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Centre for Research and Formation in
Education (CIFE) Tel.: (57 1) 3394949 ext.3099 In
this webpage I intend to describe some of my interests, mainly academic but
also personal, in order to foster connections and interactions with other
people with similar or complementary interests. I
work at the Centre for Research and Formation in Education (CIFE), at the My
main research interests are presently centred on the purpose of promoting
critical thinking. My approach can be roughly identified with that of
critical pedagogy and a critical theory of education. Additionally, I also
work with philosophy of language, philosophy of educational research,
educational management, and the application of critical and soft systemic
approaches in organisational and social problem situations. In
what follows you will find the papers I have written. For most of them there
is a link to the definitive version in the journal it was published in
(clicking on the journal title), and/or to a previous version (clicking on
the article title; particularly useful if there is no free access to the
journal version). 2010.
The general in the particular. In Journal
of Philosophy of Education, vol.44, no.1, pp.93-107. 2009. In just what sense should I be critical? An exploration
into the notion of 'assumption' and some implications for assessment.
In Studies in Philosophy and Education, vol.28, no.4,
pp.351-367. 2009. Tres
esferas de acción del pensamiento crítico en ingeniería. In Revista Iberoamericana de Educación, vol.49, no.3 (April). 2008.
My
self-as-philosopher and my self-as-scientist meet to do research in the
classroom: Some Davidsonian notes on the philosophy of educational research. In Studies
in Philosophy and Education, vol.27, nos.2-3, pp.161-171. 2008.
Learning to support learning together: An experience with
the Soft Systems Methodology. Written with Adolfo
Sánchez (Sánchez & Mejía). In Educational
Action Research, vol.16, no.1, pp.109-124. 2007.
Are we promoting critical autonomous thinking? A
discussion on conversational genres and whether they can help us answer this
question. Written with Adriana Molina (Mejía &
Molina). In Cambridge
Journal of Education, vol.37 no.3, pp.409-426. 2007.
Team Syntegrity as a learning tool: Some considerations
about its capacity to promote critical learning.
Written with Angela Espinosa (Mejía & Espinosa). In
Systems Research and Behavioral
Science, vol24, no.1, pp.27-35. 2006. ¿Cómo
formarnos para promover pensamiento crítico autónomo en el aula? Una propuesta
de investigación acción apoyada por una herramienta conceptual.
Written with Mónica Orduz and Blanca Peralta (Mejía, Orduz & Peralta). In
Revista Iberoamericana de Educación, vol.39, no.6 (August). 2006. Para
acercarse al dragón, para amansarlo, es necesario haberlo amansado primero:
Una mirada crítica a las competencias ciudadanas. Written with
Betsy Perafán (Mejía & Perafán). In Revista de Estudios Sociales, no.23, pp.23-35. 2005. Hacia una investigación en pedagogía sin tanta ciencia (y con más filosofía). In Revista de Estudios Sociales, no.20, pp.69-79. 2004. La
promoción de pensamiento crítico en ingeniería. Written with Roberto Zarama (Mejía & Zarama). In Revista de
Ingeniería, no.20, pp.88-102. 2004.
The problem of knowledge imposition: Paulo
Freire and Critical Systems Thinking. In Systems
Research and Behavioral Science, vol.21, no.1, pp.62-82, 2002.
Can the system idea help promote
critical thinking and intellectual autonomy in pedagogy? In Kybernetes,
vol.31, nos. 9-10, pp.1313-1323. 2001.
Reconstruction in criticality: A discussion on
questions, assumptions, and interpretation. In Inquiry:
Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, vol.XXI, no.1, pp.17-31. 2010. Educación
para el sentido holístico y la expansión de “nosotros”. Presented at the 12th International Conference on Philosophy
of Education, organised by the International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE), Bogotá, July 2010. 2010. Tres
enfoques en la enseñanza de las ciencias naturales: ¿Mismos caminos? ¿Mismos
destinos? Written with Adry Manrique, Laura Avellaneda, Vanessa
Bermeo and Carlos Díaz (Manrique et al.). Presented
at the 12th International Conference on Philosophy of Education,
organised by the International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE), Bogotá, July 2010. 2010.
“Would you trust me if I said that I saw it?”
