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Challenges Facing Novice Principals: A Study in Colombian Schools Using A Socialisation Perspective
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Pineda-Báez, Clelia; Bernal-Luque, Rosario; Sandoval-Estupiñan, Luz Yolanda; Quiroga, Crisanto – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
This research examined challenges faced by novice principals in Colombia in connecting to their school communities through their socialisation processes. Interviews with 37 newly appointed principals in rural and urban schools revealed that the complexity of their school contexts accentuated the need to work on the relational dimension of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Principals, Socialization, Educational Environment
Citizenship Education as a Response to Colombia's Social and Political Context
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Jaramillo, Rosario; Mesa, Jose A. – Journal of Moral Education, 2009
In response to the difficult social, economic and political problems that Colombia faces, such as inequality, discrimination, weak civil society--fuelled by illegality and drug trafficking--the Colombian Ministry of Education has embarked on an ambitious citizenship education program, with the hope of strengthening the role of education by…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Role of Education, National Programs, Moral Development
Seriacion: Un Procedimiento De Aprendizaje (Seriation: A Learning Procedure.)
Mejia, Mercedes; And Others – 1979
The development and application of a learning procedure for the seriation structure of children in the oscilatory state are described. The procedure was based on the structural genetic theory of learning. A study consisting of design and verification stages was carried out in Cali, Colombia. In the design stage six seriation treatments involving…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries