Promoción de habilidades blandas en estudiantes universitarios a través de las prácticas de enseñanza: validación de un instrumento
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Currently, in various fields, the demonstration of soft skills by individuals is highly valued, which is why university training processes must aim to enhance these skills among students. In this regard, a cross-sectional analytical study was developed under a holistic approach, aiming to analyze the alignment between university teaching practices and the promotion of students' soft skills. A survey-type instrument was created to capture students' perceptions regarding this relationship. The validation process of the instrument, which was completed by 1,677 participants from various undergraduate programs at a university center in western Mexico, is presented. The content validity index obtained from expert judges was 0.837, while Cronbach's alpha was 0.907. Bartlett’s test of sphericity and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy were applied for exploratory factor analysis, resulting in a p-value of 0.001 and a global KMO of 0.957, indicating that the data were optimal. The analysis confirmed the grouping of five factors represented in the operationalization synergies. As a result, adjustments were made to the items, discarding those with a factor loading below 0.5 for not providing significant information to the instrument. This led to a reconfiguration, reducing the total items from 44 to 23, which measure the construct defined in the study in greater depth.
Source: Revista Innova Educación
Institution: Universidad de Guadalajara
Language: English
Topic: Social Skills and Education
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407019922