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Introduction. This original article derived from a research project titled Towards Educational Practices to Make Progress in Intercultural Education in Mapuche Contexts. This is a pending challenge. This research was conducted in Mapuche communities in La Araucanía Region. Objective. To analyze the dialogic practices between Mapuche and traditional school knowledge and knowledge from the perspective of the kimeltuchefes located in rural Mapuche contexts. Methodology. The methodological approach is qualitative, framed in grounded theory. The participants correspond to 36 kimeltuchefes (Mapuche people who carry knowledge, wisdom, and experience); the data collection techniques used were in-depth interviews and focus groups. The analysis process was interpretive. Results. The main results indicate that the Mapuche family plays a fundamental role in the education and transmission of their culture to the Mapuche and non-Mapuche students. It was found that dialogue plays an important role in inter-subjective relationships between kimeltuchefes and teachers since it allows the exchange and learning of knowledge, wisdom, and experiences. In this sense, the school must integrate the Mapuche families and include the Kimeltuchefes through learning communities to advance in the construction of an intercultural curriculum through dialogue and collaborative work. In addition, this requires articulated pedagogical practices and the teacher’s role as a reflective mediator, generator of information and knowledge. Conclusions. The knowledge, wisdom, and experiences of the Mapuche educators must be recognized and valued, which, at the same time, must be in constant dialogue with school knowledge through common cultural, educational projects in order to advance towards intercultural education.

Introduction. Music education, which combines disciplinary and social development purposes, represents an alternative that re-dimensions the teaching-learning of music from a collective doing. The Youth Symphonic Band of San Pedro Sula (BSJ-SPS) is a non-formal musical education program that experiences the collective practice of music as a space for sustainable social development. Purposes. To reveal the pedagogical, artistic, and socio-cultural aspects of this experience in the light of approaches to music education for social development. Method. The qualitative, quasi-experimental, and descriptive research used the testimonial narrative of eight (8) students of the BSJ-SPS collected in semi-structured interviews, analyzed through categorization and coding techniques. The analysis resulted in twelve emerging categories that frame the experience in the BSJ from the experience of its students, both pedagogically and artistically and socio-culturally. Conclusion. There is a clear link between disciplinary and social development purposes in the BSJ program. Its members experience a practice that they recognize as a factor of important personal transformation, strengthening their ethical life project.

Objective. This article presents the findings of a study that seeks to know the perceptions of a teacher and a group of student teachers from a Normal Superior School related to two experiences designing infographics for educational purposes. Methodology. This study was qualitative. The data was collected by implementing a focus group conformed by five students in their sixth semester and an interview with the teacher who implemented the strategy. Results. The findings suggest a positive perspective from both the teacher and the students regarding the experience of designing infographics. They declare it mainly contributed to the comprehension and organization of information, specifically providing comprehension of academic and disciplinary texts. In addition, the participants state that the design of infographics facilitates the organization of relevant information in a visual way, which proves to be innovative, creative, and useful for students in initial education. Conclusions and recommendations. Even though it is important to inquire about teachers and students’ perspectives on the use of infographics for educational purposes, it is recommended to conduct experimental or quasi-experimental studies which validate or refute the findings of this study and other similar studies which have been conducted from the perspectives of students and teachers. 

Introduction. Some outdoor activities may have been self-constrained due to the fear of students getting lost. It is a limitation for the school staff and a constraint for students. However, few studies have been developed regarding the possibilities of geolocation as a solution. Aim. The study aims to explore this brand-new issue that could benefit the management of field trips. The study was developed from a mixed-method perspective with a sample of 51 members of an educational community. Methodology. The methodology included surveys to analyze the level of students’ autonomy and the views on security by parents, teachers, directive team, and students with the possibility of incorporating these devices. Results. Show that using geolocation devices in field trips improves the sense of security and allows students to develop autonomous skills. Conclusion. Geolocation in field trips has great potential, but it is an understudied field that needs more research and discussion to ensure data privacy.  

