Higher education in Colombia: a reading of its educational policies aimed at teacher training and its didactic methods (1991 - 2016)

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze didactic trends and university teacher training in Colombia, considering higher education policies from 1991 to 2016. Research, laws, and decrees focused on teacher training and its didactics methods are analyzed. It was evident that the different governments of the day have been implementing reforms in higher education, to improve the quality of teacher training. The analysis of the trends showed that Colombia in terms of education policies, the Constitution of 1991 and Law 30 of 1992, have not been sufficient to respond to the millennium change, in educational quality, research processes, and improvement of coverage education. Regarding didactic trends in teacher training, during the period 2001-2016, the law does not contemplate the issue of didactics.