Aprender dentro del aula: programa de formación de docentes en servicio sobre metodologías activas

Abstract

Continuing training in teachers is an important process to improve their performance in the classroom. The continuous training process has been questioned in recent years due to the superficial approach to the true educational needs of teachers and in some cases, composed of irrelevant workshops, unrelated to the reality and without monitoring within the classroom. The OCDE (2015) points out that continuous training programs such as workshops, courses, and conferences must be accompanied by other forms of training due to the few incidences in pedagogical practices. The present research deals with the development of an in-service teacher training program on active methodologies, through the "learning by doing" in the classroom, in order to optimize professional performance in pedagogical management. The research was carried out in the Zoila Aurora Palacios Educational high school in Cuenca. Two teachers of the subjects: Language and Literature and Social Studies of the Higher Sublevel participated. The research methodology used was qualitative based on a case study. It was divided in three phases: diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation. The results show that the teacher training program in active methodologies through "learning by doing" is effective, since knowledge about active methodologies and their processes increased in relation to the knowledge teachers had prior to research, and fact, some methodologies stood out more than others from the hand of the participating teachers.