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Civics and Citizenship
The book is organized around four sections. The first section is an introduction to the problem of defining the scope and foundations of the development of moral personality and social engagement, in particular, the development of civic and ethical attitudes and prosocial behavior. The second section presents a comparative analysis of education policies in Mexico, Chile and Colombia, in particular the way the curricula of civic and citizenship education is designed and implemented. The section also describes and analyzes the way this subject is taught in the classrooms of the primary, secondary and high school levels in the three countries. The third section includes the results of research projects in Civics and Citizenship Education conducted with different theoretical and methodological models of analysis. This last section includes some of the best practices of Civic Education that have been developed in Mexico, Colombia, and Chile.
Validity of Educational Assessments in Chile and Latin America
This edited volume presents a systematic analysis of conceptual, methodological and applied aspects related to the validation of educational tests used in Latin American countries. Inspired by international standards on educational measurement and evaluation, this book illustrates efforts that have been made in several countries to validate different types of educational assessments, including student learning assessments, measurements of non-cognitive aspects in students, teacher evaluations, and tests for certification and selection. It gathers the experience of validity studies from the main international assessments in Latin America (PISA, TIMSS, ERCE, and ICCS). Additionally, it shows t...
Linear Optimization for Business
This book takes a unique approach to linear optimization by focusing on the underlying principles and business applications of a topic more often taught from a mathematical and computational perspective. By shifting the perspective away from heavy math, students learn how optimization can be used to drive decision making in real world business settings. The book does not shy away from the theory underlying linear optimization but rather focuses on ensuring students understand the logic without getting caught up in proving theorems. Plenty of examples, applications and case studies are included to help bridge the gap between the theory and the way it plays out in practice. The author has also...
Una historia natural del pensamiento humano
«Haciendo una revisión de su trabajo anterior, Tomasello argumenta que los simios están cognitivamente mucho más cerca de los humanos de lo que se creía hace solo una década. La gran virtud de Una historia natural del pensamiento humano es su análisis conceptual de los pasos acumulativos que se requirieron en términos de cognición para transformarnos de simios en humanos.» —Stephen Levinson, Science. En Una historia natural del pensamiento humano Michael Tomasello argumenta que la interacción social cooperativa es la clave de la singularidad cognitiva de los humanos. Una vez nuestros ancestros aprendieron a pensar juntos para lograr unas metas comunes, la raza humana se forjó u...
Discursos y ensayos sobre estudios universitarios
Esta obra reúne cinco conferencias que el cardenal John Henry Newman pronunció en las facultades de Filosofía y Letras y en la de Ciencias de la Universidad Católica de Irlanda. En ellas se abarcan algunos de los grandes temas que el cardenal veía como centrales dentro de la universidad: por un lado, las letras y la literatura, y por otro, los conflictos entre fe y razón, ciencia y revelación, en respuesta a los desafíos que el positivismo planteaba a la religión. Discursos y ensayos sobre estudios universitarios también incluye textos de expertos en disciplinas afines, que comentan la relevancia de estos escritos en el siglo XXI. El objetivo de esta iniciativa es traer al presente algunas de las ideas que Newman expone y reflexionar en torno a ellas
Catholic Education in Latin America
This book aims to be a reference for understanding an educational system throughout Latin America aligned with the Catholic Church. In both public and private sectors, whether it’s in the secular or the religious sector, considering Catholic Education brings up a question regarding the relevance of religion in the public sector, where education is presented as another alternative of education. This volume allows the reader to take a closer look into the recent challenges of Catholic Education in Latin America, such as quality and excellence, its anthropological dimension, as well as the ongoing dialogue between faith and culture. These essential elements are reflected upon, developing an educational process that responds to the current needs. Deep reflection is made in a contemporary and regional context throughout the eleven chapters of this book, all written by Latin American authors. Translation from the Spanish language edition: EDUCACIÓN CATÓLICA EN LATINOAMÉRICA. Un proyecto en marcha by Patricia Imbarack and Cristóbal Madero © Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, 2019. Original Publication ISBN 978-956-14-2459-3. All rights reserved
The AOxford Handbook of Borderlands of the Iberian World
This collaborative multi-authored volume integrates interdisciplinary approaches to ethnic, imperial, and national borderlands in the Iberian World (16th to early 19th centuries). It illustrates the historical processes that produced borderlands in the Americas and connected them to global circuits of exchange and migration in the early modern world. The book offers a balanced state-of-the-art educational tool representing innovative research for teaching and scholarship. Its geographical scope encompasses imperial borderlands in what today is northern Mexico and southern United States; the greater Caribbean basin, including cross-imperial borderlands among the island archipelagos and Centra...
The Oxford Handbook of Borderlands of the Iberian World
This collaborative multi-authored volume integrates interdisciplinary approaches to ethnic, imperial, and national borderlands in the Iberian World (16th to early 19th centuries). It illustrates the historical processes that produced borderlands in the Americas and connected them to global circuits of exchange and migration in the early modern world. The book offers a balanced state-of-the-art educational tool representing innovative research for teaching and scholarship. Its geographical scope encompasses imperial borderlands in what today is northern Mexico and southern United States; the greater Caribbean basin, including cross-imperial borderlands among the island archipelagos and Centra...
Advocacy NGOs and the Neoliberal Pacification of the Demands of the Street
This book critically explores the role of two advocacy NGOs actively involved in processes of education policymaking during the recent education reforms carried out in Chile, the country known as the first laboratory of neoliberalism around the world. Based on Foucault’s theoretical work on governmentality the book argues that neoliberalism as a form of governmentality has permeated in Chilean policymaking, generating new forms of domination through freedom by situating NGOs as active and responsible subjects of government. In this way, this volume contests the supposed benefits of NGOs as a force to enhance democracy and foment social participation, arguing instead, that NGOs image as representatives of civil society can be used to pacify social movements demands for radical change and build a political consensus that serves to legitimate government interests in policymaking.
