La enseñanza tradicional de las ciencias versus las nuevas tendencias educativas

To think of an educational proposal that teaches how to learn, it is necessary to consider a change not only educationally but also political, social, economical, ecological, cultural, among others, to enable an understanding of reality and in which there can be a construction of knowledge and a crucial role of sciences. But we must not forget that the development of science has been marked by the so-called positivistic science that it is characterized by interpreting phenomena and how this function through theories and laws, where the context and humans have a very poor leading role, if any, to which one can call scientism, which has allowed development even above human needs. However, since the 90s, there is a resurgence of progressive humanism in the educational fields, where there is a search of a revaluation of what it is considered human, which involves a series of epistemological and methodological changes that drives us towards new ways of working. This calls us to reflect on extreme choices to build knowledge, beyond the traditional teaching of the sciences, which are comprehensive, systematic, and flexible and rooted in a humanistic culture. Some models of the new trends are: directed research, discovery learning, inquiry learning and teaching of science and new technologies.

LA ADMINISTRACIÓN ¿CIENCIA O TÉCNICA? LA FORMACIÓN EN ADMINISTRACIÓN, UNA EXPRESIÓN DE LA CRISIS UNIVERSITARIA

--

Estado Constitucional de Derecho y Democracia: ¿conceptos antagónicos?: revisando Centroamérica

El texto explora las concepciones sobre democracia y Estado Constitucional de Derecho. Intenta explicar las posibles diferencias entre ambas expresiones y sus puntos de encuentro. Recurre tanto a doctrina de ciencia política como de derecho constitucional.Se sostiene la conveniencia científica, desde una perspectiva también histórica, de hablar de estado constitucional de derecho entendido como una categoría más exacta de lo que debe entenderse como forma de acceder al poder y proteger los derechos fundamentales.Finalmente, se hace un análisis de la situación actual de Centroamérica y se relaciona aquella con la existencia real de estados constitucionales de derecho en la región. The article analyzes on the concepts about democracy and rule of constitutional law. It aims to explain the  possible differences and coincidences between these notions throughout the political sciences and constitutional law. From an historic view, it points out to the scientific convenience and correctness of the term ‘constitutional rule of law’, understood as a more precise category of what it must be defined as a means to access the power and the protection of fundamental rights.Finally, the article examines on the current situation of the Central American region emphasizing on whether these states embrace a true constitutional rule of law.