Aguascalientes, Ags., July 23, 2024.- Dr. Javier Fernández de Castro de León and his research: evaluation of didactic methodologies for values formation (Aprendiendo a Querer Program) and entrepreneurship formation (Entrepreneurship Methodologies 3e).
Dr. Fernández de Castro, Research Secretary of the School of Pedagogy and Psychology at Universidad Panamericana campus Aguascalientes, worked on two research studies that seek not only to generate scientific knowledge, but also to guide decision making in order to favor personal and social development. Below we share information about these two studies carried out in the pedagogical-didactic field.
Aprendiendo a Querer" Program
The Program for Integral Development "Aprendiendo a Querer" seeks to educate children, adolescents and young people from an integral perspective, focused on the education of their freedom and the strengthening of their character, through the formation of values, with emphasis on the education of citizenship for the construction of a democratic society. It is present in 23 countries and its materials are translated into 9 languages.
In 2022, Red Familia A.C., an association licensed to operate the PAaQ in Mexico, requested an evaluation of its operation, efficiency, effectiveness and relevance. The School developed a project in which 59 teachers, 489 parents and 9 students from different states of Mexico participated. The results allowed us to identify strengths and areas for improvement of the program, which guided Red Familia A.C. to make decisions for improvement.
The School presented the study at the II International Congress Educare+Educere 2022, organized by the Ibero-American Teacher Training Network. A chapter of the book was also published.
Methodology 3e "Educate plus Entrepreneurship equals Success".
The 3e Methodology was designed by the National 3e Institute "Educate plus Entrepreneurship equals Success", founded in 2009 in the city of Zacatecas, recipient of the National Entrepreneur Award in 2016 and recognized in 2018 by the Ministry of Public Education as one of the fourteen external providers authorized to offer its materials within the country's public institutions.
In 2023, the Institute requested an evaluative study on the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the methodology in a pilot test developed by the Institute of Education of Aguascalientes in seven secondary schools. The results validated the quality of the methodology and guided the development of improvement strategies. This study will be presented at the International University Congress on Communication, Innovation, Research and Teaching (CUICIID 2024) and in a scientific article scheduled for publication in 2025 in a scientific journal indexed in Scopus.
These projects are evidence of the conviction of the School of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Universidad Panamericana campus Aguascalientes to generate scientific knowledge and connect it with reality to achieve a real impact on people and society.
