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.

Lenguaje courses are being "dumbed down"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/oct/20/language-degrees-student-numbers


This report comment about lenguaje couses in the university education. The lenguaje courses and the student numbers are decrease in the present. The proportion of students with lenguajes studies have dropped in european countries, for example in England or EU.

The government is accused, because it give more importance to science, technology and engineering subjects than lenguajes learning; and the universities are accused of betraing the discipline , because this are changing lenguaje courses with translations or interpretations abouth "cultural studies", or with other subjest abouth studies abouth others topics.

The Spanish, Italian and Mandarin courses are loosing them popularity in students, more student also opten for lenguaje couses out to the univertity, in subsidiary courses.

I’m registered to vote from this year, because I believe that it’s very important for increase the national paticipation in the election system. I don’t know my vote now, I need one candidate with new ideas for the social and education problems presents in my country actually. But I will choose Jorge Arrate candidate in my vote for the next presidential election.

The electoral campaings are very few serious. The presidential candidate aren’t intelligent in my opinión, they don’t have clear ideas and I don’t like it. The most important qualities for one president is the credibility and the good intentions for Chile. I don`t like the politician, but If I can been in the government, I had been something for the people with more dangerous problems.

If I had the chance in the government, I’m working in the educational or culture ministry, because I’m studying education and I want to help in one good education for the future.

The 5 principal problems in my country are the inequality, the poor, the public transport, the pollution and the education.

Criminals Laws

I don't think capital punishment is a good solution to reduce criminality, because this is one awful measure. The death isn't solution, Criminality is a big problem in this society, but we shouldn't kill to criminal persons. Realy we shouldn't kill nobody.

The pros in capital punishment are to get rit of more dangerous criminal in the society, but this don't give justice for we. The cons in capitak punishment is very clear; If we kill to dangerous criminal, Then we are criminal like them.

The goverment should take measures more efectives to reduce the criminal society, for example, the goverment can make new educational programs and policy for peolple with economic and social problems. The society is sick and this problem came from the family, from the comunity, from the school, from the job and from the goverment. We should make solutions for all this problems in the society.

The origin of the increasing criminality rates in Santiago is the inequality social in this city. The life is very difficult for people in Santiago, and the poor people have more psycologic, economic and social problems in this city.