![]() Grupo de Investigación PROFILE & Programa ALEX (2004) offer a very comprehensive perspective of this program in the project presented to the Secretary of Education of Bogotá. This program, carried out in 2005 by the PROFILE Research Group of the Foreign Languages Department of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá and sponsored by the Secretary of Education of the city, focused on three major components namely, language development, ELT methodology and use of the resource centers. Undoubtedly, these attempts and activities are to be recorded, studied and analyzed because they will contribute to a large extent to the understanding of the Colombian teaching context, with its particular characteristics, needs and requirements, as well as of the teachers who are key elements in this dynamic.Īs an assistant to a teacher updating program on the use of resource centers for language learning, I had the opportunity to work closely with teachers belonging to 5 public schools in the process of building proposals with the ultimate goal of setting up these centers in their institutions. Given this context, the present paper describes one of those ongoing joint efforts of school teachers aiming to reach a common goal in their institution, highlighting, in particular, the advantages, disadvantages, benefits and challenges made evident in this type of interaction. This fact may be due to the recognition of teachers as powerful social elements, whose commitment influences social change and development, work relations, values and citizenship, as well as historical and cultural identity.īecause of the multifunctional presence of teachers in society, the studies devoted to their actions, activities and practices focus on many specific and individual aspects regarding the profession, viewed by scholars from varied academic fields.Īlthough in Colombia there is an increasing interest in teacher development issues in the area of languages, there is still a lack of studies related to practical and actual examples of actions undertaken by teacher development movements in the Colombian educational panorama, though this does not mean that these are non-existent (González, 2003, p. Francisco Imbernón (1997), in the introduction to "La Formación y el desarrollo profesional del profesorado" (Teachers' Professional Training and Development) highlights the increasing interest in Teacher Development, which is reflected in several forms, such as publications, lectures, reports and academic studies in general. The teaching profession has always been regarded as an important milestone in modern society. Palabras clave : Trabajo colaborativo, centro de recursos de lenguas, desarrollo profesional docente Al superar dichas dificultades y desafíos, los docentes hallaron oportunidades para su desarrollo profesional y personal así como para el mejoramiento del ambiente escolar y del ejercicio docente. ![]() Tomando como punto de partida la construcción de su propuesta de implementación del centro de recursos para la institución, algunos profesores decidieron trabajar en grupo para alcanzar los objetivos planteados al comienzo del proceso, encontrando una serie de dificultades y desafíos. Key words: Collaborative work, language resource center, teacher professional developmentĮn el presente artículo, el autor se propone describir los beneficios, desafíos, ventajas y desventajas que un grupo de profesores de un colegio público encontraron al trabajar colaborativamente para implementar un centro de recursos de idiomas. When overcome, these difficulties and challenges rendered good opportunities for teachers to develop further in their professional and personal life as well as to improve the school environment and classroom practice. Taking as a point of departure the development of a proposal to implement the resource center in their school, some teachers engaged in group work in order to attain the different objectives that were stated at the beginning of the process, thus encountering a number of difficulties and challenges. In the present article, the author attempts to describe the benefits, challenges, advantages and disadvantages experienced by teachers in a public school when working collaboratively to implement a language resource center in their institution. This article was received on Maand accepted on July 23, 2008. ![]() ![]() Trabajo cooperativo de profesores de un colegio público para crear centros de recursos de lenguas: retrato de sus ventajas, beneficios y desafíos Teacher Collaboration in a Public School to Set up Language Resource Centers: Portraying Advantages, Benefits, and Challenges * ![]()
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