The social cognitive model in university teaching: Effective resource for the development of cognitive strategies
Keywords:
university teaching, cognitive strategies, social cognitive modelSynopsis
Among other purposes of university education, providing students with tools that will allow them to be valuable and useful agents within society is one of them, it is not only about making them specialists in a single field, but also about being able to adapt their knowledge and being able to relate it with other disciplines, in this way, together they can benefit the community as a whole. Learning is a process that takes place throughout a person's life, it is not only part of their academic training stages; Therefore, it is essential that they are able to learn on their own and not depend on a pre-established system to achieve their learning objectives.
In this sense, through the different methodologies and strategies they adopt, educational institutions have to guarantee that their students develop independence when learning, in this way, critical thinking and cooperative learning will be strengthened, in addition, they will be aware of their process in the acquisition of new knowledge and will be able to apply it in different aspects throughout their life, which is deepened in this work.

