POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

POST 6 - POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

v  Write about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future.
Include:

ü  Reasons to do the course

ü  Subject(s) you would like to study

ü  Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)

ü  How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc)

ü  Any other relevant ideas

v  Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.

v  Word Count: 220 words

As I mentioned before on the previous blog, I'm currently working on my master thesis, the name of the postgraduate program is “Magister en Educación con mención en Inglés como Idioma Extranjero”. It's kind of a long name for a master's degree, isn’t it???

As soon as I finished university I started to recieve job offers from schools and after teaching at 2 of them for  almost a year I realized that it wasn't a rewarding  experience for me; it was very hard and difficult to deal with adolescents who didn’t want to learn and saw the teacher as their enemy; actually that was why I considered  the idea of working for a cruise company.

However, a colleague of mine and former university classmate recommended me for a job at a profesional  institute and since then I never stopped working in higher education; some of the places I worked at were IP La Araucana, CFT Manpower, IP Los Leones, CFT Santo Tomás, etc.

After some years and because I was making a career teaching in the area I realized that a master's  degree was necessary to ensure my continuity. 

My first option was a Master in Education at The University of Auckland in New Zealand but only if I won a CONYCIT scholarship. Unfortunately, I couldn't apply in the end and in order not to lose more time I decided to study it here in Chile at Universidad Central.
I don't regret that decision because it was a good opportunity to refresh some knowledge, learn some other and keep up with current teaching and learning methods and approaches. Besides, nowadays it's almost mandatory to have all competences certified. 

Regarding the future I’d like to study a "Diplomado en Estrategias Pedagógicas en Fonética Inglesa" at Universidad Santo Tomás but it's a classroom training program in IQUIQUE!!! Although I have family there who would gladly receive me, travelling back and forth an entire semester it's something to meditate on most definitely!!!

to study it or not to study it?