Male and female students with an interest in pedagogies were those who participated in this activity.

Male and female students from 7 educational establishments of the PACE UCN Program in the Coquimb Region, and who are interested in studying pedagogy, participated in the talk: “What teachers are silent about: myths and truths”, given by teachers who are part of the PACE and APRENDE Program teams of the University of La Serena.

The activity is inserted in the work guidelines of the Program for Accompaniment and Access to Higher Education, PACE, so the teams from the programs of the Universidad Católica del Norte and ULS generated the link, with the aim that the students could see the facilities of the higher education institution and conclude the so-called: "Third Day for the strengthening of pedagogical skills."

The talk took place in the Television Studio of the School of Journalism and was given by the PACE ULS Communications area. At the event, the teachers who are part of the programs shared their experiences working as teachers.

The professionals who participated in the talk were: Marcela Altamirano, coordinator of APRENDE ULS Monitoring; Felipe Correa, Mathematics mentor ARENDE ULS; Tamara Cortés, Language and Communication mentor; Jovanna González, PEM PACE academic manager and Rodrigo Vega, AES PACE academic manager.

Celia Rojas, facilitator of the PEM UCN Component, thanked “the exhibitors for the care with which they prepared their presentations for the students, it is very pleasing to me that the children have had this experience, we appreciate their collaboration and linking us as Higher Education Institutions , since our purpose as a PACE Program is the students.”

On the other hand, María Angélica Alfaro, teacher at the Padre José Herde Pohler Polyvalent High School in the commune of Canela and one of the teachers present, appreciated the holding of this event. “For students it is very important to see the reality of the teacher's life, that sometimes they see us as the one who passes material or idealize us, but we are human beings. I see my colleagues who presented with great passion and congratulated the PACE team at the University of La Serena and that they continue in this duo with UCN,” she stated.

Vicente Hidalgo, a student at the State of Israel Institute of Administration and Commerce in Coquimbo, said: “It opened my eyes to the world of teaching, it seemed like a very good intervention to me. In addition to that, it was very emotional to be able to hear one of the teachers who accompanies one of the groups say that she is already leaving it and that she fulfilled her goal as a teacher and as a person, it was incredible.”

While Jocelyn Milla, a student at the Pichasca School in Río Hurtado, stated that in the activity “they taught many things that we did not know about pedagogy and this motivates us to study some pedagogy, listening to teachers of different ages showing the work they do. inside and outside of schools. For me it was super.”

The educational establishments that participated in the day were: Liceo Carmen Aurora Rodríguez de Tongoy, Liceo Carlos Mondaca Cortés de Vicuña, Colegio República de Chile and Colegio Cerro Guayaquil de Monte Patria, Colegio Pichasca, Institute of Administration and Commerce State of Israel and Liceo Padre José Herde Pohler.

Written by Daniel Aguayo, PACE ULS Program