Vocational training and teaching skills in the state of Tlaxcala

Abstract

This paper presents the contributions of the first stage of the investigation «Theories and challenges in teacher education in Mexico,» which analyzes as part of the transition from the current educational reform mastery of teaching skills of teachers. The aim of this study was to identify the education and training of teachers of primary and secondary higher state of Tlaxcala to develop their teaching skills and education. The research was conducted with a cross-cutting descriptive quantitative methodology, were surveyed 346 teachers from the three educational levels. In the results it is emphasized that a considerable number of teachers lack pedagogical training and acquire specific skills for the exercise of the teaching function.

Keywords

• educación básica
• educación media superior
• competencias docentes
• reforma educativa