Evaluation model of the Graduation Attributes of a TecNM engineering educational program in Celaya

Abstract

This article proposes an alternative to ensure the quality of the educational program (PE) of Mechatronic Engineering at the Tecnológico Nacional de México in Celaya (TecNM in Celaya). The “ Consejo de Acreditación de la Enseñanza de la Ingeniería” (CACEI), an accrediting body that evaluates educational programs in their teaching-learning processes, in 2021 internationally accredited the PE of Mechatronic Engineering. As part of the methodological process of continuous improvement, the general objective of this work was established to develop an evaluation model of the PE graduation attributes. In addition to the proposed evaluation of graduation attributes, a Dashboard for data processing were designed for teachers and students. The exploratory documentary research technique was applied in the review of the state of the art regarding studies on the criteria for the accreditation of careers by CACEI, as well as in the development of a model that includes a validated and statistically reliable measurement instrument. From the evaluations carried out by teachers in the subjects of January-June 2023, it was obtained through a statistical descriptive analysis that more than 90% of the evaluated students achieve the attribute or partially achieve it. It was also observed that in three quarters of the subjects evaluated, the values of the evaluation carried out by the teachers coincide with the self-evaluation carried out by the students in the subjects and in the level of correspondence between what the teachers teach and what the students learn. students.