Familias contra corriente

"«Está escrita con un tono hipnótico y el final se cierne sobre ella con la impaciencia de los buitres sobre la carroña.» The Guardian «Una fábula sobre la arrogancia del poder, bajo cuya superficie nebulosa se agitan corrientes de compleja sensualidad.» J. M. Coetzee «Potente primera novela [...] sensual [...] implacable.» The Independent «Una obra intrépida e intensa que expone las limitaciones y vulnerabilidades del hombre ante el poder absoluto. Posee algo del esplendor y la fatalidad de un mito. Como todos los libros maravillosos, ha estado siempre ahí, esperando a que...

Esta obra propende a socializar con la comunidad de educadores matemáticos de manera sintetizada nuestros aportes relativos a la construcción de conocimiento matemático para la enseñanza (MKT) desde los ejes en los que hemos aventurado en el Proyecto de Investigación «Procesos de acompañamiento en la formación inicial y continua de profesores en Matemática» (1ING445, 2014-2017). Son cinco: la Biografía escolar en la formación del profesor en Matemática, entendida como el cúmulo de experiencias que los docentes han tenido siendo alumnos; las Narrativas pedagógicas como...

Noted architect and engineer Félix Candela (b. Madrid 1910, lived in Mexico 1939-1970, moved to U.S. in 1970 - d. 1997) and his most iconic engineering structures works in Mexico, his hyperbolic paraboloids (saddle, wings and umbrella shaped) and gravity-defying roofs in commercial, religious and civil buildings proved the real nature and potential of reinforced concrete in structural engineering. Many of Candela's larger projects in Mexico were given to him by the Mexican government in the 1950's and 1960's. In the book "the trail of Félix Candela shells of concrete building in Mexico and...

Cutting-edge and tried-and-true study techniques for effective and efficient studying are included in this guide designed for use by both students and teachers. Productive study methods for both high school and college students are presented, as are habits that students can intentionally develop to make studying a more pleasurable and less stressful experience. Recommendations that professors can give their students to further encourage positive study habits are also included, as are techniques to increase student appreciation of, and attention to, their class time.