The Aesthetic Dimension of Education and Learning

December 24, 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 […]

August 23, 2024
Comportamiento, Conductismo, Control, Ensayo, Filosofía, Libertad, Psicología, Psychology

El pasado 18 de agosto se cumplieron 34 años del fallecimiento de Burrhus Frederic Skinner a la edad de 86 años a causa de una leucemia. Reproduzco, con esta ocasión, mi modesto testimonio a su memoria y a su pensamiento y mi profundo agradecimiento a sus enseñanzas. Permítame, por tanto, compartirles este artículo de nostalgia, […]

August 13, 2024
AI, Digital Education, EdTech, Educational Philosophy, Innovation, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Psychology

We are at the very early stage of a significant learning revolution. AI is just the beginning of it, and we are responsible for giving future generations a much better world than what we have today. However, technology artifacts such as AI are only instrumental toys for the human playground. Our human brain and our […]

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 […]

May 18, 2024
Aging, Cognition, Cognoscitivo, Emoción, Emotion, Ensayo, Envejecimiento, Essay, Psicología, Psychology

A bilingual article English-Spanish · Artículo bilingüe en inglés y español The critical undertaking when reaching old age, if memory continues to govern our cognitive future, is to keep hope and romanticism intact, the desire to contribute and keep creating, to expand the feeling of love as far as the horizon can be perceived, to […]

March 19, 2024
Ciencia, Existencialismo, Filosofía, Intuición, Poesia, Psychology

Siempre he tomado la ruta optimista de luchar por lo imposible, si la conciencia me dicta que ahí está la razón ética de vivir y dejar vivir, aunque debo confesar, como lo expreso en el poema, cuántas veces la verdad ha sido la opresora de nuestros sueños, de esas utopías deseables que nunca llegan a […]

February 1, 2024
Happy Hormones, Mental Health, Mental Hygiene, Neuroscience, Neurotransmiters, Psychology

How to hack your happy hormones from a psychological, psychosomatic, and mental health point of view. The neurotransmitters of well-being are dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. Each hormone is generated in response to a particular activity and has specific bodily and mental functions. Here are some basic examples of my Preventive Mental Hygiene classes. Dopamine: […]

January 14, 2024
Emigration, Essay, Identity, immigration, Psychology, Social Philosophy, Sociology

An intimate reflection on learning, nostalgia, and liquid identities in the migratory context “As you set out for Ithaca hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep […]

December 29, 2023
Essay, Humanities, Philosopy of Science, Psychology, science, Social Ethics, Social Philosophy

One of the pioneers of computing, Konrad Zuse, once said that “the danger of computers becoming human-like is not as great as the danger of humans becoming a computer.” (Hersfelder Zeitung, September 12, 2005). The fear of the machine person, of the person naked of feelings, pains, joys, and passions, has arisen several times in […]