Escuela Superior De Research Articles

Raza, funcionalismo y educación

In 1935, Antonio Ruiz painted El maquetista (The Model Maker), a rare depiction of a brown-skinned person as a producer of the most avant-garde architecture of the time. As a portrait of a model maker, a profession seldom portrayed in art history, this painting also offers testimony of Ruiz’s role as a teacher in the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Arquitectura (ESIA), where he was head of the model-making workshop since the school was founded in 1932. The current article highlights the importance of the ESIA in professionalizing the lower and racialized classes of postrevolutionary Mexico, as well as the use of functionalist architecture as an instrument to spread socialist ideas. El maquetista helps us understand Ruiz’s political views and the close relationship he held with functionalist architects of the 1930s, fellow professors whose projects students used to create models to scale.

Study for the validation of an instrument for foreign language learning

The purpose of instrument validation is to guarantee precision and validity of the collected data obtained from scientific research, survey and evaluations. The purpose of the present work was the making and validation of a survey to evaluate the level of the receptive and communicative skills of the English language acquired in the pupils at the Escuela Superior de Tepeji del Rio, in the administration program to be more specific. For this purpose, qualitative methodology of the Delphi technique was used. This process is intended to obtain a consensus among a group of experts on a specific topic and to validate the internal consistency, the calculation of the Cronbach alfa coeffient was used in a sample of 61. The alpha coefficient value closer to 1 indicates a greater internal consistency among the ítems. Out of the results through the Delphi technique, feedback and consensus among the ones who checked and evaluated the components was obtained. The calculated Cronbach's alpha coefficient resulted in (0.83), which corroborates the reliability and validity of the instrument. The contribution is the instrument to be used inside the institution with the intention of determining the potential in the development of the communicative skills of the English language.

Design of a semi-autonomous IoT submarine drone for the exploration and Monitoring of Hydraulic Systems


 
 
 In Nowadays, the problems of lack of water in Mexico have been increasing due to the lack of rain and excessive logging. Understanding that reforestation is required to solve this in the long term, it is extremely important to avoid waste or contamination of the vital liquid that is currently available. Therefore, this project seeks to mitigate these problems through the exploration and monitoring of the infrastructure of the network of pipes that transport drinking water within our country. For this, the TecNM through the Technological Institute Zacatepec, within the robotics laboratory and in collaboration with some researchers of the UAEH - Escuela Superior de Tlahuelilpan, develops the creation of an aquatic drone, controlled with IoT technology, and equipped with vision devices and algorithms and positioning sensors, which will make it possible to identify damage within the hydraulic system.
 
 

Postgraduate Problems 1988 to 2000: ESE-IPN Case in Mexico

This article is presented under the deductive method, in the hermeneutic paradigm, with a qualitative approach, of interpretative type and narrative design of topic. The Escuela Superior de Economía: Instituto Politécnico Nacional (ESE-IPN) - Higher School of Economics of the National Polytechnic Institute- offers a master’s and doctorate in economics, starting courses in January 1970 and February 1986 respectively. During the last years of the last century, these postgraduate programs presented two complex problems: Too long time between the completion of academic subjects and the achievement of the professional license, and they were not recognized by the Programa Nacional de Posgrados de Calidad (PNPC) -National Quality Postgraduate Program. The first master’s degree card registration is kept until 1993 and the doctorate one is given in 2003, after completing the thesis and defense of the exam, taking up to fifteen years to obtain it. Regarding the degree of excellence that the PNPC qualifies, the ESE-IPN doctorate obtained this recognition until 2010, eighteen years after the first register of postgraduate excellence in the country was released, the master’s degree being in a similar situation.

Construction of an RTD as Didactic Support for Non-Face-To-Face Lessons Due to COVID-19

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been momentous changes in working in all sectors of the economy, including the education sector. The educational institutions where face-to-face lessons are taught overnight were forced to continue with distance classes (virtual and online). It is a reality that most schools and their communities were not prepared to deal with this atypical situation. Therefore, the objective was the development of a digital teaching resource (DTR) as pedagogical support, in online classes, of the Business Finance learning unit that is taught at the Escuela Superior de Cómputo (ESCOM) of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN). Documentary analysis was carried out based on applied research, and the DTR was later built. This construction obeys the criteria considered for the elaboration of digital didactic resources proposed by the authors consulted, particularly in those required and evaluated by the Polytechnic Unit for Virtual Education (UPEV) of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), which focuses specifically on pedagogical, editorial, graphic and technical aspects.

