Introduction Taking into account that the importance of education, besides the appropriate use of communication tools foresees a correct emission and reception of content through pedagogical techniques to intervene in the process of political, economic and cultural development of society, the UTP has established the Ph.D. program in Education. Professionals interested in exploring this field, will be able to contribute to the creation of educational thinking trends and also to strengthen academic communities through a dynamic ongoing dialogue and exchange through networks and projects. Mission The PhD in Educational Sciences seeks to train researchers who have intellectual and critical skills to select, diagnose, and theorize the factors involved in shaping educational culture. The orientation towards the production of knowledge involves a commitment to training in scientific rationality in ethical responsibility to provide direction, coherence and identity to Latin American education. General Objectives Direct research towards the Latin American educational problems. To manage joint research projects between universities in Colombia, Latin America and Europe and of other continents.  Develop student and faculty exchange between universities and educational institutions in Latin America. Promote interagency publications about Latin American educational context. Provide teachers and doctoral students access to libraries, documentation centers, networks and information systems on the Internet. Encourage academic training of university teachers in the doctoral level. Promote the organization of doctoral academic events: congresses, symposia, seminars, meetings in the field of American education. Objectives of the Educational Thought and Communication Area Support and promote the formation of autonomous and competent researchers in the scientific study of the problems of educational thought and communication that allow for the formulation and implementation of policies and projects to accompany processes and innovations in the four lines of the area. Promote research practices, knowledge and attitudes for the formation of a critical mass of researchers and university professors that can provide relevant elements for the study and understanding of priority educational problems in the area of educational thought and communication, as conceived in this doctoral program. Contribute to the creation of schools of thought about educational thinking and communication, and also to strengthen academic communities through a dynamic ongoing dialogue and exchange through networks and projects. Lines of Research The University in Latin America and the development of critical thinking and defense of Human Rights in Latin America. Balance and Perspectives. Latin American educational thought. Research Interests: Inside the coffee world Educational Communication Education and Human Development Studies of speech and communication Urban Intercultural studies for the social and community development Regional studies on literature and culture Philosophy and Memory Study group in reading and writing Research in Education and Pedagogy Research on assessment Game and Human Development Language, Literature and Politics: Cross-sectional studies Colombian and Latin American Literature Political, social development, educational and historical representations Upcoming: Physical Activity and Recreation during Childhood Critical analysis of journalistic discourse Civic Skills Culture and Communication The analysis and creation of poetry in Luna de Locos Strategies for managing conflict in the classroom Family, Education and Health Ethnic groups, territory and environment Symbolic hermeneutics Human Intelligence Research education in history, political culture and education Reading and Writing in the University Reading and Writing in School Indian Latin American Literature in the BA in Spanish and Literature Contemporary philosophical and political thought in Latin America Research Practices in Education Recreation and Human Development Magazine specialized in literary story "Caballo Perdido Revista de Ficción Breve" “Polifonía” Literary Magazine Sociocriticism

General Information Awarded Title: Master in International Migration Duration: 2 years (4 semesters) maestriamigraciones@almamater.edu.co Migration is a topic of interest to almost all countries and communities. The number of international migrants is estimated at 214 million, of which 4 million are Colombians. This is a new and increasing fact in many of its expressions and social, economic, political and cultural conditions. Its complexity demands that professionals from many disciplines specialize in it, in order to understand and interpret it, and to suggest actions and policies to manage it, leading to enhance its benefits and reduce its negative consequences. This has led to the Red Alma Mater, and the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira and the Universidad de Caldas, as part of it, to design this curriculum. Profile After basic common training during the first two semesters, the program gives the student the opportunity, through electives, to emphasize in a certain aspect of international migration which will allow to: Manage theories and concepts in a consistent and updated manner. Participate in work and interdisciplinary research processes. Study the issue as a social multilevel reality (local, regional, national, international). Identify trends in International Migration and suggest response scenarios. Formulate policies and develop plans, programs and projects of intervention in contexts affected by international migration. Suggest research methodologies with innovative approaches that enrich and strengthen the knowledge.

