iRAKER: Programme for the development of the academic competence of UPV/EHU teaching staff. Assessment of the impact of the first call

Abstract

The aim of this qualitative research is to investigate the impact of iRAKER, a program intended to develop the academic abilities of UPV/EHU teachers, in the teaching, managing and investigating abilities of those who have taken part on it. In order to do that, a case study was carried out, as we wanted to deeply research the case of the teachers who have taken part in the first call organised by iRAKER. In that case study, conversations were used in order to collect data. The data collected in those conversations has been completed by triangulation, by means of hermeneutic analysis of questionnaires and documents. In this way, it has been possible to know the motivations of the teachers, the acquired competencies and the changes that have taken place in them. Finally, as a conclusion, it could be said that this program has impacted on management and investigation abilities of those teachers who took part on it. But mostly, it impacted on their teaching abilities.