Introducción. Colombia tiene una variedad de territorios, de gente, de culturas, de afiliaciones políticas y religiosas, sin embargo, ha sido afectada por una historia de violencia, de desigualdad, de corrupción, de politiquería, entre otros, hechos asociados con la falta de tolerancia, la diferencia y la desprotección a las comunidades y las minorías. Objetivo. El estudio se propuso develar los saberes producidos por las organizaciones, sus modos culturales de construcción de conocimiento, aprendizajes interculturales, prácticas educativas y saberes. Como apuesta contrahegemónica se planteó visibilizarlas a partir de sus territorios, sus historias de vida y sus experiencias. Metodología. Se llevó a cabo desde la investigación-acción-participación, con 38 personas coinvestigadoras de 10 organizaciones a partir de encuentros pedagógicos/investigativos, de visitas a territorios, círculos de reflexión y entrevistas. Resultados. Se identificaron líneas de fuga en clave de la descolonización de las manifestaciones estéticas, epistémicas y la configuración de la pedagogía en territorio como vehículo de relaciones, el cuidado de si, de los otros en espacios comunes desde diálogos y prácticas plurilógicas y pluriculturales. Conclusiones. se logra evidenciar el reconocimiento de una diversidad epistémica y una pedagogía otra, esto es, un llamamiento de otras lógicas/ruptura de la idea unitaria de mundo. Al interior del proceso de educación de las organizaciones también es posible encontrar trayectos para educar diferenciales, donde los conceptos y los métodos educativos se desinstalen del tiempo pasado, presentados como aconteceres cotidianos que son interrogados en espacios deliberativos.

Objectives. To describe mistakes students made and difficulties they reported in the process of elaborating their degree work. Methodology. Documentary design research was conducted. It included a sample of theses (n = 120) submitted to obtain academic degrees between 2018 and 2019. Information was sought on errors of substance (unity, demonstration, and depth) and form (presentation, writing and spelling, use of standards for the inclusion of citations and bibliographic references, and text structure). As part of data triangulation, some authors of these theses were interviewed to learn about the difficulties they faced during the writing process. A qualitative content analysis matrix, a checklist, and Zoom interviews with the authors of the theses were used. This methodological triangulation of data allowed a complete vision of the study problems. Results. Errors of substance and form were recorded in high percentages for both undergraduate and graduate theses. Among the substantive errors, those associated with failures when writing results and discussion (>80%) and those associated with spelling errors and the use of the reference system (100%) stand out. Concerning the difficulties, those associated with the advising, the thesis advisor, and the thesis were appreciated. Of all these difficulties, the most frequent ones were the performance of statistical analysis (100%) and disagreements between tutor and jurors (95%). Undergraduate and graduate thesis writers make similar errors and experience similar difficulties in their elaboration process. Conclusions. Form and substance errors are frequent, including misuse of the reference system and mistakes of a methodological nature. Undergraduate and graduate thesis writers face difficulties related to poor training on methodology and writing of scientific texts. Besides, they suffered from a lack of concordance of criteria between tutors and evaluators. 

