Invisible work in the Higher Education teaching profession
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https://doi.org/10.58594/rtest.v3i3.87Keywords:
Invisible work, teaching profession, Higher Education, self-efficacy, stress, labor desertionAbstract
In this article, the biased vision of university work is analyzed, an evident magnification of the publication of scientific results is discovered, in relation to the other missions: training and extension work. Two well-defined work areas can be distinguished: a visible work area in which the publication is located and another invisible work area, work that is forgotten and which, however, comprises the bulk of the institutional work. A fair evaluation of the investigation is advocated, articulated with the other missions, the negative effect of the absence of national registers of researchers is valued, which mechanism of comparison, energize and facilitation of aid to the investigative processes; Likewise, the present and future of scientific journals are analyzed according to the global changes that are taking place in their conception, the observance of ethics in publication. We reflect on the importance of carrying out a much more inclusive, objective and fair process for the evaluation of research, so that other results measurement indices are taken into account, in an institutional context of support for research and promotion of inter-academic cooperation, in order to make teaching work a healthy professional exercise with the identification and prevention of the causes that mean the congruence between work, stress and its effects on the desertion of teachers, situations that make it advisable to meditate on the need to correct the current university labor order.
Keywords:
Invisible work, teaching profession, Higher Education, self-efficacy, stress, labor desertion.
RESUMEN
En el presente artículo se analiza la visión sesgada del quehacer universitario, se revela una evidente magnificación de la publicación de resultados científicos, con relación a las restantes misiones: la formación y la labor extensionista. Se distinguen dos áreas de trabajo bien delimitadas: un área de trabajo visible en la que se ubica la publicación y otra área de trabajo invisible, trabajo que se olvida y que, sin embargo, comprende el grueso del quehacer institucional. Se aboga por una valoración justa de la investigación, articulada con las demás misiones, se valora el negativo efecto de la ausencia de registros nacionales de investigadores, cuál mecanismo de comparación, dinamización y facilitación de ayuda a los procesos investigativos; así mismo se analiza el presente y futuro de las revistas científicas de acuerdo con los cambios globales que se están produciendo en su concepción, la observancia de la ética en la publicación. Reflexionamos sobre la importancia de llevar a cabo un proceso mucho más integrador, objetivo y justo para la evaluación de la investigación, de modo que sean tomados en cuenta otros índices de medición de resultados, en un contexto institucional de apoyo a la investigación y promoción de la cooperación interacadémica, a fin de hacer del trabajo docente un sano ejercicio profesional con la identificación y prevención de las causas que significan la congruencia entre trabajo, estrés y sus efectos en la deserción de los docentes, situaciones que hacen recomendable meditar en torno a la necesidad de perfeccionar el orden laboral universitario actual.
Palabras clave:
Trabajo invisible, profesión docente, Educación Superior, autoeficacia, estrés, deserción laboral.
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