Table 1 Table of survey specifications.
Dimensions | Subdimensions | No. of items |
|---|---|---|
Demographic data | 1. Gender 2. Age 3. Teaching experience 4. Educational level or levels at which you are currently teaching 5. Training prior to the master’s degree 6. Master’s degree specialization chosen | |
Academic and administrative organization of the degree: management of academic processes and of administrative procedures | Organizational quality | 8. To assess the organizational quality of the degree (administration and management of academic and administrative processes). Likert scale question. 9. Briefly justify your answer |
Administrative structure | 10. To assess the administrative structure of the degree (registration, access to information, management of administrative procedures, apostilled documents, etc.). Likert scale question. 11. Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with the following statements. Likert scale question. - Human resources were appropriate and adequate. - The degree coordinators provided prompt and appropriate responses (coordination between MINEDUC, UB, UNAE) - There was good coherence and coordination between the face-to-face phase and the online phase. - The MINEDUC, UB and UNAE competencies were well defined. Total organizational structure scale: 6 quantitative items = Alpha 0.858 | |
Teacher quality and organization of material and human resources in the activities carried out | Teaching quality of the degree | 12. To assess the quality of the teaching on the degree (the materials, contents, resources, methods, teaching practices). Likert scale question. 13. Briefly justify your answer |
Proposals for improvement | 14. What proposals for improvement would you make for the materials and resources used in class? 15. What proposals for improvement would you make for the content of the subjects studied? 16. What proposals for improvement would you make for the methodology used by the teaching staff? | |
Appropriacy of the methodology adopted by the teacher. | 17. Regarding the master’s degree thesis, evaluate the teaching quality. Likert scale question. 18. Please assess the following features of the thesis. Likert scale question. - materials adaptation | |
Adaptation of the materials Appropriacy of the content to professional training | - appropriacy of the subject to professional training - appropriacy of the methodology used by the tutor | |
Working on the thesis | 19. What were the most important benefits afforded by working on the thesis? Briefly justify your answer Total teaching quality scale: 5 items = Alpha 0.805 | |
Contributions of the degree to the philosophy of Good Living | Contributions of the degree to enhancing personal development in a society governed by the principles of Good Living, democratic participation, and coexistence. | 20. Regarding the general objective of the master’s degree: “to provide serving Ecuadorian teachers with quality up-to-date teacher training.” Likert scale question. 21. Briefly justify your answer. 22. Please indicate the main inputs of the master’s degree contributing to your personal development in a society governed by the principles of Good Living, democratic participation, and coexistence. |
Transfer of learning | 23. Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with the following statements. Likert scale question. -There is a relationship between the degree curriculum and the Good Living guidelines. -The degree has allowed me to have a better situation in my school and improve my teaching practice. -After the degree I have been able to teach what I have learnt to other staff members 24. After the degree, do you think that your teaching practice has improved? Briefly justify your answer and give an example, if applicable. | |
Degree of satisfaction with the degree | 25. Rate your degree of satisfaction with the degree. Likert scale question. 26. Briefly justify your answer Total professional value scale: 5 items = Alpha 0.741 |