Introduction The MA in History, with emphasis on research, is intended to cover a fundamental need for academic and cultural development of the region. It provides a theoretical and research learning that contributes to the knowledge of the different historical and social processes of the region and the country as part of nation building, from a political, economical, social, cultural, educational and environmental perspective. The Master also delves into the various aspects of the complex process of the historian: the production of historical knowledge, historiographical reflection, the use and ownership of the archives, the various modes of scientific production, multicultural and interdisciplinary studies; as well as in the teaching, the research dissemination and the promotion of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible. The program is divided into four semesters and it deals with the creation of a theoretical and historical contextualization that allows research processes within a relational and critic perspective, and whose support is in three lines and three research groups with academic and research tradition both regionally and nationally. These are: Environmental History (Management in Culture and Environmental Education Group), Social and Political History (Policies, sociability and Historical Representations Education Group) and History of Education (Pedagogical and Educational research Group) This Master has established an academic agreement with the French Institute of Andean Studies (IFEA), so the courses will have international experts in the various issues addressed in the curriculum. Profile Graduates of the Master in History may develop the following career fields: Researcher of local and regional problems and issues of human sciences that can have a methodological and theoretical support in history. Qualified Teachers (in higher education) in disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields of history. Project Manager and developer of cultural programs in both the private and official sector, aimed at rescuing the tangible and intangible heritage of the nation. Objectives To train researchers in the field of history, from the experience of the groups and the research interests of the Master. To promote local and regional historical research in the framework of political, economic and social processes of the nation. To encourage historical research in the field of education and pedagogy. Strengthen knowledge and historical research on cultural and ethnic diversity at the regional level.

The economic, social and political conditions in the Colombian Coffee Region create a perfect space of reflection from different fields of social sciences. One of the manifestations that identify the region is their linguistic expressions which, with the above conditions, form a way of being in the context and communicate within it, structuring a symbolic world with its own specific language. The MS program in Linguistics with an emphasis in Language and Society, intends to impact the social, linguistic and educational aspects by training linguists at an advanced level to describe, analyze and explain that linguistic, cultural and education characterization in the region; and undertake further research projects aimed at a better understanding of the regional idiosyncrasies expressed in their everyday behavior. This knowledge is expected to be derived from research projects related to the man and his region and to improve the quality of life and education at all levels. The most important claim of the academic program is to train researchers in the Science of Language, in a field as specific as social interaction influenced by the use of language and contextual factors. General Information Mode: In site General Objectives Meet the academic demand of the graduates of the School of Spanish and Communication Studies of the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, and other academic programs and institutions to qualify in the Language Sciences. To provide a space where academic excellence is shared, fortified and more knowledge and methodologies are gained regarding the linguistic research, in order to apply it in different cultural environments. Provide students with the theoretical means to understand, research and explain the various issues involved in the study of language in both its formal phase as its contextual use.  Specific Objectives  Provide the necessary theoretical and methodological elements for: Consolidate the institutional effort of the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira to develop linguistic studies in the region. Train teachers and researchers in Language Sciences at the level of Masters. Understand, analyze and explain the sociolinguistic and pragmatic reality in the Colombian Coffee Region and study their variations at different levels of language. Study language in different contexts of use and structural complexity. Perform, coordinate and conduct research processes in the current use of the language and sociolinguistic, ethno-linguistic and pragmatic implications. Create and strengthen an academic area where they provide the needed language training in order for the graduates to be able to teach linguistics at any level of education. Train teacher with the ability to give advice to groups and educational institutions in the research of sociolinguistic and discursive problems in their relation with teaching and learning the mother tongue. Train linguists that are able to integrate in interdisciplinary research groups.  

