Zona Próxima

<font color="#000080">ZONA PROXIMA is a scholarly journal in the field of education, set up as organ of the Institute of Studies of Education of the Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. Our aim is the dissemination of trends, experiences, research findings and theoretical reflection in divers aspects of the field of education.<br></font><br>

List of Papers (Total 425)

An online doctoral writing group: Factors that influence its functioning according to its participants

One of the reasons why doctoral studies are not completed is the difficulty in writing the dissertation. This problem is further accentuated when students have limited exchange opportunities with peers and professors from their postgraduate programs towards the end of their studies. A pedagogical practice that has proven to be significant to advance this type of writing is the...

Writing circles and regulation strategies in thesis students of the Master's Degree in Education of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia)

Academic writing presents challenges for graduate students, as they are immersed in practices of production and distribution of knowledge typical of the disciplines, hence the importance of mediating the entry into these academic cultures. Precisely, the writing circle is constituted as a mechanism to incorporate students of the master's degree in education in the dynamics of...

Teaching knowledge as an epistemic category in the training of teachers-researchers

It is common in Colombian postgraduate programs in education the interest of teachers in training to contribute with their research proposals to solve the problems they experience in school contexts . However, this genuine pedagogical intention tends to be diluted due to misunderstandings in the programs themselves regarding the epistemological status of pedagogical research and...

Perception of telestudy by university students in the city of Medellin (Colombia)

Tele-study has become the best educational alternative in times of Covid-19, since it allows for remote interaction between teachers and students through the use of computer systems. The objective of the present investigation was to describe and compare the perception of university students in the city of Medellin, Colombia, in relation to virtual education in times of Covid-19...

Contributions, Scope, and Limitations of the Problem-Solving Approaches of George Pólya, Alan H. Schoenfeld and Frederick Reif in Mathematics Learning

This article aims to analyze the contributions, scope and limitations in learning mathematics taking into account the problem-solving approaches of George Pólya, Alan H. Schoenfeld and Frederick Reif. First, the main ideas of these authors are synthesized in their works related to solving mathematical problems, and some metacognitive processes in students are also addressed...

Provincial teacher training in times of pandemic

This article reports a study on the formative actions of teachers in times of health emergency in a provincial educational institution. The objective is to describe how the use and adequate management of technological devices in teachers allow reconfiguring self-training processes in the context of this atypical event. This is a qualitative study, under the methodology of...

Scope and limitations of the category context in reading during the training of language teachers

The word context is a precise category in the field of language sciences, but the use of the term has proliferated in all fields of knowledge and in everyday life. In educational spaces, and unlike the cotext, it refers to everything that surrounds a significant object and that in some way influences it. Such use has scope and limitations in the teaching-learning dynamics...

Integration of ICT's into assessment practices of school mathematics

The goal of this paper is to divulge an analysis of a literature review about the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) into assessment practices for learning school mathematics. In this regard, we carried out the review in three phases: search stage, selection stage, systematization-analysis stage. The last stage received a deeper emphasis since it...

New technologies and academic performance: a case study in primary education

This paper aims to determine the relationship between the use of new technologies and the academic performance of primary school students in a rural context, as an exploratory case study. Its main purpose is to show how technology can influence the socialisation processes of young people. The data were gathered from a quantitative approach, using a 24-item questionnaire validated...

Addressing socioscientific issues in Colombia: A systematic review 2010-2020

This text identifies the research carried out on socioscientific issues CSC in the Colombian context. For this, a systematic review was carried out in the period 2010-2020. 135 academic products were analyzed, according to the inclusion criteria considered in the documentary search of this article. Products were organized into five categories: use of CSCs to promote argumentation...

Collaborative Comprehension of Frequency Tables According to Competence and Gender Symmetry/Asymmetry

This article is an expression of the confluence of two Sodo-constructivist trends: studies on peer interaction and studies on the process of appropriation of external representation systems. It aims to analyze the influence of competence and gender symmetry/asymmetry on the dyadic interaction involved in collaborative comprehension of a frequency table in six and seven grade...

Conceptual Convergences of Initial Training, Language Didactics and Pedagogical Practices in the Area of Foreign Languages

This review paper focuses its attention on the conceptual proposals that have been established in academic publications in Latin America against initial training, language didactics, and pedagogical practices in the area of foreign languages, aiming to identify the possible convergences in the texts against these three conceptual categories. Therefore, a qualitative bibliographic...

