Post 4: Changes to my study programme

 

First of all, I am studying pedagogy in Early Childhood Education which consists of 10 semesters, i.e., five years. In each semester I have 5 to 6 classes per week, excluding external courses that are mandatory to the curriculum.

The degree I am studying is being taught in the faculty of social sciences. In contrast with other universities, the education careers that are part of the University of Chile do not have their own entity but share with other careers in other disciplines. This is a favorable point for my career, because being in a faculty with careers related to the social sciences gives a different focus to the study programme. But at the same time this is a disadvantage because the resources are not primarily intended to improve my career. Because more importance is given to the other careers that have higher demand for students. Although, the faculty itself is old and quite precarious, it could be said that, within everything, we have a room of psychomotor quite equipped to be able to learn. However, most of the rooms and laboratories are outdated. Though attempts have been made to improve the equipment for hybrid classes, but these are still scarce. Because there are classrooms that do not have all the necessary means. 

Most of my teachers are very friendly and empathetic. They always focus on meaningful and thoughtful learning, thus not giving as much relevance to standardized assessments. But admittedly, there is always a teacher that we do not like who continues to preserve teaching methods and systems of the last century.

Currently, career planners are making changes to the program. I don’t know what they’ll be, but I understand that they will improve and further nourish the career. 

In my career, one big change that could be made is to implement ICTs in teacher training. For me, the curriculum of my career, in that sense, is very traditional, because we do not use technology in our training. Currently, it is a controversial issue, but we must consider that technology is being used more and more and it is something more commonly known all over the world. The subjects that I have to take in the following years don't include technology, which for me is an unfavorable point.