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Professional ethics in education: An engagement in humanistic pedagogy
Ética profesional docente: Un compromiso pedagógico humanístico
(2012-11-25)
The professional ethics is not simply a deontology or a group of norms to govern the behavior of those who exercise a professional work, it is a commitment that goes beyond the written norm and it should become effective ...
The humanities and humanism of the future
Las humanidades y el humanismo del futuro
(2012-11-25)
This is an essay on humanism, in which the contribution of humanities to costarrican society is analyzed, especially the role that the School of General Studies of the University of Costa Rica has played in this context. ...
Technological culture as a basis for technological capabilities and learning
La cultura tecnológica como base de las capacidades y el aprendizaje tecnológico
(2012-11-25)
In this work a positive correlation is supposed to exist between technological capabilities and a technological culture. Promoting a technological culture favors the emergence and development of technological capabilities ...
Libertarianism and social justice: Freedom as a political value
Libertarismo y justicia social: La libertad como valor político
(2012-11-25)
This article examines the tensions between the values of freedom and equality along the lines of an immanent critique to the libertarian approach— an approach that claims absolute priority to the value of freedom. The ...
The transexual in “El lugar sin límites”: Monstruosity, normas and punishment
El transexual en El lugar sin Límites: monstruosidad, norma y castigo
(2012-11-25)
This article presents an interpretation of the novel by José Donoso El Lugar sin límites (1966). It is a literary analysis focused on the character called La Manuela, he aims to reflect on the emergence of the transsexual ...
Between two olive trees or the story of a dying flower that waits for a hero
Entre dos olivos o historia de una flor agónica que espera a un HÉROE
(2012-11-25)
The authors make a remembrance of the recent decease of José Saramago, Nobel Prize in Literature 1998, died on June 18, 2010. They pay tribute to the narrator through an interpretation of his poetics applied to children's ...
A critical review of the construction of a myth in the autos sacramentales The Great Theater of the World and Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Revisión crítica de la construcción de un mito en sacramentales El gran teatro del mundo y La vida es sueño, de Pedro Calderón de la Barca
(2013-01-10)
This paper is a critical review that evidences theideological premises that support two autos sacramentales authored by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Evolutionary Epistemology and Plato’s Knowledge
La epistemología evolucionista y el conocimiento según Platón
(2014-01-30)
This paper briefly compares evolutionary epistemology and knowledge according to Plato. First, Plato’s approach to knowledge as portrayed in his Theaetetus is described, followed by Nathalie Gontier’s characterization of ...
City and Poetry: The Stage and Language
Ciudad y poesía: el escenario y la palabra
(2014-01-30)
The author explores the relation between city and poetry, regarding to contents of the urban landscape that inspire poetic creation. It specifically examines urban cultural forms, such as infrastructure, speech, customs, ...
The Gaze in Leopoldo Lugones’ “Los ojos de la reina”: A Fragmented Reading
La mirada en “Los ojos de la reina” de Leopoldo Lugones: Una lectura en fragmentos
(2014-01-30)
“Los ojos de la reina” by Leopoldo Lugones deals with the strange death of Mr. Neale Skinner; all evidence leads toward Sha-it-Athor, The Lady of the Gaze, a beautiful Egyptian who is the reincarnation of Queen Hatshepsut. ...