Teaching and interdisciplinary coordination: analysis of its contribution to the competences of teachers and students

Abstract

Teachers’ coordination is based on a horizontal organizational structure, with the fundamental premises of voluntariness and interest in participating in joint activities in order to promote social learning networks. Thus, interdisciplinary projects or practices that play an important role in order to promote learning of and by competences in the new degrees emerge. Hence, we present this paper, whose aims, firstly, to provide a reflective analysis of the contribution of interdisciplinary practices to students' learning by competences and on the other hand, to present the evaluations and perceptions of the teachers involved in this new way of working. For this purpose, an interdisciplinary practical work is presented comprising three 3rd year subjects of the Degree in Social Education of the Faculty of Education, University of Murcia. Data have been collected by using the following tools: questionnaire (students) and the interview (teachers). The chosen research methodology was both, quantitative and qualitative in order to understand, analyze and reflect on the object of study and approach the experiences and perceptions of respondents, drawing conclusions and offering suggestions for improvement. The results show that this king of activities contributes to the acquisition of learning competences, and to the training of a competent teacher, arising as an alternative to isolated work creating an organizational culture open to networking among teachers.

Keywords

• interdisciplinar
• coordinación
• competencias
• alumnado
• profesorado
• desarrollo profesional
• valoraciones