Social, Political, and Religious Movements in the Modern Americas


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This volume explores several notable themes related to social, political, and religious movements in Latin America and offers insightful historical perspectives to understand national, regional, and global issues from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. This volume’s collected chapters focus on the Latin American society and are divided into three sections. The first section, Social, presents some cultural, demographic, and urban changes that have occurred with increasing frequency in Latin America from the early twentieth century onward. The second section, Political, shows migratory, political, and identity movements that in recent decades have re-emerged with force. Finally, the third section, Religious, analyzes various Latin American religious visions with their particular characteristics. From the religious hegemony of Catholicism, a change in the religious panorama in the last decades can be seen intermingled with politics, history, and society.




Stories of Abandonment. A Biographical-Narrative Approach to the Academic Dropout in Andalusian Universities. Multicausal Analysis and Proposals for Prevention


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University dropout is a global problem with pernicious social and economic effects. The various university systems in developed countries illustrate the seriousness of the issue. In Spain, through the annual reports of Data and Figures of the Spanish University System published by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. The situation of Spain in the developed countries as a whole, with a comparative perspective and the global dimension of the problem, is dealt with in successive reports by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. The successive reports of the OECD and the EU through Eurostat deal with the situation of Spain in a comparative perspective and the global dimension of the problem.




Boletín de la Sociedad Geográfica de Lima


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Volumes 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 consist of "Memoria anual y anexos", 1903-08.










Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities


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This book documents and disseminates experiences from a wide range of universities, across the five continents, which showcase how the principles of sustainable development may be incorporated as part of university programmes, and present transformatory projects and programmes, showing how sustainability can be implemented across disciplines. Sustainability in a higher education context is a fast growing field. Thousands of universities across the world have signed declarations or have committed themselves to integrate the principles of sustainable development in their activities: teaching, research and extension, and many more will follow.







Copiar el edén


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Analyzes the evolution of contemporary art in Chile from 1973 to 2007. This edition reproduces more than 500 color images of works by 74 contemporary artists (selected by editor Mosquera) including names such as: Juan Downey, Carlos Arias, (Santiago, Chile, 1964); Juan Castillo, (Antofagasta, 1952); Eugenio Dittborn, (Santiago, Chile, 1943); Paz Errzuriz, (Santiago, Chile, 1944); Volupsa Jarpa, (Rancagua, 1971); Carlos Leppe, (Santiago, Chile, 1952); and Carolina Ruff, (Santiago, Chile, 1973), as well as younger generation artists. The artists are presented in alphabetical order with brief introductory texts. Each reproduced work is rigorously documented with a caption that, in addition to providing the technical data offers the reader a description of the work for better comprehension. Six essays by noted critics and art historians: Guillermo Machuca, Mar̕a Berr̕os, Justo Pastor Mellado, Catalina Mena, Nelly Richard y Adriana V̀lads (description provided by vendor).




Nuevas tendencias en innovación educativa superior


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Pintar un paisaje alentador y halagüeño de lo que supone la inversión en investigación, desarrollo e innovación supone todo un ejercicio de imaginación al alcance de muy pocos, tal y como se han ido desarrollando los acontecimientos a nivel mundial en los últimos años. Pero el ávido lector va a encontrar un panorama bien diferente en las próximas páginas, y es ahí donde reside la grandeza de esta humilde publicación. La educación superior está viviendo momentos convulsos en casi todos los países, debido en gran parte al auge de las nuevas tecnologías que están transformando el modelo de aprendizaje tradicional. Este hecho en sí mismo no se puede considerar bueno ni malo por sí mismo, puesto que su naturaleza ha provocado tantas ventajas como desventajas. Sin embargo, y sin temor a equivocarnos, el nuevo modelo sí que ha generado nuevas oportunidades, sobre todo para los alumnos de la educación superior, lo que ha provocado nuevas demandas, focalizadas en la figura del docente. Las viejas estructuras han caído, o se encuentran en proceso de demolición, y las recetas magistrales de antaño tienen que ser reescritas con fórmulas docentes innovadoras que permitan al alumnado posicionarse en la vanguardia universitaria de cara a su futuro, ya sea éste laboral, investigador o docente. Con estas inquietudes y certezas, la de un mundo antiguo que ya ha caído y uno nuevo que se encuentra en construcción, la apuesta por la innovación en los nuevos marcos docentes de la educación superior ya no es una prioridad de futuro, sino que debe constituirse en el escenario presente para todas aquellas instituciones que quieran sobrevivir. Con estas referencias, los distintos autores del presente libro abren sus brazos a la innovación, como parte de la mejora necesaria del modelo educativo superior. La interactividad con el alumnado va a pasar a ser uno de los elementos que con mayor persistencia se va a poder observar en las próximas páginas. Se ...