Preparation of Pre-University Teachers for Career Guidance in Sciences

Abstract

The preparation of pre-university teachers for professional orientation towards careers in Science is of great importance and relevance; for their contribution to the scientific training of future high school graduates as part of their integral development. Careers in this area of knowledge provide knowledge, where the foundations are laid to train professionals with a scientific conception of the world. The objective of this article was: to characterize the preparation of pre-university teachers for professional orientation towards Science careers, at the Pre-University Vocational Institute of Exact Sciences of Pinar del Rio. A descriptive study was carried out based on a bibliographic review and from The theoretical point of view was used as methods: historical-logical, analysis-synthesis and inductive-deductive, which allowed us to analyze conceptions on the topic from various approaches and contexts. Likewise, a group of empirical instruments was applied (analysis of documents, survey of teachers, interviews with students and officials, observation of science classes), which revealed a set of strengths and weaknesses. The main results were specified in the systematization of relevant concepts, and the identification of characteristics of this process, in the uniqueness of the context defined above. In summary, the preparation of pre-university teachers for professional orientation towards science careers currently presents insufficiencies; from which emanates the need to grant the necessary priority; since it constitutes a key factor to promote their professional pedagogical performance, as agents of change in educational institutions.