Documentation

In this section you will find our academic articles, presentations at national and international seminars, learning from our areas and programs, among others.

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Attendance
Initial education
Teaching English
Continuous Improvement and Networks
Other

The Unlearning of School Attendance: Ideas for Change

Coach spotlight: Un Buen Comienzo (UBC) Program

Libro “Aprendiendo a mejorar: seis principios para el mejoramiento continuo en educación”

Policy Brief: Colaboraciones público-privadas para atender problemáticas complejas: Recomendaciones desde un modelo de transferencia para abordar el ausentismo en educación inicial

Mesa Interinstitucional de Educación Inicial

Prevention and reduction of absenteeism in kindergarten education in Chile: An effective intervention through continuous quality improvement and networked learning.

"Reducing Chronic Absenteeism in Preschools in Chile: Evidence from a Comparative Study Using 2011 2017 Ministry of Education Data."

The Improvement Network Un Buen Comienzo: A Path for the Development of Professional Capital in Early Childhood Education (CIAE Presentation)

"Data + community-based teamwork = Effective interventions to promote school attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism in Chile".

"Use of PDSA cycles in the development of improvement skills in Early childhood centers principals".

"Chile: Universal Collection, Open Access, and Innovation in the use of Attendance and Absenteeism Data."

Facilitating Effective 1-1 Coaching Sessions (UBC program case study)

UBC Network and program presentation at 7th Latin American Forum on Quality and Health (IHI)

Executive summary We Learn / Puerto Natales 2021 program

We Learn / Vicuña 2021 Program Executive Summary

We Learn / Paihuano 2021 Program Executive Summary

Report 2021 UBC Improvement Network

We Learn program experience in Puerto Natales

Reducing Chronic Absenteeism in Preschools in Chile: Evidence from a comparative study using 2011-2017 Ministry of Education data

English for tourism course Elqui Valley secondary school students

"15 years, 15 contributions. Committed to education".

"Reducing Chronic Absenteeism in Early Childhood Education: Experience of Fundación Educacional Oportunidad and Integra in Chile".

Systematisation We Learn Expert Meeting: School attendance in a hybrid or remote education system

Systematisation UBC Expert Meeting: School attendance in hybrid or remote education system

"Survey of Un Buen Comienzo education teams in the context of the pandemic".

Carnagie Poster: UBC Improvement Network 2020

"UBC 2020 Improvement Network Report".

The Relationship between Early Childhood Development and Later Elementary School Performance in Chile

"Initial Education: 6 innovations in times of Covid-19".

"10 essential practices for teaching language and early literacy in pre-school education".

"6 stories of innovation in pandemics".

"We Learn Puerto Natales program

"Learning for a Good Start" Local Education Service Puerto Cordillera

"A Good Start for Chile's children".

We Learn: 13 years promoting English at an early age in public schools

Sucessful Experiences Within the Community about English Language Learning / Activities

Un Buen Comienzo: Improving language development of preschool children from rural communities in Chile, Spotlight on continuous improvement, Carnegie Summit 2019

Creating an Improvement Network to Enhance the Results Obtained by an English Language Learning Program in a Rural Community (CIES)

Creating an Improvement Network to Enhance the Results Obtained by an English Language Learning Program in a Rural Community (Carnegie Foundation)

Storytelling

Teaching English as Foreign Language in Chile: Collaborative Practices Using a Model for Improvement

Experience of the Coltauco Community Improvement Team

Experience of the Chimbarongo Community Improvement Team

Networks of centres for educational innovation and school success, talk by Spanish expert Jordi Longás given in Rancagua

Reducing Absenteeism to Increase Achievement: The Effects of Chronic Absenteeism in Early Childhood

A Good Start: Collaborative work that strengthens the comprehensive quality of early childhood education

Reading interest and family literacy practices from prekindergarten to kindergarten: Contributions from a cross-lagged analysis

Un Buen Comienzo: Improving language development for preschool children in disadvantaged communities in Chile, presentation at Carnegie Foundation Summit

A Good Start: Improving language development of preschool children from rural communities in Chile, Carnegie Spotlight presentation in Washington DC.

