Impacto social del programa de maestría en psicopedagogía de la Universidad Técnica de Machala

Abstract

The evaluation of master's degree is related to the analysis and assessment of the general state of the program, both its design, planning, execution and results, within these the social impact is related to the search for information on the effects it has produced mainly in its graduates. The present study responds to the need to know the social impact of the master's program in psychopedagogy of the Technical University of Machala and had the objective of evaluating the social impact of the program from the perspective of students, teachers and employers. For this, an analytical, cross-sectional and mixed methodology investigation was carried out with the 28 graduates of the first cohort, their 13 teachers and 5 employers, which was based on the use of theoretical and empirical level methods, such as the survey and the interview, which were analyzed through descriptive statistics and content analysis. As main results, it was known that the program had a high contribution to the development of specific knowledge related to the profession and to the increase in participation in scientific activities, based on the dissemination of the results of their master's research and participation in other events of a scientific nature, as well as the professional satisfaction of graduates.