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Teachers involved in a - We hope to get -Results of the teacher's -To count on the
way of educational work available to the 100% interview, pre and post availability of teachers
which is innovative in of the teachers im- intervention, which will and children
terms of a re-elaboration plements of the first allow us to establish the
and re-creation of the order. We hope that teachers' change of
-To count on qualified
tools used in their work 90% will be instruc- position regarding their
human resources and a
with children. Those tools ted and that at least view of the work with
infrastructure on
will lead to the 50% will initiate a children.
knowledge an
strengthening of cognitive process of change in
organization to the
tools that are responsible their work process.
-We will monitoring the work with teachers.
of the development of a Finally, we hope that
changes in children´s
scientific rationality in at least 20% of them
performance, when
children. will drift towards a -Proved efficiency of
confronted to the new
team work with psy- the teams in this kind
recreated situations and
chologists and ex- of program with the
other typical
perts. education sector
intervention models and
practices of the school.
-Our expectative is -Institutional laws
that at least a 60% of according to the orders
- Audio-visual aids
the children will have of hemisphere
made to this moment.
benefits from the governments, in order
changes gained in to properly promote
educational practice - Classification systems the diffusion and
of their teachers who with total transcriptios understanding of
participate in the of problem solving science and
program. situations designed . technology in initial
education programs.
-Long experience in
basic research and
accumulation of
knowledge about the
comprehension
processes of the child
OBJETIVES INDICATORS MEANS OF ASSUMPTIONS
VERIFICATION
Outputs/ Components
3. 1- Work On - Memories of
systematization and monitoring the
analysis of information teachers' work along
gathered by the application 4 months; analysis of
of the intervention model. data charts ,
gathering information
tools.
Registro SEDI:
1. Name: Impact of a model for intervention on the development of spontaneous scientific tools in
children aged 2 to 6.
3. Former names of the Cooperation Project or Activity and year executed (if applicable):
N. A.
MULTILATERAL NATIONAL
PROJECT X
ACTIVITY
5. Participating countries:
(See Guide for appropriate country code)
X X X
AB AR BA BO BS BR BZ CA CH CO CR DO EC ES GR GU GY
HA HO JA KN ME NI PE PN PY RD SL SU SV TT UR US VE
1.1 Background
For several years, different research teams in Colombia, Brazil and Argentina have been trying to
identify the proper conditions which would support the cognitive development of children between 0
and 6 years old. This work is the result of the growing need to strengthen the child's intellectual and
scientific development, which is one of the mechanisms designed to drive the social, cultural, political
and economic development of our countries. The efforts have been centered on the encouragement of
the early scientific spirit and the activities involve strategic interventions related to the training of
teachers and to the all-round development in childhood.
The experience gained in previous studies and the results obtained require more ample research,
which would help determine the impact of a given model of intervention on the development of
scientific tools in children. That is the objective of the present project.
1.2Identify the priority area(s) of the Strategic Plan for Partnership for Development
1997-2001 to which this proposal relates (if more than one, rank them in order of
importance, 1 to 8):
Within the priorities for the overall development of the countries involved in this project,
educational, scientific and technological development have a central place. In different documents
(Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 1999–2002, Proyecto de Ley No.173 of 1999 for Colombia, the Ley
Federal de Educación of Argentina, and the Plan Nacional de Desarrollo of Brazil) the
governments have committed themselves to the development of specific activities which would
attend to these needs. In particular, the training of teachers and the identification and
implementation of successful educational models are considered essential strategies.
This project responds to these priorities by proposing a study of the impact of an educational
model on the cognitive development of the child, based on the training of teachers. In this respect,
we must point out that, by cultivating the cognitive potential of the child, we are fomenting in a
concrete way much that can be carried on later in the family and school.
1.4 Relationship to regional development priorities
This project has its place within the proposals of a Plan of Action which the American States have
agreed to in order to foster the development of the region, particularly in what pertains to
educational, scientific and technological development. It endeavours to contribute with concrete
actions to the improvement of strategies designed to promote a scientific mentality in children.
