From a Bureaucratic to a Critical-Sociocultural Model of Policymaking in Colombia

In the context of the National Bilingual Program 2004-2019, currently called "Program for Strengthening the Development of Competencies in a Foreign Language," the Colombian government has implemented a series of actions to raise the level of English proficiency of teachers and students an...

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Main Authors: Doris Correa (Author), Jaime Usma Wilches (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Asociación Colombiana de Profesores de Ingles, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:In the context of the National Bilingual Program 2004-2019, currently called "Program for Strengthening the Development of Competencies in a Foreign Language," the Colombian government has implemented a series of actions to raise the level of English proficiency of teachers and students and insert the country into globalization processes. The purpose of this article, which is the result of a project conducted by the authors in Antioquia (Colombia) about the stakeholders' views of the program, is to show how these actions fit a bureaucratic policymaking model which has been highly questioned by policy experts and to propose a new model which can be used to make deep changes in the program with the participation of all stakeholders.
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