A new cycle of UC Education Colloquiums begins

On April 5, the first of the 5 meetings that will take place throughout the semester was held.

At the UC Faculty of Education, a new Cycle of Colloquia in Education UC, which contemplates different meetings throughout this semester. The initial presentation, presented by the academic Macarena Yancovic, It is title "Development of research skills in future teachers in training of Basic General Education".

Valeria Cabello, head of UC Education Doctoral Program, was in charge of giving the opening words. “We are very happy to resume these activities, in coordination with the community, wheree share research findings that have a high impact for educational life and also for our Faculty. Disseminating the research that is done within UC Education is part of what we want to do in our research ecosystem”, Cabello pointed out, and which is made up of the UC Education research centers, the Faculty and the Doctoral Program in Education.

"We want to start these colloquiums by inviting you to meet and discuss, discuss these issues and their possible impact in the trajectories that each one of you also has in your daily life”, added Valeria Cabello.

In turn, the Dean Alejandro Carrasco added that “this is a space to talk. Leaving with Macarena Yancovic is very special because she is a former student of our doctorate and now an academic at the Faculty. It's wonderful to leave with her, It belongs to the house, it is part of this ecosystem”.

Research skills in future teachers

Macarena Yancovic has a degree in Education and Early Childhood Educator from the Catholic University, a teacher of Basic General Education, a Master's in Education and a PhD in Educational Sciences.

Yancovic began his presentation by raising the most common myths that exist around educational research. “The first is that educational research is different from practice. “As a teacher I don't have to do research. I am not a researcher, I am a teacher, I dedicate myself to teaching children'. That is the first myth that exists and it is not like that, because research informs us and research provides evidence for improvement".

The second myth is that academic research is separate from practice research. Although they are two different investigations, he assures, they coexist. For example, in research in practice, professors are informed of academic research, but can also participateMany times there are researchers who collaborate with the professors in the room”.

The next UC Education colloquium will be in charge of Javiera Marfán, academic at the Faculty. Will be performed May 3 at 13:00 p.m., and is entitled “Schools deciding the purpose of education: The implementation of policies to expand school goals in a context of accountability with high consequences”.

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