NOVEMBER 2012- NUMBER 6

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Principal of the IIDE rends first report of Activities.

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The IIDE advises the University of Yucatan in teacher evaluation.

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Academic from the IIDE carries out a research stay in Argentina.

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Researcher from the IIDE offers workshop for use of digital program.

“Educational Sciences from the IIDE.”

New generation of teachers graduated in

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The IIDE creates a historical memories book of Punta Banda community.

Editorial

Directory:

Dr. Felipe Cuamea VelázquezRector

Dr. Joaquín Caso NieblaPrincipal

M.T.R.I. Julio César Cano GutiérrezPrincipal Assistant

M.C. Estrella Velasco LópezAdministrator

L.C.C. Ana Gabriela Zaragoza PeraltaEditor

Dr. Lewis McAnally SalasCoordinator of Post graduate programs

Dr. Óscar Roberto López BonillaVice-Rector Ensenada

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This issue of the IIDENTIDAD Newsletter briefly documents the academic activities developed by the Institute members during the month of November and early December. This edition highlights the Institute's internal organization to meet the committed purposes in the Institutional Development Plan and prepare the ground that will largely guide the activities continuing this next year.

Among the main stories is the oath taken in their degree examinations from significant number of graduates class 2010 of the Master in Educational Sciences, the First Report of Activities of Dr. Joaquin Caso Niebla, the meeting of the REDIE Board and diverse exchange activities and academic counseling for national and foreign IES. Moreover, in IIDENTIDAD No. 6 is documented the IIDE's academic presence in the community through the publication and presentation of a book recording the memories of the town settlers. We take this opportunity to wish you happy holidays, a very prosperous 2013, and success in all personal and professional projects.

Project of the month

"Social Development Program IIDE-UABC Ensenada".

Since 2004, Dr. Lucia Coral Aguirre Muñoz coordinates the social service program "Social Development Program UABC Ensenada," which aims to contribute to the integral formation of the student based on problem solving in different neighborhoods of the city.

This professional social service program and Dr. Lucia Coral Aguirre Muñoz holds a B.A. in professional practice in which students can Sociology from the Universidad Autonoma de participate in any professional career from UABC is Mexico; degree in Interdisciplinary Studies of Social oriented to identify the needs of the community and Change at the University of Nice, France, Master and find a solution from the academic knowledge and Doctor in Educational Sciences from the Universidad skills that students acquire in college. Among the Iberoamericana Noroeste. She has worked in activities involved in this program are: advising education in rural and urban areas at all levels of the elementary school children, schools for parents, educational system. She has worked in human Mathematics and English advising for children, craft resources training for teaching, research and classes to elderly people, care for victims of management, particularly in Baja California. Her violence, neighborhood organization and areas of interest are university pedagogy, sociology educational talks, among others.of education and humanistic education. She has

This project, which annually enroll about 40 been coordinator of post graduate programs at the students who serve to an average of 500 people, has IIDE and Assistant Principal of the institute.been funded by the Consortium for Higher Education in North America (CONAHEC) and the UABC itself through of different calls, receiving in 2008 the National Social Service Award by the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education (ANUIES).

The developed activities are part of several lines of research whose results were presented in journals, in national and international conferences, in thesis and in the publication of two books ("Meeting of the University with the neighborhood: knowledge, learning and community development" and "Infonavit Punta Banda: History of a community standing"), under the coordination of Dr. Aguirre.Among the colonies that have benefited from these activities are Valle Dorado 7, Punta Banda, Ejercito de Salvacion, 89, Maneadero, Montemar and Villa Colonial.

Dr. Lucía Aguirreresearcher of the IIDE.

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Books coordinated by Dr. Aguirre.

Under the principle of accountability and the promotion of transparency and evaluation culture, on December 14th took place the First Report of Activities 2011-2012 of the current administration of the IIDE, UABC, by Dr. Joaquín Caso Niebla, Principal of the IIDE.

