What are the expectations of higher education professionals?

Abstract

The quality of education must be permanently protected and ensured within classrooms throughout all institutions of higher education. To guarantee this, education professionals are required to be reflective and research-oriented, committed to continuous learning as well as social action. They must think critically about educational assumptions, values, ​​and practice in a world of constant change for the sake of continuous improvement. The evidence should be based on research as part of the pedagogical practice. Higher education professionals must possess solid characteristics, aptitudes, and attitudes, and, above all, act with honesty and integrity, which will allow demonstrating high standards of ethics and support to students and thus meet educational expectations. The teachers are dual professionals; they are vocational specialists as well as experts in teaching and learning. They are committed to maintaining and developing experience in both aspects of their role to ensure the best for their students. Educational professionals must meet a series of requirements, for example, to be inspiring leaders, problem solvers, creative, immersed in self-learning and personal development, committed to quality, and excellent communicators.