I+D Revista de Investigaciones

Games-Based Learning (GBL), an Alternative for Strengthening Pre-Reading in Transition

Martha Isabel Navia López — 2024-07-01

The objective of this research was to strengthen the pre-reading process of transition grade students through a methodological program based on Games-Based Learning (GBL). An action-research study was conducted with a qualitative approach, involving seventeen students. The program, titled “Friends of Letters, Let’s Learn While Playing,” was based on contextual analysis and used initial and final diagnostic tools to assess progress in Basic Learning Rights (BLR). It was complemented with field diaries, and content analysis revealed a positive impact on pre-reading skills, particularly in sequencing, object description, and event recreation. The conclusion is that GBL is effective for enhancing pre-reading processes, provided that appropriate pedagogical adaptations are made. This means not only offering games for fun but also linking them to objectives that promote the holistic development of the student.

Self-regulation and strategies of learning in students’ workers in continuing studies

Ma Antonieta Vera González — 2024-12-19

The purpose of this research is to demonstrate self-regulation and learning strategies in worker students. A sequential mixed research methodology is used, in whose quantitative stage the MSLQ questionnaire is applied in its learning strategies construct to 65 engineering students from a continuing studies program. In the qualitative stage, the 16 top-ranked students are selected and semi-structured interviews are conducted to deepen their learning strategies. It is concluded that strategies related to elaboration and metacognition, organization and seeking help are relevant factors in their self-regulatory processes to make work and study compatible. The results also highlight the social factor of learning and the applicability of learning to work. It is expected to provide important information on the strategies used to guide coherent and dialogic educational processes with the needs of students who reconcile academic and work life.

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Narratives on the beginning of the ‘Tigray ’ war

Berhanu Weldemikael — 2024-07-01

The main objective of this article is to analyze the narratives on the beginning of the "Tigray" war, or the northern Ethiopian war. The paper argues that there are always two sides to every story, and those about the beginning of the Tigray war were no exception. To that end, the purpose of this article is to unpack the various narratives surrounding the start of the Tigray war and to reveal the ideologies hidden behind these narratives. The article employed a qualitative critical discourse and narrative analysis, and the data were collected from several media outlets. The information includes news stories, interviews, future stories, expert analysis, documentaries, and official briefings from both sides of the conflict. The findings show that the TPLF and the federal government used competing narratives regarding the beginning of the war. Mainly, there are two dominant narratives: the first bullet view and the buildup view. Both reports were loaded with propaganda and framed in a "them-and-us" manner. Thus, both parties accuse each other of starting the war and causing devastating destruction.

Strengthening Communicative Competencies Through a Digital School Radio in High School Students

Germán Segura Castro — 2024-07-01

Communication is indispensable in human life; however, students exhibit a deficit in the interpretation and creation of texts. Therefore, it was proposed to strengthen communication competencies through a school radio for ninth-grade students in the Municipality of San Juanito – Meta, Colombia. The research employed a mixed-methods approach, specifically descriptive with action research methodology, utilizing a diagnostic test, observation grid, and a survey to investigate communication competencies applied to a sample of 24 students. The results led to the conclusion that the use of a school radio improved students' communication competencies, demonstrating a significant improvement in text comprehension, written production, and students' performance during oratory in radio programs. This underscores the significance of innovative pedagogical tools in enhancing communication competencies and contributing to educational success.

Identification of the need for a merchandise traceability system in Mexico’s customs warehouses

Eduardo Esparza — 2024-07-01

This research aimed to identify the need for a merchandise traceability system in bonded warehouses in Mexico for seized and abandoned goods. This system would indicate their location in real-time and eliminate missing goods to improve resource management within the bonded warehouse. To gain a detailed understanding of the current situation, a qualitative descriptive research study was conducted as a case study in the customs bonded warehouse of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Interviews with personnel were used as the primary instrument, and the information was analyzed using a data matrix. This analysis revealed several issues: an optimal warehouse management system, more electronic systems in warehouse processes, and a technological solution to enable goods traceability. In this context, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology emerges as a promising implementation option.

Educational blog in the teaching-learning process to promote competences on Research Methodology

William Rojas — 2024-07-01

The general objective of this research proposal is to design a pedagogical strategy within the teaching-learning process, using a blog to promote the competences and skills of the topics related to Research Methodology in Business Administration students. Continuously the methodology is based on a mixed approach (quantitative based on data and qualitative based on behaviors), likewise the type of study is deepened in non-experimental given that it is a study that is carried out without premeditated manipulation of variables and some phenomena are observed in their natural environment to examine them. Continuous. This study will have a descriptive scope. The population of 48 students, based on the implementation of the strategy, a growth of 28 points can be seen, in the knowledge of the knowledge, passing the central tendency of (32 points) to the post-knowledge in (60 points), ratifying the strengthening of competences.