In this first report was informed about the progress in policy and initiatives integrated with

The event was also attended by managers from the strategies, actions and goals set for each of the different academic units of the current UABC and basic functions that define the work of the academic community, staff and student Institute, allowing to identify the challenges and community of the IIDE.commitments still awaiting the IIDE and its

administration. The First Report of Activities 2011-2012 to be available from December 14th on the link Meanwhile, Prof. Hector Baro Angulo, president http://iide.ens.uabc.mx.of the Governing Board recognized the

importance of the contribution of the IIDE at an international level inviting the community to continue serving with research and educational development, several needs at the University.

Attending the presentation were members from the Technical Research Council of the IIDE; Prof. Hector Baro Angulo, president of the Governing Board; Dr. Edna Luna Serrano, member of the Governing Board and Dr. Oscar Roberto López Bonilla, Vice Rector of UABC Campus Ensenada.

Principal of the IIDE rends first report of Activities.

Presentation of the first report

activities.

News of the month

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On November 21st in a work session the members of the Technical Research Council of the IIDE met in order to discuss the proposed agenda which included the following topics: a) Proposal for Academic Merit Award 2012; b) monitoring the design and development of the Institute's website, c) schedule of activities for the end of the year, and d) general issues.

This year there were five meetings of the Technical Council, regardless of the open meeting scheduled for December 14th where the IIDE's Principal presented his first report of activities.

Technical Research Council of the IIDE has a work meeting.

El proceso de la convergencia digital: una propuesta estratégica para

Autores: Mayer Cabrera Flores y Arturo Serrano Santoyo.

Presentación: 13 de abril de 2012 en la Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales, UABC.

Aportaciones de la investigación a la evaluación de estudiantes y docentes.

Autores: Eduardo Backhoff,Joaquín Caso, Luis A. Contreras, Norma Larrazolo, Juan C. Rodríguez y Vicente Arámburo. Edna Luna, coordinadora.

Presentación: 13 de abril de 2012 en instalaciones del IIDE.

In order to work in the progress of her investigation on academic disciplines that guide the teaching of the mother tongue in high school, recently Dr. Guadalupe Lopez Bonilla met with Dr. Monica Szurmuk at the Institute of American Literature at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. The two researchers have collaborated in joint

publications and other research projects, During the stay of 10 days, they worked on the leaving this one in particular, pending research that Dr. Lopez Bonilla began earlier this discussions for future meetings.year with the aim of analyzing the relationship between academic disciplines and guide the teaching of the mother tongue. Due to the experience of Dr. Szurmuk on cultural studies and the professional relationship that unites them, Dr. Bonilla requested her cooperation in this particular research.

Academic from the IIDE carries out a research stay in Argentina.

Dr. Guadalupe López Bonilla,

academic from the IIDE.

Academics from the IIDE during

meeting.

During the months of November and December, nine students of the Master in Educational Sciences, class 2010, presented and approved satisfactorily their degree test. In this regard, the following stands:

New generation of teachers graduated in Educational Sciences from the IIDE.

Eduardo Mariscal Chavez presented the thesis entitled "Relationship between the result of an admission exam and socioeconomic status of applicants to the Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Baja California and “Federal Lazaro Cardenas High School", under the direction of Prof. Martin Rosas Morales. The committee was integrated by Dr. Luis Lizasoain Hernandez, Professor from the University of the Basque Country, Dr. Virginia Velasco Ariza, academic of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences (FCAYS) of UABC and Dr. Norma Larranzolo Reyna, IIDE researcher.

Valeria Cantu Gonzalez presented the research "Health issues and academic achievement in secondary schools in California", with the tutorship of Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez Macias. In his committee attended Drs. Luis Angel Contreras Niño and Guadalupe Tinajero Villavicencio, IIDE researchers.

Sofia Contreras Roldan presented the thesis "Environmental Attitudes of high school students in Baja California: Personal and academic characteristics associated", under the direction of Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez Macias. Drs. Armando Sánchez Martínez, member of the Honorary Board of the National Academy of Environmental Education, and Dr. Joaquín Caso Niebla and Luis Angel Contreras Niño, IIDE academics, served as Board examiners.

