Nicaraguan Students Research Articles

Intrapreneurial intentions of undergraduate university students: a comparative study between Spanish and Nicaraguan students

Intrapreneurial intentions of undergraduate university students: a comparative study between Spanish and Nicaraguan students

Intrapreneurial intentions of undergraduate university students: A comparative study between Spanish and Nicaraguan students.

Intrapreneurial intentions of undergraduate university students: A comparative study between Spanish and Nicaraguan students.

Students of Revolution: Youth, Protest, and Coalition Building in Somoza-Era Nicaragua

Students of Revolution: Youth, Protest, and Coalition Building in Somoza-Era Nicaragua

Psychological Factors Influencing Pro-environmental Behavior in Developing Countries: Evidence From Colombian and Nicaraguan Students.

Identifying the determinants of human behavior is useful to adjust interventions and lead the civil society toward a stronger commitment to climate change (CC) mitigation and adaptation objectives, achieving greater support for successfully implementing environmental policies. Existing research has largely focused on case studies of pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) in developed economies but there is very little evidence for developing countries. This study provides estimations of the effect of internal factors, such as sociodemographic variables, and four psychological dimensions (CC knowledge, environmental attitudes, self-efficacy, and trust in sources of environmental information) on PEBs. Data were obtained through a survey applied with future decision makers – university students – from Colombia (n = 4,769) and Nicaragua (n = 2,354). Indices were generated for PEBs and the psychological dimensions using z-scores and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Partial correlations were evaluated through the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method. Our results suggest that, in order to reach the planned emission reduction targets, policy approaches should more strongly focus on educating and motivating citizens and prepare them for contributing to the environmental cause, as well as provide individual solutions to combat CC, rather than providing only information on its causes and consequences.

Internationalizing the Revolutionary Family

Abstract This article argues that Cuban ideas about gender, sexuality, and the family shaped Cuban internationalist collaboration with Nicaragua in the 1970s and 1980s. It demonstrates that collaboration sprang from a gendered political discourse, and in turn the dynamics of gendered relationships between Cubans and Nicaraguans affected the internationalist campaigns. First, the essay argues that state discourse expanded the idea of the New Man to include volunteering abroad, and cast female participants as moral agents of internationalism. Second, it analyzes the idea of revolutionary love and how it related to internationalism. Then, the article demonstrates how internationalism created transnational relationships. Finally, it examines the experiences of Nicaraguan students who went to boarding schools on the Isla de la Juventud. Throughout, the article centers the notion of family and shows how internationalist mobility created space for personal experiences, love within revolution, and new family dynamics.

Espacios en disputa: universidades, conflicto y polarización política en Nicaragua

Este artículo se propone examinar las protestas que tuvieron lugar en Nicaragua, entre abril y junio de 2019, en contra del gobierno de Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo y la respuesta represiva por parte del Estado, centrando el análisis en el espacio universitario y la acción colectiva estudiantil. Con base en la reconstrucción de los vínculos entre sandinismo, movimiento estudiantil y universidades, así como el papel de la organización estudiantil oficial Unión Nacional de Estudiantes Nicaragüenses (UNEN) para monopolizar la representación gremial en beneficio del partido gobernante, el artículo pretende contextualizar las confrontaciones violentas entre, por un lado, fuerzas policiales, parapoliciales y grupos de choque pro-gubernamentales y, por otro parte, jóvenes de diversos orígenes sociales y educativos. Se señala que la polarización entre sandinismo y anti-sandinismo que se impuso en el conflicto sociopolítico de 2018 es uno de los aspectos claves a tomar en cuenta para entender con más precisión las lógicas de movilización, el uso de la violencia por grupos civiles pro- y antigubernamentales y el uso desmedido de la fuerza policial para desarticular las protestas.

Psychosocial and sociocultural characteristics of Nicaraguan and Costa Rican students in the context of intercultural education in Costa Rica

This article examines problems and difficulties encountered by Nicaraguan migrant students in the Costa Rican educational system and contrasts their psychosocial and sociocultural well-being with their Costa Rican counterparts. The findings reveal not only the differences in educational outcomes between these cohorts, but also exposes the prevalence of psychosocial risk behaviours related to violence, bullying, death wishes and self-injury endured by Nicaraguan students. Importantly, there appears to be a large gap between the stated objectives and policies of the Costa Rican educational system to recognise and foster intercultural understanding and tolerance, and the actual educational results of Nicaraguan students. The conclusions drawn from these case studies single out the importance of closing the gap between the well-intended national educational policies and actual educational practices at the local level in order to promote equitable and social justice learning in Costa Rica and better the chances for integration of its Nicaraguan minority.

A Change in Perspective: Agriculturally-Based Study Abroad Experience for Nicaraguan Students

Study abroad experiences serve to enrich students’ educational experiences, granted these programs must be evaluated to assess educational effectiveness. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine Nicaraguan students’ perceptions of agriculture and future aspirations, before and after engaging in a four-day agricultural -based program. Graphic elicitation and arts-based projective techniques served as metrics to assess students’ perceptions. Four major themes, with six sub-themes emerged from the data: a) perceptions of agriculture (i.e., previous agriculture); b) strength through unity (i.e., unity; and ripple effect); c) aspirations (i.e., importance of education); d) value of experience (i.e., learning new things; and thankfulness). Overall, the Nicaraguan students indicated the study abroad experience broadened their perspective of agriculture, having a direct impact on their career aspirations.

