The training was framed in the implementation of the Applied Pedagogical Research (IPA) project “Observation of Teaching Pedagogical Practices with a focus on the treatment of Cognitive Skills of Reading Comprehension in pre-basic students in Kindergarten, first and second grade of Carlos School Condell de la Haza of the city of La Serena” developed under the aegis of the Integrated Management Unit of Pedagogies (UGIP).
Identifying variables of teaching pedagogical practice, in the development of cognitive skills of Reading Compression, was the main objective of the project carried out by Professor Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, Vice-rector of Economic and Administrative Affairs, together with the Management and professors of the Carlos Condell de la Haza School.
The research included carrying out different workshops, directed by Dr. Torrejón and Professor Jorge Carvajal, in which they addressed topics related to cognitive skills and reading comprehension strategies at their different levels and stages of development.
“We feel pleased as a working group, since we established pedagogical dialogues to find possible answers to a series of questions that we initially posed (…). Some instruments were formulated to collect information and thus see what was happening in daily practice with educators and teachers regarding early reading processes and, on the other hand, see how it can be visualized that early reading skills were indeed being developed. giving (…) therefore these workshops allowed us to establish a self-analysis regarding pedagogical practices,” explained the Vice-Rector.
For her part, the director of the school, Nelly Vilches, who actively participated in the investigative work, positively valued the realization of these collaborative instances between the University and the establishment. “There is an urgent need in education to reuse this practice of researching what we do. The Carlos Condell de la Haza School is a public educational center located in a territorial sector that needs a training and educational pedagogical proposal relevant to the context (...). The view that we always have is the relevance that the school has in the territory, because more than an infrastructure, it is an engine of development (...). Those who gained the most were our boys and girls, and for them we are always looking for ways to update ourselves,” said the director.
One of the important aspects of the IPA projects is that it considers the participation of academics, teachers from the school system and undergraduate students from the University of La Serena. In that sense, the teacher-in-training of Ped's career. in Basic General Education, Diego Muñoz, had a fundamental role in the work carried out with the members of the school. “Research is a duty of the University, and on this occasion, the importance that I want to highlight is that we are considered as pedagogy students in a research of these characteristics. This gives it a seal that not all research has, as students we contribute not from experience, but from curiosity and the desire to learn. We are all responsible for generating knowledge from the place where we are and I also want to thank the institution for generating these opportunities,” he stated.
In this way, the training culminated in a ceremony in which a certificate of recognition was delivered to the 27 teachers who attended the project workshops.
“The participation I had in the project was very fortunate, because that allowed me to improve some aspects of how to teach reading to children, they gave me some strategies that I implemented until the end of the year and thus the children could understand better and achieve a better development in reading and writing,” said the first cycle teacher, Patricia Rojas.
The same was stated by her colleague, Camila Zamarca, who stated that “the research made us understand in a different way how to teach children, with different structures, and thus enhance their abilities. We didn't think that being so small we could take advantage of the texts, which was what surprised us, we started to implement it and it has gone very well for us."
It should be noted that the main purpose of Applied Pedagogical Research projects is, precisely, to respond to real problems presented by the actors in the school system themselves. For this reason, there are already eight projects that are being developed in the different communes of the region. “We have to continue working together, for mutual benefit, advocating for cooperation and joint work between the institutional community and the educational system,” emphasized Dr. Fabián Araya, alternate executive director of the Integrated Management of Pedagogies Unit, who coordinates the execution of all IPA projects.
Source: Integrated Pedagogy Management Unit (UGIP) – PMI FIP ULS1501 | CM ULS1755
“The objective was to bring high school students together and make them participate in a university day. Therefore, we try to replicate what a student teacher does during their real academic year. "For the first time it was done, it was a fairly successful experience, and the students left very satisfied," explained Professor Diego Contreras, who is in charge of the "Student Attraction, Retention and Accompaniment" subunit of the UGIP. .
For student Arelys Muñoz, who was part of the first generation of the “I Want to Be a Professional in Education” program, the experience helped her “learn more about the English Pedagogy career. They integrated me into the activities carried out in the classes as if I were just another student in the course. Furthermore, the didactics of the class caught my attention, I imagined that they only passed subject after subject, but they played games, activities with each other, asked each other questions, I realized that it is not like a school class. “I would like to continue with the same motivation of being able to teach and study pedagogy, because it is a different and close way to reach children, to make them change their vision and motivate them to do something else beyond the ordinary,” she noted.
On the other hand, the student of the Gabriela Mistral school, Montserrat Alfaro, participated in the classes organized by Ped's career. in Mathematics and Physics. “The class was super practical, it was done in a laboratory and it was very didactic. I learned a lot and it was very entertaining. Since there are few students in this program, I realized that they are close with everyone in the institution, not only with their classmates or teachers, but with all the staff who worked here. I feel that this profession is not highly valued by people, even though pedagogies are a fundamental basis for training teachers who will teach classes in other careers. We all need someone to teach us, but mainly to educate us with values, and that is why I want to study pedagogy, to be an agent of change and to be someone who can educate,” she emphasized.
They also had the opportunity to participate in a Light and Sound class, offered by Professor Héctor Chanduvi at the Museum of Science and Technology, emphasizing the effect on children of the misuse of these energies.
Dr. Vásquez gave two talks; one of a closed nature, only for the members of the research group, where she showed her progress and the possibilities of international collaboration were also discussed. In that instance, the professional showed her main advances in thin film solar cells, where her emphasis was on low costs and low toxicity.