Methodology

Several Theoretical-Methodological Trends in Social Work. Results of a Social Context Reading in Academic Programs in the Caribbean and Central-Eastern Regions

Ana Yadira Barahona Rojas, José Roberto Calcetero Gutiérrez y Melba Yesmit Chaparro Madolnado, Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Colombia

Between Arachnid Deities and African Lions. A Contribution to the Afro-Americanist Debate in Colombia

Eduardo Restrepo, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill e Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia (ICANH)

On Writing Essays

Juan Alberto Blanco Puentes jabp7@hotmail.com Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca (Colombia) Abstract: Today, academic exercises begin with writing essays. As an academic tool, essays are useful just as much for writers as they are for readers. In reference to that, this article reflects about the essay and guides the reader through the […]

Mindsets towards scientific research among research methodology professors

Gloria Marlen Aldana galdana415@gmail.com Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina Nohora Stella Joya psicojoya@yahoo.com Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Abstract: This study aimed to measure attitudes towards research among the teachers of research methodology, because of their influence among the student’s attitudes towards research. Findings show a negative trend in three dimensions, namely cognitive, affective construction, and in […]

Of failure and frustration in field work —how to assume the ethics of representation in participatory research

Abstract: Collaborative research is back on the agenda these days. It has certainly become more accepted in mainstream academia than back in the 1970s, when Orlando Fals Borda and others developed what came to be known as Participatory Action-Research (PAR). Research councils are increasingly interested in funding collaborative research proposals, seemingly willing to listen to […]