Factores de deserción del estudiantado migrante procedente de Nicaragua en el Liceo Rural San Julián

En el presente artículo se discute la deserción estudiantil extranjera nicaragüense en el contexto educativo de la frontera norte, concretamente el noroeste de Sarapiquí. La deserción comprende los criterios de tipo institucional en el centro educativo Liceo Rural San Julián, adscrito a la Dirección Regional de Educación de Sarapiquí, DRES; estatal como el Instituto Mixto de Ayuda Social (IMAS) en su política general y regional y; legal, con la normativa nacional e internacional para el período 2003-2013. Abordar la deserción migrante que se da en la institución educativa Liceo Rural San Julián identificando los factores internos y externos que determinan el abandono institucional en el caso particular del colectivo nicaragüense, es el objetivo general que guía este trabajo.

Explorando el Potencial Pedagógico del Relato Digital en un Contexto Nicaragüense

El presente estudio tuvo como principal objetivo explorar el potencial pedagógico del método del Relato Digital en un contexto nicaragüense. Por tal razón, en éste se presentó el origen de los conceptos relato digital y texto pedagógico. Adicionalmente, se investigó el punto de vista de diesiciete estudiantes de Ciencias de la Educación, de la Facultad Regional Multidisciplinaria de Estelí (UNAN- FAREM- Estelí) sobre el valor pedagógico del relato digital en sus propios centros de trabajo, con sus propios estudiantes. Con el objetivo de presentar el método del relato digital a estudiantes nicaragüenses, se implementó un taller de relato digital en uno de los laboratorios de la facultad. Así mismo, se aplicó un cuestionario para obtener el punto de vista de los participantes sobre esta forma de contar historias como texto pedagógico. Los principales resultados muestran que los estudiantes si ven un potencial real en este método como una herramienta educativa, y también que lo consideran como algo innovador en su quehacer educativo.

Nicaraguans and the Educational Glass Ceiling in Costa Rica: The Stranger in Our Midst

This qualitative case study focused on the socio-cultural and educational experiences of undocumented (i.e. in the sense that they do not have the necessary documents to be in the country legally) Nicaraguan students in rural K-12 schools in Costa Rica. In this longitudinal study, a number of Nicaraguan students and their parents were interviewed during two different time periods over 11 years. The study was contextualized in the relatively new phenomenon of South-South immigration and revealed that immigrants maintained close connections with the communities they left and formed networks that supported new arrivals in Costa Rica. Despite blatant and overt discrimination, the students made significant educational and economic gains, which have moved them up the economic and social ladder. Eventually Nicaraguans hit a glass ceiling that limited their upward mobility and forced them to find alternative paths to achieve their goals.

Creencias, práctica docente y propuestas para la atención de la diversidad cultural: el caso de una docente costarricense y tres infantes nicaragüenses

Recibido 19 de abril de 2010 • Aceptado 24 de junio de 2010 • Corregido 13 de setiembre de 2010
 
 
 
 Este artículo presenta los datos obtenidos en un proceso de investigación acerca de las creencias de una docente en relación con tres estudiantes de origen nicaragüense. Específicamente se presentan los datos de la categoría de análisis sobre el manejo de la práctica docente y su relación con las propuestas de educación en diversidad. Para el desarrollo de esta categoría se incluye un análisis de las subcategorías que se indican a continuación: Dinámica del trabajo diario de una maestra que trabaja con infantes de otra cultura, evaluación de los estudiantes en el salón de clases, estrategias para el desarrollo de la disciplina con niños, y ereencias y propuestas en diversidad.
 Los datos evidencian que, en la práctica de aula, la maestra no demuestra un trato diferenciado entre niños nicaragüenses y costarricenses, lo que hace pensar que el trato igualitario es la estrategia “per se utilizada por la docente para resolver el tema de la diversidad cultural en el aula. Por otra parte, la disciplina es asumida por la docente, en su práctica de trabajo diario, como un asunto que se aborda con criterios de regaño, utilizando tonos de voz fuerte y vocabulario agresivo.

Attitudes to Psychiatry among Swedish and Nicaraguan Medical Students: A Cross-Cultural Study

Attitudes to psychiatry were examined with the self-report questionnaire APT-30 among 60 Swedish and 130 Nicaraguan medical students who had entered the curriculum in psychiatry. There was a slight female dominance (54%). Nicaraguan students were from two different university sites. In general, the students from all sites had higher scores, indicating a more positive attitude, on the ATP-30 than has been reported from earlier studies in the 1980s. There were no cross-cultural differences between Swedish and Nicaraguan students with regard to overall attitude to psychiatry. Differences on subscales were in general small. Nicaraguan students expressed a significantly more positive attitude to psychiatric patients, but there were no cross-cultural differences on other subscales. Having a close relative with a mental disorder or being a religious person did not significantly influence attitudes in any university site. Gender was a clear discriminating factor. Female students had a significantly more positive ...