Perceptions about teacher profiles and good educational practices in higher education: a comparative study from the perspective of future teachers and technical professionals

The objective of this research is to analyse, from a comparative inter-group perspective, the perception of the teaching profession of the 21st century have the students in initial training of the Degree in Teaching (Infant and Primary) and Physical Activity and Sport in comparison to students in training in the Degree in Business Administration, Public Administration and Accounting and Auditing (n = 443). It aims to approach this symbolic universe in terms of the teaching functions to be developed (pedagogical, professional, related to the environment, professionals and techniques), to adapt to what they consider to be good educational practice. The methodology applied was quantitative, performing both a descriptive analysis (means and standard deviation) and an inferential analysis (ANOVA) of the data obtained. A validated ad hoc questionnaire, factored in the aforementioned teaching functions, was used as a data collection instrument. Starting from the hypothesis that the perception constructed by the students, in general, agrees with the social constructivist teaching model, it is verified that the future educators give higher priority to the social interaction planning skills and for their part, future professionals in the world of finance and business, to teaching planning as management.