Monitoring EMI Teachers to Assess their Progress in University Bilingual Programs

The implementation of a bilingual teaching program requires a series of actions concerning methodological training and language support for both teachers and students. The Bilingual Education Program at Escuela Superior de Ingeniería (School of Engineering, University of Cádiz, Spain) was approved by the Board of the School in 2014 with the aim of developing English-Spanish CLIL-based bilingual curricula for the various Bachelor degrees offered. Amongst the measures taken to implement the program, teacher training has been a priority, with monitoring being an essential part. Monitoring sessions have now been carried out for more than six academic years and have a double objective: gathering the teachers’ perceptions and beliefs regarding their role as EMI teachers and providing them with feedback as to their practice through class observation in order to fine-tune future language development and methodology programs. The goal of this paper is to show that monitoring sessions may serve as a valid tool for assessing the impact of in-service training on bilingual teaching. The results show that teachers have experienced remarkable progress by incorporating language awareness into their practice as EMI teachers, thus contributing to improve the language level of both their students and themselves, and by applying specific didactic strategies to make the learning process more dynamic, participatory, stimulating and creative.

La concepción de la docencia sobre la cultura ibérica de Pere Bosch Gimpera en 1917 a partir de los apuntes de clase de Lluís Pericot

Desde la creación de la Escuela Superior de Diplomática en 1856, la docencia de la Prehistoria y la Arqueología estuvo supeditada a la construcción de un relato unificado de la Historia de España y a las necesidades del Cuerpo Facultativo de Archiveros, Bibliotecarios y Arqueólogos. En 1917, un año después de conseguir la cátedra de Historia Universal Antigua y Media en la Universidad de Barcelona, Pere Bosch Gimpera impartió su primer curso monográfico sobre la Cultura Ibérica. El contenido de la asignatura antepondrá los resultados de la investigación arqueológica al conocimiento de las fuentes clásicas para el análisis de las estructuras territoriales, sociales, ideológicas y políticas de la Protohistoria de la península ibérica. Este cambio esencial caracterizará el pensamiento de los integrantes de la Escuela de Arqueología de Barcelona durante las décadas siguientes. Sin embargo la visión arcaica de la concepción de la Prehistoria y la Protohistoria como unos apartados menores en el estudio de la Historia seguirá en las universidades españolas, donde la investigación arqueológica tampoco fue axial. Este trabajo analiza los planteamientos de Bosch a partir de los apuntes tomados en sus clases por su principal discípulo, Lluís Pericot.

Improving the Definition of Depressed Mood with Digital Phenotyping

Background: The limited reliability of depression diagnosis impedes research in psychiatry. This impediment is often attributed to biases in the reporting and recording of symptoms. But a fundamental and overlooked explanation may lie in the ambiguity of the very definition of depressed mood. Digital phenotyping enables isolating the effects of this ambiguity from other factors. Methods: We used data from two large independent ecological momentary assessment studies: the 58sec study for testing and the Emotion Sense study for replication. We compared the yearly incidences of depressed mood episodes from 125 interpretations of the ICD-10 criteria. We then assessed agreement between interpretations that lead to similar (and realistic) yearly incidences. Outcomes: In the 58sec and Emotion Sense studies, respectively 2042 and 2009 people reported their mood frequently for an average of 114 and 132 days. Vastly different yearly incidences of depressed mood episodes were observed for different interpretations of the ICD-10 criteria (0%–65.7% in the 58sec study, and 0.3%–52.8% in the Emotion Sense study). Interpretations leading to similar yearly incidence identified different depressive episodes (Cohen’s kappa as low as 0.25 in the 58sec study and 0.47 in the Emotion Sense study). Interpretation: A fundamental cause for the unreliability of depression diagnosis appears to lie in the ambiguity of the definition of depressed mood. Improving this definition with digital phenotyping can be achieved if measurements are combined with a representation of depressed mood along underlying dimensions. Our findings thus offer a potential bridge between conventional diagnostic practice and newer dimensional approaches to psychopathology. Funding Statement: National Institute of Health Research. Declaration of Interests: Prof Goodwin is Medical Director at P1vital products, holds shares in P1vital and P1Vital products and has served as consultant, advisor or CME speaker in the last 3 years for Beckley Psytech, Clerkenwell Health, Compass pathways, Evapharma, Janssen, Lundbeck, Medscape, Novartis, P1Vital, Sage, Servier. The other authors declare no conflict of interest. Ethics Approval Statement: The 58sec study was approved by the Ethics Committee of ESADE (Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas) Business School, Barcelona, Spain. The Emotion Sense study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Cambridge.

