“Evaluación del proyecto de Capacitación de Auxiliares Docentes en el Área Morfología Microscópica”

CATALÁN, M.; CRUZ LÓPEZ, M.E.; MÓNACO, L.C. DE; PUCCI A.; ARIAS A.; VALDEZ I.; SOSA C.; MARINARO S.

Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina

Jornada; XXII Jornadas Científicas de la Asociación de Biología de Tucumán; 2005

Asociación de Biología de Tucumán

Evaluation of the Teaching Assistant´s Training Project in the Microscope Morphology Area Catalán, M., Cruz López, M.E., Mónaco, L.C. de, Pucci A., Arias A., Valdez I., Sosa C., Marinaro S. Within the Training Program of Human Resources of this Faculty, the chair of Animal Histology promotes the training of teaching assistants through theoretical-practical activities for teaching, research and extension. This work aims at the comparative evaluation of the methodology used by the chair during 2004-2005 in relation to earlier periods. It also shows the strategies used in the instruction of human resources through the academic, technical and scientific training with the preparation of practical works based on the thematic nucleus Animal Respiratory Organs. Five assistants carried out the following activities: specialized bibliographical research, dissection and histological processing of respiratory organs of different zoological groups, analysis and interpretation of images through light microscopy, theoretical-practical seminars for data integration and consolidation, cooperation in the design of a student’s Teaching Guide and teaching practice. The methodology evaluated constituted an improvement with respect to the one used in former periods, since it integrates laboratory with teaching practice. The academic, technical and scientific training constituted a valuable experience that allowed the design of a teacher’s profile, contributed to the instruction of teaching assistants in the Microscope Morphology area and encouraged their initiation in research work.