Systematization of pedagogical experiences in the EFL teaching training program

Abstract

Abstract: The project named, Systematization of pedagogical experiences in the EFL teaching training program, took place in two educational institutions in Quito, Ecuador. The general objective is to enhance practice through the fusion of theory and teaching proceedings. The project involved Basic and Bachillerato students, experienced teachers and a trainee teacher. The systematization involved the processing of qualitative information, gathered from the experience of the trainee as an observer and as a main teacher. The project used observations and observation sheets, pre-service lessons, lesson aspect sheets, memories, reports and lesson plans, photographs and learning evaluation rubrics. The experiences were later studied and compared with theory, researched by the trainee. The systematization process was developed through discussion, analysis, reflections, conclusions and recommendations. The project found that the systematization of teaching experiences is a fundamental process employed to combine field practice and theory collaboratively, resulting in periodical improved knowledge and proceedings which can also lead to permanent analysis and subsequent refinement in EFL teaching.