Dr. Jaime A. Usma Wilches
Dr. Jaime A. Usma Wilches is a teacher educator and researcher at the School of Languages, and a member of the Evaluation and Action Research Group in Foreign Languages (GIAE) in that institution. He is Assistant Professor at the University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. He did his Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, World Language Education area, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His Bachelor was in Foreign Languages at the University of Antioquia. He specialized in the field of Language Education Policy studies.
Jaime Usma combines his research, publications, and teaching on foreign language and education policymaking with an active participation in policy and professional development initiatives at the school and university level.
In his recent publications, he examines language and education policies being adopted in Colombia and their social, economic, and political implications for different educational actors and communities. He also emphasizes on the active role that educational actors and teachers can play as policymakers in different scenarios and contexts. He has also participated in different projects for the formulation of language education policies in higher education and has been very active in the consolidation of language policy studies in different cities in Colombia.
Jaime Usma combines his research, publications, and teaching on foreign language and education policymaking with an active participation in policy and professional development initiatives at the school and university level.
In his recent publications, he examines language and education policies being adopted in Colombia and their social, economic, and political implications for different educational actors and communities. He also emphasizes on the active role that educational actors and teachers can play as policymakers in different scenarios and contexts. He has also participated in different projects for the formulation of language education policies in higher education and has been very active in the consolidation of language policy studies in different cities in Colombia.