Documentos de Interés

Aprender a convivir

Dic 13, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

educationtoday blog Educating our youth to care about each other and the world Posted: 12 Dec 2017 03:07 AM PST by Andreas Schleicher Director, Directorate for Education and Skills In 2015, 193 countries committed to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals...

Sobre los doctorados en Canadá y países anglosajones

Dic 10, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

Cognitive Dissonance in Academia November 13th, 2017 - Alex Usher On a pretty regular basis, some academic or other pens a piece in the popular press talking about overproduction of PhDs. Take for example this 2015 Jonathan Wolff piece in the Guardian with a piece...

Lo público y lo privado en la educación superior

Dic 9, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

Lo público y lo privado en la educación superior Por Héctor Gaete, Rector, Universidad del Bio Bio, Pulso, 6 diciembre 2017 Lo que se requiere es alcanzar el desarrollo y, en este contexto, todas las instituciones de educación superior, sin distinción de su naturaleza...

Proyecto de ley de Educación Superior: comisión lo aprueba en general y será discutido en la sala del Senado

Dic 7, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

Proyecto de ley de Educación Superior: comisión lo aprueba en general y será discutido en la sala del Senado por EL MOSTRADOR 7 diciembre, 2017 Proyecto de ley de Educación Superior: comisión lo aprueba en general y será discutido en la sala del Senado “Lo importante...

Alex Usher: La economía de los rankings

Dic 5, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

The Economics of Rankings November 27, 2017 - Alex Usher One of the greatest misapprehensions about rankings - and there are a lot, believe me - is that rankers are "just doing it for the money". For the most part, this is wrong. It's really hard to make money at...

Alex Usher: Universidad neoliberal (5)

Dic 4, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

Last Orders on Neoliberalism (Neoliberalism Part 5) November 24th, 2017 - Alex Usher To sum up the week's arguments: Neoliberalism is about markets. There are actually very few genuine markets in higher education and where there are they can be quite beneficial...

Alex Usher: Universidad Neoliberal (4)

Dic 3, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

Measurement and Management at Universities (Neoliberalism Part 4) November 23rd, 2017 - Alex Usher To date, we have looked at market mechanisms and competition in universities and shown that a) they aren't in fact all that neo-liberal and b) particularly with respect...

Alex Usher: Universidad Neoliberal (3)

Dic 1, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

Universities and Competition (Neoliberalism Part 3) November 22nd, 2017 - Alex Usher One of the key accusations about universities and neoliberalism is that the system is too obsessed with competition. On the face of it, this looks like the easiest argument to make...

OCDE: Desempeño de las escuelas en el aprendizaje de destrezas blandas

Nov 28, 2017 | Documentos de Interés, Educación Superior

educationtoday blog Are school systems ready to develop students’ social skills? Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:43 AM PST by Andreas Schleicher Director, Directorate for Education and Skills Successes and failures in the classroom will increasingly shape the fortunes of...

Alex Usher: Significado de universidad neoliberal (2)

Nov 27, 2017 | Documentos de Interés

What People Mean When They Talk About Neoliberal Universities (Part 2) November 21st, 2017 - Alex Usher Yesterday I talked about how the notion of neo-liberal universities was based on four concepts: greater use of market mechanisms, increased use of competitions, the...