Moreover, it relates to be order of the ministers responsible of science and technology in the
hemisphere, who’s Plan of Action (Cartagena, march/99, section 2.2.1 No.6) solicitates “to
incentive in an appropiate way to difusion and comprehension of science and technology in the
educational program, in special the initial, basic and middle education, to promote and innovative
posture in the youth.
2. Description of the proposal:
To contribute to the formation of spontaneous scientific tools in children, starting with the
improvement of intervention strategies addressed to foster the scientific and technologic spirit,
according to the order of those responsible of science and technology in the hemisphere, who ask
for an appropriate way of understanding an diffusion of science and technology in the initial, basic
and middle education.
a. Purpose
This project is related to the "Strategic Plan for Partnership 1997-2001" in the
following manner:
This project is consonant with the interests of the Interamerican Program of CYT
(PRICYT) of the OAS. It is related to the exchange of information and cooperation
programs intended to support the design and realization of innovative projects in
education, as well as the adoption of new educational models for stimulating creativity
and generating useful knowledge for society.
d. Execution process for the cooperation project/activity/
Specify the outputs/components within the time frame and their order of
execution
a. Describe how the outputs/components included in this table relate to each other to reach the
Purpose or Annual objective and how this contributes to reaching the Goal.
This project will be carried out in four phases. The first one corresponds to the training of 300
teachers with a direct profit to 9000 children, during 5 months and constitutes the starting point
from which to measure the impact of the intervention model on the educational practice and on the
formation of scientific tools in the child. It starts with the application of a questionnaire designed
to identify previous conceptions related to the cognitive development of the child. The information
obtained with the questionnaire and the performance of the teachers during the training phase are
fundamental in order to determine the relevance of this model for the education of young children.
The second phase correspond to identify and to analyze a set of problem solving situations
obtained beginning with work with teachers and children. This phase will realize during one
month.
The third phase tries to determine the impact that the training has on the educational practice of the
teacher, through the identification of significative changes in their production and proposals after
of participation in the program. This phase lasts 4 months and the activities correspond to a
program of research, rather than to one of intervention. During this term, the participating research
teams offer assistantships which will favour the conceptual and methodological use of the project's
problems. The result of this phase is a group of 4 trained professionals and 4 trained students of
psychology.
3.1 Coordinating Institution: Information on the institution that will be responsible for coordinating the
cooperation project/activity.
The Universidad del valle is a decentralized public institution, depending from the regional
goverment. It was created by the regulation # 12, 11th June 1945, and lagally recognized by the 1406
Decree, 21st June 1956, from the National Goverment. The University is well know for its wide
accomplishment in the area of humanities, as well as for its important development in scientific
research and applied technology. For this activities the institution has received great support from
several national and international organisms, and other universities through institutional agreements of
mutual cooperation.
3.2 Executing Institution(s). Responsible institutions for each country in which the project will be executed
Between 1996 and 1999 it carried out the intervention module "The child as a scientist". Up to the
date 315 people have been trained in that module including preschool teachers, foster mothers and
personnel in charge of programs which care for young children.
a. Name of institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires. Centro de Formación e Investigación en
Enseñanza de las Ciencias (CEFIEC). Secretaría Académica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y
Naturales.
b. Name and title of responsible official: Dra. Carmen Skosa, Director.
c. Address: CEFIEC, Secretaria Académica, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Ciudad
Universitaria, Pabellón II, PB, Capital Federal (1428)
d. State/Province: Capital Federal e. Country: Argentina
f.Telephone: G .Fax: h: E-mail: i. Web Page:
(5411) 45763331 (5411) 45763351 http://www.fcen.uba.ar
j. Information on the institutional capacity for executing cooperation projects/activities
The CEFIEC is a research team at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, responsible for teachers of the
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales of the UBA, which carries out research and intervention
projects. At the present time the team is carrying out the project "Modularidad y Desarrollo: Ideas
Previas en los Dominios Biologico y Físico en niños de 2 a 7 años". Some of their work involves
training teachers and curricular development, some of those development in aggrement of cooperation
with others institutions.
