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5 grandes beneficios de la lectura antes de dormir

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Por:educaciontrespuntocero.com/ José Manuel Rodriguez

Una de las costumbres más extendidas entre padres y madres con sus hijos es la de leerles cuentos justo antes de dormir, de forma que los más pequeños disfruten de una divertida historia en familia mientras se preparan para descansar. Pero últimamente, varios investigadores han concluido que no se trata de un simple ritual cultural, sino que también trae consigo beneficios en el aprendizaje y el desarrollo cerebral de niños y niñas.

Desarrolla las funciones cognitivas

Aquellos que leen regularmente tienden a tener un mejor rendimiento en las pruebas de funcionamiento cognitivo que aquellos que no lo hacen. De hecho, una investigación publicada en Northern Illinois University descubrió que los lectores tienen un nivel de conocimiento generalizado y unas habilidades para el uso de vocabulario más elevadas que los no lectores. De ahí que una lectura rápida a la hora de dormir pueda suponer un desarrollo importante en estas destrezas.

Mejora de la calidad del sueño


Mejora de la calidad del sueño, lectura antes de dormir

Según la ‘National Sleep Foundation’, dedicar un tiempo a una lectura sosegada y relajante puede ayudar al cuerpo a prepararse para dormir y empujar a la mente a separar su tiempo de sueño del estrés y agitación que puede generar la vida diaria. Constatan que puede ayudar a las personas a conciliar el sueño más rápido y disfrutar de una mejor calidad de sueño durante toda la noche, lo que significa una mayor reserva de energía y un mejor estado de ánimo al día siguiente.

Contribuye a aumentar la empatía

La inteligencia emocional es una de las grandes claves para desarrollar una relación saludable con los demás, en especial cuando se habla del sentimiento empático. Una investigaciónpublicada en la revista Science, sin embargo, indica que el desarrollo de la empatía es más fácil para niños y jóvenes que acostumbran a leer ficción literaria antes de acostarse, ya que aumenta drásticamente la probabilidad de que identifiquen y comprendan mejor las emociones y los procesos mentales de los demás, mejorando directamente la calidad de sus relaciones personales.

Desarrolla de la memoria y la lógica

Una de las costumbres más comunes entre los pequeños es la imperante necesidad que sienten por leer varias veces el mismo cuento o la misma historia, y esto tiene su explicación. Según Virginia Walter, profesora asociada en la escuela de posgrado de educación e información de la Universidad de California, la primera vez que un niño o una niña escucha/lee un libro es imposible que comprenda todo. “Pero a medida que lo escuchan una y otra vez comienzan a identificar patrones y secuencias, una habilidad que les ayuda en otras áreas como las matemáticas, las ciencias o la música”.

*Fuente: https://www.educaciontrespuntocero.com/noticias/lectura-antes-de-dormir/87708.html

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Videojuegos para prevenir el acoso escolar

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Por:www.hoy.es/José Manuel Cacho

Jorge Guerra plantea en su tesis doctoral un nuevo método para acabar con la discriminación en las aulas

«Premios como éste ayudan a dar reconocimiento y difusión al trabajo realizado por un grupo de profesionales de reconocido prestigio», aseguraJorge Guerra Antequera tras conseguir el II Premio RUTE (Red Universitaria de Tecnología Educativa) a la mejor tesis doctoral por el trabajo titulado ‘Estudio evaluativo de prevención del acoso escolar con un videojuego’.

RUTE es una asociación académica sin ánimo de lucro formada por docentes e investigadores universitarios. Su interés es promover las aplicaciones educativas de las tecnologías de la comunicación e información.

No obstante, la implantación de videojuegos en el aula es aún, a día de hoy, un tema difícil. Francisco Revuelta, profesor de la Facultad de Formación del Profesorado de Cáceres, está investigando para encontrar el modo de integrar los videojuegos en los contextos educativos y ha dirigido este trabajo de investigación.

El problema está siendo encontrar la manera de implantar este modelo en las clases

La tesis construye un marco teórico que engloba la historia y la consideración del juego y los videojuegos como estrategias y herramientas aptas para la educación desde las perspectivas filosóficas, sociológicas, lúdicas y educativas.

