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Meeting of the technical team in Santiago, Chile
Latin American Doctoral Course in Education refines its design

Fuente: RedKipus

(14.10.2008) At the end of September, the technical team for the Latin American Doctoral Course in Education, Education Policies and the Teaching Profession, met together to advance toward defining the curriculum design.

The doctoral course is led by UNESCO’s Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, through its KIPUS Teaching Network, and the Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC).

The objective is to strengthen the development of teacher training programmes in the region and support the public policy-makers in strategic areas of the participating countries.

The aim of this course is to train professionals from a variety of disciplines linked to teaching by means of creating a network of doctoral courses delivered at different venues, where the students will address inter- or multi-disciplinary themes in: Education policies and teacher training; the teaching profession and policies; curricular practicums in teacher training and the education of children and youth.

This multi-venue system will strengthen the links between the universities and international teams of teachers participating in the programme. The objectives of the doctoral course are to promote solidarity between the countries of Latin America and seek multiple forms of co-operation between Latin American organisations and universities to improve the quality of education in the region. To this end, the students participating in the programme will be expected to attend courses at the different venues.

The following universities will participate in the course: Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (Venezuela), Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (Mexico), Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (Colombia), Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), Universidad Tecnológica San Antonio de Machala (Ecuador), Universidad del Bío Bío (Chile), Universidad Católica Cardenal Silva Henríquez (Chile), Universidad de la Frontera (Chile), Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (Chile), Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán (Honduras) and Pontificia Universidad Católica (Peru).

See also:

• On the subject of “Teachers”, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago website. More
• Regional Programme of Policies for the Teaching Profession, OREALC/UNESCO Santiago.  More
• Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC). More