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Research on Mexican Philosophy and Culture |
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David Munoz (Chandler-Gilbert Community College) david.munoz@cgcmail.maricopa.edu |
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Chandler-Gilbert Community College |
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Philosophy and Mexican Culture |
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Summer Project Title: Research on Mexican Philosophy and Culture: As I engaged in my summer project I became aware of the great differences existing between the Mexican Culture and the American Culture. |
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As I engaged in my summer project I became aware of the great differences existing between the Mexican Culture and the American Culture. I did manage to obtain my goals that were: To update my knowledge of philosophy and culture in México at the beginning of the 21st century. I came back with a fresh perspective on Mexican culture and philosophy. I was able to observe the trends of Mexican institutions and see first hand how they are developing their own philosophy of education. There seems to be a crisis according to some professors in Mexico, education is loosing ground due to the hard economic situation. This gave me a perspective to better understand cultural diversity in relation to pluralism in the USA. Many cultural aspects are within the Mexican-American community. I managed to see first hand the ways in which their philosophy and their culture has been brought to the United States and identify some of the consequences. In the short term for example, the first generation maintains the status quo, the second generation begins to assimilate and by the third generation the original identity has been lost almost completely. Last but not least, I believe there are ways to build bridges of communication between two rather different ways of approaching life and philosophy. By doing more projects like this, by learning as well as teaching the way things are done differently in the USA and Mexico. ------------------------------------------------------------ Outcomes: In a paragraph or two describe what worked well. Did you accomplish your objective(s)? Were you able to complete your summer project as written? If not, what did you modify and why? What did not go as well as expected, if anything? Were there any surprises? Note: Use the questions as guides for your outcomes. Do not include detailed list of workshops attended, speakers who presented, or a list of items you have seen, heard, or read. ------------------------------------------------------------ I did manage to complete my project. The modifications made were basically changing the dates for the interviews. I was very surprise by the desire of most Mexican to participate in the project. Some American refused to do it for whatever reason. ------------------------------------------------------------ Professional Growth: Your own professional growth is a large part of your project. Your professional growth is important to you, your students, your college, and possibly other colleagues. How did project affect you professionally? What skills did you learn? What environments were you working in and how might your summer project influence your teaching or other responsibilities? Did you gain a different perspective? Was it professionally valuable for you? ------------------------------------------------------------ The experience of traveling to different nations is in itself good. One can obtain a better perspective especially in the field of philosophy of education. By observing and listening how people behave in their own culture, one can grasp a better understanding of how that culture and philosophy of life is actually influencing America today. This concept is definite relevant to our students who are increasingly living in a world that appears to be a smaller. My research did prepare me to face the challenges of the 21st century that in a nutshell is the integration of diversity in the classroom. I increased my awareness of Mexican culture and philosophy, and also I discovered that my roots are now set in the USA. I did expand my understanding of cultural diversity in a pluralistic society by engaging more with another culture. This project helped me to grow as a human being, an intellectual, and a faculty member. It was an amazing trip. ------------------------------------------------------------ Dissemination: How will you share this information with your colleagues, department, students, or college? ------------------------------------------------------------ Through personal ways as well as the possibility of making a presentation in our campus about my project or perhaps having a brown bag discussion. I also want to explore the possibility of gathering all the information I was able to obtain and publishing it in a book. I am already talking to Editorial Orbis Press about it. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below. |
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http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/fpg/ http://www.asu.edu/lib/ http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=UNAM&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3Ddfdea2ba40abfee1%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3DUNAM%26clickedItemURN%3Dhtt |
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Pictures (image) Pictures! (image) Picture/Dr. Rafael Furlong de La Garza (image) Picture/Dr. Perez and Dr. Muñoz in UNAM (image) Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback below. |
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On Sat Apr 29, 2006 at 1:26AM Lloyd Smith <smithla@open.org> said: |
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Last modified: Sep-20-2005 Date created: Sep-14-2005 Visitor count: 5575 Dublin Core Metadata record  This package is included in the Faculty Professional Growth Summer Project Reports special collection. |
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