EDUCATION, SOCIETY & CULTURE

Well, during these time I have published the next items in our Mind 42: 

http://www.eltiempo.com/estilo-de-vida/educacion/seis-actitudes-que-sacan-de-quicio-a-los-profesores/14870695

Bonito ejemplo de investigación en los colegios de Boyacá a través del programa Ondas de Colciencias y Ecopetrol:
http://youtu.be/w1lEqh0vC7E

Será?
http://www.eltiempo.com/estilo-de-vida/educacion/gobierno-anuncia-392000-millones-para-educacion-superior-publica/14720336

Year after year are almost always the same. No public school is there. The government does not realize the need for change in education in Colombia?
Año tras año son casi siempre los mismos. Ningún colegio público se ve por ahí. El gobierno no se da cuenta de la necesidad de un cambio en la educación colombiana?:
http://www.dinero.com/pais/articulo/los-mejores-colegios-ultimos-anos/188939

Los jóvenes y el uso de los computadores:
http://www.eltiempo.com/estilo-de-vida/educacion/jovenes-colombianos-usan-computadores-para-ocio-y-no-para-estudiar/14769338

Aunque es para Chile, aplica para nosotros:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001613/161306S.pdf

La diversidad cultural en Colombia:
http://www.pedagogica.edu.co/storage/ps/articulos/pedysab15_09arti.pdf

Política cultural en Colombia
http://www.jorgeorlandomelo.com/politicasculturales.htm

Como en mi ensayo entregado en el mes de octubre, quiero retomar un video que compartió Fernando Aldana en nuestro Mind 42, que circula en el internet, llamado “¿Por qué los colombianos somos tan pobres?

En donde se concluye que es por falta de disciplina, por el deseo de tener la vida (incluyendo el dinero) por la vía rápida y fácil.  Lamentablemente es así, nos hemos acostumbrado que todo lo tenemos con subsidio, y el candidato a puestos de elección popular, lo coge como bandera el ofrecer y regalar cosas (incluso) casas a cambio de un voto.

El problema de la educación en Colombia no es de ahora, siempre ha sido el mismo es la falta de oportunidades para todos.  La educación pública anteriormente era gratis y sólo pasaban los mejores.  Aunque ahora el filtro es grande es evidente que la única forma de capacitación gratuita en Colombia es el Sena.  Con el fin de atraer aprendices, el Sena los motiva a través de iniciativas como World skills, applicatte, olimpiadas matemáticas, Fórmula Sena-eco; cocina gourmet Colombia, entre otras; en esos concursos el Sena los premia con estímulos económicos para seguir sus carreras universitarias, viajes al exterior o nacionales.  También les otorga auxilios monetarios para su sostenimiento con programas como Monitorías, apoyos de sostenimiento y un programa nacional para jóvenes en acción y otros para colaborarles con su sostenimiento en su etapa lectiva o de formación; los cuales están diseñados para estimular a los aprendices a que continúen en su formación, debido a que muchas veces por pobreza o por no tener respaldo económico se retiran; para ello deben cumplir requisitos académicos y actitudinales, los cuales son evaluados por sus maestros y compañeros.

Las diferencias sociales son evidentes en la Educación porque como dice en uno de los artículos que yo compartí, los mejores en el ranking Nacional son los colegios privados.  Dejando mucho más abajo los públicos.  Como en mi departamento, ahora las mejores Entidades Educativas son las privadas.  En años atrás el mejor Colegio, con renombre nacional llevaba el nombre de nuestro Departamento, el Colegio de Boyacá.  Esto porque las leyes protegían y valoraban la educación, los niños y jóvenes recibían formación adicional en deportes y en música, lo que hacía era formar estudiantes integrales.  Ahora todo es extra.  Las jornadas las viven cambiando todo el día medio día sea mañana o tarde, según el mandatario de turno.  Esto además que las familias, muchas veces padres sin educación, no aportan a sus hijo cultura sino que lamentablemente son de pocas aspiraciones haciendo que sus hijos no salgan de sus orígenes, no que olviden su pasado sino que esto los haga fuertes para emprender otro camino.

Increíble, realmente increíble que nuestro país con tantas riquezas no sólo materiales sino sobre todo humanas sea tan pobre.  Un país en donde aunque las escuelas y colegios están llenos de estudiantes, las calles permanecen inundadas de niños y adolescentes pidiendo limosna y peor aun aprendiendo a robar y a atracar a sus conciudadanos, en donde se hacen matar o matan por un celular, una cartera o un maletín de estudiante.

Falta de oportunidades?  Sí tal vez, pero también ganas de salir del mismo círculo vicioso, en donde por ausencia de un buen ejemplo en sus hogares prefieren llevar lo del día a su casa para comer o alimentar el vicio, a salir del hueco donde nacieron. 

 Para mí es difícil, no imposible, que nuestro sistema educativo cambie.  Nosotros no somos ni seremos algo parecidos a los modelos internacionales.  Tendríamos que cambiar absolutamente en todo. Pues el Sena es sólo un granito de arena en la inmensidad de la educación colombiana.

As in my essay delivered in the month of October, I would like to return to a video that shared fernando aldana in our mind 42, which circulates on the internet, called "why the Colombians are so poor?

Where it is concluded that lack of discipline, by the desire for life (including money) is for the quick and easy way. Unfortunately it is so, we have become accustomed that everything we have it with grant, and the posts of popular election candidate, takes it as a banner offering and give things (even) houses in Exchange for a vote.

