Approach to an evaluation model of the permanent education of teachers in Chile

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation is to contrast a model of analysis which allows us to come closer to the aspects that permanent training contributes to the teachers in professional terms. The impact produced by the Abroad Training Program (PBE) on the professional self-esteem of the benefited teachers is analized. A quasi-experimental design was chosen, including a pre-test and a post-test, to articulate qualitative and quantitative procedures. The Self-esteem Scale by Arzola y Collarte (1992) was validated and applied to a sample of 352 primary school teachers in order to evaluate the professional self-esteem. The results revealed: a) significant differences before and after the PBE was carried out in relation to the professional self-esteem profile in the dimensions: I am, I feeland I do, exempting the self-criticism and vocation factors; and, b) the relations perceived among the dimensions allowed the clarification of a evaluating model that demonstrates the impact of the PBE on such competence.