TOTAL US$118.148
Describe the mechanism agreed by the coordinating and executing institutions
for the coordination and execution of the resources:
Based on the assigned budget to each one of the institutions, all of three promise to execute
only the expenditure of authorized expenses (the groups of Brazil and Argentina will
execute only resources for fellowships and contracts in accord with number
of persons, and the group of Colombia will execute these same expenses in
accord with the project).
List the institutions that will not be directly involved in carrying out the
project/activity, but who will benefit from its implementation
4. If applicable, indicate what other institutions (governmental and non-governmental) will contribute to the execution
of this project/activity.
Include the name and title of the liaison official and a brief description of the form of
contribution (financial, technical, material, informational) of the institution. If the
contribution is monetary, indicate the amount in section VII.2
4.4
4.3 Institution: Universidade Federal Fluminense.
4.6
4.5 Institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires.
4.8
4.7. Institution: Gobernación del Departamento del Valle del
Cauca. Secretaría de Educación Departamental. Subsecretaría
Técnico-Pedagógica. División de Desarrollo Técnico
Pedagógico.
Activities and UNITARY COSTS by object of expenditure for obtaining the Starting date: ______________ Date of completion: ______________
Outputs/components.
N. A.
N. A.
2. Explain how the proposed cooperation activity contributes to development initiatives (estimate between 50 and 80 words)
N. A.
3. Date of submission of final report for the cooperation activity: ___/___/___
Note: For activity proposals, go on to Section V
IV. PROPOSALS FOR NATIONAL OR MULTILATERAL PROJECTS
Purpose or annual objective
Teachers involved in a way of educational work which is innovative in terms of a re-elaboration and re-creation of the tools used in their work with
children. Those tools will lead to the strengthening of cognitive tools that are responsible of the development of a scientific rationality in children.
Activities and UNITARY Costs per object of expenditure for obtaining the output
Starting date: January 03 / 2000 Date of completion:May 30/
2000
COMPONENT: Teachers trained in a permanent process of re-elaboration of their educational practice and a group
of children which will benefit from the work done in the school, presented as a way of interacting with reality based Calendar of Expense -CIDI
on the child's own hypothesis, as well as on the use of their spontaneous cognitive tools. Resources
ACTIVITY 1: Training of teachers. The phases of this work are the following: carrying out of a survey and the Jan-Apr May-Aug Sept-
conceptual and theoretical appropriation, showing audio-visual material, advising teachers, monitoring the teacher's Dec
work with the children at the school.
a. Description Object 3 (Fellowships): Transport and travel allowance for 4 psychologists and 4 students to
attend course for training about development of scientific tools in children, at three cities (Cali, Niteroi y US$33. US$3.68
Buenos Aires) from January to May / 2000. Expense separation: transport psychologists and students US$375 each; travel 740 0
allowance for psychologists and students US$450 each).
b. Description Object 8 (Contracts): To hire 4 psychologists and 4 students to attend the training of 300 teachers during 5
months. The cost is US$7080 each (psychologists ) and US$1440 each (students).
c. Description Object 9 (Others / subexpense Photocopy): Expense of photocopys during the course for training about
development of scientific tools in children, at Cali, Niteroi and Buenos Aires. From January to May / 2000. They cost
US$12 each teacher.
Financing Total amount requested per object of expenditure
Requested from CIDI (US$) for this 03 04 05 06 08 09 TOTAL
project output: Fellowships Travel Documents Equipment Contracts Other
US$ US$ US$ US$
5.600 28.400 3.600 37.600
Country Contribution(s) (US$): US$ US$ US$ US$ US$
1.000 3.400 5.000 12.000 21.400
Verifiable results – Description and quantity
300 teachers trained
9000 children benefit
3. Date of submission of final report for the cooperation activity: 31 /08 /2000
Purpose or annual objective
Teachers involved in a way of educational work which is innovative in terms of a re-elaboration and re-creation of the tools used in their work with
children. Those tools will lead to the strengthening of cognitive tools that are responsible of the development of a scientific rationality in children.
