Meeting between graduates of Pedagogías UC seeks to form a collaboration network

The event took place on July 28 and included the participation of former students of Pedagogy in Basic Education, Kindergarten, the Pedagogical Training Program and Interfaculty Pedagogies, as well as academics and various representatives of the UC Education Faculty.

Strengthen ties and talk with the alumni of the Faculty of Education of the Catholic University that today contribute to the educational system. That was the goal of meeting of graduates of UC Pedagogies held in the STEM room of the Pedagogías Interfacultades building, which is in line with the project of Initial Teacher Training and aims to strengthen alliances between graduates and professors who collaborate in the future network.

This is an effort that adds to the recent mentoring plan launched in April , which seeks to support new professors and professors in their first steps in the world of work, but now seeks to generate a direct link with the Faculty. “The meeting sought to create conditions for, through collaborative dialogue, form a network or organization of people graduated from UC Pedagogies", Explain Florence Gomez, academic and head ofPracticum Programme, who was one of the organizers. In the instance, she points out, different ideas and concerns arose, among them "the creation of a space for communication and information on the Faculty's website and the maintenance of contacts between graduates and graduates."

One of the former students in attendance was rosario aguayo, graduated from Pedagogy in Basic Education in 2012. For the teacher, "it is a very good initiative since those of us who study education believe in the change that it generates, and the Generating networks is a very good way to reach more places and to be able to collaborate with what we know best in our profession”.

Graduate from Pedagogy

Leaving the classrooms of the university, being a student, and face the halls of a school, as a teacher or teacher, is a reality faced by all new teachers of the world and that can be a complex stage for many. “The transition from university life to professional life is a very hard step, the truth is, finding out what the country's reality is is something that is not easy to learn”, explains Rosario.

However, he adds, training in UC It served as a guide to face the process: "I think the university gave us very good tools and I do believe that it is necessary to have more networks to know how to graduate and where to go," he says. something to match Daniel Vicencio, graduated from Pedagogical Training Program in 2021, who points out that "I have to emphasize a lot that UC Pedagogies are of a very good academic level, very avant-garde and up-to-date… I feel that one draws a lot from disciplinary, emotional knowledge and from different areas that make you graduate more complete”.

According to the teacher in Language and Communication, graduating from pedagogy means a commitment to the training of future citizens: “I feel a bit ambitious when teachers say that we can change the world, but it still feels a bit like that. I feel that the importance of pedagogy is that, that one achieves impact on people who are just forming during adolescence and childhood. That should be the focus of pedagogy, not teaching content for the sake of teaching it, but focusing on specific strategies and skills to deal with life's problems”, he explains.

In the same line, for Javiera Gonzalez, graduated in 2021 from Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education , “pedagogy is a pillar in social education. It is one of the most important careers for society. I believe that during the first years of life, different skills and different strategies are generated that boys and girls use to develop. For this reason, educators can generate social beings, who are respectful and kind and who can generate a positive impact on society”.

The educator was part of the Pedagogies alumni who participated in the meeting and assures that she hopes that a space of support and guidance can be generated among the graduates of the different UC Education careers. The instance also had the presence of the Vice Dean of Education UC, Pilar Cox , the director of Undergraduate, Magdalena Muller, the executive coordinator of the Internship System, Maria de los Angeles Garcia, and different academics and academics of the unit.