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Reseña de libro: Ceramics and Society. A Technological Approach to Archaeological Assemblages (Springer, Switzerland, año 2019), de la autora Valentine Roux en colaboración con Marie-Agnès Courty.

In this paper we present the interpretations of materials recovered in excavations at Structure 1, Casas Quemadas, Cusi Cusi, Jujuy. This structure has radiocarbon dates that locates its occupations between XV and XVII centuries AD. We suggest a micro approach based in its inhabitant´s social practices in order to characterize changes and continuities between Late/Inka period (AD 1430-1535) and early Colonial period (AD 1535-1660). Our argument is that, in the early stages of the Spanish invasion, the way of life of inhabitants of Structure 1 didn´t change significantly. For that purpose, we compare material assemblages from Late/Inka and early Colonial occupations. Results show that activities in Structure 1 was almost identical in both periods, even though some Spanish goods like nails and Bos taurus were used. We link this situation to the absence of mining resources in the study region that interested Spaniards. The situation changed after XVII century, when Structure 1 is abandoned and used as a stop for cattle herders, a practice that we also relate to pre-columbian caravaneo and a continuity with landscape use.

El estudio de fuertes y fortines de la frontera Sur y Costa Sur tiene larga data dentro de la arqueología históricabonaerense aportando una mirada novedosa, crítica e integradora desde diversas fuentes de información. En este trabajo, sepresentan el análisis e interpretación de los primeros resultados de los trabajos de campo y de archivo desarrollados en tornoal fortín Machado. Las prospecciones arqueológicas realizadas en dos sectores del sitio implicaron la recolección superficialde materiales y la realización de sondeos. Los datos obtenidos se procesaron en un SIG y se aplicaron test estadísticospara comprender las distribuciones espaciales y asociaciones entre los hallazgos arqueológicos. Se estimaron los procesosy agentes naturales y culturales que afectaron la historia de vida del sitio. A su vez, estos resultados se compararon conotros seis fortines coetáneos. Por último, se integraron los datos históricos provenientes de fuentes documentales y gráficasrelevadas en distintos repositorios. Este primer acercamiento a las características generales y posibles áreas de actividadesdentro del asentamiento indicaría la presencia de un poblado de mayor envergadura y con estructuras de diversa funcionalidad(montículo y foso, corral, ranchos de la tropa y familia, pulpería, cementerio) y ocupado por más de una década (1858-1870).

In this paper we present the interpretations of materials recovered in excavations at Structure 1, Casas Quemadas, Cusi Cusi, Jujuy. This structure has radiocarbon dates that locates its occupations between XV and XVII centuries AD. We suggest a micro approach based in its inhabitant´s social practices in order to characterize changes and continuities between Late/Inka period (AD 1430-1535) and early Colonial period (AD 1535-1660). Our argument is that, in the early stages of the Spanish invasion, the way of life of inhabitants of Structure 1 didn´t change significantly. For that purpose, we compare material assemblages from Late/Inka and early Colonial occupations. Results show that activities in Structure 1 was almost identical in both periods, even though some Spanish goods like nails and Bos taurus were used. We link this situation to the absence of mining resources in the study region that interested Spaniards. The situation changed after XVII century, when Structure 1 is abandoned and used as a stop for cattle herders, a practice that we also relate to pre-columbian caravaneo and a continuity with landscape use.

El estudio de fuertes y fortines de la frontera Sur y Costa Sur tiene larga data dentro de la arqueología históricabonaerense aportando una mirada novedosa, crítica e integradora desde diversas fuentes de información. En este trabajo, sepresentan el análisis e interpretación de los primeros resultados de los trabajos de campo y de archivo desarrollados en tornoal fortín Machado. Las prospecciones arqueológicas realizadas en dos sectores del sitio implicaron la recolección superficialde materiales y la realización de sondeos. Los datos obtenidos se procesaron en un SIG y se aplicaron test estadísticospara comprender las distribuciones espaciales y asociaciones entre los hallazgos arqueológicos. Se estimaron los procesosy agentes naturales y culturales que afectaron la historia de vida del sitio. A su vez, estos resultados se compararon conotros seis fortines coetáneos. Por último, se integraron los datos históricos provenientes de fuentes documentales y gráficasrelevadas en distintos repositorios. Este primer acercamiento a las características generales y posibles áreas de actividadesdentro del asentamiento indicaría la presencia de un poblado de mayor envergadura y con estructuras de diversa funcionalidad(montículo y foso, corral, ranchos de la tropa y familia, pulpería, cementerio) y ocupado por más de una década (1858-1870).

