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    The Cut and Misunderstanding

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      This article attempts to approach the question of the cut in analytic practice and in directing interviews with parents of autistic children admitted to the institution. The clinic of autism can be envisaged in its relations with language to develop a crucial aspect of the symbolic register: the notion of misunderstanding. This notion was introduced by Jacques Lacan early in his teaching and can be traced to his initial work on structural linguistics till his final pronouncements in the 70’s on topology and the nodal clinic. In his very last seminar of 1980, entitled Dissolution!, Lacan associates the notion of misunderstanding with that of trauma that leads on to this idea that one is already traumatized by misunderstanding that exists between parents. We hope that these formulations will provide us with elements to better conceptualize direction and organization of interviews with parents of autistic subjects admitted to Institutions

    Consideraciones éticas en la evaluación educativa

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    En este artículo se abordan algunas consideraciones éticas respecto a las prácticas de evaluación educativa. Se analiza el papel de la ética en la conducta profesional evaluadora, así como algunos dilemas y controversias éticas que afrontan los evaluadores. Se recuperan aportes teóricos de especialistas del campo de la investigación y evaluación cualitativas, los cuales brindan un conjunto de orientaciones que se deben atender en el proceso de investigación educativa para asegurar que éste se conduce en todo momento bajo principios étic

    The teaching evaluation in the university: Views of the students

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    Este trabajo pretende contribuir a una mejor comprensión del proceso de evaluación del desempeño docente en el contexto universitario, evidenciando la inoperancia y poca validez del cuestionario como mecanismo para el perfeccionamiento de la educación superior. El artículo tiene como propósito analizar las perspectivas de los alumnos de licenciatura (pregrado) respecto al cuestionario de opinión con el que valoran periódicamente el desempeño de sus profesores, para juzgar su pertinencia y utilidad como instrumento de evaluación. Se trata de una investigación de corte cualitativo mediante la modalidad de estudio de casos. El caso estuvo representado por las Unidades Xochimilco y Cuajimalpa de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). La perspectiva teórica de la evaluación docente también se sitúa en un marco de evaluación cualitativa y comprensiva. Los resultados se agrupan en tres bloques referidos al cuestionario de evaluación docente que los alumnos responden: 1) opiniones del alumnado sobre el cuestionario, 2) usos de los resultados de la evaluación docente, y 3) propuesta para evaluar el desempeño docente. Entre las conclusiones se destaca que el proceso de evaluación está asociado de forma prioritaria con el otorgamiento de estímulos económicos a los profesores y tangencialmente con la mejora de la calidad de la enseñanza. Esta situación discrepa con una visión muy extendida que vincula los resultados de la evaluación docente con el mejoramiento de la educaciónThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the process of evaluation of teaching performance in the university context, evidencing the ineffectiveness and poor validity of the questionnaire as a mechanism for the improvement of higher education. The paper analyzes the perspectives of undergraduate students about a questionnaire with which they periodically assess the performance of their professors, to judge their relevance and usefulness as an evaluation tool. It is a qualitative research through the case study modality. The case was represented by the Xochimilco and Cuajimalpa Units of the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM). The theoretical perspective of teacher evaluation is also placed in a framework of qualitative and comprehensive evaluation. The results are grouped into three blocks referring to the teacher evaluation questionnaire that the students answer: 1) student opinions on the questionnaire, 2) uses of the results of the teacher evaluation, and 3) proposal to evaluate the teaching performance. Among the conclusions, it is emphasized that the evaluation process is associated in a priority way with the granting of economic stimuli to teachers and tangentially with the improvement of the quality of teaching. This situation disagrees with a very extended vision that links the results of the teacher evaluation with the improvement of educatio

    Educational Attainment and Environmental Concern in China:An Instrumental Variable Approach

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    Formal education is theorised to be an essential vehicle to promote and trigger pro-environmental attitudes and behavioural changes among citizens via the increase of public awareness and concern. However, robust estimations of its causal effect on individuals’ concern for the environment are scarce. This study aimed to estimate the effect of educational attainment on environmental concern in China, addressing the problem of endogeneity. China is the largest emitter of CO2 and faces severe environmental problems due to its rapid process of industrialisation and urbanisation. The findings show that educational attainment has a robust positive causal effect on environmental concern in China. After addressing potential endogeneity issues using an instrumental variable approach, the effect is stronger than a conventional ordinal least squares estimation. Thus, education is a crucial path of action to promote environmental concern and subsequent pro-environmental behaviour in China
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