Resumen
In recent decades, the world has experienced great advances in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility. Educational institutions, especially those of higher education, have recently become interested in this topic as an integral part of society. In Ecuador, after the change of government and the educational transformation, the University Social Responsibility (USR) has been integrated as part of key management indicators. This article is about one of the main elements in education that is teaching. This research starts as a part of a university project that has the purpose of identifying how teaching activities contribute in social responsibility. The research takes place in nine public and private universities which are located in zone three in Ecuador. The data is quantitative and qualitative based on different surveys in a population of 67,167 students, professors, and administrators. As result, there are six challenges for teaching and the USR in Ecuador, from an external perspective: the study of new realities, planned propositions consensus, ongoing training and personal improvement, creativity, student context, professionalism and continuous evaluation.
Keywords: teaching, university social responsibility (USR), teaching challenges.
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