Youth an adult’s secondary schools: Buenos Aires, 2001-2022

Romina De Luca — 2024-07-01

This article presents results of the processes of reconfiguration of secondary school based on the extension of compulsory schooling. It focuses on the secondary school and the modality intended for the education of youths and adults. This article analyzes the case of the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, one of the 24 jurisdictions in the country. It uses statistical and legal data in this work. Regulation changes, the evolution of enrolment and its attributes (age and sex), and the graduation rate are all investigated. The evolution of this and the common secondary school are contrasted. We utilize official statistics on education that encompass the whole field of the modality. A rise of the modality is seen in the stage under investigation, which appears to be connected to the formation of terminality programs and increased flexibility. Consequently, there is an expansion that, while occurring, fails in encompassing the full potential population.

Exploration of perceived value in shopping centres targeting low and high socio-economic customers

Leonardo Ortegón Cortazar — 2024-07-01

The research of perceived value is a topic of interest in the marketing management of shopping centers that requires a deeper understanding from a market segmentation perspective. In this regard, a research study was conducted to compare the perceived value of two shopping centers targeting two customer profiles of low and high socioeconomic status (SES). The research employed an exploratory approach, consisting of 12 focus group sessions and a results matrix based on value dimensions reported in previous literature. The findings suggest that low SES consumers are more oriented toward functionality and practicality in their purchasing decisions, such as accessibility to banking services or specific stores, and price convenience. In contrast, high SES consumers seek a more comprehensive experience that includes both utilitarian and hedonic elements, such as the availability of entertainment and leisure spaces, the opportunity to explore various offerings, and favorable environmental design. The findings are discussed in terms of how both groups show interest in both utilitarian and hedonic aspects, recognizing that hedonic value may represent different circumstances depending on socioeconomic status.

Practices, knowledge, territories. Articulations between academia and activism

Alejandra Olaiz — 2024-07-01

This paper systematizes the lines of research developed in the research project "Practices, knowledge, territories. Articulations between academia and activisms" with which we proceeded to delimit and reconstruct a field of practical-theoretical thought that we identified as feminisms of the South and critical pedagogies in Our America in the 21st century. From the analysis of philosophical and socio-political discourses and the accompaniment and intervention in concrete practices, we propose to make visible and appreciate articulations and boundaries between academia and activism. The text organizes the processes and contributions in five lines situated and in context: feminist practices and knowledge in the Ayllu; knowledge and practices of feminisms in the Latin American South linked to science, technique and technology; Latin American Cyberfeminist Knowledge and Practices; knowledge and self-managed practices aimed at cultural production; critical, alternative, nomadic pedagogical knowledge and practices; political-academic practices linked to the environment and the territory; internship. The work conjectures were practical-theoretical drifts that resulted from research paths, intervention trajectories and team militancy. Sustained in an epistemology of articulation and diffraction, it accounts for different strategies of data collection, testimonies, narratives, experiences, perspectives. Among the results achieved, he points out: the consolidation of a vacant line of work that traces an interdisciplinary field; the inter- and transdisciplinary communityality sustained in a newly formed work team; updating study programs in undergraduate degrees; co-responsiveness as a web woven with those communities and organizations with whom we have experienced a policy of coalitions; Thesaurus for Southern Feminisms

Female Entrepreneurship in Peru 2010-2023

Javier Francisco Rueda Galvis — 2024-07-01

This article analyses the conditions of female entrepreneurship in Peru during the period 2010 to 2023 through an exploratory study with a qualitative and quantitative approach, supported by a documentary review of statistical data reported by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) and more than 50 relevant scientific sources. Based on the background information, which indicates that, despite the increase in the participation of Peruvian women in the creation of micro-businesses, the rate of female entrepreneurship is among the lowest in Latin America, the objective of this research focused on identifying the barriers that limit this type of entrepreneurial process. The main findings of the study indicate that 89.6% of Peruvian women entrepreneurs create micro-businesses, they are six times less likely to have access to sources of capital, only 49.5% of Peruvian women are integrated into the financial system and less than 7.4% of women entrepreneurs have a university education. In conclusion, it highlights the need to formulate new inclusive public policies that foster an equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem that eliminates gender stereotypes and socio-cultural barriers, through training programmes with continuous support for both women and men at the time of setting up a business.