Introducción. La praxis pedagógica en la educación actual implica afrontar retos que mejoren el proceso de aprendizaje de sus actores, en los niveles y modalidades del sistema educativo venezolano. La constante transformación en aras de garantizar la calidad educativa, el marco legal que respalda tales esfuerzos y la superación personal y profesional del personal docente responsable del hecho educativo, dan cuenta de la profunda reflexión que decanta en la innovación en atención a la diversidad en la realidad social. Objetivo. De este proceso de reflexión y contraste con la experiencia, surgió esta investigación con diseño no experimental, de campo y nivel descriptivo, cuyo objetivo fue analizar el proceso de evaluación de personas con discapacidad auditiva de la Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador, en el Instituto Pedagógico Rafael Alberto Escobar Lara de Maracay. Metodología. Para ello, según la metodología empleada, se reporta la experiencia de cuatro (4) estudiantes con sordera de la especialidad Educación Especial en Deficiencias Auditivas, durante tres (3) periodos académicos, con base en las entrevistas realizadas, el análisis descriptivo del proceso, así como también de las actividades académicas desarrolladas. Conclusión. Con la información obtenida y el respectivo análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo, se concluyó que las principales dificultades en el proceso de evaluación fueron: el personal docente no se comunica en lengua de señas, ausencia de interpretación del material de clase, ausencia de la persona intérprete a las horas de clase, falta de adecuación de las técnicas e instrumentos empleados para la valoración del aprendizaje y dominio del conocimiento dirigidas a este estudiantado, ausentismo escolar.

Introduction. School repetition is a perceived school phenomenon, but it has not been addressed in Latin America; this is evidenced in the low scientific production of the population concerning the variables self-efficacy and temporal perspective. In this sense, the present research aimed to examine the relationship between self-efficacy and temporal perspective in repeater students of secondary level. Method. The General Self-Efficacy Scale instrument, using its Peruvian version (Grimaldo Muchotrigo, 2005), and Temporary Perspective Inventory (Díaz-Morales, 2006) were applied. The sample consisted of 157 school students who repeated the school year at the primary or secondary level. Results. The results indicate a moderate and positive relationship between self-efficacy and the future dimension (r = 0.48), positive past (r = 0.32) and hedonistic present (r = 0.30), and a low and positive relationship between self-efficacy and negative past (r = 0.22) and fatalistic present (r = 0.27). Discussion. It is concluded that there is a moderate relationship between self-efficacy and prospects that should be examined in future studies, understanding that the population of repeater students is a group that has not yet been studied. In fact, these results have strong practical implications because they show the need to explore psychological variables in a population with grade repetition and to carry out approaches from the psycho-pedagogical departments of the educational centers.

The literature states that attention is inherent to learning so that, if attention is altered, the entry and focus of the various experiences would have a limited extent. It is also affirmed that if attention was properly stimulated, the enrichment of the experiences would be enormously fruitful. Due to the importance of considering attention as a formative process, this study has designed a program based on mindfulness guidelines to strengthen the self-regulation of attention in basic education children and the evaluation of its effectiveness in developing focused, sustained, and divided attention. For this purpose, a sample of 46 children from the third grade of elementary school in Pemuco, Chile, aged between 8 and 9 years old, was selected. The focus of the study is of a sequential testing type, framed in a Pre-post test design with a control group. In the control and experimental group, the dependent variable was measured using the CARAS test, the CLAVES sub-scale of the WISC-III test, and the CSAT test. The results show a significant increase in the self-control of the intervention group compared to the control group, endorsing the impact of this tool that is made available to the education system as an effective program for the strengthening of attentional self-regulation.

Objective. This paper aims to show how important theoretical knowledge is for the theory and practice of teaching English –as a foreign language– for early childhood teachers. Method. The respective research was named Pedagogical training of professionals in early childhood education and how it is related to didactics in an international context. Likewise, a qualitative paradigm was used to present the effects and data collected from the surveys and the statements from the units of analysis that took part in the semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The participants were 200 professionals in early childhood education (100 from Colombia and 100 from Mexico). Results. Among the most meaningful results, it was found that it is necessary to implement didactic courses about teaching English to children in undergraduate degrees related to training professionals for early childhood education. Moreover, it was visible the phenomenon of giving priority to hiring English teachers –to teach in preschool– compared to employing early childhood teachers. Conclusions. The English levels certificates that the early childhood teachers obtained, apart from their studies in the university, did not guarantee any didactic knowledge to teach this language to children. Similarly, all kinds of knowledge about theory and pedagogical approaches, in general, are tools considered not sufficient to supply the gaps in the teaching practice in this language.