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Trip to Australia
Enero 2012
Four early childhood educators from Antofagasta are making last minute preparations for their trip to Sydney to participate in an intensive study tour being organised by the School of Education, at the University of Western Sydney. The educators are leading the expansion of the Futuro Infantil Hoy (FIH) program in Calama, Antofagasta and Tocopilla in northern Chile. UWS project leader, Associate Professor Christine Woodrow says an extensive program including visits to a variety of early childhood centres, master classes and seminars has been organised. The educators will also be making a presentation about their implementation of FIH whilst in Sydney.
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Macarena Rubio, FIH mentor,
Marta Aranciabia, FIH mentor,
Silvia Rojo, FIH mentor
And Alime Sentis, FIH and Education co-ordinator, Fundacion Minera Escondida. |
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Autoridades de Fundacion Minera Escondida y Gobierno de Chile
visitan la Universidad de Western Sydney
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A new set of workshops will be implemented in Antofagasta Calama and Tocopilla during October. The workshops are part of FIH expansion phase in the región. At the same time, to celebrate the results of the pilot, UWS in association with UNICEF and the Australian Embassy will run a FIH seminar in Santiago.
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The success of FIH pilot Project (2008-2010) has taken the project to a significant expansion. FIH is now being implemented in 16 early childhood education centers in 3 cities in the North of Chile: Antofagasta, Calama and Tocopilla. The expansion will be carried out as a strategic Alliance between Fundación Minera Escondida, Corporación Municipal de Desarrollo Social de Antofagasta and the University of Western Sydney. The expansion will reach around 1.900 children and their families in the Antofagasta región. |
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The pilot project was brought to a successful conclusion by the staging of a significant public event in the new Edificio Comunitario Fundación Minera Escondida en Antofagasta in September 2010. The Futuro Infantil Hoy EXPO The event was attended by more than 200 people, including many of the families from the centres who had travelled by bus to participate. The EXPO included colourful displays that showcased a wide range of learning and family engagement strategies that project centres had been implementing through the project, including graphic representation of each centres understanding of the project, and the use of Photo-voice methodology to document and evaluate their progress in enriching the literacy learning environments of their curriculum. In addition, staff from each centre made a public presentation depicting aspects of implementation of the project and what the project experience had meant for the staff, children and families of the participating centres. Some centres were also able to present evidence of impact of the pilot .
These highly professional, and at times moving, presentations painted a picture of a challenging learning journey and significant change for these centres and their staff. The presentations incorporated highly competent use of the digital technologies that participants had learned in the program. Mayor of Antofagasta, Dr Marcela Hernando, and Executive Director of FME, Petri Salopera acknowledged the obvious commitment and excellent outcomes of the project in their speeches.
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La Alcaldesa de Antofagasta, Marcela Hernando. |
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New FIH Vimeo Channel
The digital storytelling stories produced by the educators and technical assitants during October 2009 and May 2010 workshops, can be watched in our new FIH vimeo channel, a community on line to share multimedia archives. The channel complements our Ning social network. In addition to the 17 digital stories produced as part of the project, the video-testimonies of 2009 and 2010 internships to UWS in Australia can also be watched in the channel. FIH Vimeo channel address: http://vimeo.com/channels/fih |
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Ciclo de Talleres de la UWS
UWS will conduct the last series of workshops as part of the third and final phase of FIH pilot project. Workshops will concentrate in reinforcing leadership and sustainability skills. The last pilot phase also included workshops reinforcing the core themes of the Project: leadership round tables, literacy links and working with families and the community. A key element of this last phase is the Futuro Infantil EXPO, which will showcase all the work and achievements of the 5 early childhood centers that participated in the project. |
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Conferencia Mundial AEPI
Viernes 23 de Julio de 2010
La primera Conferencia Mundial sobre Atención y Educación de la Primera Infancia (AEPI) se celebrará del el 27 al 29 de septiembre de 2010, en Moscú (Federación Rusa). Con el tema “Construir la riqueza de las naciones”, la conferencia se enfoca a evaluar el vínculo entre las bases sólidas necesarias para preparar la transición de los niños y niñas entre el hogar y la escuela, y los cimientos que las sociedades necesitan para desarrollarse y prosperar. La conferencia auspiciada por UNESCO y congregará a participantes de 193 Estados Miembros de la UNESCO y expertos mundiales. Mas información. |
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Futuro Infantil Hoy y el Terremoto en el sur de Chile
22 de Abril 2010
All FIH participating institutions are directly contributing in reconstruction works after the earthquake that nearly destroyed parts of the south and central Chile. Fundación Minera Escondida as well as JUNJI and Integra are dedicating most of their efforts to restablish the normality in the early childhood centers affected by thye earthquake. The Univerosity of Western Sydney donated AU$ 10,000 to the Chilean Red Cross to support reconstruction Works. For more details on particpating institutions please see Junji en Acción and Fundación Integra. |
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En Abril de 2010, la University of Western Sydney recibió la visita del Director Ejecutivo de Fundación Minera Escondida y en Abril de 2009 la de Autoridades de JUNJI y Fundación Integra. |
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