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Systematic and prospective analysis of the development of digital teaching digital teaching competence in the latin american context

2025-01-28T03:51:50+00:00

The central purpose of this study is to systematically, longitudinally, and prospectively analyze various models and formative experiences aimed at developing teachers’ digital competence, as well as their impact on curriculum transformation processes and pedagogical innovation within the Latin American context. To achieve this, a documentary research methodology was adopted, using a systematic review of specialized articles following the guidelines of the PRISMA Declaration. The search was conducted in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, covering the period between 2018 and 2023. An initial sample of 512 articles was identified and subjected to content and relevance analysis, resulting in a final sample of 55 articles.

The systematic analysis revealed that the development of teachers' digital competence is closely linked to the need to strengthen professional qualification levels and pedagogical performance, especially in response to the challenges of curriculum transformation and educational innovation. Furthermore, gaps and challenges that emerged during the pandemic were identified, which have prompted deeper reflection on the role of technology in teaching and learning processes.

In conclusion, the study’s findings provide a relevant reflective and forward-looking framework for the design and implementation of innovation and development policies. These policies should promote the necessary conditions for the advancement of successful and synergistic educational transformation experiences mediated by digital technologies. They should also ensure quality assurance, enhance digital competence levels, support the design of virtual learning environments, and enable multidimensional assessment of learning outcomes for both teachers and students across Latin America.

Metalinguistic alloys: Transdisciplinary project idea in art, science, and technology

2024-03-27T00:08:27+00:00

The current social context calls for a rethinking of the subject’s relationship with their environment, with others, and with themselves from situated and interdisciplinary perspectives. Within this framework, and from a research role in the field of science, studies have been conducted focusing on various discursive corpora and the mechanics of materials. This article presents an innovative artistic-political idea-project titled Metalinguistic Alloys, conceived as a bridge between research outcomes and the broader community, situated within the field of Public

Communication of Science and Technology. Inspired by movements such as Sci-Art, the project integrates concepts from linguistics, education, engineering, and literature. Methodologically, it is structured around the production of narrated images, created from micrographs of metal sheet fragments made of different alloy compositions. Each image is accompanied by a poetic oral narration that describes it with literary resonances, intertwining the fabric of human communication with the crystalline structure of the metallic material. The wordplay (and conceptual play) in the title — Metalinguistic Alloys — evokes features of both language and metals, ultimately fused together. In doing so, the project invites a re-signification of the
undeniable link between the so-called hard and soft sciences, while also highlighting the materiality of languages. Its conceptual foundations open up a discussion on the value of each scientific field in society by proposing a reformulation of their political boundaries. Moreover, it
explores the cognitive and artistic processes involved in metaphorical thinking.

Digital visual literacy in university students. A case study

2024-05-10T17:21:19+00:00

This scientific article aims to present the practices developed by university students when accessing, consuming, and producing visual information in digital environments. These spaces represent a challenging scenario for both students and educators, as they call for knowledge and training in the use of current digital tools and resources in order to support meaningful learning. The study is theoretically grounded in the New Literacy Studies (NLS), promoting a broad analysis of university students' relationship with images and the visual. These practices are examined from an interpretivist paradigm, which supported the design of a qualitative research approach. Virtual ethnography was considered the most appropriate method for conducting observation, complemented by the use of semi-structured interviews.

Promotion of Human Rights: Masters program in Human Rights and participatory Democracy of the faculty of law, UAEMéx

2024-02-15T17:57:20+00:00

The objective of this article is to identify the need to promote human rights based on the design of an Advanced Master's Studies Program in Human Rights and Participatory Democracy for the Faculty of Law of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Starting from a documentary review of scientific and reliable sources that theoretically support the promotion of rights as a constitutional and political obligation to be fulfilled in Mexico, and its contrast of applicability in social reality derived from
qualitative analysis applied to public and private institutions that influence in the matter; and pointing out among its main conclusions that the proposal to create an Advanced Studies program turns out to be a concrete action for the promotion of human rights.

The pressure to publish

2025-07-14T00:39:07+00:00

Academic capitalism is presented as an integrative theoretical framework within the sociology of education, particularly useful for analyzing contemporary transformations in higher education. This concept refers to various situations related to the incursion of market logics into academia. Based on this framework, the narratives collected in a study employing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) were interpreted. This methodological approach was inspired by Elaine Howard Ecklund’s sociological research on scientists’ religious beliefs. The main objective of the study was to explore the identity tensions and belief systems of the interviewed researchers, drawing on elucidation approaches by authors such as Peter Berger and Kenneth Gergen. Although the initial aim of the study did not include a focus on the ethical dimensions of scientific research,
concerns about dishonest practices became evident from the very first interview. Theft and falsification of data, manipulation, and fabrication of results were among the unethical behaviors reported by participants. The scientists in this study suggest that the pressure to publish within academia creates the conditions for such dishonest practices to emerge. In the same vein, the interviewees indicated that a researcher lacking ethical integrity could
take advantage of Colombia’s economic incentive system for scientific publications to increase their income through fraudulent or low-quality publications in predatory journals. The central hypothesis of this paper is that the concept of academic capitalism offers valuable theoretical tools to interpret and articulate the ethical concerns and structural issues described.