A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT FOR MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
WITH SPANISH PRESERVICE TEACHERS AND
TEACHERS FROM RURAL SCHOOLS IN GUATEMALA
Elsa Santaolalla
Belén Urosa Olga Martín
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain)
GUATEMATICS IN ACTION
Guatematics in action. A Service Learning Project with Spanish preservice teachers and teachers from rural schools in Guatemala
“… to increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries” .
(United Nations, 2015, p. 17)
Service Learning (SL)
Educational approach that combines learning
and community service processes in a single,
well-defined project in which the participants
learn to work in real-life environments with
the aim of improving them (Uruñuela, 2018).
Needs
Service Learning methodology is based on the needs, problems or real challenges that can be found in the near or far context.
Guatematics in action. A Service Learning Project with Spanish preservice teachers and teachers from rural schools in Guatemala
Partnership
Reflection
Enhancement of meaningul teaching approaches.
Professional development at in-service and
preservice levels.
Creating communities to enhance mathematics Education.
Reaching out to special
groups.
FUNDAP's Educational Quality Team Fundación del Valle cooperator
and Comillas University teacher
Creating communities to enhance mathematics Education
In-service teachers (Guatemala, N = 217)
Preservice teachers (Spain, N = 89)
Enhancement of meaningul teaching approaches
GUATEMATICS IN ACTION
Academic year Training Plan Teaching content 2016- 2017 Our Actions are Multiplied Multiplication
2017-2018 The Measure of our Action Measurement of magnitudes Dividing the Action to Group Cultures Division
2018-2019 Guatematics in Fr-accion Fractions
2019-2020 Guatemala in Our Mind Logical thinking
2020-2021 Guatematics Online Online format for distance training
Table 1. Guatematics in Action’s training plans
Enhancement of meaningul teaching approaches
Professional development at in-service and preservice levels
Reaching out to special groups 5,424 school children
from rural & indigenous population areas
Recognition
First Aristos Campus Mundus Award for Best Practices in University Social Commitment.
1,000 € donated to scholarships for girls.
EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT
Proposal and planning for International Cooperation projects
Project design
Implementation
Impact study/
Evaluation
PROJECT PHASES
Preservice teachers from Comillas University Teacher Trainer in Teacher Education in Spain Educational Quality team of Fundap
International Cooperating member of Fundación del Valle Guatemalan in-service teachers
Rural schools in western Guatemala
ORGANISATIONS AND AGENTS
AECID: Spanish Agency for InternationalDevelopment
Fundación del Valle: Spanish NGO
Fundap: Guatemalan NGO (local partner) Comillas (Spanish foreign university)
Conclusions
This International Cooperation Project in Mathematics Education has led to
improvements in:
➢ the quality of Teaching Mathematics in both preservice teachers in Spain and in rural educators in western Guatemala.
➢ the Spanish preservice teachers’ socio-
educational commitment
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Elsa Santaolalla
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain) https://web.comillas.edu/profesor/esantaolalla
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THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
