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Véliz-Calderón, Daniela; Theurillat, Daniel; Paredes Walker, Victoria; Pickenpack, Astrid – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
Faculty members are fundamental for the development and success of higher education organizations, and building strong academic cadres is a major challenge, especially for research universities. While there are no fully-fledged research universities in Chile (Bernasconi, 2007), a few strive to get closer to that ideal by way of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Professionalism, College Faculty
Sauer, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In Chile, 50% of students who enroll in Chilean colleges do not graduate, negatively impacting their families' economic situations as well as national development. The purpose of this qualitative bounded case study was to gain a deeper understanding of the perceptions held by math, English, and general education professors regarding the support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Cárdenas-Claros, Mónica; Oyanedel, Marianna – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
This qualitative and exploratory case study sought to examine if and how implicit theories influence the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the language classroom in Chile. To achieve this goal, data was gathered from nine experienced university instructors in English as a Second Language. Based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, College Faculty, English Teachers
Ossa, Carlos J.; Quintana, Ingrid M.; Rodriguez, Felipe F. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2015
This study analyzed the evaluation of professors of pedagogy and directors programs, about the importance of mental health in vocational training, and factors that might influence this valuation. The methodology includes participation of 17 academicians (professors and belonging to the managerial staff) of two universities in southern Chile. A…
Descriptors: Mental Health, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes
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Delgado, Jorge Enrique – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
A qualitative study was carried out to identify the roles of actors associated with the publication of scientific journals in Chilean, Colombian, and Venezuelan universities. Twenty-four semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with journal editors, university authorities, and other experts. The categories of analysis included university…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Scientific Research, Editing, Qualitative Research
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Díaz Larenas, Claudio; Alarcón Hernández, Paola; Vásquez Neira, Andrea; Pradel Suárez, Boris; Ortiz Navarrete, Mabel – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2013
Beliefs continue to be an important source to get to know teachers' thinking processes and pedagogical decisions. Research in teachers' beliefs has traditionally come from English-speaking contexts; however, a great deal of scientific work has been written lately in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina. This study elicits 30 Chilean university…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Research, Beliefs, Foreign Countries