Background:

it refers to the importance of Didactics in the preparation of the university teaching staff, taking into account the suggestions of PhD. López Palacio, an outstanding professor at “Marta Abreu” Central University of Las Villas, who reaffirms the need to include these programs in all university degrees, where students who will later practice as teachers are trained.

Objective:

to base the importance of Didactics in the preparation of the university teaching staff, according to the suggestions of PhD. López Palacio.

Method:

a bibliographic review was carried out from January to March 2019. Original and review articles were considered in electronic and printed texts, in Spanish. The scanned articles were consulted on SciELO, Dialnet and Google Scholar. The inclusion criteria were included: mention of Didactics and the training of the university teaching staff.

Development:

criteria of several authors are presented and in particular the suggestions of PhD. López Palacio are taken as a reference, about the preparation of the university professor as a priority of the university of the 21st century and the role that Didactics plays in its formation, they propose some actions that demand the application of Didactics, as a science that offers the teacher a comprehensive preparation, valid for the different teaching levels.

Conclusions:

the teaching preparation of the university professor must begin since the beginning of its career with the introduction of Didactics in its curricula, and it will have its continuity in postgraduate programs to guarantee its steady and systematic updating.

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