Abstract:Within the context of domestic amenity/lifestyle migration, we are interested in understanding the way local rural residents and migrants: (1) view each other; and (2) how those views affect an integrated community development. Using alterity theory as a guiding framework, we engaged in a qualitative study to examine such views and their effects along the lines of three axes: an epistemological (what people know about the other), an axiological (how people value the other), and a praxeological (how people interact with the other) one in the Chilean community of Malalcahuello. Findings suggests that, overall, both types of residents know little of the other, have and constantly reproduce negative value judgments of the other, and relate only in mundane non-significant ways. We provide explanations of how these relate to the reported diminished community development efforts in town.
A relevant area to improve the quality of undergraduate education are the STEM disciplines: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These disciplines have seen a drop in student interest and participation internationally. This study aimed to determine profiles of good teaching practices based on responses from a teaching evaluation survey and academic context variables of students in STEM disciplines using a mixed-methods design. The study was conducted at a state university in southern Chile, framed in the first cycle of STEM disciplines, the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences using data from 2016 to 2017. The quantitative results revealed four groups analyzed by cluster, together with the most frequent responses according to the highest and lowest scores. The qualitative results yielded five groups of codes of greatest frequency in the twelve analysis units, which were the students’ comments divided into mathematics, physical sciences, and chemistry courses. The findings suggest a need to continue developing pedagogical knowledge in STEM teachers and highlight student involvement. Actions for improvement could focus on orienting teaching skills: (a) with a special emphasis on pedagogical content knowledge to promote active learning; (b) in the knowledge of the classroom culture and its problems associated with poor outcomes, offering the students equal opportunities for academic performance in STEM; and (c) in the management of a learning environment suitable for all students, inclusive classrooms, alleviating the burden of academic success being only on students. Finally, the teaching evaluation instrument needs to be improved.
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