Más allá de los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje tradicionales: construcción de un recurso didáctico digital

En las últimas décadas, las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) se han desarrollado de manera vertiginosa. Su utilización ha tenido un fuerte impacto en todos los ámbitos de la vida humana. Concretamente en el ámbito educativo han tenido una fuerte incidencia al transformar las formas de enseñar y de aprender, lo que implica nuevas y variadas exigencias, desafíos y posibilidades que permitan facilitar, enriquecer y fortalecer los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Una de dichas posibilidades se centra en el desarrollo de materiales y recursos didácticos digitales (RDD). Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, el objetivo de este trabajo fue la construcción de un RDD como apoyo a los procesos educativos de la unidad de aprendizaje Administración de Proyectos que se imparte en la Escuela Superior de Cómputo (ESCOM) del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN). Con fundamento en una investigación aplicada, se siguieron dos etapas: en la primera se llevó a cabo un análisis documental y, en la segunda, se construyó el RDD. Dicha construcción se realizó con base en el programa sintético de la unidad de aprendizaje en cuestión y en los aspectos pedagógicos, editoriales, gráficos y técnicos exigidos y evaluados por la Unidad Politécnica para la Educación Virtual (UPEV) del IPN, así como en las características y funciones de los RDD. Así, el RDD desarrollado está apegado a los objetivos y necesidades curriculares, considerando su adecuación al contexto y una apropiada organización y pertinencia del contenido, y está reforzado con imágenes diseñadas en función de cada uno de los temas. Adicionalmente, cuenta con lecturas complementarias, ligas de videos y artículos de Internet, actividades de aprendizaje a desarrollar con un enfoque por competencias, presentaciones en PowerPoint y un test (con reactivos aleatorios) que el estudiante podrá contestar al término de cada unidad temática, con lo que se pretende que reflexione sobre su progreso o detención en relación con los aprendizajes esperados.

Schools of Government: a comparative study

The Schools of Government perform a central role to the public service of many countries. Despite being a disseminated and well-established phenomenon, the functions and even the concept of Schools of Government vary. Aiming to portray the functions and characteristics of Schools of Government around the world and offer a better understanding of them, this paper presents a comparative study of Schools of Government located across five continents. Based on purposive sampling, eight Schools of Government were selected to be part of this in depth study: École Nationale d'Administration, ENA – France; Canada School of Public Service, CSPS – Canada; Instituto Nacional de la Administración Pública, INAP – Argentina; Australia and New Zealand School of Government, ANZSOG – Australia and New Zealand; Civil Service College, CSC – Singapore; National School of Government, NSG – South Africa; Direcção Geral da Qualificação dos Trabalhadores em Funções Públicas, INA – Portugal; and Escuela Superior de Administración Pública, ESAP – Colombia. Data collection procedures included interviews and document analysis. Data was analyzed using content and comparative analysis. This study highlights some important dimensions of Schools of Government including the position within the government, funding, main activities, organizational structure and personnel. Other similarities (e.g. among members of Commonwealth) and possible common trends and innovation challenges are also discussed. Finally, we discuss the results comparing them to previous studies findings.

Adaptive UKF-based model predictive control of a Fresnel collector field

One of the ways to improve the efficiency of solar energy plants is by using advanced control and optimization algorithms. In particular, model predictive control strategies have been applied successfully in their control.The control objective of this kind of plant is to regulate the solar field outlet temperature around a desired set-point. Due to the highly nonlinear dynamics of these plants, a simple linear controller with fixed parameters is not able to cope with the changing dynamics and the multiple disturbance sources affecting the field.In this paper, an adaptative model predictive control strategy is designed for a Fresnel collector field belonging to the solar cooling plant installed at the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros in Sevilla. The controller changes the linear model used to predict the future evolution of the system with respect to the operating point.Since only the inlet and outlet temperatures of the heat transfer fluid are measurable, the intermediate temperatures have to be estimated. An unscented Kalman filter is used as a state estimator. It estimates metal-fluid temperature profiles and effective solar radiation.Simulation results are provided comparing the proposed strategy with a PID + feedforward series controller showing better performance. The controller is also compared to a gain scheduling generalized predictive controller (GS-GPC) which has previously been tested at the actual plant with a very good performance. The proposed strategy outperforms these two strategies.Furthermore, two real tests are presented. These tests show that the proposed controller achieves adequate set-point tracking in spite of strong disturbances.

