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)

Approach to the history of education in Colombia and the social context of Cartagena: Ability to understand school careers as a result of the political dynamics

This article discusses the results of a qualitative research aimed at identifying tensions and milestones that make up the Colombian educational system, and highlighting the challenges faced by the Government in relation to the basic guarantees to encourage the children and young people to enter and remain in the school system by increasing levels of coverage and reducing...

State of the art: analysis and interpretation of the conclusions of studies related to physical education

In the context of research in Physical Education there are many interests and approaches that show the extended action field and the impact that this area has in the continuous training process. Interests are focused on motivation, learning styles, pedagogical practices, sports promotion and the present situation of the physical education, among others. This article makes an...

Case study with high school teachers: their competencies, challenges and experience

Educating is a complex but relevant task for social improvement. It is necessary to have an education of quality if the aim is to build a future where science, technology and moral values are the foundations of a society based on justice for everyone. However, this is not happening yet, neither with the structural reform of the system nor by using the evaluation on teachers...

Negotiating in the Colombian Caribbean region: approaches to the comprehension of the text and the context of a street pregon

This is a proposal for developing intercultural competences in students of Spanish as a foreign language. It examines the relationship between the text and the context of a pregon in the streets of Cartagena, Colombia, in order to understand the ways of negotiating in the Colombian Caribbean. The analysis is based on the genre-based approach (Eggins, 1994; Feez & Joyce, 2002) and...

Estudio de caso con profesores de bachillerato: sus competencias, retos y experiencias

Educating is a complex but relevant task for social improvement. It is necessary to have an education of quality if the aim is to build a future where science, technology and moral values are the foundations of a society based on justice for everyone. However, this is not happening yet, neither with the structural reform of the system nor by using the evaluation on teachers...

Estudio de caso con profesores de bachillerato: sus competencias, retos y experiencias

Educating is a complex but relevant task for social improvement. It is necessary to have an education of quality if the aim is to build a future where science, technology and moral values are the foundations of a society based on justice for everyone. However, this is not happening yet, neither with the structural reform of the system nor by using the evaluation on teachers...

Carga cognitiva en la lectura de hipertexto

This paper aims at reviewing the concept of cognitive load and explaining the important contributions of different authors to determine the effects of reading hypertext in relation to cognitive load. Also, it presents a historical review of this concept, its types and the different elements that comprise it.Palavras-chave : Cognitive load; hypertext theory of cognitive load...

The story as pedagogical mediation for the strengthening of literacy

Action-type research with the objective of strengthening the literacy-writing process of third-grade primary school students from Colegio Víctor Félix Gómez Nova in Piedecuesta (Colombia), through meaningful learning using stories as pedagogical resources in the development of competencies for Being, Knowing to do and Knowing to be. In the methodological development, a virtual...

Parenting practices in early childhood in the municipalities of Riosucio and Manzanares

This article is part of the research project about promoting parenting skills for the development of Prosocial behaviors of children of 4 to 7 years old. It was carried out in the "Eje Cafetero" (Colombia) and also it is part of Colciencias program: "Senses and political practices of children and youth in vulnerable contexts in the eje cafetero, Antioquia and Bogotá: a possible...

Epistemológica! and conceptual approaches of the prosocial behavior

This article presents a field review of the Prosocial Behavior and its impact on childhood contexts from contributions of research related to its historical background, basic concepts, theoretical explanatory models and the influence of cognitive and affective processes in moral action , besides other variables that influence their appearance . It is considered that Prosocial...

A visually-impaired english learner in the context of virtual environments: analyzing learning strategies

The main objective of this research is to report on how a visually-impaired student (VIS) learned English in the context of virtual environments in a Colombian public university. In order to achieve the goal, an analysis of the learning strategies used by the students in the tutorial sessions was conducted. Through a qualitative perspective, observations and interviews were...

La importancia del análisis crítico del discurso y la gramática visual para analizar textos. Propuesta de actividades enmarcadas en la educación para el desarrollo, la educación con perspectiva de género y la educación para la paz

ReseñasLa importancia del análisis crítico del discurso y la gramática visual para analizar textos. Propuesta de actividades enmarcadas en la educación para el desarrollo, la educación con perspectiva de género y la educación para la paz*The importance of criticai discourse analysis and visual grammar in texts analysis. A methodological proposal framed in education for...