Pensamiento crítico y cambio


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Pensamiento crítico y cambio es un libro destinado al público interesado en saber cómo mejorar nuestras destrezas más valiosas: argumentar, explicar, tomar decisiones o solucionar problemas. El tratamiento que se hace de estas competencias permite que sea accesible para cualquier lector interesado, pero también para el profesional. Los especialistas del ámbito educativo, de los recursos humanos y de la salud, encontrarán en esta obra un estudio en profundidad sobre el modo de revertir situaciones conflictivas y resolverlas. En el libro, se lleva a cabo una revisión completa de las iniciativas que se han desarrollado para optimizar nuestra capacidad de pensar críticamente. Además, se analizan las limitaciones que dificultan esta empresa. Esta reflexión crítica permite saber qué propuestas son las más adecuadas para modificar nuestro modo de pensar; conocer las mejores nos permitirá aplicarlas con el fin de lograr los resultados más deseables. El pensamiento crítico nos permite solucionar eficazmente los problemas profesionales y personales. Y para resolver problemas en la vida diaria se necesita de unos medios y de un fin. Los medios son esas habilidades de pensamiento crítico que nos permitan alcanzar nuestras metas del mejor modo posible; y el fin de los mismos siempre es lograr un mayor bienestar personal. Pero, los medios son imperfectos y es necesario desarrollarlos y mejorarlos. La formación en pensamiento crítico debe centrarse en las competencias que mejor resuelvan los problemas del mundo real, y hay una que es especialmente importante y a la que no se le ha prestado suficiente atención, a saber, la explicación causal. Por esta razón, en el libro se integra pensamiento crítico, formación y bienestar personal desde la causalidad. En esta segunda edición se apuesta, de forma prioritaria, por dar respuesta a los problemas del mundo real, y para ello se necesita primar determinadas competencias y orientar la formación.




Pensamiento crítico y cambio


Book Description

Pensamiento crítico y cambio es un libro destinado al público interesado en saber cómo mejorar nuestras destrezas más valiosas: argumentar, explicar, tomar decisiones o solucionar problemas. El tratamiento que se hace de estas competencias permite que sea accesible para cualquier lector interesado, pero también para el profesional. Los especialistas del ámbito educativo, de los recursos humanos y de la salud, encontrarán en esta obra un estudio en profundidad sobre el modo de revertir situaciones conflictivas y resolverlas. En el libro, se lleva a cabo una revisión completa de las iniciativas que se han desarrollado para optimizar nuestra capacidad de pensar críticamente. Además, se analizan las limitaciones que dificultan esta empresa. Esta reflexión crítica permite saber qué propuestas son las más adecuadas para modificar nuestro modo de pensar; conocer las mejores nos permitirá aplicarlas con el fin de lograr los resultados más deseables. El pensamiento crítico nos permite solucionar eficazmente los problemas profesionales y personales. Y para resolver problemas en la vida diaria se necesita de unos medios y de un fin. Los medios son esas habilidades de pensamiento crítico que nos permitan alcanzar nuestras metas del mejor modo posible; y el fin de los mismos siempre es lograr un mayor bienestar personal. Pero, los medios son imperfectos y es necesario desarrollarlos y mejorarlos. La formación en pensamiento crítico debe centrarse en las competencias que mejor resuelvan los problemas del mundo real, y hay una que es especialmente importante y a la que no se le ha prestado suficiente atención, a saber, la explicación causal. Por esta razón, en el libro se integra pensamiento crítico, formación y bienestar personal desde la causalidad. En esta segunda edición se apuesta, de forma prioritaria, por dar respuesta a los problemas del mundo real, y para ello se necesita primar determinadas competencias y orientar la formación. (cont.)