The Master in Education has as its main purpose the training of researchers in the field of disciplinary and interdisciplinary education. Focused on the development of educational research competence, it provides training with an emphasis on teaching, in order to allow active teachers qualify their practices and professional performance. The Master has qualified registration, according to Resolution No. 4634 of August 13, 2007 of the Secretary of Education. General Objective: To train Masters in Education with research, communication, argumentation and explanation skills, which base their professional practice in the research on their being, their knowledge and their work, allowing them to intervene and transform their pedagogical-didactic praxis through an educational project that impacts the institutional, local, regional and national levels. Specific Objectives Reflect critically on the sociopolitical situation of education in global and local contexts as a framework for thinking about viable alternatives for education and teaching in these contexts. Study the pedagogical practice of the participants to identify relevant problems, design and execute disciplinary and interdisciplinary research projects that contribute to the strengthening of educational research at the local and general levels. Analyze the different pedagogical, curriculum and teaching approaches in the light of new trends in knowledge management, to contribute to strengthening the culture of educational research and teaching. Develop, implement and evaluate research proposals for teaching and learning in areas such as natural sciences, social sciences, language, and computers. Promote a consistent link of the specific disciplinary knowledge of teaching, learning pedagogy, didactics, pedagogical practice and research. To train researchers for the establishment and consolidation of research groups within the academic community to contribute to the transformation of educational settings. Graduate Profile Graduates of the Master in Education can work efficiently on the following social responsibilities: As a researcher in the learning areas he/she teaches. As a qualified teacher in disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas. In the construction and development of proposals and curriculum innovations in the teaching of different disciplines. In construction and administration of educational programs and educational training for teachers.

The Master in Educational Communication is the answer of the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira to the need to train professionals in the research and design of communication strategies. The Educational Communication Program is meant for professionals from different areas of knowledge interested in developing cultural education and communication projects, applying new theories and information and communication technologies. Objectives Study and examine various theoretical and methodological issues in the fields of communication and education. Promote the study and analysis of different research experiences and practices of communication in Latin America. Promote specific uses of media in educational projects both in the field of formal education, as in continuing education, coordinating the activities of analysis and research with that of production. Integrate the computer to the teaching and learning processes as a working tool; as a means of creating intellectual processes. Graduate Profile Research on specific issues affecting the region or the country in the fields of communication, education and culture. Actively participate in interdisciplinary teams in the design and production of educational and cultural programs on radio, TV, print and other Use the computer in his professional activity to understand educational, informational and cultural needs. Take educational and cultural action in fields as health, recreation, civic education campaigns, and other industries, with the use of media is required. Title MA in Educational Communication  

The Bachelor in Information and Communications Technology is an educator focused on ICT that appropriates the pedagogical knowledge and uses it for the management, design and evaluation of Media Learning Projects which support cultural transformation processes. Therefore, he/she may exercise the following functions: In the context of the program, training is provided by content structured training centers, these are: educational, psychological, investigative, artistic and linguistic, in which pedagogy becomes the foundational knowledge that articulates the other nuclei through research and educational projects. From this perspective, the Faculty of Education as a professional in Childhood Education, trained to serve as teachers in universities as academic coordinator, serve in areas of communication in business, writer, researcher and journalist in specialized media. Introduction Pereira Technological University offers an innovative project that helps improve the educational process, from proper use of technology tools that make communication, elemental bridge between contemporary cultural dynamics and applied sciences to information for learning. The professional degree in Communication and Computer Education, appropriate pedagogical knowledge and applies it in the design and evaluation of mediated educational projects to support cultural transformation processes. Research and involvement in guiding towards social change and the creation of learning environments, is part of the scope of these professionals, therefore it requires constant updating of knowledge and performance in cultural settings that are conducive idealization of new educational proposals Professional Profile The Bachelor of Communication and Computer Education is an educator focused on the objects of study of educational communication and NTCIE that appropriate pedagogical knowledge and communication and applies them to the management, design and evaluation of educational projects to support mediated cultural transformation processes, therefore, may exercise the following functions: In the context of the program, training is provided by content structured training centers, these are: educational, psychological, investigative, artistic and linguistic, in which pedagogy becomes the foundational knowledge that articulates the other nuclei through research and educational projects. From this perspective, the Faculty of Education as a professional in Childhood Education, trained to serve as teachers in universities as academic coordinator, serve in areas of communication in business, writer, researcher and journalist in specialized media.  

