The Academic and Administrative Ethnocentrism of the Contemporary University

April 12, 2023
Education, Ethics, Faculty, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Staff, Student, University Culture

Much of the crisis in the quality of university education has this dichotomy as its background: the crisis of the relationship between the person who teaches and the person who learns. A university where professors and students must foremost be lifelong learners; and where the study programs are designed, modified, and transmitted daily based on […]

February 9, 2023
Business, Development, Economics, Education, Essay, Philosophy, Planning, Social Philosophy, Sociology

The purely expansionist ‘realistic’ strategic planning model typifies today’s society and causes an anti-climax in planning, turning it into a simple matter of forecasting, systematic organization, and the subordination of desirable human goals to foreseeable economic development. Does strategic planning make all the right moves? The concept of development has been used in economics, […]

December 12, 2022
distance learning, e-Learning, EdTech, Education, Educational Philosophy, Online Ed, open education

Open education consists of the reason and essence for education, as it would be inadequate to contrast the term open education with closed education. It would be impossible to understand any type of closed education. The concept of open education embraces all types of true education and guides it in four directions: open to all populations, […]

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 […]

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 […]