En su trabajo, Guerra realiza un recorrido por las características y consecuencias del acoso escolar, así como los agentes que intervienen en estos procesos, como son agresor, testigos y víctima. Abarca también los diferentes papeles que adquiere la sociedad y los individuos y cómo la ley contempla estos actos.

En su tesis Guerra ha creado un videojuego que se puede considerar como ‘serio’, en el que se aborda el acoso escolar. Posteriormente realizaron un ‘cuasiexperimento’ en un colegio público de la ciudad de Cáceres con alumnos de quinto y sexto de Educación Primaria. Para la prueba se dividió a los alumnos en cuatro grupos: dos grupos de control y dos grupos experimentales.

«Este videojuego serio forma a los individuos respecto a los efectos nocivos del acoso escolar, siguiendo el propósito por el que fue concebido y determinando la adquisición de aprendizajes y destrezas», según recoge la Universidad de Extremadura.

Los videojuegos serios son un instrumento importante en la docencia, la formación y el cambio social ya que favorecen un aprendizaje profundo, permanente y transferible de unos alumnos a otros. Permiten experimentar situaciones no sólo de aprendizajes y destrezas, también actitudes. Por tanto, los juegos serios simulan situaciones que se pueden afrontar sin dañar a otras personas, permitiendo así una educación en valores positivos.

Cambios

Tal y como apunta Jorge Guerra, «mi tesis ni se crea ni se destruye, se transforma». De ahí que esta idea haya sufrido multitud de cambios incluso en estados muy avanzados.

En un primer momento la idea era establecer un método de uso de los videojuegos en el aula, algo que tras meses de estudio resultó ser inviable para una tesis doctoral porque resultaba imposible adaptarlo a casos concretos. Centrar la tesis en el acoso escolar y los videojuegos serios fue la idea final, debido a que estos no cargan lo prejuicios de los videojuegos (adicción, agresividad, violencia, etc.).

Evolutivamente se halló la opción del acoso escolar y los juegos serios debido a que no generan tanta reticencia. El videojuego permite a los usuarios ponerse en la piel del acosado para conciencier del daño que sufren las víctimas.

«El tema del acoso escolar es debido al problema que existe en los centros y que a mí como docente me preocupa, ya que éstos comportamientos comienzan en edades muy tempranas y si no se tratan terminan afectando a la vida adulta en muchos sentidos.» señala el ganador del II Premio RUTE.

Por tanto, la finalidad de esta tesis es la creación de un videojuego para tratar un problema enquistado en los contextos escolares y propiciar una intervención no agresiva o culpabilizadora. Se buscaba que empatizasen con el otro, que encontrasen la vertiente emocional de los actos que estaban realizando, algo que han conseguido con éxito.

«Aunque la utilización del videojuego sea efectiva, no significa que hemos encontrado la solución total, pues las pequeñas acciones negativas como los insultos o el aislamiento evolucionan en complicaciones sociales y personales más severas» tal y como destaca el autor en el portal de la Universidad de Extremadura.

*Fuente: https://www.hoy.es/extremadura/videojuegos-prevenir-acoso-20180722000939-ntvo.html

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Marcha docente en Panamá ASOPROF

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El miércoles 1 de agosto, como parte de un esfuerzo de ASOPROF, unos 25 centros educativos del Este de Panamá Centro y de Panamá Este, paralizarán labores y marcharán reiterando los incumplimientos del MEDUCA con las demandas de esos centros. Solicitamos la presencia solidaria tanto de representantes y directivas de capítulos de colegios de Panamá Centro, Norte y San Miguelito, así como de docentes que puedan invitar.

Diógenes Sánchez
Secretario General

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Malaysia: Creative, critical thinking is key

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By: www.nst.com.my/ Oswald Timothy Edward 

Minister Dr Maszlee Malik has given the assurance that the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 and the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education) are here to stay. This is a relief.

The Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education) incorporates elements to tackle the uncertainty of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). As such, the Higher Education Framework 4.0 has been established to address the issues and challenges of 4IR. The framework is more specific compared with the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education).

Universities have been instructed to change their curriculum and delivery system to ensure that students have jobs upon graduation. One of the measures is to produce holistic, balanced and entrepreneurial graduates who can adapt and fill jobs.

