(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2010) Alvarez Laveriano, Neida
This essay introduces the educational decentralization as an important issue of the global public reform that become in different kinds of relationship between the State and the civil society. To precise this subject, this article develops conceptual distinctions among concepts close to the decentralization area. In addition,advantages and disadvantages of the decentralization are mentioned. At the last, the author analyzes the background and legislation of the Peruvian educational decentralization.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2010) Rodríguez Manrique, Catherine Paola
This article describes the main characteristics of the Teacher Training National Program that is leading by the Peruvian government since 2007 addresses to basic education teachers. Previous public training programs to teachers have mentioned as backgrounds of the present Program. In addition the author focuses on the political, pedagogy, economics, and assessment dimensions of the Program.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2010) Gutiérrez García, Giovanna Aída
The present study analyzes the use of XO laptops as a tool of information technology and communication in language learning in the sixth grade students of a Peruvian rural school. To develop this study were applied activities and tools that show the students have a domain in the handle of this kind of laptops.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2010) Rosales Lassús, José Luis
Taking as an object of study the current official curriculum, this article analyzes the discourses of body underlying the curriculum. Five types of discourses have been identified: body that knows; expressive body; body as a trait of personality; universal body, and moving body. The study mentioned the changes of these discourses in relation with the different levels of the basic education (initial, primary, secondary).
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo Editorial, 2010) Tafur Puente, Rosa; Vega, Aurora De la
Access to educational resources by teachers contributes to improve the quality ofteaching and learning at school. In order to inquiry to what extent teachers accessto these resources an exploratory study took place in eight public schools of Lima.School libraries and innovation classrooms were observed, a survey was applied toteachers; there were also focus groups with them and interviews to schools’ principals.Results reveal the scarce availability of resources that teachers have at schools,the precariousness of school libraries in collections, personnel and services, thepoor development of innovation classrooms, as well as the gap between the officialdiscourse and the practice in order to reach educational achievements
