LA FORMACIÓN DE DOCENTES DE INGLÉS
EN CHILE
El desafío de la calidad y la pertinencia
¿Qué aspectos críticos deben ser cautelados?
Alejandro Naveas
REFDI National Director
The local sociocultural context
1813 English language teaching started
1890 Initial Teacher Training started
1981 From 8 to 25 universities
2012 First Seminar for language teacher trainers
MINEDUC PIAP / British Council
To initiate the first encounter to encourage reflection and
exchange views and experiences among the teacher trainers
of the 38 teacher training programmes in the country
The concern
The improvement of quality of critical issues in initial
teacher training
The proposal
The context of language teacher training in Chile
38 teacher training programmes in the country
95% of our students come from the public sector
Length of the programme: 9,5 – 12 semesters
Less than 50% of students graduate
Seminar 1 March 2012
Language teacher
training
programmes in
Chile
Hiram Vivanco
Universidad de Chile
Can we train
teachers online?
Pete Sharma UK
Collaborative approach
in ITT
Gillian Moss / Aída
Salamanca
British Council /
Colombia
Seminars; the input
Seminar 2 6 – 7 December 2012
The TT curriculum
and the views of
employers
Pablo Torche
Consultant Chile
Foreign
experience
in TTP
Leonor
Corradi
Ministerio
de
Educación
Argentina
Foreign
experience in
TTP
Norbert Pachler
IoE London
University
UK
Framework for
Continuous
Professional
Development
Thomas
Connelly
The British Council / Chile
Seminar 3
15 – 16 May 2013
The
National
Curriculu
m; a
historical
perspecti
ve
María
Jesús
Honorato
MINEDUC
The ELT
curriculum
; 5° y 6°
básico
Marisol
Besa
MINEDUC
The ELT
curriculum
; 1° a 4°
básico
Catalina
Laage
MINEDUC
In-service
Teacher
training;
quality
and equity
Violeta
Arancibia
MINEDUC
Professio
nal
Standards
in
teachers
in
England
Ben
Ramm
Consultan
t
UK
Seminar 3 15 – 16 May 2013
The National
Curriculum; a
historical
perspective
María Jesús
Honorato MINEDUC
The ELT
curriculum;
5° y 6°
básico
Marisol
Besa MINEDUC
The ELT
curriculum ;
1° a 4°
básico
Catalina
Laage MINEDUC
In-service
Teacher
training;
quality
and equity
Violeta
Arancibia MINEDUC
Professional
Standards in
teachers in
England
Ben Ramm
Consultant
UK
Seminar 4 25 – 26 July 2013
Knowledge in ITT
Amos Paran
IoE London
University
UK
National standards;
discussion
UAH
Classroom
management
Martha Epperson
USA
Consultant
Strategies for
motivating Chilean
students
Martha Epperson
USA Consultant
ITT in Cuba
Dolores Corona
Ministerio de
Educación Superior
de Cuba
CEIBAL, ELT through
videoconference in
primary education in
Uruguay
Claudia Brovetto
Consultant
Seminar 5 9 – 10 October 2013
Standards in
ITT for
language
teachers in
Uruguay and
Ecuador
Gabriel Díaz
Educational consultant
Public
policies in
ITT
María de la
Luz
González,
CPEIP
The design of
an assessment
instrument
Barry
O’Sullivan
The British
Council
UK
A competency-
based
curriculum;
MECESUP
project
Mónica Frenzel
y Silvina Zapata
Universidad Andrés Bello
Seminar 6 5 – 6 December 2013
The
evaluation of
trainees’
language
proficiency
Martin Wedel
University of
Leeds UK
The levels of
English of
language
teachers
Julian Kenny
Trinity College
UK
Angeliki
Salamoura
Graeme Harrison
Standards
and
examinations
Cambridge
English
UK
Convenios de
Desempeño
and ITT
Diana Veneros DIVESUP
Seminar 6 5 – 6 December 2013
A competency-
based
curriculum;
MECESUP
project
Valeria Sumonte
U. Católica del Maule
ITT;
curriculum
redesign;
MECESUP
project
Claudio Díaz
Lilian Gómez
U. de Concepción
Continuous
professional
development
John Knagg
British
Council UK
In-
service
teacher
training
Alicia
Paez PIAP
REFDI
Shared
problems,
shared
solutions
A. Naveas
UCBC
Seminar 7 21 – 22 April 2014
Curriculum change and the new national standards
Gabriel Díaz,
Uruguayan
perspective
Educational
consultant
Prueba INICIA
Adriana Yañez CPEIP
Reaserch work
Annjeanette
Martin
U de los
Andes
Martin Wedell, UK
contribution
University of Leeds UK
Ricardo Contreras;
ELT in Chile PIAP
Ricardo Reich
Convenios de
desempeño DIVESUP
REFDI
Seminars; our contributions
Round table discussions
1. The Colombian experience and the Chilean context
2. Training language teachers online
3. Critical study of ITT programmes in Chile
4. TT programmes and the implementation of the
national curriculum
5. Identifying standards for graduates from a TTP
Seminars; our contributions
Questions
1. What kind of professional does Chile need for the
next 10 years?
2. What knowledge seems to be essential in TTP?
3. What must a language teacher know and understand
to be able to teach today and in the near future?
4. Do all subjects matter in TTPs? Why (not)?
Distribution of training emphasis
5. To what extent do TTPs satisfy the market?
6. What subjects should be part of the curriculum of a
TTP?
Seminars; our contributions
Questions
1. What should standards be/look like in language teacher
training programmes?
2. Does the TT curriculum of my institution respond
appropriately to the required ITT Standards?
3. How do we implement standards at my training
institution?
4. What should we change?
5. How long will it take us to implement curricular
changes?
6. What effect will the implementation of National
Standards have on INICIA 2014?
Seminars; the discoveries
1. Approximately 50% of those who teach English are
graduated teachers.
2. Need for In-service Teacher Training Programmes
3. Schools are not prepared for teacher practice
experiences
4. Initial Teacher Training Programmes vary significantly
Seminars; the challenges
1. Framework of good school teaching practice
2. Certification of the level of English of graduates
3. Training teacher trainers
4. National Standards
5. INICIA
6. Convenios de Desempeño
7. Initial Teacher Training Programmes
8. REFDI
http://www.piap.cl/seminarios/