Replicability and trust in teacher research. Escrito en conjunto con
Verónica Molina (Mejía y Molina). Accepted for the 9th annual Discourse, Power, Resistance
Conference, 2009. Cierre y apertura en los
fines de la educación. Written with David Aguirre, Isabel Méndez and
Marcela Ossa (Mejía et al.). Presented at the 3rd
International Symposium on Education and Philosophy, 2009. Reescribiendo 2009.
On why there is generalisation in research on single
cases. Presented at the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society
of Great Britain (PESGB), 2008.
In
just what sense should I be critical? An exploration into the notion of
‘assumption’ and some implications for assessment.
Presented at the biannual conference of the International Network of
Philosophers of Education (INPE), 2007. Hacia una dinámica de sistemas crítica: Un marco conceptual
para investigación y una ilustración en educación. Written with Mariana
Cascante (Cascante & Mejía). Presented at the 5th Annual Conference of
the Capítulo Latinoamericano de la Sociedad de
Dinámica de Sistemas, Buenos Aires, November 2007. 2007. Ser directo puede traerte
problemas, pero ser indirecto también: Las realimentaciones en dinámica de sistemas
cualitativa y cuantitativa. Written with Gloria Díaz, Fabio Díaz and Camilo
Olaya (Mejía et al.). Chosen for a plenary sesion in the 5th Annual Congress
of the Capítulo Latinoamericano de la Sociedad de
Dinámica de Sistemas, Buenos Aires, November 2007. 2007. Tres esferas de acción del
pensamiento crítico en ingeniería. Invited
paper for the 1st Technical Congress of Engineering CICTI 2007, 2007.
Understanding
is necessary for critical thinking —but also for its declared foe of
uncritical dogmatic thinking. Presented at the annual
conference of the Philosophy
of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB), 2006. Tipos de arcos y hacia dónde
disparan: Sobre la naturaleza y las posibilidades de los arquetipos. Written with Gloria
Maritza Díaz (Mejía & Díaz). Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of
the Capítulo Latinoamericano de la Sociedad de
Dinámica de Sistemas, Cancún, November 2006. 2006.
Can empirical research help construct theories to
improve practice? Some Davidsonian notes on the philosophy of educational
research. Presented at the biannual conference of the International
Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE), 2005.
Some philosophical issues concerning the promotion of
critical thinking in education. Presented at the annual
conference of the Philosophy
of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB), 2004.
Understanding the Relation Between Criticality and
Knowledge Imposition in Pedagogy. Presented at the annual
conference of the Philosophy
of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB), 2003.
Team Syntegrity as a learning process: Some
considerations about its capacity to develop autonomy. Written
with Ángela Espinosa (Espinosa & Mejía). In the proceedings of the 47th
Annual Meeting of the International Society for
the Systems Science ISSS, 2002. Espacios en procesos de
construcción de conocimiento, y posibilidades de crítica. In the proceedings of the 2º Coloquio Latinoamericano de
Pensamiento Sistémico, Bogotá, October 2002. 2002.
Systems models are neither representations of systems out-there
in reality, nor mental constructions. In the proceedings of
the 46th Annual Meeting of the International
Society for the Systems Science ISSS, 2002.
To what extent is the system idea useful for
understanding the act of knowing? In the proceedings of the 46th
Annual Meeting of the International Society for
the Systems Science ISSS, 2001.
A discussion on assumptions and critical conversations.
In the proceedings of the Problems of Individual Emergence conference,
1999.
A discussion on complementarism and its stance towards
paradigms. Written with Petri Jooste (Mejía & Jooste). In
Castell, A., Gregory, A., et al. (eds.), Synergy Matters: Working with
Systems in the 21st Century. Kluwer Academic: 2005. Book Review of "Competencias Ciudadanas: De los Estándares al Aula", edited by Enrique Chaux, Juanita Lleras, and Ana María Velásquez. In Revista de Estudios Sociales, no.19, pp.127-128. Prologues and
editorials 2005. Prologue. In Informática: Todo un Reto. Ambientes de Aprendizaje en el Aula de Informática, ¿Fomentan el Manejo de Información?, by Patricia Jaramillo et al. pp.xi-xiv. Ediciones Uniandes, Bogotá. 2005. Investigación y práctica
pedagógica. Editorial of Revista de Estudios Sociales, no.20,
pp.7-10. Brief opinion articles 2007. Autonomías. In El Poli, no.15, pp.14-15. 2002.
A Critical
Systemic Framework for Studying Knowledge Imposition in Pedagogy. Unpublished PhD thesis, |