Noe Canseco Ramirez passed his grade by defending the thesis entitled "The teaching philosophy in high school: between disciplinary field and the field of education." His thesis committee was integrated by Drs. Guadalupe Lopez Bonilla (Director) and Guadalupe Tinajero Villavicencio, IIDE researchers; Dr. Célida de los Angeles Godina Herrera, an academic at the Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, and Prof..Marie Antonieta Rodriguez Linares, UABC academic.

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Julian Rodriguez Lopez presented the thesis "Teaching Profile Diagnostics of Mathematics and Spanish professors at Higher Secondary Education in the city of Ensenada." His supervisor was Dr. Gilles Lavigne and his committee was composed by Drs. Lucia Coral Aguirre Muñoz, IIDE researcher, Gema Lopez Gorosave, academic of UABC and MCE Isabel Miramontes Bush, academic at the Colegio de Bachilleres de Baja California.

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Martin Alonso Mercado Varela presented the research "Profile of applicants accepted and not accepted at the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California and its relation to the Examen de Habilidades y Conocimientos Basicos (EXHCOBA)". His thesis supervisor was Dr. Norma Larranzolo Reyna and his dissertation committee was composed by Dr. Virginia Velasco Ariza and Prof. Martin Rosas Morales FCAYS academic and IIDE researcher.

Maria Jose Paulina Viveros Riquelme received her degree of Master Educational Sciences after presenting a thesis entitled "Development of an Academic Density Index to establish the relative importance of cross-linked curriculum content." Her committee was integrated by Drs. Luis Angel Contreras Niño (director) and Joaquin Caso Niebla, and Prof. José Luis Ramírez Cuevas, all IIDE academics.

Cesar Leon Lorta presented and approved his degree examination defending the thesis "Determining educational uses with the support of smartphones in formal courses in the opinion of undergraduate students Unit UABC Valle Dorado". His dissertation committee was composed by Dr. Javier Organist Sandoval (director), Drs. Gilles Lavigne and Lewis McAnally Salas, IIDE researchers.

Genoveva Gutierrez Ruiz earned his Master in Educational Sciences degree after presenting a research project entitled "Analysis of navigational records in a virtual learning environment." Her dissertation committee was composed by Dr. Gilles Lavigne (Director), Lewis McAnally Salas and Javier Organist Sandoval, researchers from the IIDE and Prof. Juan Pablo Torres Herrera, UABC academic.

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In mid-November the IIDE was visited by Dr. Carmen Barrera Rosado, head of the Assessment of Teaching Practice at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan (UADY), who held a working meeting with Dr. Edna Luna Serrano to work on the improvement of the assessment model from that University.

The UADY, the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua and UABC have been working for some time on an interinstitutional project under the coordination of Dr. Edna Luna and This stay will allow the UADY to make those other distinguished scholars, so in this stage Dr. adjustments and changes that are relevant in its Barrera was allowed to know in detail the assessment procedures to improve and systematize.characteristics associated with teacher evaluation system from UABC, the theoretical model on which it is based and the nature of self-report instrument in which it is based.

The IIDE advises the University of Yucatan in teacher evaluation.

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Dr. Carmen Barrera Rosado.

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The Journal of Educational Research (REDIE) held its twentieth Editorial Board meeting on the headquarters of the Institute for Educational Research on December 7th. The meeting was attended by Dr. Gustavo Fischman, University of Arizona, Dr. Norma Iglesias, from San Diego State University, and Rosario Rogel, Universidad

Decisions such as changing the periodicity in the Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, three of the six publication, searching the internationalization of researchers that currently integrate the Editorial REDIE and the inclusion of it on indexes and Board as well as with the presence of the Editorial databases that validate the quality of the Board of the journal, Dr. Edna Luna, B.A. Gabriela magazine, were some of the topics covered in the Vidauri, Mayer Cabrera, and Prof. Luz Elena agenda.Antillon, academics from the IIDE.

