International research correspondent, Melina Porto.

EDUCATION; ENGLISH as a foreign language; TRAINING of language teachers; IN-service training of teachers; EDUCATION & society; SOCIAL participation; EDUCATIONAL change

BUENOS Aires (Argentina : Province); ARGENTINA

The article presents a report on a teacher-education program in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by teacher-researcher Silvana Barboni of the National University of La Plata. The author explains that free teacher education is provided to language educators in the province of Buenos Aires through The In Service Teacher Education (INSET) program's Dirección de Capacitación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. She explains that INSET's courses focus on underlying assumptions of English foreign language teaching, use of texts for literacy and language development, and development of critical literacy. She notes that the program is part of an overall move toward delivery of education relevant to the 21st century and supporting citizenship and social participation.