The teaching career in the framework of educational reform in Chile

Abstract

This article focuses on the tensions generated by the proposed National Teaching Plan Law, the second proposed law put forth in the framework of the educational reform that is being discussed in Parliament in the current government of Michelle Bachelet (2014-2018) in Chile . In the first part, we begin with a general historical contextual delimitation of educational reforms since the return to democracy in 1990, and delve into the current educational reform that is divided into four parts, which we explain. In the second part, the conceptual notions of the relationship between hegemony, educational reforms and alternatives are analyzed. We also describe concepts developed through the discussions and collective construction of the APPeAL México team, which support the subsequent analysis. In the third part, we lay out the basis of the National Teaching Plan bill. In the fourth part we examine the tensions and questions that arise in the teachers’ college and in the “For a New Education, Dignify the Teaching Career!” Collective,, together with an analysis and reflection of critical apects of the bill.