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Acosta Peña, Roxana; Tomás-Folch, Marina; Feixas, Mònica – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2017
The Faculties of Engineering Sciences at Universidad Católica del Norte in Chile regard teacher training as a necessary tool for its academics' professional development and as a fundamental way to improve their teaching quality. The Teaching Unit for Innovation in Engineering (UIDIN) has developed a new curriculum and training programme which…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Teacher Competencies, Foreign Countries
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Treviño, Ernesto; Scheele, Judith; Flores, Stella M. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2014
Using both quantitative and qualitative analyses, we examine the role of a college access intervention in the enrollment and persistence outcomes of low-income students in Chile modeled partially after a Texas admissions program. We find that, although students from the program have a mean cumulative GPA significantly lower than that of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Higher Education, Enrollment