La violencia en la escuela estadounidense: déficit afectivo y ético

December 7, 2022
AccesoArmas, Desigualdad, Diversidad, Educación, Education, Intercultural, Política educativa, Violencia

Para los jueces norteamericanos, los factores desencadenantes de delincuencia están por este orden: familias rotas, drogas, paro, chabolas y educación deficiente. En cambio, para la opinión pública estadounidense, la influencia de drogas, la falta de formación moral y la disponibilidad de armas son los elementos más resaltados de la delincuencia juvenil. La violencia en la […]

May 20, 2022
Accountability, Education, Higher Education, HigherEd Management, HigherEd Theory & Praxis, University, University Policy

A university culture centered on the student, not on the faculty or administration. The authority of governing is gained through the existence of levels of participation and cooperation in decision-making. The picture above shows the signature ceremony of the Magna Charta Universitatum signed in Piazza Maggiore at Bologna on September 18, 1988, by 388 Rectors of worldwide main […]

January 24, 2022
Education, Educational Philosophy, Emotional Intelligence, Intercultural, Learning, Psychology, Social Skills

Let me share with you on the International Day of Education some thoughtful ideas about the psychological, social, and cultural nature of education in a few paragraphs, extending them to education professionals, teachers, mentors and professors. How we should instill in their teaching profession the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are related to the affective […]

December 20, 2021
Accountability, EdTech, Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, HigherEd Management

Among all the social forces that are intervening in the development of the education systems is the productive sector of the economy, which has a direct impact on the labor market. However, this sector has failed to forecast the type of jobs and professions that it will need in the medium and long-term (and many […]

November 9, 2021
Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, HigherEd Theory & Praxis, University Policy

The backdrop to many university crises has been precisely these dichotomies: the crisis of the relationship between the individual who teaches and the individual who learns, between the member of the ‘academic ethos’ and the member of the ‘social ethos’ and also between the individual who teaches and the one who administers. The academic ethos […]

September 23, 2021
Cambio social, Educación, Education, Ensayo, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Psychology, Universidad

Un día los dogmas que siguen encadenando al ser humano se disolverán frente a una conciencia tan inundada de luz que será capaz de hacerse una con el sol, y esta conciencia arribará a esas playas ideales donde residen la dignidad y libertad humanas. Elisseus Elitis. Discurso de aceptación del Premio Nobel de Literatura 1979 […]

July 19, 2021
Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Social Philosophy, University

«In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.» Recently, in the context of an education conference, I referenced a passage from the beautiful and profound story of Alice in Wonderland. One of the characters of […]

May 11, 2021
Aesthetics, Art, Education, Educational Philosophy, Essay, Ethics, Humanities, Psychology, Social Philosophy

We do not want for art to remain a forbidden garden for a fortunate few, because we know that the absence of art in our lives dims our creative and cognitive abilities, and silences the voice of our souls. Both, sciences and arts, are creative dimensions for human development, change and innovation. As professionals of […]

March 27, 2021
Anthropology, Education, Intercultural, Neuroscience, Psychology, Research Methodology

The main purpose of cross-cultural research in psychology and education is the elaboration of general and specific objectives to the cultures involved without distorting an articulate common goal. Generalizations, very common in social disciplines, must be supported empirically to satisfy the external validity of the conclusion. The advantage of the cross-cultural approach as compared with the single […]

November 28, 2020
Accountability, Auto-evaluación, Cambio social, Educación Superior, Education, Evaluación, Higher Education, Universidad

“Lo único constante es el cambio”, Heráclito de Efeso Los cambios son difíciles de producir si no existen los recursos financieros y tecnológicos, pero se adhieren obstáculos a ellos, cuando no existe la voluntad o cuando el pesimismo se adelanta a la acción, o cuando se producen cambios que responden más al capricho o la […]