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Beatrice Avalos Davidson

Associate Researcher

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN AVANZADA EDUCACIÓN, U. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Teacher professionalism and development: monitoring of quality of teacher education processes, impact of standardized tests on teacher development; teacher learning conditions provided by schools

Educación

  •  Education, ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1961

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Titular Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Education

    Santiago, Chile

    1962 - 1974

  •   Senior Lecturer Full Time

    University of Wales College Cardiff

    Education

    Cardiff, Reino Unido

    1974 - 1988

  •   Professor Full Time

    University of Papua New Guinea

    Education

    Port Moresby, Papua Nueva Guinea

    1988 - 2004

  •   Profesora Titular Part Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Educación

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Project coordinator Other

    Ministry of Education

    Chile

    1994 - 2002

  •   International Project Coordinator Other

    Ministry of Education

    Chile

    2006 - 2009

Formación de Capital Humano


Completed Master's thesis:
Alier Ortiz, Good Teacher Performance in Public Peruvian Schools and Relevant Associated Factors. Education Faculty, Alberto Hurtado University, 2012.
Ongoing Master's thesis:
Johannna Morales: Identity Construction of New Teachers, Dept. of Psychology, University of Chile
Beginning Doctoral Thesis:
Dánisa Salinas: English Teacher Identity Development, Education Faculty, University of Playa Ancha
Member of supervisory panel of ongoing Doctoral Theses:
Paola Andreucci: Supervisory Practice: Towards its reconstitution from a subjectivity perspective, Education Faculty, Catholic University of Chile
Mónica Cortes: Activity Theory From the Perspective of Third Space University-School Teacher Practicum Collaboration.


Difusión y Transferencia


Mostly conferences and talks to University Teacher Educators (14 between 2010-2013), Teachers' Union (1 in 2013)
Assistance with the development of a teacher education master's programme at the new Pedagogical University in Ecuador (2013)
Conference and assistance in teacher education development issues in Ministry of Education, Dominican Republic (2013)
Video-conference with Peruvian Teacher Educators (2013)
Assistance with production and disemmination of UNESCO Latin American Study on Teachers, Dominican Republic and Jamaica, 2013
Member of Advisory Board of the UNESCO EFA Global Monitoring Report (2013) on Teachers and Teaching
Member of the ILO/UNESCO Expert Committe on Teachers and participant at meetings in Paris (2009) and Geneva (2012)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   National Prize in Educational Sciences

    Government of Chile

    Chile, 2013

    The government gives prizes every two years to distinguished scholars and exponents in the main academic and artistic fields (natural sciences, arts, literature, social sciences, educational sciences, etc.9


 

Article (17)

School-based teacher collaboration in Chile and Portugal
Battling to keep education going
Momentarytask-valuesand expectations predict engagement in science among Finnish and Chilean secondary school students
Patterns of situational engagement and task values in science lessons
Recent Education Reforms in Chile: How Much of a Departure from Market and New Public Management Systems?
Teacher evaluation in Chile: highlights and complexities in 13 years of experience
Teacher Informal Collaboration for Professional Improvement: Beliefs, Contexts, and Experience
Education for all and attrition/retention of new teachers: A trajectory study in Chile
Future teacher trajectory research: Its contribution to teacher education and policy
Initial teachers' education in Chile: Tensions between policies of support and control [La formación inicial docente en Chile: Tensiones entre políticas de apoyo control]
Limits of recognition: Latin American migrants in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile
Como Ven su Identidad los Docentes Chilenos
El Liderazgo Docente en Comunidades de Práctica
Learning about the effectiveness of teacher education: A Chilean study
How young teachers experience their professional work in Chile
Moving from resistance to agreement: The case of the Chilean teacher performance evaluation
Policies for teacher education in developing countries

BookSection (9)

Global discourses, teacher education quality, and teacher education policies in the Latin American Region
Teacher policy frames, enactment forms and issues
Teacher professionalism and performance appraisal: A critical discussion
Leadership Issues and Experiences in Latin America
Reform Environment and Teacher Identity in Chile
Teacher Professionalism and Social Justice
Educational Change in Chile: Reform or Improvements? (1990-2007)
O Sistema Chileno de Avaliacao do Desempeño
Teacher Education in Chile: Provisions and Issues

BookWhole (3)

Iniciación a la Docencia Narrada por sus Autores
Historical Development of Teacher Education in Chile. Facts, Policies and Issues
Héroes o Villanos: La Profesión Docente en Chile

ConferencePaper (1)

Teaching and Learning "For All": Future Teachers and Teachers in Chile

JournalWhole (1)

La inserción profesional de los docentes

Proyecto (3)

Transition from university to school for new teachers
La condición docente de los profesores en Chile
Teachers automatic self-assessment software for improving pedagogical practices

Review (2)

Teacher professional development in Teaching and Teacher Education over ten years
LA PROFESION DOCENTE: TEMAS Y DISCUSIONES EN LA LITERATURA INTERNACIONAL
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Beatrice Avalos

Associate Researcher

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN AVANZADA EDUCACIÓN, U. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Carmen Sotomayor

Profesora Titular

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Juan Valenzuela

Associated Researcher

Vicerrectoria de Asuntos Academicos

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Martín Bascopé

Academico investigador adjunto

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Villarrica, Chile

2
Marcela Pardo

Profesora Adjunta-Investigadora

CIAE

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Carmen Montecinos

Full Professor

Psychology

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

1
CRISTIAN BELLEI

Associate Researcher

Center for Advanced Research in Education

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Jenny Assaél

Associate Professor

Psychology

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Patricio Rodriguez

Research associate

Center for Advanced Research in Education

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile