Research activities of teachers in private universities in the city of Encarnación Paraguay

Abstract

According to Law N ° 4995/13 on Higher Education, the responsibility of universities is the training of human resources for the knowledge society, an issue that occurs from the development of Science and Technology, but to align with society knowledge requires teachers who adjust to the new paradigms to reform education based on the real needs of society. Therefore, the work focused on investigating the research activities of teachers for the training of students in relation to Science, Technology and Innovation. It was possible through the quantitative approach and the application of a questionnaire of 15 questions to n = 47 teachers from n = 4 private universities in the city of Encarnación. The results show that 84% of teachers also work in other areas alongside teaching, but of this percentage, only 10% carry out research activities. However, they are the ones who have more articles published in indexed journals (between 2 to 4 articles) during their professional practice compared to those who are dedicated solely to teaching (2 articles). Therefore, it is shown that the teacher lacks research activity, a situation that hinders the training-research nexus by dedicating hours to a second job not related to teaching, and in this case, the failure of academic scientific literacy begins in the teachers.