The professional development of Secondary Education teachers based on the analysis of the shared teaching culture

Resumen

This article presents some of the results obtained in a study on the organizational and teaching culture of four high schools. The research, which has been carried out with the support of the DURSI at the province of Barcelona, emphasizes the need to transform the teaching culture so that the educational challenges of the 21st century society can be met. Data are obtained from an adapted version of a questionnaire which was previously designed for the university context by the research team CCUC (2004), and refer to teachers’ perception on their teaching profile, teaching methodologies, their approach to students, and the assessment strategies and procedures concerning both teaching and learning. All these issues are explored in relation to both their actual state and their ideal prospects in the future. The research highlights teachers’ discomfort with each of these issues as well as their perception on the need to transform high schools.