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Rural Education and the State in Mexico: The Legacy of Elena Torres Cuellar
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Calderón, Marco – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background/Context: This article is part of a broader investigation of the sociocultural history of rural education in Mexico that focuses on federally financed "social experiments," the main purpose of which was to find "effective" methods to educate and "civilize" the rural population, especially Indigenous people.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Educational History, Indigenous Populations
Generic Competencies in the Education of Engineers: The Case of Engineering Program in a Public University in Mexico
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Serna, Alejandra García; Vega, José Luis Arcos; García, Juan José Sevilla; Ruiz, María Amparo Oliveros – Higher Education Studies, 2018
We present an analysis regarding generic skills on engineering program offered in a public state university in Mexico (UABC). The university implemented a new educational model changing rigid programs to flexible programs based on competencies. The goal is to determine generic skills related to the four pillars of learning: learning to do,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Basic Skills, Educational Change
A Case Study of Schooling Practices at an "Escuela Secundaria" in Mexico
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de Souza, Marcela – High School Journal, 2013
This article reports results of a qualitative study conducted at a public "escuela secundaria" (U.S. grades 7, 8, and 9) in Guadalajara, Mexico, during the spring of 2010. As the second phase of an ongoing project, the main goal was to learn from direct classroom observation about the most prevalent teaching and institutional practices…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Classroom Observation Techniques