Comparing the quality of instruction in initial teacher training programs at universities in Spain

Abstract

One of the requirements of the Institutional Evaluation Agencies focuses on the provision of scientific evidence that comparatively analyzes the quality of the educational offer. In this case, the aim is to compare the fulfillment of the quality criteria of the master's degrees belonging to the universities of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia in order to determine the place of the Master's Degree in Teaching Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching of the Universidad Pablo de Olavide within the Andalusian universities in terms of the quality of the degree. For this purpose, a documentary and quantitative analysis of the two documents issued by the Directorate of Evaluation and Accreditation of the Andalusian Regional Government, for the renewal and monitoring of the Degree, considering the degree of scope of each evaluation criterion, the number of recommendations and recommendations for special monitoring for each evaluation criterion, as well as the comparison between total and resolved recommendations for each of the criteria. The quantitative analysis also focuses on the comparison between the actions defined, appropriate and completed by each title for each of the recommendations received. The study of the two reports, based on the different variables related to the quality criteria included in the documents, enables us to qualify their quality as medium-high among the 10 Andalusian universities.