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- ItemPromoción de una cultura del habla en la asignatura de biología de los ecosistemas: un estudio colaborativo(Universidad Católica del Maule, 2025) Gómez Zaccarelli, Florencia Sofía; Piñones Cañete, César AndrésLas bases curriculares chilenas buscan fortalecer la alfabetización científica (Mineduc, 2021), entendida como el desarrollo de habilidades de pensamiento y prácticas de aprendizaje sustentadas en conocimiento científico (Murphy et al., 2018). En este capítulo se compartirá el estudio que exploró las oportunidades para el desarrollo del razonamiento científico y la argumentación en una clase de Biología de Ecosistemas con 16 estudiantes de enseñanza media. Utilizando la indagación narrativa (Clandinin & Huber, 2002) y el autoestudio colaborativo (Guðjónsdóttir & Rannveig Jónsdóttir, 2022), los investigadores analizaron las prácticas docentes mediante observaciones y producciones de los estudiantes, en un proceso de indagación colaborativa entre un docente de ciencias y una investigadora en educación en ciencias. Los hallazgos revelaron inicialmente un conocimiento frágil de los estudiantes (Perkins, 2003), con limitaciones en la comprensión de niveles de organización de la materia y conceptos de biodiversidad. La intervención pedagógica, centrada en la lectura comprensiva de textos científicos, escritura y evaluación formativa con organizadores gráficos, mostró una progresión en: recuperación y precisión del vocabulario científico; jerarquización y síntesis de ideas científicas; construcción de opiniones sustentadas en evidencias; y creación de textos literarios con base científica. El estudio sugiere que desarrollar hábitos de pensamiento (Swartz et al., 2020) es crucial para mitigar el aprendizaje inerte, preparando el terreno de las habilidades que permiten internarse en la argumentación científica escolar
- ItemAir mass movement across Earth: Highways for particle transport in the past, present and future(éditions Quae, 2025) Lambert, FabriceUnderstanding modern air mass circulation patterns is fundamental to comprehending how Earth's atmosphere functions and influences microparticle transport pathways. These patterns, driven by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface and the rotation of the planet, create distinct wind systems that transport heat, moisture, and particles across the globe. This chapter delves into the primary circulation and wind patterns that shape the dispersal of particles. Knowledge of dispersal is founded primarily on studies of mineral dust aerosols. However, it is well known that spores, microbes, and viruses can attach to mineral dust particles through various mechanisms, including electrostatic forces and physical entrapment within the dust matrix (Smith et al., 2011). Furthermore, carbonaceous materials, organic compounds, smoke, and even sea salt can carry microorganisms. The range of processes of emission of particles that harbor living microorganisms, including dust and sea-spray emissions, emissions from other surface waters and via fires, are covered primarily in Chapters 3, 4, 7 and 8. The association of microorganisms with dust or other particles may contribute to their survival (Noda et al., 2023), which can be assessed from various approaches as described in Chapter 6. Nevertheless, the emissions processes all contribute to assuring that microorganisms can ride the dust transport systems. By exploring these dust transport systems, we gain insight into the mechanisms that govern atmospheric dynamics and their critical role in the dispersal of spores, microbes, and viruses.
- ItemBeyond Self-Exoticism: How to Situate Latin America in a Global History of Music(2025) Izquierdo Konig, Jose Manuel“Beyond Self-Exoticism” is a new, up-to-date version of a widely quoted article by José Manuel Izquierdo König, originally published in Spanish in 2016. The core of the argument is that emphasizing perceived “difference” or hybridity as a marker of relevance for Latin American music and music research inadvertently reinforces Eurocentrism. The chapter, thus, critically interrogates the positioning of Latin American music and research within global music histories, challenging the prevailing academic tendency towards “self-exoticism.” Focused on nineteenth-century Latin American music, Izquierdo König re-centers the agency of Latin American composers and acknowledges their unique material and aesthetic conditions. The author ultimately argues for a decolonized music history that moves beyond prescriptive frameworks, fostering a truly global understanding of musical traditions on their own terms.
- ItemCritical Scientific Literacy Approach and Critical Theories in the Learning of Science Outside the Classroom(Springer Nature, 2023) Guerrero, Gonzalo; Rojas Avilez, Lorena Patricia; Corina González-Weil; Gonzalo Guerrero HernandezThis chapter presents an overview of the contribution of critical theories to the learning of science outside the classroom, developing and applying concepts from critical scientific literacy. We present an analysis of the previous implementation of critical theories across the literature, mainly from experiences in Latin America and focusing on environmental education and contexts outside the classroom. Then, we discuss three examples of our work, using the theories at different levels and contexts, emphasising teachers’ pedagogical and collaborative approaches. The first example proposes applications of critical theories developing projects with pre-service teachers based on the expansion of forestry monoculture and its impact on the balance of ecosystems and on indigenous communities that inhabit intervened localities. The second one seeks to revise and analyse science teaching experiences outside the classroom of teachers participating in a continuous training program from a critical perspective. The last one considers applying critical theories in a doctoral project, using a map of socio-environmental conflicts in Chile; the project presents a Research-Practice Partnership to tackle an environmental conflict through a pedagogical field trip. The three examples offer insights into how we can promote critical approaches using socio-environmental conflicts and eco-routes beyond disciplinary boundaries, taking advantage of the opportunity offered by scenarios outside the classroom to challenge the complexity of real-world problems. Finally, we suggest how others could apply critical theories as a way of recognising connections between individual subjectivities, socio-scientific issues and the social contexts in which they are embedded.
- ItemScience Education for Students’ Critical Scientific and Environmental Literacies: Experiences from Latin America(Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2024) Guerrero, Gonzalo; Rojas Avilez, Lorena Patricia; González-Weil, Corina; Ibaceta-Guerra, Nina; Martinez-Pérez, Leonardo; Rosas-Pari, Luz MarinaThroughout this chapter, we examine the role of science in the Latin American context. We reflect on how scientific education should address the role of human beings within society to advance our understanding of our species and its interdependence with nature and other beings. In this chapter, we propose a call to action starting from an approach focused on awareness – or conscientização – from a scientific, environmental, and ecological perspective.