Abstract:
Circumstances that occur worldwide in the first decades of the 21st century force University, once again, to rethink about itself, its political project and the practices that are carried out. This article presents some results of an investigation developed by a team from the University of Buenos Aires, worried to identify institutional strategies that may contribute to the improvement of the quality of university education. It details its investigative focus on the Pedagogical University Advisor in Argentinean public institutions. It has an interest in addressing issues relating to these actors' role, around two fundamental axes: the description of these consultants in their institutional context, according to its organizational structure, and the understanding of the central problem around which their activities are gathered. The study follows a qualitative methodology, based on the analysis of Papers on this subject, written by those actors, and of interviews in depth. The kernels considered in this article are focused on the actions of counseling as a form of direct action on the classrooms and the institution's problems, and on the research as a mark of academic ranking. Some results allow to strengthening the course that the Pedagogical Advisor is one of the subjects that contribute to the construction of University Didactics and Pedagogy.
Keywords:
pedagogical advisor; university; intervention; research