- Investigate what opportunities for skills development for scientific literacy provides the initial training of science teachers - Examine how it manifests this preparation new teachers science from the study of their teaching performance

Responsible Researcher: Postdoctoral Fondecyt Project 2012. " Opportunities for the development of competencies for scientific literacy: a view from the initial education of science teachers"

This study is a significant contribution to research in science education, delivering guidance on how to investigate objectives for initial teacher education in order to improve them. In turn, it gives background information about standards of initial education in Chile and teacher education programs, relevant information for future comparative researches on the subject.