To face the challenges of 4IR, with its complex environmental, social and economical pressures, young people need to be creative, innovative, enterprising and adaptable with the motivation, confidence and skills to use critical and creative thinking meaningfully.

Critical and creative thinking gets students to think broadly and deeply by using skills, behaviours and dispositions, such as reason, logic, resourcefulness, imagination and innovation, in learning, both on and off campus.

A thinking process that is productive, purposeful and intentional is at the centre of effective learning. By applying a sequence of thinking skills, students develop an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the processes they can use when they encounter problems, unfamiliar information and new ideas.

Critical thinking is at the core of most intellectual activity that involves students learning to recognise or develop an argument, use evidence in support of that argument, draw reasoned conclusions and use information to solve problems. Examples of critical thinking skills are interpreting, analysing, evaluating, explaining, sequencing, reasoning, comparing, questioning, inferring, hypothesising, appraising, testing and generalising.

Creative thinking involves students learning to generate and apply new ideas in specific contexts, view situations in a new way, identify alternative explanations, and see or make new links that generate a positive outcome. This includes combining parts to form something original, sifting and refining of ideas to discover possibilities, constructing theories and objects, and acting on intuition.

Critical and creative thinking involves communicative processes that develop flexibility and precision. Communication is integral to each of the thinking processes.

We should reflect whether our education system is steering children away from their passion by creating test-taking robots whom we think will become working stiffs rather than visionary thinkers, creators and innovators.

When an educator gives a test, he is trying to measure students’ ability to recall and apply information learnt over a period of time. The exams make it relatively straightforward: did the student get an answer right or wrong? Was mastery of skills demonstrated?

The process of teaching and learning has to change. Under Learning and Teaching 4.0, there are four aspects: learning spaces should be redesigned; different kinds of pedagogies are needed; curriculum must be fluid and organic; and, all the aspects should incorporate the latest learning and teaching technologies.

To face the challenges of 41R, educational services need to be radically improved. In particular, we need to inculcate creative and critical thinking, and drive greater innovation and competition in education.

A sound creative and critical thinking process is imperative to social progress.

It is with our thoughts that we shape the world — thinking creatively shapes social and cultural structures.

It affects the way blame is placed, the way ideas of right and wrong is developed, the way leaders are elected and the way we understand our place in the world as individuals and collectively.

OSWALD TIMOTHY EDWARD

Faculty of Business and Management, UiTM Johor

*Fuente: https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2018/07/392823/creative-critical-thinking-key

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Jamaica: Local innovation features Wi-Fi without Internet connection

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Por: jamaicaobserver.com

A local innovation featuring an interactive, digital experience with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), via smartphones and without need for any Internet connection, debuted for the first time at the Go For The Goals roadshow on the SDG and Vision 2030 in Morant Bay, St Thomas, last week.

Leveraging technology innovated by a local company, Academic Journies, the Go For The Goals Digital Hotspot was specially commissioned by UN Jamaica as a digital space offering persons and locations with low or no Internet connectivity the opportunity to access digital resources and interaction on the SDG.

Resources include chatrooms, selfie photo features, videos, quizzes for prizes, and downloads. Users gain access via a special Go For The Goals Jamaica Wi-Fi signal broadcast to smart devices within range.

“This breakthrough leverages the strong penetration of smart devices, overcomes the limitations of Internet penetration and cost, thereby reducing the barrier to web-based SDG education in Jamaica,” UN Resident Coordinator Bruno Pouezat has said. He added that the technology could become valuable in advancing SDG education and awareness in Jamaica, as the data indicates that mobile penetration is as high as 107.4 per cent (World Economic Forum, 2016) but Internet access generally remains low at 42 per cent, according to STATIN data.

Go For The Goals volunteer from St Thomas and one of hundreds of patrons at the event Casey-Ann Lee, in a feedback said, “the hotspot is very user friendly and informative. One of the best educational tools created thus far”.

