Collegial professional development from teaching innovation projects: a shared background

This paper presents some results obtained through the innovation projects carried out during the last seven years in the Teaching Innovation Group (EIE-GID) of the University of Murcia, with the aim of analyzing the evaluations of the teachers participating in the experiences from the perspective of their contribution to the teaching skills expected of a university professor, as well as their contributions to the collegial professional development of the members of the EIE-GID. The results found show that, although the projects described are centred on active methodologies and the assessment of teaching competences, progress in profession-al teaching competences has been observed in their implementation and evaluation. In this scenario, teach-ing professional development has ceased to be an individual activity and has become a collective activity, the result of group, coordinated, collegiate and reflective work.

Keywords:
Innovation; professional development; teaching competences; learning community