Analysis, proposals and measures to contribute to improving the quality of early education processes in Chile.

Un Buen Comienzo: Historia, aprendizajes y desafíos, presentation of the book "Un Buen Comienzo para los niños de Chile" at UDP, Chile.

Un Buen Comienzo (A Good Start): Evolution, results and lessons learned, book launch presentation "A Good Start for Chile's Children" at Proleer, Harvard

A Good Start for Chile's children, presentation by Ernesto Treviño at launch of book of the same name

English Arts Young Learners

Guidance for effective English language management at the institutional level

Sucessful Experiences Within the Community about English Language Learning / Activities

Effective Use of Songs in the EFL Classroom

Gigantic elephants make big footprints

Vocabulary instruction practices of Chilean educators and their relationship with the vocabulary of pre-kindergarten children.

Preschool teachers' read-aloud practices in Chile as predictors of children's vocabulary

The importance of fostering social skills in children during the early years of life

Beyond books: How to develop children's emergent reading skills through family conversation?

Family conversations and self-regulation are key to early school success in kindergarten.

Supporting language development and symbolic comprehension in Chilean classrooms at transition level 2: Results of the Good Start Project

Teaching English to Young Learners in Chile: From Inclusiveness towards Social Justice

More than little parrots... Developing young learners' speaking skills

The Good Start Project, 2008-2011 cohort, has a positive impact on the language skills of Chilean children who attend school regularly.

Analysis, results and proposals to reduce chronic absenteeism in Chile

Analysis and proposals to contribute to improve the current situation of English teaching from early childhood in our country.

Understanding the Home Language and Literacy Environment of Chilean low SES Families of Preschoolers

Early Child Development: Health Equity From the Start in Chile

School Readiness Research in Latin America: Findings and Challenges

Experimental Impacts of a Preschool Intervention in Chile on Children's Language Outcomes: Moderation by Student Absenteeism

Sucessful Experiences Within the Community about English Language Learning / Activities

Beyond Mother Education: Maternal Practices as Predictors of Early Literacy Development in Chilean Children from Low-SES Households

A Good Start for Early Childhood Education: Chile's experience in quality improvement

The Un Buen Comienzo Project and its experience improving Chilean Preschool Education: combining formative assessment, coaching and continuous quality improvement

Main results of the Good Start 2014-2015 study

10 Years of English Under The Stars

Beyond Flashcards: Hands-on Activities for Young English Learners in Your Classroom

Telling Tales with Young Learners

Telling stories to young learners

Little Sponges? Child Development and Foreign Language Learning in Pre-school

Little sponges? Child development and early foreign language learning. Selected bibliography

Continuous quality improvement: a success story in health applied to education. The example of Scotland

Experimental Impacts of a Teacher Professional Development Program in Chile on Preschool Classroom Quality and Child Outcomes

Teacher-Child Interactions in Chile and Their Associations With Prekindergarten Outcomes

Chilean Family Reminiscing About Emotions and Its Relation to Children's Self-Regulation Skills

Improving Teachers' Instructional Interactions through External Evaluation and Formative Feedback: The Un Buen Comienzo (UBC) Experience inside Chilean Classrooms

The Development of Executive Functions in Chilean Preschool Children: Promoting the Development of the Building Blocks of School Readiness

Teaching English in primary school: What is it like to learn and teach English in Chile?

The keys to success in teaching English in the early childhood years

Affective and effective learning: from neuroscience to the classroom

Key Elements to Spread Chilen experience

Spreading knowledge and learning through mentoring in public schools in Chile

Relevance, Determinants and Improvement of Early Childhood Education Interactions

The Challenges of Our Kindergarten Education System

Changing practices in early childhood education: prescriptive curriculum or teacher-determined practices?

Vocabulary Workshop for NT1 and NT2

Language and literacy development of Chilean children as they enter transition levels

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