Activities and UNITARY Costs per object of expenditure for obtaining the output Starting date: Date of completion:
June 01 / 2000 june 30 / 2000
COMPONENT: Set of problem solving situations will allow us to get to know better the comprehension abilities
of the child Calendar of Expense -CIDI Resources
ACTIVITY 2: Identification and analysis of the situations from the work with teachers and children Jan-Apr May-Aug Sept-
Dec
US$
a. Description Object 8 (Contracts): To hire 4 psychologists and 4 students of psichology, to attend the 5.680
analysis during one month. The cost US$7080 each (psychologists ) and US$1440 each (students).
Financing Total amount requested per object of expenditure
03 04 05 06 08 09 TOTAL
Requested from CIDI (US$) for this Fellowships Travel Documents Equipment Contracts Other
project output:
US$ US$
5.680 5.680
Country Contribution(s) (US$): US$ US$ US$
3.400 1.700 5.100
Verifiable results – Description and quantity
3. Date of submission of final report for the cooperation activity: 31 /08 /2000
Purpose or annual objective
Teachers involved in a way of educational work which is innovative in terms of a re-elaboration and re-creation of the tools used in their work with
children. Those tools will lead to the strengthening of cognitive tools that are responsible of the development of a scientific rationality in children.
Activities and UNITARY Costs per object of expenditure for obtaining the output Starting date: July 01 / 2000 Date of completion:Octob. 31/
2000
COMPONENT: A team of professionals trained in the design of conceptual and methodological work tools, in Calendar of Expense -CIDI
Resources
order to favour in a short time the development of relevant and novel intervention programs addressed to young
children.
Jan- May-Aug Sept-Dec
ACTIVITY 3.1: Work on systematization and analysis of information gathered by the application of the intervention model Apr
ACTIVITY 3.2: Making virtual meetings and colloquia in order to analyze the production of the intervention model
a. Description Object 8 (Contracts): To hire 4 psychologists and 4 students to realize analysis work US$ US$23.
systematization the teacher´s proposals, bibliographic review, making partial and final reports, during 4 months. 23.254 254
The cost US$7080 each (psychologists ) and US$1440 each (students).
b. Description Object 9 (Others / subexpense Fees): Payment of fees corresponding to 60 hours (1 expert in
data bases and methodology), at Centro de Investigaciones en psicología, Cognición y Cultura.
Universidad del Valle. Colombia, from July to October / 2000. The cost per each hour is US$ 60.
c. Description Object 9 (Others / subexpense comunicactions): Expense of comunications (phone,
fax, mail), from July to October /2000. The total cost is US$2000
d. Description Object 4 (Travels): Air tickets and travel allowance to 5 specialists in psychology and education,
from July 01 to october 30/2000:
- 1 travel Cali-Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Aires-Cali, during 15 days (US$3088 travel allowance and US$3500 travel)
- 1 travel Cali-Buenos Aires during 15 days (US$3690 travel allowance and US$2500 travel)
-1 travel Cali-Rio de Janeiro during 15 days (US$2100 travel allowance and US$2000 travel)
-1 travel Rio de Janeiro-Cali during 15 days (US$1905 travel allowance and US$2000 travel)
-1 travel Buenos Aires-Cali during 15 days (US$1905 travel allowance and US$2500 travel)
3. Date of submission of final report for the cooperation activity: 30 /11 /2000
Purpose or annual objective
Teachers involved in a way of educational work which is innovative in terms of a re-elaboration and re-creation of the tools used in their work with
children. Those tools will lead to the strengthening of cognitive tools that are responsible of the development of a scientific rationality in children.
