Abstract

AVILA REYES, Natalia; GONZALEZ-ALVAREZ, Paula  and  PENALOZA CASTILLO, Christian. Creation of a Writing Program in a Chilean University: Strategies for Promoting Institutional Change. RMIE [online]. 2013, vol.18, n.57, pp.537-560. ISSN 1405-6666.

Due to renewed interest in developing writing in the university context, along with the appearance of "academic literacy" studies in Latin America, encourage-ment has been given in Chile to a changed paradigm for teaching writing skills. A normative, reproductive focus has been replaced by a situated, disciplinary focus. The present article explains the theoretical and methodological elements used in a Chilean university to articulate a program of academic literacy in university disciplines. A description is also provided of the strategies that facilitated a change in the conception of writing in the institution. For this end, models of action taken from the administration of writing programs are introduced.

Keywords : institutional change; higher education; writing; literacy; paradigms; Chile.