Mabel Condemarín (November 3, 1931 – March 30, 2004) was a
Chile
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an educator.
Biography
Mabel Condemarín carried out her primary studies at the St. Mary of
Iquique school, later studying at the
José Abelardo Núñez Normal School
A normal school or normal college is an institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum. In the 19th century in the United States, instruction in normal schools was at the high school level, turni ...
and subsequently
La Serena Superior Normal School.
Specialising in teaching reading, she authored numerous publications in this area, several of them in partnership with her husband, the teacher
Felipe Alliende
Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal.
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. She eventually became an academic of the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In January 1990 she became part of the Ministry of Education, and was placed in charge of the program of language for 900 schools with low academic performance (P-900.)
In recognition of her efforts in propagating new teaching methods for reading throughout Latin America, a number of schools named themselves after her, one in
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and another in
Colombia. The Technical Lyceum of
Chillán also takes its name from her at present. In 2003 the
National Prize for Education Sciences was conferred upon her.
She died in Santiago on 30 March 2004, after a short and unexpected illness.
Publications
School Texts
* ''Ene-tene tu: apresto para la lectura'', Felipe Alliiytyende, Mabel Condemarín (Zig Zag, 1982, 11ª edición)
* ''Dame la mano: lectura y lenguaje 1° básico'' Felipe Alliende, Mabel Condemarín, Mariana Chadwick (Zig Zag, 1983)
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* ''Comprensión de la lectura 2: fichas de lectura para ninõs de 10 a 12 años'', Felipe Alliende, Mabel Condemarín, Mariana Chadwick y Neva Milicic (Galdoc, 1982, 1ª edición; Andrés Bello 2001, 16ª edición)
* ''Comprensión de la lectura 3: fichas para el desarrollo de la comprensión de la lectura, destinadas a adolescentes'', Felipe Alliende, Mabel Condemarín, Mariana Chadwick y Neva Milicic (Andrés Bello, 1996, 9ª edición)
Academic Texts
* ''La dislexia. Manual de lectura correctiva'', Mabel Condemarín y Marlys Blomquist (Editorial Universitaria, 1970)
* ''La lectura: teoría, evaluación y desarrollo'', Felipe Alliende y Mabel Condemarín (Andrés Bello, 1986)
*''La escritura creativa y formal,'' Mabel Condemarín y Mariana Chadwick (Andrés Bello 1988)
* ''De la asignatura de Castellano al área del lenguaje'', Felipe Alliende y Mabel Condemarín (Dolmen Ediciones, 1997)
* ''Comprensión de la lectura'', Felipe Alliende,
Mariana Chadwick
Mariana may refer to:
Literature
* ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens
* ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
* ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz
Music
*"Mariana", a so ...
y Mabel Condemarín (Andrés Bello, 1998)
* ''Las Fuerzas Armadas y Carabineros de Chile: Su Regulación Constitucional y Orgánica Constitucional'' Mario Duvauchelle Rodríguez, Felipe Alliende,
Mariana Chadwick
Mariana may refer to:
Literature
* ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens
* ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
* ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz
Music
*"Mariana", a so ...
, Mabel Condemarín (Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 2001)
* '' Madurez Escolar'', Mabel Condemarin,
Mariana Chadwick
Mariana may refer to:
Literature
* ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens
* ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
* ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz
Music
*"Mariana", a so ...
, Neva Milicic (Editorial Andres Bello, 1995, 7a. edicion)
Books for Children
* ''La gallinita roja y el grano de trigo,'' (4 cuentos) recopilación y adaptación de Cecilia Beauchat y Mabel Condemarín (Andrés Bello, 1985)
* ''El lobo y el zorro y otros cuentos,'' Cecilia Beauchat y Mabel Condemarín (1990)
*''Juguemos a leer, '' Mabel Condemarín (Salo, 1990)
* ''Caracol, caracol, saca tu librito al sol,'' Cecilia Beauchat y Mabel Condemarín (Editorial Universitaria, 1991, antología)
* ''Trompitas el elefante,'' Cecilia Beauchat y Mabel Condemarín (Dolmen, 1993)
References
External links
Colegio que lleva el nombre de Mabel CondemarinSchool in Lima which takes its name and teachings in tribute to Mabel Condemarín.
El legado de Mabel CondemarínArticle of tribute to the outstanding Expert Mabel Condemarín, National Education 2003 Science Reward. Emphasis was placed on her research on the reading problems and her works on dyslexia.
1931 births
2004 deaths
Chilean educators
Chilean women educators
20th-century Chilean women writers
Chilean women children's writers
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