UNDP deputy resident representative and member of the United Nations country team, Dr Elsie Laurence-Chounoune, in delivering remarks at the roadshow invited patrons to connect and learn. “This hot spot does not require Internet access … the more you engage with the hot spot, the more you learn.” In a general invitation to patrons to learn more about the SDG, she noted; “Going for the Goals means knowing what the 17 goals are; knowing what your country is doing to achieve them so they become reality by 2030; and focusing on the goals which resonate most with your ambitions and personality; then setting forth a plan to achieve that goal in your personal life, for your community, and for your nation.”

Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie, who delivered the main address, said the Go For The Goals roadshow is critical in engaging Jamaicans in the process of achieving the goals outlined in Vision 2030. He noted that with only 12 years left for the objectives to be achieved, the buy-in of every citizen is needed. “This programme is one that includes every single Jamaican because it speaks about a vision for the country, a vision for which all of us must become major stakeholders.”

PIOJ Director General Wayne Henry, in his remarks, said: “Our interactions with the people of St Thomas reveal they have been laying the foundation for the sustainable development of their parish. We welcome this opportunity to continue the dialogue and build partnerships to advance community development. These partnerships will lead to improved outcomes for residents and aid us in attaining the ‘Jamaica We Want’, as we implement Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan and the SDGs, leaving no one behind.”

In recognising that the launch was being done in partnership with World Population Day under the theme, ‘Family Planning is a Human Right’, Dr Henry said the Population Sector Plan of Vision 2030 Jamaica was framed to ensure that population growth, size, structure, distribution and characteristics were synchronised with national sustainable development imperatives, and foresees “a population which meets the sustainable development needs of the country”.

This, he said, fits squarely with Agenda 2030 which seeks to bring greater attention in international development to the links between population dynamics — including migration, urbanisation, and growth, and climate change.

UNFPA Caribbean representative Allison Drayton, who led the celebration of World Population Day at the roadshow, said the UNFPA supports family planning in developing countries by ensuring a reliable supply of a full range of modern contraceptives, strengthening national health systems, and supporting and promoting gender equality.

Go For The Goals — On the Road to the Jamaica We Want by 2030, is a joint initiative of the United Nations Jamaica and the Government of Jamaica — led by the Planning Institute of Jamaica — which holds lead responsibility for the implementation of the SDG in Jamaica. The roadshow also introduced the sustainable development Goals-branded JUTC bus which made its maiden journey to Morant Bay and is now deployed on the Spanish Town/Kingston route.

The SDG is globally regarded as the universal call to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. It is currently being implemented under the Vision 2030 National Development Plan.

*Fuente: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/local-innovation-features-wi-fi-without-internet-connection_139213?profile=1373

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China: Students rally against UEC recognition

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By: malaymail.com/Danial Dzulkifly

Some 400 students demonstrated in the city centre here today against the government’s possible move to recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) in Chinese independent schools.

Gerakan Mahasiswa Islam Se-Malaysia (Gamis) president Mohd Faizzudin Mohd Zai, who organised the protest, claimed the recognition of the school-leaving certificate for entry into public universities and the civil service could fracture national unity.

“UEC could worsen national unity. The different use of language could lead to segregation among the races.

“As a people of different religions, views and culture, the use of the national language is what ties us together, he said.

Gamis deputy president Imran Baharuddin also voiced his concern about the recognition of UEC, claiming that it would further polarise the nation.

“We do not want to see Chinese students only mingle with Chinese students and Malay students only hang around with other Malay students. That is unhealthy for national unity,’’ he said.

The rally also aimed to show support to Education Minister Maszlee Malik, whom Faizzuddin said might have been pressured to recognise the UEC.

“We also want to show our support to the education minister. Don’t be afraid as we are with you, as well as 7,000 other students who have voiced their support for you,’’ said Faizzudin.

Faizzuddin said the protest went without a hitch, though there were a few incidents of protesters being forcefully pushed by unknown parties.

A special branch officer on the ground who observed the protest verified that there were some 400 protestors and no untoward incidents were recorded.

