<strong>EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND THE PROFESSOR</strong>

Abstract

The present text talks about the status of the professor as a professional concerning the current demands due to the emerging paradigms, especially the ones facing quality innovative practices. In order to do that, it is necessary to show a range of the current facts related to “innovation”, which cannot be detached from “research”, followed by a reflection on the professor as a role model, searching for legislative and pedagogical paths, and eventually depicting quality innovative work in the university field. Our aim is to investigate how the teaching activity at the university, which is not really defined, can be deal with the unknown and important pedagogical needs which require quality innovation.