Activities and UNITARY Costs per object of expenditure for obtaining the output Starting date: November 01/ 2000 Date of completion: December
31/2000
COMPONENT: One (1) manuscript book in spanish and traslated to portugues
Calendar of Expense -CIDI Resources
a. Description Object 8 (Contracts): To hire 4 psychologists and 4 students to realize analysis work, US$
bibliographic review, making reports, trasncription, during 2 months. The cost US$7080 each 28.360
(psychologists) and US$1440 each (students).
b. Description Object 9 (Documents): A manuscript book in spanish and traslated to portugues about
development of scientific tools in children, and to divulge the results of the research realized. The cost is
US$18.000.
Financing Total amount requested per object of expenditure
03 04 05 06 08 09 TOTAL
Requested from CIDI (US$) for this Fellowships Travel Documents Equipment Contracts Other
project output:
US$ US$ US$
18.000 10.360 28.360
Country Contribution(s) (US$): US$2.00 US$2.00 US$2.00 US$6.00
0 0 0 0
Verifiable results – Description and quantity
One (1) manuscript book in spanish and traslated to portugues, from the three researchers which systematizes the experiment. contributions, and its
contents will be centred on the scientific tools which are part of the spontaneous development of the young child, that is, classification, planification,
inference, formulation of hypotheses and experimentation.
3. Date of submission of final report for the cooperation activity: 31 /12 /2000
V. FOR MULTILATERAL PROPOSALS: NATIONAL COUNTERPARTS AND EXPECTED BENEFITS FOR
EACH PARTICIPATING COUNTRY.
Country Total national Describe the benefits to the country as a result of its participation and quantify
counterpart funding in wherever possible.
US$
Colombia 30.000 - 180 teachers will be directly trained by the participation in the
program Estudios e intervenciones en el desarrollo de la
primera infancia.
- 5400 children will benefit through the training of their
teachers.
- It will participate in a project which unites research teams
from other countries which will contribute their experience
and knowledge. The teams will also promote knowledge
about the child through joint publications.
- 2 professional researchers will be trained who will
contribute in the development of programs of attention to
young children.
Argentina 5.650 - 60 teachers will be directly trained by the participation in the
program Estudios e intervenciones en el desarrollo de la
primera infancia.
- 1800 children will benefit through the training of their
teachers.
- It will participate in a project which unites research teams
from other countries which will contribute their experience
and knowledge. The teams will also promote knowledge
about the child through joint publications.
- 1 professional researcher will be trained who will
contribute in the development of programs of attention to
young children.
Brazil 5.650 - 60 teachers will be directly trained by the participation in the
program Estudios e intervenciones en el desarrollo de la
primera infancia.
- 1800 children will benefit through the training of their
teachers.
- It will participate in a project which unites research teams
from other countries which will contribute their experience
and knowledge. The teams will also promote knowledge
about the child through joint publications.
- 1 professional researcher will be trained who will
contribute in the development of programs of attention to
young children.
Total 41.300
I. SUMMARY OF BUDGETARY INPUTS (US$) REQUESTED FROM OAS/CIDI
One (1)
manuscript
book in US$ US$ US$ 24 %
spanish and 18.000 10.360 28.360
traslated to
portugues
Total US$5.6 US$20. US$ US$ US$ US$
00 188 18.000 65.160 9.200 118.148
% in relation to
total
4.74% 17% 15.23% 55.15 7.8% 10
% 0%
VII.PLANNED FINANCING FOR THE COOPERATION PROJECT/ACTIVITY
1. Details of financial contributions from other institutions or countries that are not members of the
Organization (in US $1,000) for the year of execution *
Total
* Please attach supporting documentation (letters from institutions, promissory notes, etc.)
2 Indicate the amount requested from each funding source (in US $1,000) for the year of execution:
1st Disbursement (40%) 2nd Disbursement (40%) 3rd Disbursement (20%) Total
4 Estimated funding requirements if the proposal is expected to have a duration of more than one year (in
US $1,000):