Introduction: The practice of teaching is essential for obtaining development in societies. The role of the educator should be comprehensive. The professional degree in Childhood Education, in addition to the knowledge of human character and teaching and learning techniques must be skilled in handling children and understanding the peculiarities of the education of this target group. Mission: The program of Childhood Education trains graduates in education for the early childhood education, preschool and elementary through comprehensive training of Psychology, Teaching, Language, Research, Arts, Practice and Education. The BA in Childhood Education responds to local and regional educational needs through a relevant work from the university and facing the reality of the communities. General Objectives The BA in Childhood Education is an interdisciplinary academic program, aimed at high school graduates. Its primary purpose is the theoretical, methodological and research training in education so that the teacher works in preschool or elementary. The General Objectives of the degree are: Train Childhood Education graduates from a comprehensive perspective for the practice of teaching, research and social outreach. Encourage interdisciplinary thinking of educational practice through educational research and development of educational projects. Contribute to the educational, social and cultural development of the region and the country through the training of teachers of high academic quality. Integrate the program to national and international academic communities related to childhood education. Specific Objectives Comprehensively guide the processes of cognitive, socio-emotional, motor, aesthetic and ethical development of the children.  Conduct interdisciplinary work and integrate the processes of teaching, research and outreach in their professional performance. Plan, develop and evaluate educational research projects that make possible the solution of real problems of early childhood education in theoretical and practical contexts. Create academic spaces for the construction, application and systematization of educational innovations in the field of early childhood education. Perform the activities relevant to their teaching with a sense of ethics and  responsibility Manage, guide and advise institutions and programs working in the area of ??child education. Gesell Dome Laboratory The Gesell dome or Unidirectional Vision room is a room with video and audio equipment and a one-way mirror attached to a lounge where it is possible locate a group of observers, analysts, experts and trainees among others. It is essentially a conditioned space to observe behavior without affecting the privacy of the interviewee or observed, within a framework of absolute respect for ethical. It can be used for: Conduct research and observation of certain phenomena of reality in children and adults. The recording and analysis of various human behaviors. The implementation of practical and therapeutic activities. Model or demonstrate the use of different strategies. Replication of experiments. An understanding of psychological concepts and teaching methods. The development of observation and recording skills. Make pedagogical training and educational interventions. Features: The Gesell dome of the Childhood Education Degree of the Faculty of Education in the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira is located on the first floor of Block C in Room C 108. It has a total area of 4.80 meters by 7.35 divided as follows: the patient’s room has 4.80 meters by 3.00 meters and the observation room has 4.24 per 3.75 meters. It is equipped with sound amplification and it has a capacity for 20 people. For its use, please contact the teacher Luz Stella Montoya using a format which can be supplied by the secretary Angelica Gomez. The programming will be made weekly. Professional Profile Occupational Profile The Bachelor of Childhood Education can work in: Teaching to facilitate and promote integrated development processes in children. The implementation of educational and social research in the child sector. The development of educational projects for the involvement of different cultural contexts of children, at local, regional and national levels. The administration, guidance and counseling of programs, in public and private institutions, that meet the needs of the population. Participate in interdisciplinary teams that study and work to intervene the sociocultural reality of the child population. Management of projects and programs in early childhood education, creating interagency agreements nationally and internationally.