The problem of education in Colombia is not now, it has always been the same is the lack of opportunities for all. Public education was formerly free and passed only the best. Although the filter is now big obviously that the only way to free training in Colombia is the Seine. In order to attract apprentices, the Seine them motivates through initiatives such as World skills, applicatte, Math Olympics, Seine-eco Formula; gourmet cuisine Colombia, among others. in these competitions the Seine rewards them with economic stimulus to continue their college careers, travel abroad or domestic. It also gives them monetary aid for its sustainability with programs like some, support of maintenance and a national programme for young people in action and others to assist them with their maintenance stage teaching or training; which are designed to encourage learners to continue their training, because many times by poverty or because they have no financial backing are removed; for this they must meet academic requirements and attitudes, which are evaluated by their teachers and classmates.

Social differences are evident in education because as it says in one of the articles that I shared, private schools are the best in national ranking. Leaving much more down the public. As in my Department, the best educational entities are now private. Years ago the best College, with national renowned bore the name of our Department, the Colegio de Boyacá. This because the laws protected and valued education, children and young received additional training in sports and music, what he did was educate comprehensive students. Now everything is extra. The Conference live them changing all day half day is tomorrow or later, according to the President of the day. This addition to the families, many times parents without education, do not provide their child culture but are unfortunately few aspirations doing that their children do not come out of its origins, not to forget its past but that this will make them strong for another path.

Incredible, really incredible that our country with so many riches not only material but above all human is so poor. A country where although schools and colleges are filled with students, the streets remain flooded from begging and worse still learning to steal and Rob to their fellow citizens, in where are made to kill children and adolescents or kill by a cell phone, a wallet or a Briefcase of student.

Lack of opportunities? Yes maybe, but also desire to get out of the same vicious circle, in where absence of a good example in their homes prefer to carry of the day to their home to eat or feed Vice, to leave the place where they were born.

For me it is difficult, if not impossible, to our educational system change. We are not, nor will be somewhat similar to international models. We would have to change absolutely everything. The Sena is just a grain of sand in the vastness of the Colombian education

MY HAAGA´S EXPERIENCE

 

Pre Assignment and Orientation to Teaching Practice Development Project:

 

<a href='http://mind42.com/public/c2411d00-1967-4f21-8dc6-36ee32020b62' target='_blank'>PLANING TEACHING Assignment 3rd Contact Week The Winners</a> 

KOLB

Estilos De aprendizaje.. Rueda De Kolb from Amarantha Vázquez

Kolb model "Experimental Learning" (Kolb 1984). Supposed to learn something must be working or processing the information received. Kolb said that, on the one hand can set off:a) In a direct and concrete experience., b) From an abstract experience, which is what you have to read about something or when someone has: The experiences have concrete or abstract, is become aware when manufactured any two ways: a) Thought and thinking about them., b) actively experimenting with the information received.

CONTRUCTIVISM

CONSTRUCTIVISM

How Does Learning Occur?

Constructivism contends that learners form or construct their own understandings of knowledge and skills. Perspectives on constructivism differ as to how much influence environmental and social factors have on learners’ constructions. Piaget’s theory stresses equilibration, or the process of making internal cognitive structures and external reality consistent. Vygotsky’s theory places a heavy emphasis on the role of social factors in learning.

What Is the Role of Memory?

Constructivism has not dealt explicitly with memory. Its basic principles suggest that learners are more apt to remember information if their constructions are personally meaningful to them.  

What Is the Role of Motivation?

The focus of constructivism has been on learning rather than motivation, although some educators have written about motivation. Constructivists hold that learners construct motivational beliefs in the same fashion as they construct beliefs about learning. Learners also construct implicit theories that concern their strengths and weaknesses, what is necessary for learning to occur, and what others think of their capabilities (e.g., parents, teachers).

How Does Transfer Occur?

As with memory, transfer has not been a central issue in constructivist research. The same idea applies, however: To the extent that learners’ constructions are personally meaningful to them and linked with other ideas, transfer should be facilitated.

Which Processes Are Involved in Self-Regulation?

Self-regulation involves the coordination of mental functions—memory, planning, synthesis,

evaluation, and so forth. Learners use the tools of their culture (e.g., language, symbols) to

construct meanings. The key is for self-regulatory processes to be internalized. Learners’ initial self-regulatory activities may be patterned after those of others, but as learners construct their own they become idiosyncratic.

What Are the Implications for Instruction?

The teacher’s central task is to structure the learning environment so that learners can construct understandings. To this end, teachers need to provide the instructional support (scaffolding) that will assist learners to maximize their learning in their zone of proximaldevelopment. The teacher’s role is to provide a supportive environment, not to lecture and give students answers.

LEARNING THEORIES

At de beginning: https://youtu.be/wJ0R_efmVbM

 

 

 

It´s a very good book about theories for all of us.  There are productive tools for the teachers, in order to know how the education has been. 

Although the field of learning is ever changing, the primary objectives of this book is: (a) to inform students of learning, theoretical principles, concepts, and research findings, especially as they relate to education and (b) to provide applications of principles and concepts in settings where teaching and learning occur. The text continues to focus on cognition, although behaviorism also is discussed. This cognitive focus is consistent with the contemporary constructivist emphasis on active learners who seek, form, and modify their knowledge, skills, strategies, and beliefs.