Continuing education for university teaching staff of the University of the Balearic Islands

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to underscore the importance of continuing education for university teaching staff within the new context of European convergence and examine the specific experience of the University of the Balearic Islands and the training plan it has initiated. The study has the following specific aims: to analyse the training plan’s degree of impact on university teaching staff education, to discover future training needs, to assess the dissemination of innovative actions by teaching staff, to detect obstacles that arise in innovative education and to study the degree of institutionalisation of innovative education strategies in departments, faculties or schools.