TITLE:
A Mismatch between the Policies in Preservice Teachers Training and Their Jobs in the Colombian Education System
AUTHORS:
Angélica Aguillón-Lombana, José Marín-Juanías
KEYWORDS:
Colombian Public Policies for Teachers Training, Science and Technology, Pedagogical Research Training, Educational System Transformation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.8,
August
28,
2020
ABSTRACT: The objectives of this descriptive study were, first, to identify the
main transversal training areas demanded by the public policies in higher education
to frame teacher training in undergraduate programs in Colombia and, second, to
determine whether the job contexts in which in-service
teachers of Básica Primaria and Básica Secundaria1 favor or hamper
the application of the main transversal competences demanded by the public policies in higher education.
Data were collected from the database of the project “Pandemnesis: Archivos Testimoniales,
Diarios de la Experiencia, Crónicas y Fuentes desde América Latina” carried out
by CLACSO2 and La Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas,
and a documentary review on teacher training policies. The results suggest that
there is a mismatch between the higher education policies issued in Colombia
and what the graduates of higher education in pedagogy can do with the
competences developed in science and technology and pedagogical research
training.