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QS Ranking
Number one Faculty of Education in Chile and Latin America (35 in the world) by 2022.
Our Faculty
The Faculty of Educationof the Pontifical Catholic University of ChileIt was founded in 1942. Since then our mission has been to train future teachers, teachers and researchers in the area of Chile.
During our 80 years of existence we have trained more than twenty thousand teachers in our ten careers and undergraduate training programs and our Master's and Doctorate programs.
Words from the Dean
“Chile is rebuilding a profession as a whole, improving initial training, the professional conditions of all teachers, both at the beginning of their careers and throughout their professional development".
Alejandro Carrasco Rozas
Dean Faculty of Education
Our identity
We have 10 careers, a Master's and a Doctorate in Education
80 years training teachers, educators and researchers
High academic standard, prestige and quality of training
The Faculty of Education of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile has been recognized for its high academic standards, prestige and quality of its teacher training. Since its foundation, 80 years ago, its objective has been to train educators and researchers with a high commitment to student learning from a perspective of equity and inclusion and promoting changes that make education an engine of transformation for people. and society.
The UC Faculty of Education has its eleven majors and Undergraduate and Graduate programs certified by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA), also offers accredited programs of Master of Education y PhD in Education.
UC education in figures
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Shanghai Ranking
Number one in Chile (101-150 in the world) by the year 2022.
1.345
Publications during 2022
Contributing with evidence to society and public policies
7 years
accredited
The Catholic University has the highest accreditation by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA).
Faculty of Education Team
Specialized in academic, management and research work, our UC Education authorities work to deliver the best training and university experience to future professors and professors in the country.
Authorities
Alejandro Carrasco Rozas
Dean
Alejandro Carrasco is a Doctor of Education from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Associate Professor at the UC Faculty of Education.
Guillermo Marini
Academic secretary
Associate Professor at the Catholic University. Master of Arts in Education at Harvard University and Ph.D in Philosophy and Education.
Claudia Pinochet Mary
Economic and Management Director
Undergraduate degree in Business and Administration USACH and Master in Management of Centers for Educational Innovation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Our team
Malba Barahona
Undergraduate Director
English teacher, UMCE. Master in Linguistics mention English language and Ph.D. in Philosophy and Education from the Australian National University.
Natalia Ávila
Postgraduate Director
UC linguist. Master of Education and Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Santa Barbara
Carlos Gonzalez
Director of Research
Post-Doctorate. Institute of Education, University College of London. Director of the Millennium Nucleus Student Experience in Higher Education.
Ainoa Marzabal
Director of Interfaculty Pedagogies
Bachelor of Chemistry and Ph.D. in Didactics of Experimental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
John Williams
Deputy Director of Student Development Faculty of Education and Pedagogies Interfaculties
Psychologist from the University of Chile and Master in Educational Psychology from the same university.
Aurora Badillo
Head of the Practicum Programme
Bachelor of Arts with a mention in Linguistics and Hispanic Literature, teacher of Spanish and Master of Education with a mention in Learning Assessment, UC. PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona.
Ana Luisa Munoz
Deputy Director of Gender
Professor of History, Geography and Civic Education at the Universidad de la Frontera. She has a Master's in Education from UC and a PhD in Educational Culture, Politics and Society from the State University of New York.
Maria de los Angeles Garcia
Deputy Director of Development
Psychologist and Master in Educational Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Maria Paz Amarales
Deputy Director of Communications
Journalist and Graduate in Social Communication from the Diego Portales University. Master in Business Communication from Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona.
Academic Body
Our academics investigate what they teach and are committed to strengthening the professional capacities of the students of the different careers and undergraduate and postgraduate programs of the faculty.
Departments
Our Faculty has four specialized departments in different areas of teacher training. These are Learning and Development; Curriculum, Technology and Assessment; didactics; and Theory and Policy in Education.
Department of Learning and Development
It nourishes the pedagogical training of future teachers, both initial and continuous, from kindergarten to high school, with knowledge of educational and evolutionary psychology, educational neuroscience, educational guidance and inclusive education.
Department of Curriculum, Technology and Assessment
It is dedicated to the study of educational processes related to what to teach, how to evaluate and how to use technological resources for learning.
Didactics Department
The unit studies the teaching and learning process, with emphasis on the articulation of theory and practice, considering the interdisciplinary dimension, the disciplines of the school curriculum and its didactics, and the different levels of the educational system.
Department of Education Theory and Policy
It focuses on the study of the relationships between individuals, society and the educational system, from various disciplines, for the advancement of the quality and development of education in the country.
Professionals and Administrative
We have a multidisciplinary team of excellent professionals and administrators who carry out their tasks with great commitment to ensure the operation and management of each of the units that make up the Faculty of Education.
Student Development
From UC Education we contribute to the development of our students through different activities and programs, as well as the link with the different central areas of the University that allow them to develop their academic life.
Student Centers
The students of the UC Faculty of Education democratically and annually elect their representatives who hold positions as spokespersons for the Student Centers and Territorial Councilors, whose function is to be the contact between the Faculty and the Federation of Students of the Catholic University (FEUC).
Early Childhood Education Pedagogy Student Center - CEPEP
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Student Center for Pedagogy in Basic Education - CEPE
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Student Center for Secondary Education Pedagogy and Pedagogical Training Program - CEPEM
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Interfaculties Student Center
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Territorial Councilors
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Strategies
TAI-certified Strategies of the Catholic University aims to strengthen academic training with the exchange of undergraduate and postgraduate student experiences through internships, mobility programs and courses in different parts of the world.
Practicum Programme
Convinced that the training of future teachers needs a curriculum based on practice, from the UC Education Practices System We promote and provide our students with a series of coherent and integrated experiences in order to contribute to the training of excellent preschool educators and basic and secondary education teachers in Chile.
Observatory of Educational and Digital Practices (OPED)
El Observatory of Digital Educational Practices (OPED) Its general objective is to investigate, develop and implement a training plan so that students and teachers have the necessary skills that allow them to teach in a digital context both inside and outside the university.
