The programming of this event includes the participation of 7 university publishers that, together with Ediciones UC, will participate in FILUNI 2019.

The Publishing House of the University of La Serena will benefit from funds that will allow it to finance the attendance - during the entire duration of the event - of two people from the Publishing team at the III International University Book Fair (FILUNI), which will be held at the National University of Mexico (UNAM), in Mexico City, between August 25 and September 2 of this year.

The project corresponds to an initiative that is framed in the agreement signed by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the direct beneficiaries, among which is the University of La Serena. Said study house (PUC) applied for the ProChile contest, Exporter Promotion Project, which grants 50% of a project. The other 50% is financed by Chilean university publishers.

The programming includes the participation of 7 university publishers that, together with Ediciones UC, will participate in FILUNI 2019, setting up a stand in which different publications from these publishers will be exhibited, hoping to publicize the production of Chilean universities, strengthen ties - through co-editions - with the rest of the university publishers in Latin America, to position and market Chilean university books in Mexico and the rest of Latin America.

For Alejandro Abufom, in charge of the ULS Publishing House, this initiative “is part of the international projection plan that we are developing in our Publishing House. Attending these fairs is very important because of the contacts that are made there.” And, furthermore - adds Abufom - “it complements what we are already doing on the web, by gradually placing our entire catalogue, in digital and paper versions, available to readers around the world, on different global platforms, such as , Amazon.”

The publishers included in the project are: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Universidad de La Serena, Universidad de Talca, Sociedad de Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Editorial Universitaria, Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaíso de la Pontificia Universidad Catholic of Valparaíso and Alberto Hurtado University.

Written by Jenifer Araya, DIVEULS

The event will take place next Saturday, August 10, and will feature the participation of 10 educational establishments from the regions of Atacama and Coquimbo.

With the aim of generating a meeting space between eighth grade students around the discussion of ideas and experiences that can be developed through the contents of the different workshops that will be held on this occasion, in addition to participation in the Mathematics Olympiads, the third version of the JOMAT ULS day will be held, an activity that is sponsored by the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies of the university and will have 34 students from different pedagogy careers as part of its team of volunteers. of the institution.

For the director of the JOMAT ULS Program and academic of the Department of Mathematics, Professor Diego Contreras, “this activity allows us to strengthen the teaching identity of the pedagogy students who are part of the team of volunteers, who prepare weeks in advance in the planning and development of the different workshops that take place during the day. In addition, it allows the teachers of the educational system who accompany their students during the activity to return to the University, demonstrating the high level of commitment that exists on the part of the graduates with their undergraduate careers.”

Among the scheduled activities, the morning session includes two didactic workshops focused on the contents: “Pythagorean Theorem” and “Multiplicative Principle in Probability”, where the objective is to bring mathematics to everyday situations that in Most of them are not treated in the classrooms of educational establishments. On the other hand, in the afternoon the Mathematics Olympiad competition will be held, where the establishments will participate in the different knowledge tests that will culminate in the Grand Final, crowning the new champion JOMAT ULS, which had the winners in its Previous versions at Colegio Santa Teresa de Illapel (2018) and Liceo Santa Marta de Vallenar (2017).

It should be noted that this year there will be ten educational establishments from the Atacama and Coquimbo regions that will participate in the activity, among which are the Liceo Santa Marta (Vallenar), the American School (La Serena), the Andrés Bello Pampa School (La Serena), the English Catholic School (La Serena), the Sacred Hearts School (La Serena), the Calasanz School (Coquimbo), the María de Andacollo School (Coquimbo) the Miguel de Cervantes School (Coquimbo), the Santa School Teresa (Illapel) and the Teresa Cannon School of Barroileth (Los Vilos).

Those who wish to attend the Mathematics Olympiad competition can do so from 14:30 p.m. to 16:00 p.m. for the Group Stage and then from 17:00 p.m. to 18:30 p.m. for the Grand Final, an activity that will take place on the School premises. Sacred Hearts of La Serena (Vicuña N°586). Confirm attendance by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The exercise was part of the work of the Cinematographic Language chair of the second year of the FACSE degree.

With the aim of showing what was developed in classes through the different techniques seen in the subject of Cinematographic Language of the Journalism degree at the University of La Serena, taught by the teacher and filmmaker Kamila Véliz, the students of said chair presented their Cinematographic Pitch of documentary projects focused on various social problems.

