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Why design solutions for complex problems?
Reading Time: 4 minutes I constantly send small texts to Michael as part of my supervision process. Recently, I sent him a 3 pager on the theory of my thesis that began with this paragraph: Colombia is a highly unequal country, and its educational system plays a vital role in reproducing this inequity (García & Fergusson, 2021). Students born […]
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Understanding “Understanding by Design” through a Southern Lens
Reading Time: 8 minutes Understanding “Understanding by Design” through a Southern Lens Wiggins & McTighe (2012) created a curriculum design framework called “Understanding by Design.” My first approach to this framework was during my M.Ed. at the University of Virginia. It was an eye-opening experience, as I worked as a teacher at a local university in Bogotá, Colombia, where […]
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The location of Theory
Reading Time: 8 minutes In my first year as an undergrad student in Philosophy, I had to take a class on classical thinkers. This was a foundational class to understand the pillars of political science, anthropology, and sociology. The course was named “Marx, Weber, and Durkheim.” The approach to the authors was uncritical; we read them and tried to […]
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Thoughts on Ch. 1 – 3 of After Methods
Reading Time: 6 minutes Initial approaches to sociomateriality In this post, I will briefly summarize the ideas found in the first three chapters of After Methods, a book by John Law. The summary has no intention of being exhaustive but has the function of being an anchor for my reflections and questions. After Method John Law’s book After Method […]