Avances y deudas pendientes en los intentos de transformación de las instituciones de formación docente en America Latina

Abstract

In the past twenty years we have held strong expectations about how new training institutions could become a fundamental architect to promote and sustain innovation of educational systems. The processes of transformation of teacher training institutions in the region have had multiple advances, but has also suffered setbacks. We analyze the proposals developed in some countries of the region, we suggest revising the concept of innovation and we propose some critical knots to keep thinking. We are aware that there are many factors affecting how to introduce desired and desirable changes in teacher training. Among them, the political instability of our countries, the traditions rooted in teaching and teacher educators and representations about the profession, combined in different ways and configuring complex and diverse scenarios.