*Fuente: https://www.malaymail.com/s/1654609/students-rally-against-uec-recognition

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Spirituality through holistic education

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Por: dailypioneer.com/ Raunak Jain

Giving our children the gift of an education system that focuses on holistic development and is spiritually rich could be our best contribution to the world, writes RAUNAK JAIN

Holistic is a word that originates from ancient Greek and which means to encompass “an entire thing”. Ancient Greeks had created a civilization that is the bedrock of all western thought; they indeed had a holistic view of human beings. While today we know ancient Greeks mostly because of the many profound philosophical works of thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; the ancient Greeks gave us much more than just inspiring philosophy. They were at the forefront of human thought more than 2,000 years ago. They also constructed beautiful buildings and theorised about how men should ideally live and be governed. So powerful was the impact of ancient Greece that works by the ancient thinkers, mathematicians, and philosophers were unequalled in the west for over two millennia.

Ancient Greeks were driven by holistic beliefs and thoughts, and viewed an individual who excelled in multiple activities to be far superior to one who excelled in only one task. For instance, it was not uncommon for a top mathematician from ancient Greece to also be a top bodybuilder and a top athlete. They believed that being especially skilled in only one narrow activity and in no other was actually a symptom of vulgarity. It should, therefore, be said that ancient Greeks believed in and practised holistic education.

Modern Education

Unfortunately, education today has grown rigid, narrow, and inflexible. Children studying in even the best schools in the country are forced to give up their passion after the 10th standard and to instead concentrate solely on a narrow stream of subjects that will allow them to earn a livelihood in the future. The ancient Greeks and some others today would call this vulgar. Holistic education emphasises that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. In the context of learning, this means that a student is comprised of more than just a mind that should memorise. Rather, a student is believed to have a unique function in society and is known to be driven by unique feelings and emotions. The holistic form of education takes such additional considerations into account and allows students to reach their fullest potential by improving additional qualities that children possess.

Spirituality and Holistic Education

While the term spirituality usually seems connected to morality or religion and often excludes many who are outside a certain belief system, when it is applied to education it stands for “teaching authentically”. This can also mean teaching with the intention to teach rather than mechanically going through the motions of teaching.

A student is more than the sum of his parts; hence while a child may be a good sportsperson and excel at history or physics, he or she also has a self that is connected to a community. This connection is what gives a child an identity, meaning, and purpose. The same connections also give rise to genuine feelings of compassion and a desire for peace in the world. Hence, holistic education is meant to help an individual fulfil his or her true purpose as part of a community. Today, education in India stresses academic excellence, often at the expense of the development of other aspects of a student’s personality. Holistic education prepares an individual for life.

Helping Children Spiritually

Today, good formal education in India strives to make children learn, while holistic education also helps children “learn, how to learn”. Simply learning a subject may not be sufficient to navigate life; children must learn how they can learn. By “learning how to learn”, they acquire skills that make them not only more successful in life, but that also lead them to be happier and well-adapted members of society.

Teachers and Spirituality

While holistic education allows children to learn how to become lifelong learners, it also instils in them a curiosity for learning and wanting to know more. So, unlike the traditional model of education in India today, holistic education continues outside the classroom and well into adulthood, if not into old age. Becoming lifelong learners is more important today than ever before.

Learning spiritually means that students and their teachers share a deep connection with the subject they are learning. Such teachers do nothing less than inspiring their students by creating a lifelong bond with learning. Such students develop spiritually and carry forward a spark into any profession they choose to work in.

 Practical Outcomes of Holistic Education

By following the practice of holistic education, a student grows more confident and certain of his or her place in his society or community. Thus, a child develops social and communication skills. Such skills are essential for success in any leadership role today and will remain important for success well into the future.

Gifted Children

Every child is born gifted, it is the role of educators to bring out the child’s strengths. Once the child discovers his or her passion, he or she will learn and take part in related activities with enthusiasm and enjoy overcoming the challenges.

Wanting to Learn

One of the most important principles in teaching is linked to “positive association” which in education translates into “the more children enjoy learning, the more they will want to continue learning”. Positive association with learning creates adults who remain curious and open throughout their lives and who go on to be more innovative in the workplace.

Our Contribution  

The ideas that shape our modern world were formed by the ancient Greeks well over 2,000 years ago. We pride ourselves for living in a democracy, but the idea was first formed by ancient Greeks. By adopting  holistic education for our children, one can aspire to contribute as much to the future as the Greeks have to contributed to our world.

The writer is MD, Tula’s International School

*Fuente: https://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/spirituality/spirituality-through-holistic-education.html

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