Social Object Promote local and regional development from a context education, in which both individuals and the diverse population groups with whom they interact, have the skills for social learning community. It is therefore necessary to highlight and strengthen the relationship between education - population groups - community settings and dimension the everyday life as historical the creator of social conditions when that can explain the endogenous and exogenous transformation of subjects and specific social groups. Mission: It is a program oriented to the education of graduates with tools for social management, and research capabilities in the field of ethnic education from the diversity and multiculturalism understanding and recognizing the coexistence of different "worlds, economies, and possible developments", emphasizing in social learning. Because of its relevance and projection is introduced as a program capable of meeting environmental requirements, and establishing a permanent dialogue with other academic and scientific disciplines, as well as the social, political, cultural and economic actors. Vision: In line with the Institutional Project of positioning the UTP as a "Leader University by 2019," the Ethnic Education degree in Community Development program seeks to establish itself as a high quality program, with projection and social impact, recognized and accredited within the local, regional, national and international levels for its competitiveness and excellence in teaching, research, social development, local development and extension activities in the areas of diversity, multiculturalism, group work, potential savings, inclusive education, post-development, ethnicity, bonding and social learning. General Objective: The degree in Ethnic Education and Community Development plans to provide a human experience of learning, teaching, research and application of Social Sciences that allows students to address the family-school-community relation as a game of institutional and everyday processes, which create the social people of contemporary urban life, as well as recognizing and valuing the diversity of urban population. Specific Objectives  Train an educator that focuses its practice on population, community, cultural, ethnic and human processes that shape and influence the family-school-community relation in the urban context. (PLACE) Train an educator for research and socio-educational intervention in different population, ethnic, cultural and community groups. (PEOPLE) Train a highly qualified teacher in the group work, which can address individuals / groups, from a historical-cultural, social and communicative point of view, in relation to the knowledge of sociology, anthropology, history, political science, psychology, philosophy and pedagogy. (Methods) Train an educator with the ability to explore, understand, propose, and guide the relation of social bond - social learning - community knowledge - academic knowledge (AIM). Social objective  Promote local and regional development from a context education, in which both individuals and diverse population groups are qualified for social learning community. It is therefore necessary to highlight and strengthen the relationship between education - population groups - community settings and dimension everyday life as generator of endogenous and exogenous transformation of people and specific social groups. Principles The ethnic education and community development should promote training and self learning of the human being as a historical member of its territory. The ethnic education and community development should encourage group work as a basic fact in the empowerment of individuals, communities and population groups. The ethnic education and community development values school as an institutional, social and cultural setting that addresses in all its complexity, the homogeneous discourse and the mass practices. The ethnic education and community development acknowledges that all cultures are different from each other and are equally valid within its own context. In other words, there are no superior or inferior cultures. The ethnic education and community development should strengthen the local identity of the subject based on the recognition of cultural pluralism, social ties, diversity, autonomy, resource generation and social responsibility. The ethnic education and community development is based on the fact that the knowledge, technology, methods, forms of learning and experiences of different cultures are essential resources to develop, and not an obstacle to overcome. The ethnic education and community development should encourage fair articulation of oppressed communities to the national society, without this diluting their cultural identity. The ethnic education and community development must generate in the person confidence in the process of developing its own culture, territory and community. The ethnic education and community development should strengthen the cohesion of communities and population groups and thus avoid their disintegration and dispersal. Professional Profile Ethnic Education and Community Development The bachelor in Ethnoeducation and Community Development (BECD) during his/her professional career will be involved in the development of a role that will give him/her a power that is shared with others. He/she is no longer the educator that repeats protocols and guides, nor the educator that is the result of the powers that subdue him (Elite, Church, Government). His/hers professional career is closer to the guidelines of an education that values the cultural experience of the subjects, the product emerging of the communities and groups and resources of the land. The BEDC promotes an education produced by, with and for all involved. This means that the different types of rationalities and its products are summoned and they will undergo a dissection that will counteract the dominant influences of the western rationality. The perspective enounced implies the self education of the BEDC, which means the creation or opening of spaces for reflection and professional practice that didn’t exist in the education scenario. Because these spaces were not created in the past due to multiple historical determinations they can only be conquered when their pertinence is shown and the necessity is proven as goals for the indispensable formation for the social and community subject. By the end of the program, the graduate will: Promote changes in decisions and resource generation of community groups through a planned and participatory work; Promote interdisciplinary and participatory research; Develop a scientific view of culture as a dynamic process (local and global) of human production; Rescue, reaffirm and develop the cultural values ??and forms of organization, while trying to establish autonomous practices in community populations; Seek to strengthen national identity by recognizing cultural pluralism; Possess and applies the basic elements of intercultural education; Tend for democratic leaders, possible economies, participatory planning models, models of post-development, bonding and social learning; Has a global view of the processes of formation and transformation of the Colombian nation and of the development policies in Colombia; Strengthen and expand the forms of social organization. Occupational Profile Graduates in Ethnic Education and Community Development will be able to: Support and promote community population groups in counseling, organization, management and promotion of urban and rural communities. Participate in proposals that promote the importance of methodologies and practices detached from the classroom. Teaching in formal education in social sciences. Work in public and private entities as educator of cultural groups, social researcher, promoter of local development processes, coordinator, operator, and evaluator of social and community projects. Creator and / or participant of community and social organizations of various kinds and nature (base groups, NGOs, social movements).

