2019 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

106 2019 Yearbook Dr. Denise Vaillant (Spain) Academic Secretary of the Institute of Education. She delivered the lecture “Professional Framework and the Competence of the Trainer of Trainers” at the 8th Seminar of the International Observatory on the Teaching Profession, organized by the International Observatory on the Teaching Profession, the Teacher Training and Pedagogical Innovation Group, and the European and Latin American Network for Teacher Training and Innovation, which took place at the University of Barcelona from June 3 to 7. Dr. Lourdes Cardozo (United States) Graduate Instructor at the Institute of Education. She presented the papers “Understanding the impact of an intervention: A mixed methods analysis of English language learners’ written ELA performance” 35 , “Culturally sustaining SFL praxis as a reflexive resource for analyzing multilingual science meaning making” 36 , and “The affective nature of language in bilingual children’s mathematics learning” 37 at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, Atlanta, March 9–12. 35 Conducted in collaboration with Elaine Duong, Graduate Research Assistant, College of Education, University of Georgia; Dr. Paula Mellom, Associate Director, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, University of Georgia; and Dr. Rebecca Hixon, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, University of Georgia, United States. 36 Conducted in collaboration with Dr. Ruth Harman, Associate Professor, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia, United States; Lei Jiang, Ph.D. student in Education, University of Georgia; Khanh Bui, Graduate Student, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia; and Dr. Cory Buxton, Professor and Chair of Double Degree and MS programs, Oregon State University, United States. 37 Conducted in collaboration with Cristina Valencia Mazzanti, Communication Sciences and Disorders student, College of Education, University of Georgia, and Prof. Martha Allexsaht-Snider, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice, University of Georgia, United States. Dr. Eduardo Rodríguez Zidán (Guatemala) Deputy Academic Coordinator of Graduate Programs at the Institute of Education. He delivered the presentation “A View of the World: Successful Experiences in the Training of In-Service Teachers in Basic Education,” moderated the panel “Strategies for Addressing Diversity in Basic Education,” and was part of the international team that drafted the conclusions of the international education conference Teacher Training for Improving Learning in Basic Education, organized by FHI 360, Guatemala City, April 1–5. Dr. Eduardo Rodríguez Zidán Dr. Lourdes Cardozo ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES ABROAD 2019