Can We Transfer Science Between Cultures?

February 6, 2025
Culture, Education, Philosopy of Science, Research Methodology, Sciences, Technology, Technology Transfer

Can we transfer science from one country to another or from one culture to another culture? Is a scientific fact different in the United States and China? Who owns science? Are we confusing science with technology? Science does not come into existence by spontaneous generation. Scientific knowledge is an inheritance from the past and the […]

January 3, 2025
AI, AW, Colleges, Educación Superior, Education, Future Trends, Higher Education, Universities

An essential list (English-Spanish) of trends and predictive lines in Higher Education for 2025 and beyond, based on my new book on “Past and Future Social Trends” to be published this coming Summer. MY 10 EMERGING AND FUTURE TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION.1. Learning from everywhere and at any time.2. Will not be time to study […]

December 2, 2024
Aesthetics, Creativity, Education, Ethics, Higher Education, Humanities, Philosophy, Psychology, Sciences

Aesthetic education stimulates the development of fantasy or imagination, which is the basis of all artistic or scientific creativity. It also fosters the development of an overall view and the anticipation of an outcome, the use of logic, and the various forms of human communication. Science and art, as dimensions of creative thought, are not […]

October 1, 2024
Accountability, Education, Governance, Higher Education, HigherEd Management, University Policy

A university culture is centered on the student, not the faculty or administration. The authority of governing is gained through 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 major universities […]

August 2, 2024
Cultural Learning, Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theory, Learning, Psychology, Teaching

Nothing is more critical in the early stages of a child of any cultural and social condition than being prepared for cooperative behavior and social learning. We need more education of the heart if we are keen to learn to live together. The future of humanity depends more on education for the heart than on […]

March 9, 2024
Accountability, Education, Ethics, Higher Education, HigherEd Assessment, HigherEd Management

Universities must be accountable, yes, but to whom? Whether public or private, universities cannot be exempt from regulation, but it should come in the form of self-assessment and a duty to society, not politics. The most radical critics suggest that the best law on university action is one that refers to an institution’s mission and […]

February 2, 2024
Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Innovation, Lifelong Learning, Philosophy, University

The future of universities is closely linked to their capacity to change and innovate and their internal coexistence. To remain in the same place, you must keep moving; otherwise, you will get left behind. However, higher education has shifted many times to and from positions based on individuals who learn and advance to corporate structures that […]

January 14, 2024
Aprendizaje Cultural, Educación, Education, Ensayo, Ética, Filosofía de la Educación, Futuro, Lifelong Learning, Política educativa, Psicología

En cualquier examen del futuro, deberíamos preguntarnos antes que nada, no tanto hacia dónde va la educación, sino más bien hacia dónde debería ir. En el fondo debemos pensar en forma dialéctica entre el ser y el deber ser. Veamos a vuelo de pájaro dónde estamos y hacia dónde podríamos ir. Muy a pesar de […]

September 10, 2023
Distance Education, Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Online Ed, Open Learning

Rereading some of my works from decades ago, I read with anguish that the world has changed, not universities or education. We have replaced the blackboard and chalk with LCD screens, PowerPoint presentations, virtual toys, or sophisticated ways to plagiarize with ChatGPT. We make assumptions with Artificial Intelligence, but genuine education, with valuable exceptions, remains […]

July 31, 2023
AI, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Future, Graduation, Higher Education, Pandemics, Student

A message to the students of the Class of 2023, wherever they are, the Class of the Pandemic (2019-2023). At the beginning of the sowing, we prepared the land, the seeds, and the plow. This sowing was expected to remain the same as the previous ones. This cohort of students reaching the end of their […]