SOCIALIZATION, APPROPRIATION AND ADAPTATION OF OUTSTANDING TEACHING COMPETENCIES AS AN ENHANCEMENT OF CURRICULAR IMPROVEMENT: THE CREATION OF A CENTER FOR INNOVATION IN EDUCATION

The substantive functions of the University –teaching, research, and academic extension–, are the starting point and the essence of the development of a Center for Innovation in Education (CIE), which has the aim of enhancing teaching talent through a strengths-based educational model. The process of identifying outstanding teaching competencies in college professors and then, socializing, appropriating and adapting them to the style and class interaction of other members of the faculty is the main purpose of this space created by teachers for teachers. Curricular enhancement support and the creation and recreation of the teaching practice are made evident in the specific tasks of Universidad Panamericana’s (UP) Center for Innovation in Education.