Carlos Iván Elías Jiménez, Juan Francisco Caldera Montes, Oscar Ulises Reynoso González, María del Rosario Zamora Betancourt
{"title":"Variables asociadas al rendimiento en el Examen General para el Egreso de Licenciatura. El caso de Psicología","authors":"Carlos Iván Elías Jiménez, Juan Francisco Caldera Montes, Oscar Ulises Reynoso González, María del Rosario Zamora Betancourt","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study sought to identify possible correlations between the results of the school exit examination for undergraduate psychology students and the following variables: means of admission to college, sex, score on the scholastic aptitude test, and the grade point averages of entering and graduating students. The results show significant differences in performance on the school exit examination according to the studentś sex and means of admission to the university. In addition, there were significant correlations between the results of the school exit examination and student scholastic aptitude test scores. The study suggests the need for more research to determine other variables associated with success on the exit exam, as well as the development of predictive studies that would both enhance our understanding of the phenomenon and aid in developing strategies for improving the academic performance of students.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114624651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comportamiento responsable en la investigación y conductas no éticas en universidades de México y España","authors":"Ana Hirsch Adler","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The article presents the key tenets regarding responsible behavior in research, before providing information about unethical conduct expressed by 17 postgraduate program coordinators from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and 14 lecturers from three universities in Valencia, Spain. The theoretical frame derives primarily from the specialized literature in Mexico, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The research findings emphasize the importance of the international documents, while concluding that the perception of unethical conduct is greater than its actual prevalence in the university setting. The findings also outline the range of unethical practices, while highlighting the existence of internal and external detection mechanisms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116126284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aprendiendo a ser psicólogo: transiciones identitarias en el aula universitaria","authors":"Leticia Nayeli Ramírez Ramírez , Claudia Lucy Saucedo Ramos","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The purpose of this paper is to analyze the meanings and identity transitions that psychology students project while participating in the subject of Applied Psychology. The study was conducted with 16 students at the Iztacala Faculty of Higher Studies, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, using qualitative observation and in-depth interviews. We analyzed the aspects of the shared learning processes that took place in the classroom and the ways in which the participants performed crossovers of analytical and social contexts, between theory and practice, between their condition as students and as sons and daughters, and between their present identities and the projection of themselves as professionals. The study concluded that the classroom constitutes a learning space that tends to promote processes of identity formation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121213650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perspectivas institucionales y educación superior desde miradas globales a espacios locales: el caso de México","authors":"Abril Acosta Ochoa, Angélica Buendía Espinosa","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.04.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article presents a theoretical institutional analysis and its contributions to the study of higher education. The first section establishes the theoretical principles guiding the old and new institutionalism, the most relevant contributions of each, and the differences among the concepts of institution, organization, and institutionalization. The second section provides an overview of the approaches and contributions of new institutionalism to the study of higher education, as well as a brief summary of the key studies in Mexico using this theoretical approach. Finally, a research program is proposed to address pending issues in the area of institutional and organizational studies of higher education in Mexico.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.04.007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132173215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Permanencia y abandono de estudios en estudiantes universitarios: un análisis desde la teoría organizacional","authors":"Gonzalo Fonseca, Fernando García","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using an organizational perspective, the following article analyzes four mainstream theoretical models regarding permanence and dropout rates among university students. The analysis was based on a review of documents from primary sources, institutional databases and Google Scholar. In conducting the analysis, the documents were divided into three categories: explanatory theories regarding permanence and dropout rates among university students (1975-1991), contemporary research on the topic (2005-2015), and studies of the impact of institutional factors on students (2004-2011). The analysis revealed an insufficient inclusion of pedagogical variables and a limited number of mixed research methods employed in analyzing a phenomenon as complex as permanence and dropout rates among university students.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124228285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formulación y diseño de un modelo de vigilancia tecnológica curricular en programas de ingeniería en Colombia","authors":"Vladimir Balza-Franco","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper proposes the formulation, design and validation of a tool for curricular development in engineering courses. Following a literature review of curricular processes and technological monitoring, key drivers were identified: dimensions, assumptions, processes, and variables. The model was then validated by analyzing trends within the operations and logistics areas of industrial engineering programs in Colombia, the results of which provided feedback for the model. The study concluded that academic institutions need to adopt flexible, forward-looking and dynamic mechanisms for curriculum design, in order to incorporate state-of-the-art developments in the field, while constructing the most updated and relevant professional profiles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.04.008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121241960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"¿Cómo interactuamos aquí y allá? Análisis de expresiones verbales en una clase presencial y otra virtual a partir de dos sistemas de codificación diferentes","authors":"Ana Borgobello, Mariana Sartori, Néstor Roselli","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Given the incipient and fragmented nature of research into the use of information platforms, the study's aim was to analyze characteristics of sociocognitive interaction in a blended learning group, in both a virtual and a face-to-face classroom environment. Similar subjects and tasks were conducted in both settings. The study employed two different codification systems: one designed for analyzing traditional face-to-face interactions, and the other for mediated interactions. The results indicated a greater variety of interactions within the face-to-face setting than in the virtual one, among other findings. It was also easier to apply the face-to-face coding model for use in analyzing the virtual setting than the other way around.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125359793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perspectivas globales de la educación superior","authors":"Santos López-Leyva","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125594623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La Revista de la Educación Superior: recuento necesario","authors":"Imanol Ordorika","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.08.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resu.2016.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.08.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137371660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La «sociedad del conocimiento» y el campo de las políticas de transformación de la educación superior","authors":"María del Pilar Padierna Jiménez","doi":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resu.2016.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37807,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Educacion Superior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.resu.2016.08.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129652715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}