EDU REVIEW. International Education and Learning Review / Revista Internacional de Educación y Aprendizaje

Non Face-to-Face Education in Mexican Universities

Liliana Yañez Soria — 2023-10-09

Coronavirus pandemic worldwide has risen exigences about higher education, converted in transformations about learning-teaching processes, to satisfy educational coverage and quality. A strategy involves incorporating technologies different to non-face-to-face modalities in universities. Nowadays, educational settings are planned to provide a policy framework that regulates connections and offers legal certainty. The research proposes a methodological analysis about normative documents of eleven public mexican universities to build some interpretation axis. Results suggest normative efforts are contextually pertinent, particularly in distance education systems.

Academics Emotions and Goals: Gender Differences in Vocational Training Students

Sabela Pérez-Martín — 2023-10-13

This research aims to analyse how gender affects their development gender differences in academic goals and emotions as fundamental motivational factors in the self-regulation learning. A total of 111 vocational training students from Galicia participated in the study through the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire, and Escalas de Estrategias Motivacionales del Aprendizaje - Versión Secundaria. The results indicate that women in the sample are more likely to focus their goals on ego-defeating outcomes and have a higher level of anxiety related to studying compared to men. Finally, based on the findings, it is estimated that analyzing gender is relevant for educational studies on emotions and academic goals

Leadership and Competencies for Citizenship in the Sinaloense Baccalaureate

Jesús Guadalupe Villavicencio Ibarra — 2023-10-31

This exercise seeks to provide elements for: 1) the phenomenological study of high school; 2) the understanding of the experiences of developing skills for citizenship lived in this; 3) the use of the AFI protocol. It was found: a) a need to reinforce the pedagogical-curricular scaffolding; b) acceptance/rejection of authority according to circumstances; c) school actors remembered for their transcendental role. It is concluded that it is necessary to incorporate citizenship education in high school, as well as promote the development of holistic leadership styles in teachers in favor of respect for the dignity and free development of students.

Argumentation in Medical Science Education: A Contribution to Educators’ Initial Training

Andrea Catalina Nassar Tobón — 2023-09-01

The use of argumentation in science education entails many benefits, including fostering critical skills, promoting the spirit of inquiry, enhancing conceptual understanding and academic performance. This reflection supports the training in argumentation for healthcare professionals, exposing some implicit challenges in medical practice. The relevance of integrating argumentation teaching, clinical reasoning, and problem-based learning is proposed. Although there is no ideal model of universal consultation, constructing arguments to support medical perspectives and engaging in critical dialogues with patients are essential medical skills.