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La sociología del individuo se ha propuesto analizar cómo se construye histórica y estructuralmente un cierto tipo de individuo en una sociedad dada. Y ya que la condición social moderna y contemporánea debe entenderse como una experiencia cada vez más singular, estructurada por una sociedad cuya ideología social es el individualismo, este libro espera abrir un espacio discusión y de comprensión a nuevas realidades colombianas y latinoamericanas, en las que se viven las experiencias sociales individuales y el individualismo de nuestros tiempos. Así, se presentan un conjunto de aproximaciones de distinta índole, a partir de las cuales se aborda de manera conjunta la problemática del individuo, tanto desde aspectos estructurales como desde aspectos subjetivos, que evidencian las maneras complejas que en diferentes momentos y contextos sociales se produce y autogestionan los individuos, denotando las peculiaridades, así como los contornos y configuraciones de las pruebas y soportes sociales que se han constituido en tales contextos.
Con un enfoque interdisciplinario, esta obra aborda temas fundamentales sobre el cuidado de las personas mayores y quienes se ocupan de su cuidado. Esta obra busca establecer un diálogo desde las diversas disciplinas que se ocupan de reflexionar sobre este tema de vital importancia en nuestra sociedad, ya que desde 2015, cuando surgió la Convención de los derechos humanos de las personas mayores, a nivel regional interamericano en este tema aún no hay suficiente bibliografía, reflexión e investigación. El libro aporta experiencias no solo interdisciplinarias sino que también articula tres temas fundamentales como el cuidado, personas mayores y sus cuidadores, con experiencias de Colombia, Uruguay y España, las cuales enriquecen la construcción que Colombia está haciendo en este ámbito del sistema de cuidado.
An approach to performance-based assessments that embeds assessments in digital games in order to measure how students are progressing toward targeted goals. To succeed in today's interconnected and complex world, workers need to be able to think systemically, creatively, and critically. Equipping K-16 students with these twenty-first-century competencies requires new thinking not only about what should be taught in school but also about how to develop valid assessments to measure and support these competencies. In Stealth Assessment, Valerie Shute and Matthew Ventura investigate an approach that embeds performance-based assessments in digital games. They argue that using well-designed games...
“Latin America” is a concept firmly entrenched in its philosophical, moral, and historical meanings. And yet, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo argues in this landmark book, it is an obsolescent racial-cultural idea that ought to have vanished long ago with the banishment of racial theory. Latin America: The Allure and Power of an Idea makes this case persuasively. Tenorio-Trillo builds the book on three interlocking steps: first, an intellectual history of the concept of Latin America in its natural historical habitat—mid-nineteenth-century redefinitions of empire and the cultural, political, and economic intellectualism; second, a serious and uncompromising critique of the current “Latin Ame...
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This is a New Revised Edition in which the Author explains how the Trinity (one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is the central mystery of the Christian faith that enlightens all other mysteries of the faith. An understanding of the Trinity is essential for the protection and defense of the divine/human person of Jesus Christ and his saving work. This book documents the historical development of the doctrine of the Trinity and its significance for the Christian faith. In a broad and systematic way, Ladaria traces the debates within the early Christian church as the concept of the Trinity developed. He also reflects on the great masters of church tradition concerning their understanding of the Trinity and is in dialogue with various contemporary theologians on this subject. This book has been written especially for theological students and professors as an aid in grasping the Trinitarian formulation both historically and theologically and to assist in deepening their faith and reflection in the mystery of God.
This book discusses the concept of desire as a positive factor in human growth and flourishing. All human decision-making is preceded by some kind of desire, and we act upon desires by either rejecting or following them. It argues that our views on and expressions of desire in various facets of life and through time have differed according to how human beings are taught to desire. Therefore, the concept has tremendous potential to affect human beings positively and to enable personal growth. Though excellent research has been done on the concepts of flourishing, character education and positive psychology, no other work has linked the concept of desire to all of these topics. Featuring key references, explanations of central concepts, and significant practical applications of desire to various fields of human thought and action, the book will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of positive psychology, positive education, moral philosophy, and virtue ethics.
Educators and education policy has increasingly acknowledged the value of creativity and creative approaches to education in particular. This book highlights a range of innovative teaching techniques successfully employed by teachers from a range of disciplines and education levels in order to share knowledge regarding creative education.
A practical guide to the art of theorizing in the social sciences In the social sciences today, students are taught theory by reading and analyzing the works of Karl Marx, Max Weber, and other foundational figures of the discipline. What they rarely learn, however, is how to actually theorize. The Art of Social Theory is a practical guide to doing just that. In this one-of-a-kind user's manual for social theorists, Richard Swedberg explains how theorizing occurs in what he calls the context of discovery, a process in which the researcher gathers preliminary data and thinks creatively about it using tools such as metaphor, analogy, and typology. He guides readers through each step of the theo...
Assessment innovation tied to technology is greatly needed in a wide variety of assessment applications. This book adopts an interdisciplinary perspective to learn from advances in developing technology enhanced innovative assessments from multiple fields. The book chapters address the development of virtual assessments including game?based assessment, simulation?based assessment, and narrative based assessment as well as how simulation and game based assessments serve both formative and summative purposes. Further, chapters address the critical challenge of integrating assessment directly into the learning process so that teacher effectiveness and student learning can be enhanced. Two chapt...