- October 14, 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 […]
El desarrollo democrático y la virtual mentira
- July 27, 2024
- Aesthetics, Educación, Estética, Ethics, Ética, Filosofía Política, Psicología, Social Philosophy
Se debe resistir y combatir la era de la virtual mentira. Es necesaria una revolución de la verdad y de la transparencia. Enseñar ética y estética, tanto a los padres o representantes como a sus hijos e hijas desde la temprana edad, es enseñar el respeto a la dignidad del ser humano y de todos […]
A Personal Selection of Nelson Mandela Best Quotes
- July 18, 2024
- Ethics, Humanities, Intercultural, Leadership, Politics, Quotes, Social Change, Social Philosophy
Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, and passed away on December 5, 2013. On the day of his death, almost eleven years ago, I modestly paid tribute to him with my personal selection of some of his best quotes in the local newspaper at the University of Texas, where I was teaching. However, […]
Transparency and Social Regulation in Higher Education
- 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 […]
The Left and Right Political Ideologies and Human Development
It is imperative to move beyond Left and Right political labels, as Giddens (1994) pointed out thirty years ago. To base the political division of the world’s future on ideological standpoints of left or right is senseless. From the left, right, or in the name of God, human history shows the horror of political atrocities against […]
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 […]
My Teaching Philosophy: An Intimate Reflection
- April 16, 2022
- Educational Philosophy, Essay, Ethics, Higher Education, Psychology, Social Philosophy
Education should prepare the human being for ongoing change and for the eventual crisis that might arise as a result of the transition. I believe the aim of education should be to build in each student strong theoretical foundations, to help future teachers to be educated rather than trained, to be capable of understanding the […]
A Reflection on Aesthetic Thinking
- 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 […]
Pandemics, Leadership, and Social Ethics
- October 10, 2020
- Economics, Education, Ethics, Health, Pandemics, Politics, Psychology, Sciences, Social Philosophy
This Viewpoint argues that the absence of worldwide social ethics is at the root of our present social, political, and economic crises. More to the point, the current COVID- 19 pandemic is, in part, a consequence of insufficient scientific research, inappropriate education systems, and globally fragile health structures and human services. The COVID-19 pandemic we […]
Dogmatism Does Not Belong To University Culture
- December 21, 2016
- Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theory, Ethics, HigherEd Theory & Praxis, University Policy
Dogmatism and rigidity in the university are sources of intolerance, authoritarianism and conflict. Moreover, flexibility is not a synonym of weakness; on the contrary, it is a symbol of spiritual fortitude that grows when it rectifies mistakes and discovers its own ignorance.