Educational guidance and change in the University

Résumé

This article deals with problems related with the transformation processes of university teaching, based on the analysis of the role and functions of educational consultants recognised as members of a profession assisting the development of these processes. The description of the current situation of universities, the structure of the field of University Pedagogy and Teaching in Argentina, the presentation of a model to analyse the attributes that identify institutional consultants, together with the recognition of the theoretical perspectives that define their actions, are all elements that provide a framework to consider the results of research that has the university educational consultant at its core.