis Belver
Isabel Hevia
María Verdeja
Santiago Fano
RESOURCES
Access to Video-Guía: Mejorando la docencia en la universidad
RESULTS
Event participation and scientific production
- IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Docencia Universitaria. La universidad en cambio: Gobernanza y renovación pedagógica. Held in Murcia on March-April 2016.
- XIV Congreso Interuniversitario de Organización de Instituciones Educativas. Held in Zaragoza on November 2016.
- Jornadas de Innovación Docente Universitaria. Cómo mejorar mi práctica docente. El modelo de Lesson Study. Universidad de Oviedo. Held on January 2017.
- I Congreso Internacional sobre Liderazgo y Mejora de la Educación. Held in Madrid, May-June 2017.
- I Asamblea Global por la Democratización del Conocimiento. Held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, June 2017.
- Calvo, A., Braga, G. y Fueyo, A. (2018). The potential of Lesson Study project as a tool for dealing with dilemmas in university teaching, International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 7 (2), 124-135.
- Braga, G., Verdeja, M. y Calvo, A. (2018). La Metodología Lesson Study en un Contexto Universitario. Una Experiencia para Mejorar las Prácticas de Aula. Qualitative Research in Education, 7 (1), 87-113. Text available at La Metodología Lesson Study en un Contexto Universitario. Una Experiencia para Mejorar las Prácticas de Aula