Current Challenges in University Education: Executive Functions and their Relationship with Teaching Methodologies

Abstract

The present research corresponds to a correlational study that aims to analyze the relationship between the use of executive functions and the teaching methodology used by professors of the Business Administration, Agrarian Administration and Lawyers of the Universidad Siglo 21 in the Rio Cuarto headquarters. The population was made up of all the teachers of the aforementioned careers, whose sample was selected through an accidental nonprobabilistic sampling. To assess executive functions, the self-administered questionnaire "Jordan Executive Functions Index" was used as an instrument. To know the teaching methodology, the questionnaire "CEMEDEPU" (Questionnaire for the Evaluation of the Teaching and Evaluative Methodology of University Professors) was used. In this opportunity, we seek to reach conclusions about the data collected that allow, in the future, design an interactive audiovisual material with multiple strategies that aim to enhance the use of these functions and improve teaching performance. In addition, it is expected to increase the results in the teaching-learning process, as well as the university's ability to manage the change.