Teacher training and changes in higher education: a human rights perspective

Abstract

In this review article, the author reflected on the incidence of the training of university teachers within the processes of higher education reform in a general context, taking into account a fundamental rights perspective. Therefore, it was established as a general purpose to understand the role of teacher training in human rights within educational changes in higher education. To achieve the objective, a work methodology with documentary design and a qualitative approach was practiced. In the work carried out, content referring to universities as institutions for the promotion of human rights, the importance of the instruction of educators and the relevance of the changes in response to fundamental rights was developed within the theoretical framework. It was concluded that teachers must be updated regarding educational reforms, so they attend to mutations in response to social needs and human rights themselves.