Teachers guide as an axis of teaching-learning process

Abstract

The teachers guide is an essential tool of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) to achieve the objective of «promoting European cooperation in quality assurance through the development of comparable criteria and methodologies» (Bologna Declaration). In fact, what is called teaching guide is but a detailed planning of any material based on the principles that guide the process of convergence in the creation of an European Higher Education Area. If in other plans or programs, courses or modules, the focus was placed on the content, in this case the axis is twofold: the content and student work around that content. The teachers guide is a basic delineation of the principles governing the development of the subject or module. The guide structure means «in a single package: a) a selection and management of academic content and b) an educational offering, that is, how they will be worked on that content and how will students be assessed. The program seeks to clarify the following issues: competence to be acquired by all students, content structure of matter, what is important to teach and learn from these contents, the proposed educational development to meet the learning, the dedication required of the student and assessment procedures and classification of learning. The study aims to make a proposal for teaching guide developed from teaching guides that allow the orientation of the teaching-learning process of students.