Discursos intolerantes na internet: o caso brasileiro do ranking sexual da Universidade de São Paulo

O presente artigo tem como objetivo mostrar como foram constituídos, no espaço digital, discursos intolerantes como respostas às notícias sobre a exposição de um cartaz, denominado ranking sexual, no centro de vivência da Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” da Universidade de São Paulo, na cidade de Piracicaba. O cartaz apresentava uma classificação de pessoas, entre mulheres heterossexuais e homens homossexuais, segundo características físicas e práticas sexuais. Os trabalhos de Diana Luz Pessoa de Barros sobre os discursos intolerantes na internet e a obra de Marie Anne Paveau, que discorre sobre as virtudes discursivas e os julgamentos morais, foram os principais aportes para desenvolver este estudo. Contamos ainda com as reflexões de Michel Foucault sobre o discurso e de Dominique Maingueneau, a partir da concepção do que é a polêmica entre os sujeitos do discurso.

Gain-scheduling model predictive control of a Fresnel collector field

Model predictive control strategies have been applied successfully when controlling solar plants. If the control algorithm uses a linear model associated only to an operating point, when the plant is working far from the design conditions, the performance of the controller may deteriorate.In this paper, a gain scheduling model predictive control strategy is designed for the Fresnel collector field located at the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de Sevilla. Simulation results are provided comparing the proposed strategy with another linear MPC controller showing a better performance. Furthermore, two real tests are presented showing the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.

La enseñanza artística superior de arte dramático y su sistema de garantía interna de calidad

Las enseñanzas artísticas superiores se van asentando en el sistema educativo español desde la fijación de un marco jurídico comparable con el del resto de Europa, lo que implica una preocupación cada vez mayor por desarrollar métodos adecuados de evaluación de la calidad que respondan a los intereses emanados del propio Plan de Bolonia en ese sentido. Tras un análisis del estado de los estudios superiores de arte dramático en España, de la evolución del concepto de calidad en el seno de los mismos y un estudio comparativo con otros países del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, se sientan las bases para la implementación de un Sistema de Garantía Interna de Calidad en esta titulación a partir del análisis de la experiencia pionera de la Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Castilla y León. Se señalan los logros hasta ahora alcanzados y las deficiencias en la infraestructura administrativa que están pendientes de resolver.

IMPLEMENTACIÓN DEL PROGRAMA EDUCATIVO DE LICENCIATURA EN ENFERMERÍA MODALIDAD BLENDED LEARNING. CASO UAS

The Escuela Superior de Enfermeria Culiacan of the Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Mexico . It made its curriculum of Bachelor in nursing schooling more flexible to non-conventional educational modalities, such as the Blended Learning modality. The curriculum was put into operation in the 2013-2014 school year. In 2017, the first generation graduated, who are currently performing their social service in public institutions of the health sector of the state of Sinaloa. The duration of the course consists of four years, that is, eight semesters, and one year of social service, with an educational focus based on integrated professional skills. Keywords: Nursing Degree, Blended Learning, Professional Competences.

Educational practice of linear array techniques at the Acoustics department of the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica campus Zacatenco, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico

Sound Source Location is a topic that has been studied over the past decades for a wide range of applications whether in air or underwater, resulting in the development of different sophisticated methods and systems. Nevertheless, this topic in not usually included in the curricula of acoustic courses for the requirement of expensive and specialized instrumentation. The purpose of this research is to develop a practical approach looking to involve the students by using common hardware for which they are already familiar with: hardware from the videogames industry. In the Acoustics department of the Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica (ESIME Zacatenco), IPN Mexico, a low-cost Sound Source Location system has been implemented for this purpose. The system is built around a PS3 Eye digital camera that includes a linear array of four microphones, and Raspberry Pi microcomputer. The Beamforming algorithms are programmed in Python to provide flexibility and ease of experimentation. It was originally designed for research applications, and now it is a prototype for laboratory practice. The system provides the undergraduate students with the basics of linear arrays and associated processing techniques engaging the students by using familiar hardware from the games industry and real life applications.