Ecuadorian regulatory framework includes giftedness within special educational needs that are not related to disability; its prevalence in Ecuador is close to 2.57%. The objective of this research was to analyze the concept of giftedness, according to the Ecuadorian regulatory framework, and from teachers’ perception. An interpretive phenomenological approach was applied, in which the perception of 26 teachers from three public schools was described, and analyzed using focus group technique. The results showed that there is little teachers’ approach towards giftedness, a situation that has alienated them to the specific regulatory framework.

This descriptive research objective was to identify which motivation types influenced students who enroll at Interpretación en Lengua de Señas (Sign Language Interpreting) career. This research was carried out in Quito, at the Instituto Tecnológico Cre-Ser, the only educational institution in Ecuador that offers this course at a national level —until 2022—. Temporal design is contemporary, cross-sectional, and it involved the participation of 91 students who responded an online survey. Motivation types were selected based on Gardner and Lambert theories, and were subsequently divided into two types: instrumental and integrative motivation. The final results indicate that, for this particular group of students, both types of motivation were interconnected due to the fact that there are professional and emotional factors mixed within their reasons for being enrolled in the course.

La Unidad Educativa Particular Borja fundamenta su práctica educativa en un modelo centrado en la persona y reconoce las etapas de crecimiento intelectual, afectivo y espiritual, para que cada estudiante aprenda con independencia y asumiendo la responsabilidad de su propia educación. En este sentido, la institución ha implementado, a nivel curricular, una propuesta integral con un aporte significativo, a través de la formación religiosa y en valores. Esta investigación tiene como fin analizar la metodología por proyectos establecida en el proyecto educativo institucional de la unidad educativa mencionada, para determinar la forma en la que se articula con el paradigma pedagógico y la espiritualidad ignaciana. El estudio se fundamenta en un paradigma hermenéutico interpretativo con enfoque cualitativo, entre las técnicas empleadas se cuenta la entrevista realizada a una muestra de docentes y el análisis de documentos curriculares. Los resultados sugieren que existe articulación entre los fundamentos institucionales y la metodología por proyectos, pero es necesario mejorar el conocimiento de los docentes en relación con el paradigma pedagógico ignaciano.

The purpose of this article is to expose current typologies, and desired organizational culture at Universidad de Cuenca. Analysis was developed according to values competition model by Cameron and Quinn. Mixed methodology was used, with an exploratory, and descriptive scope. Principal instrument used was OCAI test, and the application of interviews and focus groups to professors, students, and administrative staff, selected with a stratified probability sampling. Results indicate that the current type of organizational culture at Universidad de Cuenca is market type, with external orientation, and a structure that emphasizes stability, control, and strategic objectives fulfillment. In contrast, the desired culture is clan type, in which a familiar organizational environment is pursued, as well as the openness to share opinions, respect for diversity, and freethought.

Challenges generated by COVID-19 created spaces to rethink students’ educational needs, as well as their perceptions about a particular school subject; this reflection is necessary in order to strengthen the proposal established in Ecuadorian curriculum. In this context, the goal of the present study was to determine how primary education students from Azogues’ rural educational institutions perceptions changed on Language and Literature subject. This exploratory-descriptive study adopted a mixed-method research approach. Diagnostic and final questionnaires, with a Likert-scale system, were administered, and an open-ended questionnaire and a focus group discussion were conducted. The results showed a change on students’ perception after a pedagogical intervention. It was concluded that personalized tutoring, ICT’s incorporation and motivating activities inclusion within the didactic process help to develop academic reinforcement; and thar all of the above transcends the cognitive dimension to socio-emotional aspects.