Tenured Scholars
Zamora, William
Associate professor
He is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Policy at the Faculty of Education of the Catholic University. He is a professor of Philosophy; Master and Doctor in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Main areas of study: secondary education; School life; Education and spirituality.
Education
| Job title | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Professor | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 1990 |
| Master of Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 1996 |
| PhD in Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 2006 |
Research Projects
| Year | Type | Project | Role | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | Vice-Rector for Research Vice-Rector for International Affairs Directorate of Pastoral and Christian Culture | What do we learn from life when death comes to school? Towards an understanding of the meanings of life that young people develop in the face of the death of a member of the school community. | Principal Investigator | Go to projectlaunch |
| 2022-2023 | Vice-Rector for Research Vice-Rector for International Affairs Directorate of Pastoral and Christian Culture | How is success and failure understood in Catholic schools? Towards an understanding of the new meanings of school achievement | Co- Researcher | |
| 2021-2022 | VRI- Religion Pedagogy Program. UC | DEAD. Didactic proposal of education for death. | Co- Researcher | Go to projectlaunch |
| 2020-2021 | VRI- Religion Pedagogy Program. UC | How is death addressed at school? Pedagogical practices, knowledge and experiences of students and professors of Catholic Religion. | Principal Investigator | Go to projectlaunch |
Publications
Articles
Author
Year
Title
Magazine
Volume
Pages
DOI
Cox-Vial, M. del P., Sabat-Donoso, GB, Zamora-Poblete, G. & Meza-Pardo, M
2022
Beginning teachers: strategies to establish a relationship of pedagogical authority
Magis, International Journal of Research in Education
15
1-22
Mendez, L; Zamora, G.; Gil, P; Perez, J.; Saez, M.
2020
Cross-national dataset from Chile, Spain, Venezuela and Colombia to analyze the meanings students attribute to the pedagogical authority of teachers
Data in brief
30
105655
Gil, P; Mendez, L; Perez, J.; Saez, M. Zamora, G.
2020
Scale of Pedagogical Authority Meanings in the classroom (ESAPA) for Ibero-America built on the opinions of teaching students
Teaching and teacher education
93
103079
Zamora, G.; Gil, P. Mendez, L, Galvis, P; Thaddeus, J.
2020
Meanings and beliefs about the Pedagogical Authority in teachers in training. Comparative analysis between Spain, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela
Culture & Education
32
242-271
Book chapters
Author
Year
chapter title
Editors
Book Title
Pages
Publishing
DOI/Url
Zamora, G.
2021
From economic scarcity to educational abundance: a challenge for the Chilean school system
Jose Iturra Lastra
To row!
17-30
Spore
Zamora, G.; Alfaro, J.
2020
Understanding the Pedagogical Authority within the framework of the representation of the teaching role in beginning teachers
Jorge Ferrada
Poetics of the south of the world. Contemporary stories about education, aesthetics and art
41-72
University of Los Lagos
Zamora, G.; Meza, M.; Cox, P.
2019
Pedagogical authority and construction of favorable environments for learning.
Alejandro Carrasco
From reform to transformation: capacities, innovations and regulation of Chilean education
153-169
UC editions
Zamora, G.; Meza, M.; Cox, P.
2013
Why do Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds Acknowledge a Superior Authority in History Teachers? Three Interpretive Hypotheses.
Alfredo Gaete and Viviana Gomez
Education & Poverty
135-151
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Zamora, G.
2013
The problem of scarcity in Chilean education. A Barrier to Learning and Participation
New scenarios and challenges for the educational systems of Latin America.
Edit. School of Educational Sciences of Monterrey
Teaching and training of researchers
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Educational Theory | EDU0311 |
| Education and Society | EDU0165 |
| Education, Culture and Society | EDU0314 |
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Seminar Multidisciplinary analysis of education | EDU3650 |
| Year | Type | Name | Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Compendium | Career trajectories of beginning teachers. An approach to permanence in schools with a high vulnerability index. | Alessandra Díaz |
| 2012 | Thesis | The management of technical pedagogical supervision in Chilean educational establishments: characterization and typification based on FOGES records | Gustavo González |
Commitment
Management Responsibilities at the Faculty or University
2020 - present: Member of the Research Ethics Committee. CEC. UC.
2019 - present: Member of the UC Pastoral Academic Council.
Impact
2021: Professor of Philosophy of III° and IV° EM Polyvalent High School 133. Lo Espejo.
2016: Professor of Philosophy of IV° EMLiceo Valentín Letelier. Recollect.