Bureaucratic Dominance in European Higher Agricultural Education

The present research work is a project of doctoral thesis of correlational type. The main objective was to demonstrate the relationship between the university bureaucracy of European Agricultural Education as a sociological phenomenon of the domain of domination according to Weber, particulary the Escuela Superior de Agricultura de Barcelona (ESAB) of the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC) in Spain and its impact on organizational performance, as a reference and example for mexican agricultural education, particularly the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACh). The results of the research validate the hypothesis: a better bureaucratic management in the context of the Spanish Higher Agricultural Education (SHAE), particularly the ESAB of the UPC, better organizational performance. Some research findings are that: students appreciate more characteristics of a leader related to legal domination, compared to traditional and charismatic; show a clear rejection towards the charismatic domination, when of politics and government is treated; validate more the practices of legal domination, compared to traditional or charismatic, when of choice of positions in the university is concerned; they reject more the bad practices related to the charismatic domination, than those related to the legal or traditional domination; and value respect, as a representative value of legal domination, in comparison with other values, such as loyalty and humility, related to traditional and charismatic domination respectively.

Bureaucratic Dominance in European Higher Agricultural Education

The present research work is a project of doctoral thesis of correlational type. The main objective was to demonstrate the relationship between the university bureaucracy of European Agricultural Education as a sociological phenomenon of the domain of domination according to Weber, particulary the Escuela Superior de Agricultura de Barcelona (ESAB) of the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC) in Spain and its impact on organizational performance, as a reference and example for mexican agricultural education, particularly the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACh). The results of the research validate the hypothesis: a better bureaucratic management in the context of the Spanish Higher Agricultural Education (SHAE), particularly the ESAB of the UPC, better organizational performance. Some research findings are that: students appreciate more characteristics of a leader related to legal domination, compared to traditional and charismatic; show a clear rejection towards the charismatic domination, when of politics and government is treated; validate more the practices of legal domination, compared to traditional or charismatic, when of choice of positions in the university is concerned; they reject more the bad practices related to the charismatic domination, than those related to the legal or traditional domination; and value respect, as a representative value of legal domination, in comparison with other values, such as loyalty and humility, related to traditional and charismatic domination respectively.

Análisis de percepción sobre la nanociencia y la nanotecnología: el caso de la comunidad universitaria de la UNAM

Resumen: Se presenta el análisis de percepción social de la comunidad de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) sobre el estado e implicaciones de la nanociencia y nanotecnología a partir de datos arrojados por una encuesta realizada a 500 estudiantes y trabajadores en Ciudad Universitaria (Ciudad de México). Los datos siguen la tendencia de ejercicios similares en otras latitudes. Se concluye con un llamado a fortalecer el apoyo, estímulo y regulación de la ciencia y la tecnología, al tiempo que se procura un trabajo interdisciplinario, así como de periodismo científico, divulgación y otras formas de información, comunicación y diálogo social constructivos y democráticos.

A Case Study on Action Research: Barri Gòtic Barcelona

The Design Degree program at Elisava Escuela Superior de Diseno e Ingenieria de Barcelona includes tools and mechanisms to focus students on the users, the social context and communication. The idea behind this is that greater density should be sought in the projects and a fabric of relationships should be generated in a social and geographical environment ranging from the most local to the most global. As part of its “Products, context and user” subject, Elisava planned action research during the 2010-11 academic year between a group of graphic design students and the members of the 'Asociacion de vecinos del barri Gotic' (AVVBG or Gothic Quarter Community Association), the Gothic Quarter being the district of Barcelona where the School is situated. As the AVVBG has few members, it considered the need to develop new communicative strategies. The teachers provided the students with the traditional social science methods (documentary sources, participant observation, in-depth interviews) with two goals: the first, that they might become deeply aware of the district's social reality, its relationship with the rest of the city and the true needs of the AVVBG (diagnosis); and the second, to establish bonds with the members of the AVVBG that would lead to starting spaces for reflection, joint creation and joint participation in designing the association’s new communication strategies. The changes between the students' first proposal made with the typical conventional project methodology, and the following, after the action research and the users, students and tutors' reply, give a good account of the values and challenges of this methodology and enable design discipline self reflection.