Multilateral Education: Key Words for Educational Quality and Professional Development

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-73782020000200153

Keywords:

Multigrade classrooms; Educational quality; Professional teacher development; Rural education; Inclusive Education.

Abstract

This work seeks to describe and analyze challenges for teaching in multigrade classrooms and, from there, to suggest relevant keys for the educational quality and professional development of teachers working in these contexts, that are inspired by the inclusive education paradigm. From the observation of classes and conducting interviews with fourteen teachers in charge of such institutions, an emphasis was identified on a type of individualized teaching, stressed by the search for class designs that allow covering the curriculum, considering the large heterogeneity of levels of education that students who live in the same classroom. These pedagogical dynamics occur in a scenario characterized by the weakness of contextualized policies and support from the educational system. The keys to professional development that are presented based on the results seek to emphasize the contributions that the inclusive education paradigm can provide in this context, due to the emphasis that it makes regarding the role of pedagogy in the delivery of supports, the design of experiences that take into account the characteristics and specificities of students and that encourage and promote the development of their self-determination

Author Biography

Luis Felipe de la Vega , Universidad Cardenal Silva Henríquez, Chile

Sociólogo, magíster en Política y Gobierno, magíster en Ciencias de la Educación, doctor en Ciencias de la Educación. Actualmente se desempeña en la Escuela de Investigación y Postgrado de la Universidad Cardenal Silva Henríquez. Sus objetos de investigación son el mejoramiento educativo, el desarrollo profesional docente y las políticas educacionales. Se ha desempeñado como investigador, consultor y evaluador de programas gubernamentales. Ha prestado acompañamiento y asesoría a establecimientos educacionales e instituciones públicas

Published

2020-11-01

How to Cite

de la Vega , L. F. (2020). Multilateral Education: Key Words for Educational Quality and Professional Development. Revista Latinoamericana De Educación Inclusiva - Latin American Journal of Inclusive Educatio, 14(2), 153–175. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-73782020000200153