Un caso de evaluación para un seminario de investigación

Roberto Javier Guerrero-Moreno; Eilen Oviedo González; David Abdél Mejía Medina

doi:10.37636/recit.v33134144

Authors

Roberto Javier Guerrero-Moreno Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Autonomous University of Baja California, Blvd. Universitario 1000, Valle de las Palmas, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8974-0990
Eilen Oviedo González National Pedagogical University, Paseo de la Vida s / n, Fraccionamiento Las Américas., Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6495-5015
David Abdél Mejía Medina Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Autonomous University of Baja California, Blvd. Universitario 1000, Valle de las Palmas, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2860-2428

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37636/recit.v33134144

Keywords:

Education, scientific research.

Abstract

The research seminar is a staple in many colleges and typically serves as a link between the researchers' work and the student body. However, more than an outreach activity, we believe that it is an excellent means of motivation, and an effort is rarely made to quantify the success of the program in terms of acceptance within the student body. In the following article we will present the results of a 4-year survey in a multidisciplinary engineering / design / architecture school for a state public university in Mexico. The survey was designed with the intention of quantifying the success of the activity in capturing the attention and interest of the students.

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Author Biography

Eilen Oviedo González, National Pedagogical University, Paseo de la Vida s / n, Fraccionamiento Las Américas., Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

She is a Doctor in Educational Management and Policy, Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) Level 1. She has a Master's Degree in Education with a specialty in Teacher Training, a specialist in the area of Competencies and Evaluator since 2010 of Teaching Skills at the level Middle Superior. Author of 18 refereed and indexed articles, as well as participation in the publication as an author in 4 books. The leader of the Academic Body: Policies, training, and Evaluation of School Centers. Member of the academic body: Motivation to self-learning. Regional Academic Coordinator of the Ph.D. in Educational Development, Noroeste Chapter, at the National Pedagogical University. He is an arbitrator of some national and international journals in the educational area. Belongs to the Network of Researchers of Chihuahua (REDIECH), as well as the Network of Capacities and Regional Development of the College of the Northern Border (RSTA) and is a Member of the Mexican Council of Educational Research (COMIE), of the Mexican Society of Comparative Education (SOMEC).

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