Besides becoming the ideal place to make an assessment of the achievements made during the year, the council meeting allows feedback between the editorial team and board members, prominent scholars that operate in the field of scientific publications.

Editorial Board meeting of the REDIE.

Researchers editorial board.

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With a total of 32 participants, including students and faculty staff of the Institute, on November 16th was held the workshop "Using Zotero" program that helps managing and cite sources for the development of an academic project.

The workshop had the objective to present the features and benefits of the program to enhance its use and explore the benefits that this program offers.

Dr. Lewis McAnally Salas, IIDE researcher was responsible for leading the workshop. Dr. McAnally is a graduate student from the Doctorate in International Education, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Coordinator of Postgraduate Programs at the IIDE, member of the Academic Board "Digital Technology in Education" member of the National Researchers System level I.

Researcher from the IIDE offers workshop for use of digital program.

As part of the accreditation process by the Institutional Management Committees and Institutional Management and Outreach, Bonding and Extension of Culture CIEES, on November 15th students Maria Jose Paulina Viveros Riquelme and Juan Carlos Perez Moran represented the Postgraduate Programs from the IIDE in the workshops organized for this Maria Jose Paulina Riquelme and Juan Carlos purpose. Perez Moran are students of the Master's and

Doctorate in Educational Sciences offered by the The meeting, attended by students from various IIDE.undergraduate and postgraduate programs from UABC was held in Mexicali Campus, giving rise to comments and points of view on issues that affect the certification of the curricula and programs and university services. The discussion was mainly on the conditions regarding infrastructure of the institution, the mandatory knowing of English for undergraduate and graduate students, and teacher evaluation.

The IIDE represented by students in a college call.

Dr. McAnally was commissioned to direct the course

Attended by about 100 people including students and teachers of different educational levels, as well as historians and members of the community, on November 5th the presentation of the book "INFONAVIT Punta Banda: History Lucía Coral Aguirre Muñoz has a PhD in of a community standing", took place written E d u c a t i o n f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i d a d by historians Manuel Guillen Guillen and Pedro Iberoamericana Noroeste, she is a teacher at a Monroy Medina and coordinated by Dr. Coral post graduate level at the IIDE and her research Lucia Aguirre Muñoz, academic from the IIDE. focuses on community development and social

service.Through this paper documents and historical memories of their community are provided to the residents of Punta Banda, in order to strengthen their identity and cohesion among its settlers and inhabitants.

The event was held in the facilities of CONALEP Ensenada, where at the end of it copies among attendees were donated.

The IIDE creates a historical memories book of Punta Banda community.

Other activitiesDecember 21 |

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Authors of the book during

presentation.

Copies were given away among

attendees.

Holiday period begins.

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Newness in the CIE

Pro HTML5 and CSS3 Desingn Patterns (2011).Michael Bowers, Dionysios Synodinos y Victor Sumner.

Reparar la escritura. Didáctica de la corrección de lo escrito (2010). Daniel Cassany.

Jóvenes mexicanos migrantes internacionales: (2011). Norma Alicia Fimbres Durazo.

January 6 | Holiday period ends. January 14 | Quarter of the MCE starts.

IIDE’S Agenda

National and International Coming Conferences

Lima, Perú, del 5 al 8 de marzo de 2013.IV Coloquio Internacional de la RIIED“La evaluación de la docencia en Iberoamérica: avances, perspectivas e innovación.”

Madrid, España, del 3 al 5 de julio de 2013.III Congreso Internacional de Etnografía y Educación.

Santiago de Compostela, España, del 6 al 8 de febrero de 2013.Conocimiento, Tecnologías y Enseñanza.

Santiago, Chile, del 3 al 6 de enero de 2013.The 26th International Congress for School

Effectiveness and Improvement. “Educational

Systems for School Effectiveness and Improvement:

Exploring the Alternatives.

San Sebastián, España, del 2 al 5 de julio de 2014.The 9th Conference of the International Test Commission.

Estocolmo, Suecia, del 9 al 12 de julio de 2013.The 13th European Congress of Psychology.