Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

This article research how the microfoundations of strategic thinking work in startups. To this end, an exploratory study was carried out with a Brazilian startup, primary and secondary data were collected through interviews with leading employees of the company's innovation strategy. The results reveal how cognition works based on strategic thinking in an innovation project that was carried out between the startup and a world-renowned Big Tech. We created a preliminary framework and as the main result a coding tree was created presenting the construct cognitive strategies for creating innovation. These results demonstrated the fundamental role of capability creation in the company studied. These high-level capabilities helped the company acquire, develop and reconfigure new resources, generating the startup a performance superior to the market, which denotes part of the challenges in an extremely competitive innovation ecosystem. The article enriches the understanding of strategic thinking, based on innovation capabilities, helping to increase the efficiency of innovation and providing inputs to be used in the field of business management.

An ex post facto quantitative field study was conducted with a two related-samples design to improve the school environment through an intervention based on skills for life. 71 Yucatecan students from a technical rural junior high school took part. After the intervention, statistically relevant improvements were observed in the perceived relationship among teachers and students, physical conditions of the school itself and a decrease of perceived violence.

This paper aims to delve into the content of the category of the aesthetic to see it in its relationship with life in general and not only with art. To this end, their evolutionary antecedents are considered, not with the purpose of finding in them a predefinition of what the aesthetic would be in the human being, but to seek that umbilical cord that ties the aesthetic to life. That is why the text focuses its attention on the qualitative differences of aesthetic relations with the reality of human beings in comparison with these evolutionary premises in the non-human world. This will lead to seeing in the aesthetic a social construction, but not divorced from life, but with a much more complex and socially conditioned type of vital bond. Within this general human dimension, an approach to art and its aesthetic values is offered, the realization of which is in the human enrichment that it promotes in its recipients. This enriching role could only be exercised in a subjectivity prepared for it and that preparation can only be offered by education, education that requires the educator himself to be educated. Hence the emphasis that must be placed on the place of aesthetics in the training process of future teachers.

Existe poca claridad sobre el salario de los maestros y directores de la educación básica y media superior en México. Esa incertidumbre se deriva, por una parte, de la dificultad de precisar el salario promedio de los maestros y directores porque depende de muchos factores como nivel educativo, antigüedad, estímulos de carrera magisterial, otras remuneraciones, carga horaria y otros elementos; y, por la otra, por la dificultad de localizar información oficial, clara y transparente, sobre los salarios efectivos o líquidos de los maestros. Con base en información oficial localizada tanto a nivel federal como de la ciudad de México y en datos comparables de la Organización para la Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos se construye una explicación sobre el nivel salarial de educadoras, maestros, profesores y directores de preescolar, primaria, secundaria y preparatoria. Se coloca especial énfasis en el comparativo de salarios a nivel mundial entre países miembros de la OCDE. El artículo concluye que en muchos casos los maestros y directores mexicanos perciben buenos salarios, y, en algunos casos, como en el nivel de secundaria, reciben salarios muy elevados. 

The purpose of this article is to determine the characteristics of professional suitability in medical, psychology, and social work students. The analysis methodology was quantitative, using the Professional Suitability Scale, administered to 336 undergraduate students of psychology, medicine, and social work. The main findings show explanatory models predicting practical suitability, which is highly predicted by personal suitability (B = .606) and social awareness by ethical suitability (B = .559), besides the scale shows internal consistency.

This paper discusses the important role played by critical thinking in comprehensive education and in the citizenship-centered education model. To this end, it is proposed to revalue and promote in the classroom on a continuous basis some activities focused on thinking, such as inquiry, argumentation, decision making and responsible participation.

A few years ago, in the educational field, the promotion and practice of healthy habits changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, both for teachers and students of health sciences, which has been a challenge to encourage the practice. Promotion in their study-family environment. This study aimed to reveal the meaning of forming and promoting healthy habits during epidemics in teachers and students of health sciences at a private university in East Lima, in order to generate sustainable strategies that promote comprehensive health and resilience in future health crises. A qualitative methodology with a phenomenological approach was employed. The sample consisted of 31 participants selected for theoretical saturation: 16 teachers and 15 students. The tool used was an interview guide, developed by the authors and validated by a group of experts. Data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews and a focus group. Data analysis was carried out using the Strauss and Corbin coding method. A qualitative methodology with a phenomenological approach was employed: impact of COVID-19 on practices and promotion of healthy habits; Commitment to adopt practices and promote healthy habits; Maintain behaviors that promote healthy habits. In conclusion, the epidemic significantly affected the healthy habits of teachers and students, but their resilience allows them to adapt and continue promoting well-being, highlighting the key role of universities in this work in future epidemics.

Postgraduate education in nursing strengthens professional, research, and social competencies, enabling nurses to address global health challenges with a comprehensive and transformative approach. This study aimed to understand the perceptions of the significance of postgraduate nursing education from a social contribution perspective. Following a qualitative approach, four focus groups were conducted with the participation of 10 nursing professionals, using a semi-structured interview with five guiding questions aligned with the research objective, carried out between December 2023 and March 2024. Four categories and subcategories were identified: strengthening professional competencies, engaging in continuous self-assessment, and maximizing the social impact of nursing practice were found to be fundamental aspects of the profession. Additionally, promoting the visibility of the image and role of nurses within the health sector is crucial to ensure a better understanding of their contribution to societal well-being. In conclusion, strengthening competencies in scientific production, fostering self-assessment, and recognizing the social impact of nursing are essential to improve the quality of the profession, while enhancing the visibility of the nursing role in teaching and research is critical for its appreciation and recognition in society.

Commitment to the educational system may be affected by parents' low knowledge and lack of conviction. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to infer whether the degree of knowledge and conviction predict parental commitment to a denominational education system. A total of 250 parents with children of primary to middle school age from three schools in southern Angola participated in the study. Mean comparison tests and structural equation modeling were used for data analysis. The findings indicate that Knowledge social-spiritual correlates linearly positively and significantly with Knowledge physical-mental. Knowledge social-spiritual has a significant positive direct effect on Conviction social-spiritual and, this has a significant positive direct effect on Commitment social-spiritual and, a significant positive effect on Commitment physical-mental, who in turn, has a significant positive direct effect on Commitment social-spiritual and, this has a significant positive direct effect on Commitment development-continuity. In addition, Knowledge physical-mental has a significant positive direct effect on Commitment physical-mental. Therefore, knowledge and conviction are indispensable for parental commitment and facilitate the learning process.