De cuando Pinocho aprende valores. Una lectura de la novela de Collodi a la luz de las teorías de Shalom H. Schwartz y Leonardo Boff

Carlo Collodi published the chapters of the story Pinocchio in a children’s newspaper between 1880 and 1883. Since that time, Pinocchio has become universally known as a fundamental work in literature. Based on the perspectives of social psychologist Shalom H. Schwartaz and theologian Leonardo Boff, the author of this article contemplates the possibility that Pinocchio’s story allows the reader to develop greater social and moral values for living.

IMAGINARIOS DEL DESARROLLO EN LA DINÁMICA DEL TERRITORIO DEL GRAN CONCEPCIÓN, CHILE: HUELLAS DE UNA TRANSFORMACIÓN EN LA GEOGRAFÍA SOCIAL DE LA CIUDAD

Los conceptos de desarrollo y territorio, se articulan sobre la base de una serie de elementos que giran en torno a la construcción de ciertos imaginarios sociales. La ciudad, como hecho social, es también producto del imaginario que le otorga sentido y significado en un sistema de conocimiento determinado. La ciudad, al mismo tiempo que una estructura urbana, que un modelo de desarrollo, que una expresión de identidad, es el resultado de las huellas que le otorgan sentido más allá de sus aspectos jerárquicos y funcionales. La ciudad es, tal como lo expresa Italo Calvino en su novela “Las ciudades invisibles”, un lugar de intercambio de experiencias, de palabras, de historias. El presente trabajo, parte del Proyecto FONDECYT 1090248, busca abordar en el Gran Concepción, el cómo los conceptos de desarrollo y territorio, se han articulado para otorgar a la ciudad un sello, un sentido, una expresión. La idea del trabajo, busca situarse en el plano de la búsqueda de sentido, de la interpretación de significados y del peso que puede llegar a tener una ciudad cuando se mira desde el peso de ciertos conceptos que gravitan en su impronta y que van por lo mismo dibujando su geografía social.

The effect of gender context on children's social behaviour in a limited resources situation : an observational study

Knowing when to compete and when to cooperate to maximize opportunities for equal access to activities and materials in groups is critical to children's social and cognitive development. The present study examined the individual (gender, social competence) and contextual factors (gender context) that may determine why some children are more successful than others. One hundred and fifty-six children (M age=6.5 years) were divided into 39 groups of four and videotaped while engaged in a task that required them to cooperate in order to view cartoons. Children within all groups were unfamiliar to one another. Groups varied in gender composition (all girls, all boys, or mixed-sex) and social competence (high vs. low). Group composition by gender interaction effects were found. Girls were most successful at gaining viewing time in same-sex groups, and least successful in mixed-sex groups. Conversely, boys were least successful in same-sex groups and most successful in mixed-sex groups. Similar results were also found at the group level of analysis; however, the way in which the resources were distributed differed as a function of group type. Same-sex girl groups were inequitable but efficient whereas same-sex boy groups were more equitable than mixed groups but inefficient compared to same-sex girl groups. Social competence did not influence children's behavior. The findings from the present study highlight the effect of gender context on cooperation and competition and the relevance of adopting an unfamiliar peer paradigm when investigating children's social behavior.