Educational Psychology


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The title of the book Educational Psychology - Between Certitudes and Uncertainties is relevant for the dynamic and low predictable research from genetics, neurosciences, technologies, etc. that produce challenges and exchanges across sciences. This new framework argues that this book is to be considered a fairly unique and realistic way to rebuild the incongruities and paradoxes in this area. Naturally, "certitudes and uncertainties" is a common denominator for the existing sophisticated academic conventions and for the immense potential of continuous professional development. The title of the book reflects the state of the art, a new trend in the conceptual fabric of educational psychology, and an attitude toward an academic market in the age of many battles in the world of science.





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Sustainable Pedagogical Research in Higher Education


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Considering both the theoretical and practical possibilities of the sustainability of higher education research in a world in which research budgets are often hard to secure, this book shares results from international research to demonstrate the innovation occurring to secure sustainable research funding. Rooted in diverse research experiences and reflections of academics and higher education institutional leaders, this book explores ways to promote and sustain pedagogical innovation in the higher education context. Beginning with an analysis of theoretical views from political, institutional and research practice spheres about the relevance of sustainability of educational research in higher education, it considers the need to promote educational research focused on pedagogical innovations in higher education. The second part of the book addresses practical experiences of funded educational research and offers guidance to assure the future of sustainable pedagogical interventions. This book is ideal reading for anyone interested in the role of sustainable funding in ensuring the future of higher education research, including researchers and postgraduate or undergraduate students who are researching or interested in the topic. It will also be of interest to senior institutional leaders and managers responsible for educational development in higher education.




Beyond the Megacity


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Beyond the Megacity connects and reconnects the global debate on the contemporary urban condition to the Latin American tradition of seeing, considering, and theorizing urbanization from the margins. It develops the approach of "peripheral urbanization" as a way to integrate the theoretical agendas belonging to global suburbanisms, neo-Marxist accounts of planetary urbanization, and postcolonial urban studies, and to move urban theory closer to the complexity and diversity of urbanization in the Global South. From an interdisciplinary perspective, Beyond the Megacity investigates the natures, causes, implications, and politics of current urbanization processes in Latin America. The book draws on case studies from various countries across the region, covering theoretical and disciplinary approaches from the fields of geography, anthropology, sociology, urban studies, agrarian studies, and urban and regional planning, and is written by academics, journalists, practitioners, and scholar-activists. Beyond the Megacity unites these unique perspectives by shifting attention to the places, processes, practices, and bodies of knowledge that have often been neglected in the past.




Advances and New Perspectives in Higher Education Quality


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The changes that have occurred in today's society require Higher Education to be highly efficient in the academic and professional preparation of young people who enter university. For that reason, universities around the globe have been advocating in recent years for an improvement in the quality of teaching-learning processes. As an example, the World University Consortium (2023) currently presents, among its most urgent and priority objectives, the identification of the best evaluative practices of the educational processes that are carried out at the University, as well as the recognition of the actions aimed at improving educational processes based on scientific evidence. In this way, it seeks to distinguish all those educational actions that are at the forefront; going from actions at the micro level, such as individual teaching practices in the classroom (such as the application of the flipped classroom or the use of augmented reality); up to actions taken at the macro level such as those proposed in the Horizon Europe 2020 strategy.




Spanish for the IB MYP 4 & 5 (Phases 3-5)


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The only series for MYP 4 and 5 developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach presented in global contexts. - Develop conceptual understanding with key MYP concepts and related concepts at the heart of each chapter. - Learn by asking questions with a statement of inquiry in each chapter. - Prepare for every aspect of assessment using support and tasks designed by experienced educators. - Understand how to extend your learning through research projects and interdisciplinary opportunities. This title is also available in two digital formats via Dynamic Learning. Find out more by clicking on the links at the top of the page.




Climate and Culture


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Discusses how culture both facilitates and inhibits our ability to address, live with, and make sense of climate change.




Strategic Thinking


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"Strategic Thinking: An Executive Perspective provides an overview of the major issues in strategy development for corporate executive programs and for practice-oriented executive MBA programs. Any book on such a vast subject as strategy must make compromises and trade-offs. This book is no exception. The choices of what to include, where, and at what level of depth were guided by the book's primary objective as a companion volume to case analysis in an executive setting with a global outlook."--Jacket.