Quality and use of reliable data in university teaching practice

This study addresses data literacy as a framework of competencies for analysing the quality, selection and evaluation of the use of reliable data in teaching practice. The aim of this study is to determine the level of data literacy competence and skills that university teachers have in order to locate and identify reliable data, and to select and evaluate information for teaching activities. The method used to achieve this objective is a mixed method. A descriptive analysis was carried out using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The data were collected through a survey of university teachers in the field of social sciences. The analysis provides an overview of the quality and relevance of reliable data sources used by social science teachers at university level. It also assesses the transversal competences related to these contents in their teaching.