On the occasion, the students of the subject, which is taught for the first time as it is part of the renewed plan of the ULS School of Journalism, presented their documentary projects based on the construction of a dossier and audiovisual teaser of each initiative. , which showed themes from the contingency of feminist movements, responsible pet ownership, the visibility of the trans community within the University, among others.

The Director of the School of Journalism, Mg. Cristian Muñoz valued the activity, pointing out that they “allow young people to be linked to complex issues, which are part of our reality. These relevant practices end up being relevant to the graduation profile that we want to give to the degree.”

Regarding the process, the teacher and filmmaker Kamila Véliz pointed out that “as future social communicators, the objective of the class is that they can communicate through cinema, that they can do it through cinematographic language, take those elements and communicate either to through reports, documentaries, through the different genres that cinema can deliver.”

The presentation of the projects was attended by an evaluation commission made up of Paula Tapia, creative director of Agencia Voces, and Fernando Tapia, in charge of Culture of the Directorate of Linkage with the Environment and Extension, DIVEULS, who highlighted the work carried out by the teacher and the student body.

“The work they are doing is a necessity, a totally necessary exercise for people who are going to be in direct contact with the community. I feel that the teacher and the School of Journalism are doing a very good job, which I believe, as a career, has a lot to contribute to the Coquimbo Region,” said Fernando Tapia, from DIVEULS.

The exercise was part of the work of the Cinematographic Language chair of the second year of the Journalism degree at the University of La Serena.

Written by Consuelo Peña, School of Journalism

Academics from the university participated in the presentation of the results of this evaluation, which is contextualized in the new regulations established by Law 20.903 that creates the Teaching Professional Development System.

In a meeting organized by the Integrated Management Unit of Pedagogies (UGIP) of the University of La Serena, the institutional results obtained in the National Diagnostic Evaluation of Initial Teacher Training, carried out in December 2018, were presented. all the students of the pedagogy courses of the university, who were twelve months away from their graduation year.

In general terms, the results achieved in the didactic evaluation stood out, where better figures were obtained in relation to the national average. 

The Coordinator of the Initial Teacher Training Area of ​​the Center for Pedagogical Improvement, Experimentation and Research (CPEIP), Rosa Miranda, was the one who delivered the results and indicated that “the University of La Serena must be able to study these results in greater detail, identify the most important shortcomings and work on training plans and the way in which they are taking care of the way in which there have been fewer achievements.”

Given this evaluation, the work proposed by the University is to work individually with each pedagogy career through its authorities in order to generate improvement plans in the areas with greatest deficiencies according to the results obtained.

“We must develop, together with the different units and careers, work instances and workshops where the deans are considered together with their management teams and generate a schedule of actions with clear and specific objectives and, above all, real, not venturing to "to achieve 'utopian' situations, which allow us to deliver good skills to our students," indicated the Academic Vice-Rector of the university, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, regarding the commitment to be faced by the ULS.

Finally, the Director of the Integrated Pedagogy Management Unit, Dr. Fabian Araya, shared the way in which they will seek to improve the indicators obtained in this evaluation. “It is very interesting to know these results, because with this one can do specific work with the races. I think that the great challenge is to work with the pedagogical careers directly, it is not always possible due to their calendar, but our strategy is for professionals from our unit to be directly related to the careers, and the only way is to do workshops by careers based on the standards of each of them.”

Twenty-four students from different educational establishments participate in the program.

The presentation was aimed at the parents of the students who participate in the “I want to be an Education Professional” program, recognized by the MINEDUC in accordance with the provisions of Law 20.903 on the requirements for access to pedagogies.

The objective of the meeting was to inform parents and guardians about the progress that the students have made in the initiative. The Coordinator of the “I Want to Be an Education Professional” Program, Dr. Karla Campaña,He stated that “the purpose of this activity was to show how their children have been strengthening their teaching identity and interest in the pedagogies and pedagogical skills developed so far thanks to the program. Without a doubt, the objective was met, parents were informed about the work being done with them and about the different issues that influence access and university life, as well as the comprehensive support of students during their stay at the university. .

In this regard, Carolina Santander, mother of a student at the Altazor Vicente Astorga School, expressed: “I think it is an excellent measure on the part of the program coordination, I am one of the mothers who loves to know what her son is doing, so it is valued see what they teach, what the methodologies are like, how my son is evolving (…) Also, as his mother it is important that he know that I support him in his decisions.”

