El ICE de la Universidad de Zaragoza, un centro para la mejora de su profesorado y su universidad

Abstract

The Institute of Sciences of the Education (ICE) of the University of Zaragoza, from its foundation, has designed and created materials, and has developed courses for teachers, as well as for students, about varied topics. Some of them, as for example, the Certificado de Aptitud Pedagógica (Certificate of Pedagogic Attitude) have been of great relevance for teachers. The ICE has also formed research teams and has edited several publications widely spread in the world of education.

Moreover, 25 years ago, the ICE of the University of Zaragoza started to implement the In-service Teacher Training Programme addressed to the teachers of the University of Zaragoza. Such a programme included activities of varied types, specially related to syllabus design; psychology of education and learning; collaborative methodologies; and evaluation.

Years later, in 2007, the University of Zaragoza created the centre called Institute of Sciences of the Education for the training and counselling of the university teachers; the collaboration in the boost of pedagogical innovation; educational research; and the improvement of university teaching, as well as the counselling about the renovation of the teaching methodologies, among other tasks.

At present, the ICE of the University of Zaragoza carries out its activity within the frame of four programmes: Teacher Training Programme, Programme of Support to Students, Programme of Support to the Quality System of Degrees and Masters, and Programme of Support to Teaching Innovation in the University of Zaragoza.

In this work we deal with the evolution of the ICE of the University of Zaragoza from its origin to the present time.

http://dx.doi.org/10.15304/ie.25.2811