Motivaciones para iniciar una trayectoria de formación profesional en docencia universitaria

Abstract

From theoretical perspectives that address the study of professional careers and their impact on the construction of professional teaching identities, the objective of this study is aimed at describing and analyzing the motivations that a group of teachers who teach in the field of natural sciences and health, expose when explaining why they began to study a specialization in university teaching. The data was obtained from an initial survey and the development of in-depth interviews. The recursive interaction between data and theoretical visions allowed the construction of different categories to give meaning to the arguments presented by the teachers, and show a complex of extrinsic and achievement motivations, also social and, to a lesser extent, intrinsic, in which the record of mobilizations generated from initiatives and/or projects at the institutional level is minimal.