Nuevos horizontes en educación: innovaciones y experiencias

Nuevos horizontes en educación: innovaciones y experiencias
Author: José María Fernández Batanero
Publisher: Ediciones Octaedro
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2019-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 8417667881

Profesores y estudiantes universitarios tienen en esta obra una herramienta que les ayudará a reflexionar sobre su vida social y profesional. Se dan a conocer una serie de experiencias que en estos momentos centran la atención de numerosos investigadores y expertos en educación y en tecnología, desde todos los rincones del planeta. Somos conscientes de que la educación constituye el principal elemento de desarrollo de cualquier sociedad democrática, conformando la principal vía de desarrollo integral de los individuos que la forman y uno de los parámetros fundamentales para definir una sociedad avanzada e innovadora. En este contexto, la innovación educativa constituye un proceso complejo de creación y transformación del conocimiento adicional para encontrar soluciones a los problemas que se plantea la educación en este primer cuarto del siglo. En esta línea, se recogen aquí innovaciones y experiencias relativas a la educación basada en la atención a la diversidad del alumnado, la organización de los espacios, el papel de la colaboración y el emprendimiento, la formación docente y el papel de las TIC en la sociedad de la información, donde la seguridad digital desempeña un papel primordial. Este libro va destinado a todos los docentes y alumnado universitario del siglo XXI, pues quienes tengan competencias en innovación serán los perfiles profesionales más demandados en un ámbito estratégico de futuro como es la educación.

Learning & Knowledge

Learning & Knowledge
Author: Robert McCormick
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1999-03-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781853964275

This textbook is founded on the idea of learning as knowledge construction and the implications of this for the nature of knowledge and for the way it is acquired. The first section examines the nature of knowledge from several perspectives. The dominant theme is that views of learning closely relate to views of knowledge. The second section considers what it is to be knowledgeable. Expertise and types of knowledge are considered using examples from different phases of education and subject areas. The final part of the book focuses on learning within domains and what this means from different subject perspectives. Learning and Knowledge is a Course Reader for The Open University course E836 Learni

Educational Alternatives in Latin America

Educational Alternatives in Latin America
Author: Robert Aman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319534505

This book explores diverse contemporary paradigms of educational praxis and learning in Latin America, both formal and non-formal. Each contributor offers a unique perspective on the factors which lead to the production of paradigms rooted in ‘other’ logics, cosmologies, and realities, and how these factors may renegotiate and redefine concepts of education, learning, and knowledge. The various chapters provide a road map for scholars, activists, artists, students, organizations, and social movements to help begin to construct learning spaces that seek to engage with a new more horizontal form of participatory democracy.

Innovation Design

Innovation Design
Author: Elke den Ouden
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1447122682

Innovation Design presents an approach to designing shared value for businesses, non-profit organizations, end-users and society. The societal and economic challenges we are currently facing – such as the aging population, energy scarcity and environmental issues – are not just threats but are also great opportunities for organizations. Innovation Design shows how organizations can contribute to the process of generating value for society by finding true solutions to these challenges. And at the same time it describes how they can capture value for themselves in business ecosystems that care for both people and planet. This book covers: creating meaningful innovations that improve quality of life, engage users and provide value for organizations and other stakeholders, guiding the creation of shared value throughout the innovation process, with a practical and integrative approach towards value that connects ideas from economics, psychology, sociology and ecology, designing new business models and business ecosystems to deliver sustainable benefits for all the involved parties and stakeholders, addressing both tangible and intangible value. Innovation Design gives numerous examples of projects and innovations to illustrate some of the challenges and solutions you may encounter in your journey of designing meaningful innovations and creating shared value. It also offers practical methods and tools that can be applied directly in your own projects. And in a fast-changing world, it provides a context, a framework and the inspiration to create value at every level: for people, for organizations and for the society in which we live.

