Innovación educativa en contaduría pública: la intersección de la metacognición y los proyectos socio integradores en la Universidad Politécnica Territorial de Falcón «Alonso Gamero»

Abstract

Public accounting education faces significant challenges in the adaptation of teaching methodologies that respond to the demands of the modern environment. This article entitled ―Educational Innovation in Public Accounting: The Intersection of Metacognition and Socio-Integrative Projects at the Universidad Politécnica Territorial de Falcón ‗Alonso Gamero‘ explores from my teaching experience, new teaching methodologies for the Public Accounting program. It focuses on the implementation of innovative pedagogical practices that combine metacognition techniques with socio-integrative projects. Metacognition refers to awareness and control over one's own learning processes, while socio-integrative projects seek to directly link academic knowledge with social reality, involving students in activities that have a tangible impact on their communities. The goal is to transform accounting education through a more dynamic and contextualized educational experience. The article discusses the benefits of this approach, such as the improvement of students' reflective and critical capacity, as well as their preparation to solve practical problems from a socially responsible approach. In addition, case studies are presented which, from my teaching activities as project advisor and methodologist, show the effectiveness of this approach in the development of essential technical and social skills in future accountants. Therefore, I focus on the interpretative paradigm, under the introspective experiential approach and highlighting the method of Gadamer's hermeneutic phenomenology to describe the derivations of this article from the Dasein of the versionants. The implementation of this strategy has fostered the active participation and commitment of the students, while strengthening the ties between the academic institution and the local community.