"How to teach how to teach language? Essential practices for the initial training of kindergarten educators" is a book that seeks to strengthen and support teacher training and literacy in kindergarten education. The text launched by the faculties of Education of the UC and UDP, together with Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, and edited by Ediciones UC, can be read free of charge in digital format for the next 6 months.
The COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a number of gaps in education, especially in the education of the very young, such as deficiencies in classroom interactions. of the youngest children, such as deficiencies in classroom interactions. This is that motivated the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), the Pontificia Catholic University of Chile (UC), the Universidad Diego Portales Portales (UDP) and the Fundación Educacional Oportunidada to develop the book "¿Cómo enseñar a enseñar lenguaje? Essential practices for the initial training of kindergarten educators".
This disparate scenario comes from before. In 2017, the results of the Simce de Lectura for second basics were not encouraging as only 38.3% of the students reached the students reached the adequate level. In this context, the book comes to to address a gap that became even more acute during the pandemic, according to the dean of the Faculty of Education. the dean of the UC Faculty of Education, Alejandro Carrasco: "Strengthening the initial training of future early childhood educators is fundamental and this book is a contribution that is going to be a great contribution in this specialty".
The executive director of Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, Marcela Marzolo, said she was "pleased that as a foundation we have been able to collaborate in the publication of this book, which we believe will be a tremendous edition of this book which, we believe, will be a tremendous contribution to the initial and continuous training of educators in our country and region. and continuing education of educators in our country and the region".
The 14 authors of the text are Paula Louzano, Claudia Lagos, Susana Mendive, Malva Villalón, Marcela Bertoglio, Silvia Romero, Soledad Concha, María Soledad Manrique, Celia Marcela Bertoglio, Silvia Romero, Soledad Concha, María Soledad Manrique, Celia Rosemberg, Andrea Rolla and Pelusa Orellana. Rosemberg, Andrea Rolla and Pelusa Orellana, and it is an inter-institutional research project between UC, UDP and Fundación Educacional Oportunidad. The The book, developed by Ediciones UC, will be free for six months and aims to empower the and aims to enhance the learning of kindergarten educators of the educational communities in educators in educational communities throughout the country.
For the director of Ediciones UC, María Angélica Zegers, "in these difficult times that we are living, with so many children with so many children who have seen their normal access to quality face-to-face education affected. quality face-to-face education, this book embodies the mission of an academic publishing house: to contribute in a concrete of an academic publishing house: to contribute in a concrete way to the better development of the country. country.
The dean of the Faculty of Education, Paula Louzano, explained that "the book systematizes the systematizes high-level international knowledge on how to teach language and literacy and brings teaching language and literacy and brings practical knowledge from different faculties of education in Chile and Latin America. from different faculties of education in Chile and Latin America".
The presentation of the was held in a webinar with more than a thousand simultaneous viewers on the different online simultaneous viewers on the different online platforms of the three institutions that the three convening institutions. In it, Soledad Concha research associate at the Institute of Education Sciences of the Universidad de O'Higgins - and co-editor of the of O'Higgins - and co-editor of the text - was in charge of presenting its content, explaining that it consists of three explained that it consists of three central elements: essential practices based on evidence of their evidence-based practices on their effectiveness, contributions in knowledge and methodologies for teacher and methodologies for teacher training that promote their learning and, finally, integrates guidelines on reflective teaching, integrates guidelines on reflective teaching from different contexts.
Claudia Lagos, coordinator of CPEIP's Continuing Education area and co-author of one of the book's chapters and co-author of one of the book's chapters, said that the text is closely linked to the implementation of Law 20.903, which the text is closely linked to the implementation of Law 20.903, which creates the Professional creates the Teacher Professional Development System: "This book shows with great clarity some essential aspects such as professionalization of the curriculum, as well as innovation, the skills of the 21st century, the recovery of learning century skills, the recovery of learning after the health crisis, and the framework for good teaching. framework for good teaching".
To read the book, you can access the following link: https://bit.ly/33UD3pa
If you missed the book launch and want to check out the video, you can watch it here:
