Implementing tasks that stimulate critical thinking in EFL classrooms by Fúquen Martínez, Aida Yolima, Jiménez Niño, Patricia Kim

“…The activity was carried out with the objective to arise awareness about the need to strengten the critical thinking skill in undergraduate students through music and, by using the English language. …”

Editorial by Viáfara González, John Jairo

“…Their article, “The collaborative portfolio: Exploring reading skills through peer tutoring” emerges from their undergraduate final research paper and focuses on their experience as peer-tutors in a public university research group. …”

Experiencia con la técnica Puzzle de Aronson para contenidos de cálculo diferencial by Vargas Cruz, Jorge Fernando

“…The classroom experience exposed in this paper aims to use the Aronson method as facilitator of the collaborative learning process of contents of a course of differential calculus, in particular the limits of a continuous function of , form, with students of the third semester of Mathematics from Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, in order to see another possibility of teaching and learning in the classroom at undergraduate levels.…”

Algunos elementos didácticos para la construcción de una propuesta pedagógica para la enseñanza de la Economía by Tobón, Alexander

“…ABSTRACT:The objective of this article is to present some elements of teaching to serve for the construction of a pedagogical proposal for the teaching of the economy in the undergraduate. To carry out this objective, specifies the interest that has such a proposal from the particularity of the teacher-student. …”

Metodología para la enseñanza de informática básica by Édgar Orlando Caro, Carlos A. Parra Vargas, Claudia Liliana Sánchez Sáenz, Fredy Yesid Mesa Jiménez

“…Thecomputer science and technology professionals that are formed at the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, use their acquired knowledge in their studies in the Informatics Education Program to develop research projects which allow them to design and elaborate didacticmaterials either written or computationals as a pedagogic support for different institutions, including the university.The purpose of this is to involve both students and teachers in the research and extension processes as a complement of their undergraduate or graduate studies.This paper shows the result of one of the research projects focused on the design and elaboration of a «Practical guide for Computer Basic Education Teaching», presenting the methodology used in it. …”

Students’ perspectives regarding the institutional English courses in Universidad Surcolombiana by Yara Falla, Karla Tatiana, Collazos Perdomo, Maria Ximena

“…This narrative research study allows us to learn about the usefulness of the mandatory institutional English courses at the Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva branch, for students of other undergraduate programs in English and their academic, professional, and personal impact. …”

Teaching, Learning and Assessment: Isolated Practices? by Carvajal Medina, Nancy Emilce

“…This paper discusses these issues in the light of my teacher educatorexperience in Applied Linguistics and EFL Methods courses for undergraduate and   graduate levels respectively in 2010 and 2011 at a public university.Key words: belief, language, discourse, ideology, teaching, learning, assessment. …”

The Teacher as Guide and Warrior: Metaphors about the Teaching Profession by Alarcón Hernández, Paola, Vásquez Bustos, Víctor, Díaz Larenas, Claudio, Venegas Carrasco, Carolina

“…In the study we used a qualitative approach and a phenomenological design. 168 Chilean English Teaching students who were in the final years of their undergraduate degree answered an eliciting metaphor questionnaire. …”

DeSoftIn: A methodological proposal for individual software development by González-Sanabria, Juan Sebastián, Morente-Molinera, Juan Antonio, Castro-Romero, Alexander

“…Different Computer Engineering undergraduate programs over the world are demanding the students to present individual works and, particularly, to present a degree project, which in most cases is related to software development. …”

The School Transition of rural elementary school to Urban High School: a theoretical approach by Hurtado Balaguera, Luz Esther, Estupiñán, María Rosa

“…In addition, it included reflections and findings from a book and six thesis studies (two undergraduate monographs, three master’s, and one doctoral thesis). …”

Eastern Literature as Knowledge Field and Training: an Aesthetical and Philosophical Journey to the Teacher’s Practice by Pérez Uribe, Wilson

“…Within the framework of professional practices at the Faculty of Education of University of Antioquia and its Literature and Spanish undergraduate program, this paper intends the understanding and ack- nowledgement of the formative experience that took place in the Eastern Literature Training research group –White Cherry ́s Workshop– and the reading aloud cycle –The Internal Time–, both of them being part of the degree project named “The Heart on the Tip of the Brush: Eastern Literature from an Esthetical and Philosophical Perspective as a Contribution to the Humanistic Education”. …”

Dropping out of a TEFL program: A study on internal factors by Marín Marín, Clara Lucero, Castañeda Useche, Yasbeidy

“…The current qualitative study focuses on internal factors as a cause of the dropping out problem of an undergraduate program. The phenomenon of higher education students’ desertion has received considerable attention, since it is a serious problem in Colombia. …”

Academic Programs of Economics: Comparative Analysis of Europe and Colombia by Prieto-Bustos, William

“…A sample of 22 European universities is compared with a sample of 7 Colombian universities located in Bogotá with undergraduate programs in Economics, using a benchmarking methodology defined by UNESCO for the identification of best curricular practices. …”

Using Decision Trees to Predict Critical Reading Performance. by Timaran-Buchely, Andrea, Timarán-Pereira, Silvio-Ricardo, Hidalgo-Troya, Arsenio

“…In Colombia, all undergraduate students, regardless of the professional training program they take, must complete the general competencies sections of the Saber Pro exam that include Critical Reading, Quantitative Reasoning, Citizen Competencies, Written Communication, and English. …”

Normal Schools and teacher training from Education for children with disabilities by Farid Rahme, Mônica María

“…Finally, it briefly presents empirical research data on the theme of deficiency in the curricula of undergraduate courses at a public university located in the state of Minas Gerais. …”

Research on the teaching of history in the state meetings on history of the ANPUH-BA: initial impressions by Lima Ferreira, Carlos Augusto, Silva Teles, Adriana, Cerqueira, Dulcinea, Dos Santos Marques, Edicarla

“…The texts do not relect the debate about the teaching of history and show the dichotomy between the Teaching of History vs Research and Historiography, or Undergraduate degree vs Secondary school.…”

Perspective Of Gender In The Careers Of Degree In Social Sciences And Geography In Four Public Universities Of Colombia by Patiño Gómez, Zaida Liz, Naranjo Villa, Laura, Serna Felipe, Marggie

“…The objective of this article is evaluate the genre focus in teaching geography in the undergraduate programs in Social studies and Geography in four public Colombia universities: Pedagógica Nacional, Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, del Atlántico y del Valle. …”

Perspectives for a study on bilingualism in Colombian regional universities by Cárdenas Vergaño, Nélida

“…Secondly, we describe the “Project to Strengthen Bachelor's Degrees in Languages / English”, proposed within the framework of the National Program of Bilingualism-PNB 2004-2019, in order to present the methodological foundations of the research proposal "Bilingual policies and their impact on the cultural identity and educational quality in undergraduate programs in languages – English- in Colombia, 2004-2014 ". …”

Collaborative learning for the control of weevils in mosaic plants by Rincón, Delia, Martínez, Alfonso, Pinto, Luis, Lozano, José

“…The objective of this paper was to develop and evaluate the training process, during the undergraduate work, based on collaborative learning with students of Agricultural Production and for the control of weevils in Musaceae. …”

The effect of the presence tutorials in the academic performance of the administration students of a university of the north of Mexico by Armenta Zazueta, Lizeth, Quiroz Campas, Celia Yaneth, Cota Valenzuela, Laura Violeta

“…The purpose of the study was to identify the effect of the face-to-face tutoring program of undergraduate students in Administration on academic performance, as well as its level of student satisfaction with the program. …”