Formação de professores: as competências para a Docência desenvolvidas nos Mestrados Acadêmicos em Administração de Salvador

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of master s degree in Administration programs, offered by two different Universities, both located in Salvador, in developing the necessary competencies required for teaching in higher education. In the context of this study, the competencies required for teaching were divided in 5 groups: domain of specific Administration contents; teaching techniques; teacher-student relationship; behavior competencies; and developing competencies in future students. In order to assess the efficacy in developing these competencies, the study examined carefully both students and course staff points of view. Additionally the study verified how Administration undergraduate course coordinators evaluated the required competencies for teaching when selecting and hiring new teachers for their courses. The data were collect through the application of 68 questionnaires to students and former students of the two evaluated master s degree courses. Besides, interviews were conducted with these two courses staff and undergraduate courses coordinators from three different Universities. The results of this study point in the direction that the master s degree courses really intend to develop teaching competencies, and that enrolled students expect that they will receive the necessary education in order to become teachers. Furthermore, it was possible to identify that the master s degree courses are effective in developing some of the required teaching competencies, but not all of them. In what regards the competencies related to acquiring knowledge of specific Administration contents, the master s degree courses proved to be very effective. Nevertheless, both students and former students demonstrated that the master´s degree were not very effective in developing competencies related to teaching techniques. A careful analysis of the two master s degree curricular structures shows that they focus on Administration areas of study, confirming the students and former students point of view. The study concludes that the master s degree courses evaluated need to adopt specific measures in order to accomplish its goal of developing teaching competencies in an effective way