Creating Innovation Leaders

Creating Innovation Leaders
Author: Banny Banerjee
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2015-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 331920520X

This book focuses on the process of creating and educating innovation leaders through specialized programs, which are offered by leading academic schools. Accordingly, the book is divided into two parts. While the first part provides the theoretical foundations of why and how innovation leaders should be created, the second part presents evidence that these foundations can already be found in the programs of ten top-level universities. Part one consists of six chapters following a rigorous plan of content development, addressing topics ranging from (1) innovation, to (2) the settings where innovation occurs, (3) innovation leadership, (4) the need to change education, (5) a taxonomy of advanced educational experiences, and (6) cases of positive vs negative innovation leadership in the context of complex problems. Here the authors show that a new kind of innovation leadership is urgently needed, how it can be created, and how it is put into action. The second part is a collection of invited chapters that describe in detail ten leading academic programs: their objectives, curricular organization, enrollment procedures, and impact on students. Selected programs include four North American institutions (Stanford’s d.school, Harvard’s Multidisciplinary Engineering Faculty, Philadelphia University, OCAD’s Master of Design on Strategic Foresight & Innovation), five European institutions (Alta Scuola Politecnica of Milano and Torino, the EIT Master Program, Paris’ d.school, Brighton’s Interdisciplinary Design Program, Aalto University) and the Mission D program at Tongji University in China. The book is dedicated to all those who recognize the need to provide stimuli regarding innovation and innovation leadership, primarily but not exclusively in academia. These include, but are not limited to, professors, deans and provosts of academic institutions, managers at private organizations and government policy-makers – in short, anyone who is engaged in promoting innovation within their own organization, and who feels the need to expand the intellectual and practical toolbox they use in this demanding and exciting endeavor.

Engaging People in Sustainability

Engaging People in Sustainability
Author: Daniella Tilbury
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9782831708232

The book is based on the exchange of professional experiences which featured in an IUCN CEC workshop in August 2002. Practitioners from around the world shared their models of good practice and explored the challenges involved in engaging people in sustainability. The difficulties facing practitioners vary between country and context but some challenges are universal: A lack of clarity in communicating what is meant by sustainable development; An ambition to educate everyone to bring about a global citizenship; Social, organisational or institutional factors constrain change to sustainable development, yet there is an emphasis on formal education, and community educators do not receive the same support; A lack of balance in addressing the integration of environmental, social and economic dimensions leading to an interpretation that ESD is mainly about environment and conservation issues; New learning (rather than teaching) approaches are called for to promote more debate in society. Yet, few are trained or experienced in these new approaches. Practitioners need support to explore new ways of promoting learning. [Foreword, ed].

Tim Cook: el visionario que guió a Apple tras la muerte de Steve Jobs

Tim Cook: el visionario que guió a Apple tras la muerte de Steve Jobs
Author: MAX EDITORIAL
Publisher: Max Editorial
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2024-07-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1779718527

En 2011, el mundo de la tecnología fue testigo de un cambio histórico: la muerte de Steve Jobs, el visionario cofundador y director ejecutivo de Apple. Ante un futuro incierto, la empresa se encontró en una encrucijada. Fue en ese momento cuando Tim Cook, hasta entonces vicepresidente senior de operaciones, se hizo cargo del gigante de Cupertino. Este libro es un tributo a la destacada carrera de Tim Cook, explorando sus excepcionales habilidades como líder, su pasión por el diseño y la innovación, y su compromiso con la responsabilidad social y la sostenibilidad. A través de un análisis en profundidad de sus decisiones estratégicas y el impacto que tuvo en Apple y la industria tecnológica en su conjunto, descubriremos la mente de un líder visionario que marcó el curso de la historia. Nacido en Alabama en 1960, Tim Cook siempre ha demostrado un talento natural para la organización y la eficiencia. Su carrera en IBM, donde durante 12 años ocupó puestos de creciente responsabilidad, lo dotó de las habilidades necesarias para gestionar operaciones complejas a escala global. En 1998 se unió a Apple, ganándose rápidamente la confianza de Steve Jobs y convirtiéndose en un actor clave en la reestructuración de la empresa. En 2004, Cook asumió por primera vez el cargo de CEO, durante la ausencia de Jobs por problemas de salud. Esta experiencia lo preparó para el inevitable desafío que surgiría en 2011. Al asumir el rol permanente de CEO, Cook enfrentó el escepticismo de muchos que cuestionaban su capacidad para liderar Apple sin la figura icónica de Jobs. Descubra mucho más...

Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction

Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Michael Allingham
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2002-08-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0191579262

We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind of criteria are we applying when we say that a choice is rational? What guides our own choices, especially in cases where we don't have complete information about the outcomes? What strategies should be applied in making decisions which affect a lot of people, as in the case of government policy? This book explores what it means to be rational in all these contexts. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to decisions in everyday life, and to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Conversations on Chemistry

Conversations on Chemistry
Author: Jane Haldimand Marcet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2010-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108016839

Bright, humorous and engaging, Marcet's best-selling 1805 book was designed to introduce women to scientific ideas.