University professors’ research competence and their level of scientific production
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Aug 11, 2024
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correlation, research competence, scientific production.
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Introduction: Research competence and scientific production in university professors are widely recognized due to the direct impact both have on the quality of teaching and the academic reputation of institutions. Objectives: this research aimed to explore the correlation between research competence and the level of scientific production in a group of University Professors. Methodology: this population consisted of 14 educationalists currently working in a Public University in the highlands of Ecuador. This is a correlational study that involved a Likert-type scale, and the review of publication records. The Likert scale verified the self-perception of participants regarding their research competence. The review of publication records, on the other hand, compared their self-perception of the research competence with that of their real scientific production. Results: results display a disconnection between the 2 associative variables. Although participants affirm that their research competence is high, the records of their scientific production say otherwise. Conclusions: in general, this study might serve as the starting point to scrutinize external causal relations which are present in the self-perception of the research competence and cannot be examined adequately with correlational studies. General area of study: education. Specific area of study: academic management and evaluation. Type of study: correlational study.
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Heredia Arboleda, E. E., Gallegos Núñez, M. M., Romero Rojas, H. H., & Armas Pesántez, W. G. (2024). University professors’ research competence and their level of scientific production. ConcienciaDigital, 7(3), 153-167. https://doi.org/10.33262/concienciadigital.v7i3.3139
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Dumitru, I. (2008). Aspects regarding the scientific production of a university. Revista Informática Económica, 4(48), 77-79. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26570834
Fairman, J. A., Giordano, N. A., McCauley, K., & Villarruel, A. (2021). Invitational summit: re-envisioning research focused PHD programs of the future. Journal of professional nursing: official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 37(1), 221–227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.09.004
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Mas Torelló, Ó. (2012). Las competencias del docente universitario: La percepción del alumno, de los expertos y del propio protagonista. REDU Revista de Docencia Universitaria, 10(2), 299. https://doi.org/10.4995/redu.2012.6109
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Petko, J. T., Sivo, S. A., & Lambie, G. W. (2020). The research self-efficacy, interest in research, and research mentoring experiences of doctoral students in counselor education. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 13(1), 3. https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/jcps/vol13/iss1/3/
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Shabib Hasan, Ahmed Mohammed. (2021). Research competency of university teachers and its relation to scientific research skills among the teaching assistants at the faculty of education, Al-Azhar University. عدد خاص ج, 40(192), 233-270. https://doi.org/10.21608/jsrep.2021.266972
Torres Delgado, G., & Hernández-Gress, N. (2021). Research professors’ self-assessment of competencies. Future Internet, 13(2), 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi13020041