An analysis of the perceived influence of mathematical capacity in a degree election Authors: Acosta Madiedo, Sebastián, Almeida Guerrero, Andrés, Arias Valenzuela, Paula, Garavito Munar, Gabriela, López Contreras, Nicolás, Posos Ramos, Franklin, Sibaja Jaramillo, Angie

“…Mathematics has been generally recognised as one of the most complex areas of knowledge. …”

Approach to punctuation marks from an epistemic perspective Authors: Julio Chitiva, Laura, Castro Robles, Yury

“…The comparative analysis between the conceptions and uses of punctuation used by students makes possible to understand why the acquired knowledge about its rules in the educational field is not reflected in their textual practices. …”

CLIL en inglés como lengua extranjera en clases universitarias: incorporando mapamundis temáticos en el aprendizaje Authors: Habte-Gabr, Ezana E.

Colombian Undergraduates: Critical Readers? A Study on Literacy Skills within the Most Demanded Undergraduates in Colombia’s Labor Market Authors: Acero Amaya, Germán, Aguirre, Lucas Daniel, Fernández Rodríguez, Diego, Moya, Jorge Andrés, Romero Ramírez, Yoan, Sierra Rojas, Nicolás

“…Thus, we turn to the Colombian National University looking to make a contrast between the undergraduate programs with a better performance at the standardized public tests, and those programs whose students experience a bigger welcome by the labor market once they finish their studies. …”

Added Value in Education by the National University of Colombia Authors: Campos Torres, Juan, Carrillo Cárdenas, Cristian, Otero Ceballos, Miguel, Risueño Rueda, Mario

“…The main purpose of this research is to determine the added value of the majors offered by the Faculty of Economical Sciences at the National University (at the Bogotá campus), taking as a main reference the component of critical reading inthe Saber Pro exams developed between 2008 and 2015. Thus it is proposed a mix methodological approach (cualitative-cuantitative), using demographic, socioeconomicand institutional variables, which will allow us to reveal how meaningful is the academical contribution offered by that university to the society (in the educational field), and just like the quality of the knowledge acquired by its graduates (in terms of the component proposed).…”

Espacio lúdico y cultural para estudiantes principiantes de inglés: estudio de música y letras del movimiento hippie Authors: Castillo, Rigoberto, Garay Agudelo, María Camila, Segura Soto, Paula

El conscious movement in the study of guitar technique Authors: Gómez González, Nelson

“…Some methods for guitar propose the study of the technique through the presentation of mechanical exercises, written sequentially and that must be executed repetitively in order to achieve a motor target that allows the best potential of the hands in the performance of a musical piece. …”

Understanding of the normalization and singularization features inscribed on the bodies of the children’s dancers of the Danza Kapital Company Authors: Nieves Gil, Angélica del Pilar, Rojas Muñoz, Jenny Mercedes

“…The comprehensions presented below are the result of the systematization of the training experience in children’s dance of the Dance Kapital Company, whose main interest was the development of the conceptions of the children’s body that have been built up throughout its history. …”

Persistence of Unfairness and Inequality in Colombia’s Education Authors: Junca Rodríguez, Gustavo

“…Inequity and inequality are associated in a spatial way with the poorest regions that cast more Yes-votes in favor of Peace Plebiscite, regions where there has been little or no State presence during decades but now have some hope of being included in the regional development path in the current post-conflict policy. …”

Feasibility of presidential proposals by candidates who aspire to the executive power in Colombia Authors: Arévalo Téllez, Juan, Barrero Buitrago, Adrían, Castañeda Barroso, Nidia, Erazo Pazos, Andrés, Figueroa Pico, Juan

“…In accordance with this, it is aimed to capture how viable is what each candidate for the presidency proposes, in order to give a concrete judgment of what it is more beneficial for the country in economic terms, fight against corruption and education. …”

Some reflections about challenges of education policies in the Colombian Caribbean: a media analysis Authors: Parra, Juan David, Correa Hernández, Gustavo

“…The exercise of contrasting themes and debates disseminated in both sources reveals the complexities behind education policy processes that emerged from events such as the expedition of Law 715 of 2001. …”

Contemporary oligarchy: the government of few disguised as democracy Authors: Hernández Peñaloza, Mateo, Reina Serrano, Daniel, Rondón Mendoza, Paula, Umaña Casallas, Sara

“…It has been sold us the idea of democracy as the government of the people, where the social interests are represented by a single person elected by the society itself. …”

Science and meditation Authors: Krohne Pombo, Ana María

“…To talk about these benefits it is found a brief explanation of the history of meditation in the West and the history of research on this subject which shows the huge explosion of research that is generated when it begins to unveil its potential to improve the physical, mental, emotional, cognitiveand social health of the individuals who use it.…”

Neurosciences and education: gaps, challenges and perspectives Authors: Vargas Vargas, Rafael Antonio

“…The gap neuroscience-education is because neuroscientists have little relation to education and teachers do not have a solid background in neurosciences. …”

Supporters or “barras bravas” in Colombia. A bibliographic review Authors: Castro Lozano, John Alexander

“…In this way, the purpose of the article is to build a bibliographic review of the studies published by Colombian researchers, whose benchmark of analysis is the supporters or the “barras bravas”. …”

Treinta colombianismos que le faltan al DRAE Authors: Rey Castillo, Marisol

“…This problem, firstly, subtracts genuineness and prestige to these words, because their meanings are not recognized on the part of the academic authority, in this case RAE, and secondly, it doesn’t allow those who consult the dictionary to known the lexical wealth of our country. …”

Education in Colombia: an Approach for Competences and “Glocation” Authors: Milazzo R., Maurizio

“…In the dichotomy between universals and localisms, hegemonic Western Eurocentric culture has now reached its limits. …”

The human of the science. Editorial Authors: Ferrer-Corredor, Enrique

“…And throughout thisstudy and this particular stance, Noam Chomsky has been a beacon of rigour, and ofthe need to offer support to the discipline of knowledge through intelligible discourse,forever with the interdisciplinary openness required in the field of current-day scientificdevelopment, and forever conscious of the limits of science so as to account forman’s complexity.…”

Interview with Noam Chomsky Authors: Ferrer-Corredor, Enrique

“…Our comments for prof. Chomsky before this interview: Science today is acontroversial issue from different point of view: One, because industrial andfinancial scopes of science are its development focus. …”

A propósito de la crisis económica y la enseñanza de la teoría económica Authors: Moreno Rivas, Álvaro Martin

“…Se fundamenta en los problemas conceptuales y analíticos delos dos instrumentos más utilizados por los economistas de la corriente principal,los modelos de equilibrio general computable y la función de producción agregada.Los modelos de equilibrio general computable son vacíos empíricamente y lasfunciones de producción agregadas no existen, su buen ajuste econométrico se debe aque dichas estimaciones replican la identidad macroeconómica fundamental que diceque el PIB es igual a los salarios más los beneficios. También se propone un cambioen la orientación de la enseñanza de las matemáticas para economistas, se sugiereampliar el espacio en los programas de las llamadas matemáticas constructivistas y computables.…”