Content Validity of a Measurement Instrument for the Social, Emotional and Intercultural Skills of Undergraduate Students

One of the missions of Higher Education Institutions is the integral human formation of their students. The objective of this descriptive and non-experimental research work is to evaluate the validation and reliability of the content of an information collection instrument intended for undergraduate students of an HEI, in order to measure their social, emotional, and...

Relationship between Bullying, Cyberbullying and Self-esteem: Prevalence and Associated Factors in Colombian Adolescents

The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between Bullying, Cyberbullying, and self-esteem in adolescents from three Colombian cities: Montería, Villavicencio, and Barranca-bermeja. The study is quantitative, descriptive-correlational. 460 students were evaluated using the Cyberbullying: Peer Bullying Screening test and the Rosenberg self-esteem test. Results...

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DISCURSIVE ETHOS IN THE LIFE TRAJECTORIES OF TEACHERS IN EL PAUJIL, CAQUETÁ

Based on the analysis of four life trajectories of teachers in the municipality of El Paujil (Caqueta, Colombia), this paper proposes a discursive analysis in order to identify the features through which emotion is inscribed in their stories. Likewise, this analysis presents an approach to the way in which the teaching ethos and the self-enunciation of teachers are constructed...

Building Peace and Historical Memory in School: A Global Overview

Based on many studies, treatises, and projects in the world that were minutely consulted on the official websites of many international organisms, we want to understand two perspectives regarding schools. 1) The effect of armed conflict and the challenges it generates 2) their resilient contribution to peace construction and historical memory. The objective of this text is to...

The Hermeneutics of Language from a Sociocultural Perspective

Objective: This article intends to reveal the hermeneutics of language, implicit in the conception of sociocultural realities, in order to reveal its main configurations. Methodology: From a theoretical review, conceptual topics are demarcated from the epistemic vision of the hermeneutics of language in the sociocultural framework. Findings: There are complex sociocultural...

State of the art on the teaching of grammar

This article reports on an extensive bibliographical review on the teaching of grammar in the years 2014-2019. The information was searched in six databases through the expressions: teaching grammar, learning grammar and developing grammar, both in English and Spanish. Only articles presenting a pedagogical proposal were selected; they identified the language in which the work...

Validation of the of the JJ63 instrument for measuring resilience in children and adolescents enrolled in five public institutions in Antioquia

Resilience is the capacity that human beings have to rebuild themselves after painful or traumatic situations and emerge stronger from them; it is a process that can be trained at different times in life. Colombia does not have a validated instrument to assess resilience in minors. The objective of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the JJ63 instrument...

Guidelines and practices of inclusive education at the university

The present article result of research, aims to analyze the guidelines and practices that are implemented within the framework of inclusive education at a Colombian university.Methodology: Were used the qualitative research paradigm and ethnographic design were used, the population was made up of teachers, students and administrators of the university under study, besides, was...

Principal's training programs in Colombia:An analysis of thematic trends and purposes

Principals play a fundamental role within education. Their role in front of social problems and the challenges of a pedagogical and administrative leading constitute keys to understanding the importance of this position. This article analyzes the trends and the academic purposes of the programs offered in Colombia for prospective principals. For this analysis, we work with the...

Academic literacy an alternative to rethink the initial teacher training in the Normal Superior Schools of Colombia

This review article considers academic literacy and its relation with the formative, investigative and writing process that take place in the Normal Schools from Colombia. The analysis is set around 60 academic texts, mainly in the Spanish-speaking sphere, during the last 17 years. These are grouped into three categories: The academic literacy in the training of new teachers (17...

Dialogue and Reflection to Improve Teachers

The professional development of teachers is currently a topic of debate worldwide, the need to provide them with relevant, effective and efficient training that allows them to strengthen their practice and respond to the needs of an increasingly sophisticated society is recognized. and technological.Postgraduate courses in education are outlined as collaborative learning spaces...

The reflective portfolio in initial teacher education: How to achieve reflective learning in Final Degree Projects?

Teacher's reflective dimension is a training target in teacher education programmes and is a determining factor in their professional development. However, it is not yet fully consolidated in the curriculum, which is attributed to the difficulty of its development, among other factors. The portfolio is one of the didactic resources used to stimulate teachers' reflection, since it...

Challenges of the educational inclusion of students with SA in public elementary schools in México

Current educational systems promote the educational inclusion of students with special needs in regular schools. Students diagnosed with Asperger syndrome (AS) represent a challenge for educational institutions because, currently, very little is known about the effects of strategies and challenges to achieve inclusive education. The Mexican educational system requires progress...