Diapositiva 1

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SOLIDARITY

PARTNERSHIP
COOPERATION
New Approaches to Policy and Practice for
Teachers Educators in the Americas David
JulienInteramerican Training Networks September
28, 2006 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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FOSTERING COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES IN
THE AMERICAS

Created in 1979 in Quebec City, the
Inter-American Organization for Higher Education
(IOHE) is an international university
association that promotes cooperation between
member institutions and fosters the development
of higher education in the Americas and the
Caribbean.
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A FORUM OF

• 400 regular and associated MEMBERS
• - public and private universities
• - institutes of higher education
• - research centres
• - national and regional university association
• - rectors conferences

AND A UNIQUE NETWORK OF PARTNERS !
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IOHE 9 Regions


29 Members
15 Members
58 Members
IOHE
22 Members
24 Members
Canada United States Mexico Central
America Caribbean Andean Countries Brazil Southern
Cone Colombia
98 Members
42 Members
57 Members
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COLLEGE OF THE AMERICAS
ACADEMIC FORUM OF THE CONTINENT
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COLLEGE OF THE AMERICAS

• Officially created in 1997, the COLAM has set
  the following objectives
• Contribute to the strengthening of democracy
• Promote intercultural understanding
• Improve the quality and the relevance of
  university programs in fields of continental
  interest
• Encourage research on continental integration
• Support cooperation between universities, civil
  society and public sector.

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INTER-AMERICAN TRAINING NETWORKS
Universities linked within networks work together
to develop academic, thematic and
cross-disciplinary programs, offered to graduate
students, private and public sector staff, and
general population, encouraging the use of NICT.
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INTER-AMERICAN TRAINING NETWORKS

• Public Health
• Women and Development
• Environmental Management and Ecotourism
• Education and Telematics
• Indigenous Teachers Training
• Teachers Training
• Electronic Government
• Academic Libraries Conectivity
• Governance

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TEACHERS TRAINING NETWORK
First technical meeting Teacher Training and
Professional Development Strategies with the
Support of Universities Washington DC, Sept.
2004 37 participants from HEI, MoE, IO and USDE
Universidad de Guadalajara Mexico University of
the West Indies Jamaica Thompson Rivers
University Canada Universidad Pedagógica
Nacional Mexico Universidad Nacional de El
Salvador El Salvador Universidad
Nacional Costa Rica Universidad Pedagógica
Nacional Columbia Universidad Técnica
Particular de Loja Ecuador Universidad Federal
de Mato Grosso Brasil Universidad de
Luján Argentina Universidad de Playa
Ancha Chile
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TEACHERS TRAINING NETWORK
Mandate

• To consolidate university networks in order to
  offer programs adapted to the specific needs of
  the Hemispheric Project on Teacher Training
• To work with member countries of the OAS to reach
  the objectives established in the Action Plans of
  the Summits, as well as in the Hemispheric
  Project on Teacher Training, for the development
  and offering of training and professional
  programs
• To support the Inter-American Commission for
  Education in the monitoring of the Conferences of
  Ministers of Education and their Action Plans, as
  well as to support hemispheric projects
• To put together a guide of the content of
  programs for teacher training and professional
  development, carried out by institutions of
  higher education of the hemisphere
• To offer training and teacher development
  strategies to ministries of education and
  institutions of higher education, using Distance
  Education and Information Technologies
• To support the Inter-American Commission for
  Education in the monitoring of the
  Hemispheric Project in the five regions
  North America, Central America, the
  Caribbean, Mercosur, and
  the Andean Countries

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TEACHERS TRAINING NETWORK
Results

• A total of 10 online courses
• OAS PORTAL (with UTPL platform)
• - Quality of Basic Education. 2004.
  Inter-American 112 participants.
• - Quality of Basic Education. 2005. Central
  America
• - Strategies for the Teaching of Mathematics.
  2005. 108 participants
• COLAM / IOHE
• - Decision Making in DE and in the Use of IT
  2004. 51 participants, 13 countries
• - Methodology in DE IT. 2005. 300 participants
  from 18 countries
• - Media and Technology in DE IT. 2005. 285
  participants from 16 countries
• - Planning and Administration in DE IT. 2005.
  288 participants from 17 countries
• - Multicultural Educational Contexts. 2004-2005.
  210 participants from 18 countries, 2006, 170
  participantes
• TRU COLAM
• - Integrating IT in the curriculum. Trinidad and
  Tobago 2005 and 2006. 40 participants

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TEACHERS TRAINING NETWORK
Results

• Sub-region Hemisferic Project
• Central America. Ministry of Public Education of
  El Salvador, participation at the First Central
  American Meeting to define a model for initial
  teacher training. Delivery of regional online
  courses with OAS.
• Caribbean Ministry of Education of Trinidad
  Tobago. Integrating IT in the curriculum, with
  Thompson Rivers University 2005, 2006

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TEACHERS TRAINING NETWORK
Results

• Inter-American Commission for Education
• Civil Society Virtual Forum. Inter-American
  survey within the civil society presented to the
  CIE in Scarborough 2005.
• Ministers of Education Declaration. Special
  Recognition to COLAM/IOHE for the progress made
  in the use of new technologies, especially
  through the Latin American Network of Educational
  Portals
• Doctorate Program for Teachers Educators
• Université de Montréal, Canada

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What about the FUTURE ?

• PARTNERSHIP
• 1.1 Public sector
• (Ministeries of Education, Civil society,
  Unions)
• 1.2 Universities, Teachers College
• 1.3 Organization of American States (OAS)
• 2. ACTION
• 2.1 Evaluate, adapt and repeat succesfull
  activities and programs in other
  regions
• 2.2 Develop new training activities based on
  the conclusions and
  recommendations of this Seminar
• 2.3 Continue our active participation on
  reflective forums about the challenges
  of teacher educators

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For further information, please visit our
website www.oui-iohe.qc.ca David
Julien julienda_at_umontreal.ca