Introduction: The community demands autonomous and critical thinkers towards the social phenomena that encourage citizens to understand and interpret the world in various ways. Similarly, the need to have trained professionals to teach oral and written language and literary techniques with all the formalities is required. The Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira offers the degree in Spanish and Literature, with the intention of responding to these paradigms, training professional with high human quality and ethics. GENERAL OBJECTIVE The Degree program in Spanish and Literature is focused in training teachers with emphasis on the Language and Literature Science. The teachers will initially acquire a solid theoretical structure their knowledge, which is a condition that enables them to appropriate teaching skills in order to transmit knowledge and stimulate inquiry and production processes in the areas of the program. As a program of the Faculty of Education of the UTP, it pursues to train teachers who know their subject (language and literature) thoroughly. The degree program in Spanish and Literature responds to the policies of the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira when it states the need to "train educators in different spheres of human activity as required by the country and especially our area of influence." The program is structured on the basis of the training of educators and researchers in the fields of Spanish and Literature. This is achieved by the contents of the areas of Spanish, Literature, Foreign Language, Education, Ethics and Citizenship Education. Specific Objectives Prepare teachers of language and literature for high school education. To train academically qualified graduates to access to higher levels of education. Educate researchers in the study of literature and language. Promote basic preparation for text criticism. Encourage the usage of language as an art and supplement the literary creation with the technical and formal aspects. Provide the student population in the region to be educated not only in the specific knowledge from the theoretical point of view, but to encourage individual creative processes and provide the space for research of the interesting cultural processes that the Colombian Coffee region is having nowadays. From the theoretical and practical training offered by the program there is a need for a cultural characterization of literature and of the linguistic context in the Colombian Coffee region. Develop outreach programs for the local community through workshops and seminars in both disciplines, in addition to serving the foreign community through Spanish as a second language courses. Professional Profile The graduate will be able to: Plan, implement and evaluate research projects formulated within the areas of training. Encourage in the student community the artistic and literary creation through their own teaching and writing. Conduct interdisciplinary work with teachers and members of the academic community. Assess research and creative work and that of others, including their own students. Occupational Profile The graduate may work as: The BA in Spanish and Literature serves primarily as a high school teacher of Spanish and Literature. Conducts research in language and literature. Becomes a cultural manager within his/her fields of training. Has a basic preparation for text criticism.  

The Faculty Education, besides being the basis for the development of any society, is also one of the cardinal points that allows the cognitive transition every human being. The Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira in his need to propose ideas that improve the social processes offers among its programs, degrees in the human field as, the School of Social Sciences, the Spanish School, Audiovisual Communication Studies and the Department of Psychology. The Faculty of Education seeks to train managers who will be oriented to humanism, with knowledge and skills in various fields and for different groups of people. Its involvement in the social tissue is of vital importance, since they are the ones with a new vision for teaching the young and the children. Mission The Faculty of Education has the mission of training Education professionals and other educators in all levels of the education system, including the non-formal and informal education. It develops research process as a condition for scientific, technological and humanistic advance in the field of education and teaching, participating in educational networks at a local, regional, national and international level. Develop learning processes inherent to teaching and assuming a commitment to the institutions of the region, including the family, the society and the media. Develop screening processes to the community through formal, non formal and informal education. Objectives Develop, implement and manage in a rational and efficient way the various programs and processes of teaching, research and extension related to the field of Education. Develop teacher training processes according to the current educational requirements with pedagogy as a cornerstone of education and the future perspective. Develop research as a fundamental condition in order for the Department to consolidate as an excellence academic entity in training teachers. Promote and support programs and / or agreements for the training of researchers through master's programs, doctoral, postdoctoral, internships in national and foreign institutions. Encourage research capacity to identify and raise issues and propose solutions based on development and educational needs or requirements of the region. Develop outreach programs for the needs and demands of the region. Develop wellness programs articulated with the Welfare System of the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira.