Self Evaluation of My Academic Year (2009)

My academic year 2009 was very intense. I was doing different academic activities, and other activities related with my profession. I was doing my practice in "Altamira School" and I was doing educational activities with children in this school. Also I was working as an examiner in the SIMCE test. All activities in this year helped me to reaffirm my educational vocation and I could be applying knowledge in the practice with children. The university subjects were a little better for me this year. The subject more useful and importat this year for me was language I, because the writing, reading and reading comprehension are essential for the development of children today.

My career was only theoretical in the last years, but this year it changed in my professional education, because I was news and excellent practical experience with children. That’s very good for me, because the practical skills haven’t been easy for me in this career. I have had different experiences in practice this year and that is very important to improve teaching skills. In the practice I can improve and correct mistakes. so I can be a good teacher in the future.

I could do one language class in my practice this year, my teacher of “Language I” class linked theory with practice, then I could make a good pedagogical practice in “Altamira School”. The teacher preparation in the language area is very important, because we (the teachers) can solve the languaje problems of children today. Languaje is the basis of all knowledge and subjects, then, children shuld have a good education in lenguage, and this is the teachers responsibility. So I’m happy with my university education this year, because I could learn one or the most important subjects for my profession. I want to improve the national results in education, I want to improve the education of language specifically.

My final reflection will continue with the same ideas next year. I will not lose my vocation, the next year is the last of my career, so I want to have all the knowledge and skills in the next year 2010. This year was good for me, because I really loved my career this year, but the gaps in my professional education should disappear the next year, because it will the last year in university. I will have elective classes the next year, and I will complement this with my career in various topics and specialties. The elective class motivate me very much.

Challenges in your Discipline

My discipline is link with social matters tremendously, because we will work with the education of the chilean generations. The education is the discipline more link with social problems, then we can made social solutions from the initial education in this country. The pedagogy need profound changes in Chile, because this discipline have dramatic problems and impotant deficiency in different topics.

The teachers should work with Technology instruments in the class, because it's essential in the actual society and the children need to know this resources in the present. But, the teachers don't can use technology equipment in places or schools with limited resources. Then, only the private schools can have one education with technology equipment for the students; the state help to municipal schools, but this is insufficient, because the inequality about technology resources for students is unfavorable for the future society.

SIMCE

Last tuesday all the chilean children was respond the SIMCE test. This is the second most important test for my country, because the first most important test in Chile is the PSU. The 10th of november was the test of mathematics and social science, and then all chilean children responded one questionnaire about the teachers and education. The 11th of november was the of natural science and languaje, then teachers and parents of children handed a cuentionnaire.

The SIMCE test don't was respond in all Chilean Schools, because the some teachers are in protest now and some students don't have class actually. The result of this SIMCE test will show the "Quality of chilean education", but the bad chilean education is very obvious and the SIMCE test always show the result of social inequality.

Improving your Faculty Facilities

The current situation in my faculty is better than some years before. The computing-rooms have more equipment now, with a lot of modern computers and the space is more expansive in the new computing-rooms; it's good for the students in of "Social Science Faculty". The library in this faculty need improvement, because is very small for all students, Anyway the library don't have the necessary books for my career, it's one enormous problem. The faculty restrooms are very small and the woman-restrooms don't have window, then this place is stinking frequently.

We should take the education books from Philosophy Faculty, and this books can be in the "Social Science Faculty", also the infrastucture of library should have more rooms for the reading. Anyway, the woman-restrooms should have windows for one good ventilation in this place. All this can improve the atmosphere in the faculty, because this give more comfort for the students and teachers.