In this way, the program prepares the 24 students to be part of the second generation that will enter the University of La Serena during 2020, after approving the access and preparation program for pedagogies, responding to article 27 of the Law 20.903 that creates the Teacher Professional Development System.

In the first instance, Dr. Campaña referred to the importance of the program for the institution in the initial training of teachers and how it contributes to the improvement of education in the Coquimbo Region.

Regarding participation in the program, Krishna Zamora, a student at Diego de Almeyda School, stated that “it is very gratifying and fruitful for us as high school students to participate in the program, since the professionals in charge are able to explore capabilities that we did not know they had.” we counted; The experience is very pleasant since when we get to class we analyze the different methodologies that the teachers apply and in addition to this we can contribute to making the classes better.”

To conclude the activity, the work guidelines of the APRENDE ULS program were presented, explained by journalist Daniel Aguayo; to a talk about Scholarships and Benefits, given by Marisol Avilés, from the Department. of ULS Student Welfare, and finally a talk from the promotion unit of the General Directorate of Student Affairs DGAE ULS, so that parents and guardians have the necessary information when their children enter higher education.

At the opening of the meeting of this Network, where universities from all over the country are affiliated, the Academic Vice-Rector of the ULS, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, was present, who welcomed everyone present and urged them to actively participate in all the proposed activities.

With a large number of participants, the ninth meeting of the Network of Teaching and Undergraduate Directors belonging to the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) was held at the University of La Serena, which seeks to maintain collaborative work, with challenges and adapting to the changes dictated by the different guidelines in the area of ​​Teaching in Chilean higher education.

The meeting was attended by the General Secretary of the CRUCH, María Elena González, the Academic Vice-Rector of the ULS, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, and different directors of Teaching and Undergraduate Studies in the country, who worked on common themes and innovative proposals.

The University of La Serena, who hosted this event, through its academics, spoke about the “Generation of a Master's program in Higher Education, via diplomas”, by the Director of Teaching (s), Dr. Pamela Labra, and “Early warning system, based on business intelligence to detect academic risks at the ULS”, presented by Mg. Gonzalo Honors.

Likewise, the Coordinator of the Initial Teacher Training Area of ​​the Center for Pedagogical Improvement, Experimentation and Research (CPEIP), Rosa Miranda, spoke in detail about “Performance Standards and Initial Training”, where she addressed the new pedagogical and disciplinary standards that will be used as references for the accreditation processes of pedagogy careers.

“The performance of what Chilean teachers are capable of doing were taken as the basis for the construction of these standards. Regional universities always have the difficulty that they are a little more alone because they do not have all the networks they need, and that is where we have a commitment to them, in accompanying the dissemination and implementation of the new standards,” Rosa clarified. Miranda.

The work sessions were attended by the Director of Teaching of the UMCE and Coordinator of the Network of CRUCH Teaching Directors, Claudio Martínez, who said: “the main focus of our Network is to improve our own management, therefore, all The topics we work on and the speakers that are invited have to do with how we improve management management and guide the procedure and action of the different units that contain these directions. We must understand that the educational phenomenon not only depends on a single factor, but that there is work that must be addressed systemically." During the meeting, the participating institutions declared to continue establishing joint ties and continue with quality assurance processes under lines of planned and systematic actions that lead to a clear process within education, as well as being relevant participants in the implementation of the Higher Education Law.

The Academic Vice-Rector of the ULS, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, appreciated that the institution was hosting this meeting and being able to "receive from the Teaching Directors of the CRUCH universities. We are in the good sense of building in a joint and participatory way, for That is why this meeting is so important, where many universities participate, where we have an opinion that reflects the order. The University of La Serena will always be with its doors open to receive its peers to nourish us and work together and improve our actions in different areas. natures". 

Superintendent of Higher Education Visit

During the second day of the ninth meeting of the Network, the Superintendent of Higher Education, Jorge Avilés, visited the University of La Serena, taking advantage of this day to highlight the role that this new organization will have in the field of education. superior. “The objective of this Superintendency will be to supervise higher education institutions that comply with the standards established by the Ministry, as well as to be the manager of complaints and claims from the various actors who are faced with particular conflicts with the institution where there are violations of the law,” he assured.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom