REencuentro. Analysis of university problems

About the Journal

The origin of REencuentro

REencuentro. Analysis of university problems is an academic publication, founded in the fall of 1989, sponsored by the Coordination of University Extension of the Autonomous Metropolitan University - Xochimilco (UAM-X). It was created as a series of printed notebooks, within the then Academic Improvement Program (PSA), coordinated by Dr. Luis Felipe Bojalil Jaber, promoter of the modular system as an alternative educational model for higher education, the Xochimilco Model.

The development of the magazine REencuentro

In 25 years the magazine REencuentro. Analysis of university problems has been a space of academic dissemination with a four-monthly periodicity and in this scheme published a series of 69 issues, with a total of 705 works, in which 627 national and international collaborators have participated, coming from multiple and diverse universities and public and private, national and international academic institutions of recognized prestige, such as: the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the National Polytechnic Institute, the National Pedagogical University, the Autonomous Metropolitan University, Xochimilco Units, Azcapotzalco, Iztapalapa, Cuajimalpa, the Universidad Iberoamericana , the Anáhuac University and internationally the University of London, the University of Murcia, the Arizona State University, and the University of Havana, among many other institutions of higher education.

Throughout its development the magazine REencuentro. Analysis of university problems has managed to position itself as an academic publication of the UAM Xochimilco specialized in higher education issues. In its journey has been integrated and is part of multiple indexes and recognized banks of specialized scientific and humanistic information, such as:

• Center for Scientific and Humanistic Information of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Centro de Información Científica y Humanística de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
• Index of Journals of Higher Education and Educational Research (Índice de Revistas de Educación Superior e Investigación Educativa, IRISIE)
• Directory of Serial Scientific Publications in Latin America and the Caribbean (Directorio de Publicaciones Científicas Seriadas en América Latina y el Caribe, LATINDEX)
• Database of the commented Catalog of Mexican Journals on Higher Education and Educational Research (Banco de datos del Catálogo comentado de Revistas Mexicanas sobre Educación Superior e Investigación Educativa, CAMEX)
• Hemeroteca and Spanish-speaking digital library (Hemeroteca y biblioteca digital de habla hispana, INFOURMEX)
• Digital Library of the Organization of Ibero-American States (Biblioteca digital de la Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) of the University of Lund in Sweden
• Network of Scientific Journals of Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal, RedALyC)

The new era of REencuentro

Currently, REencuentro is a digital magazine specialized in higher education issues within the framework of the contemporary technological society (with a biannual frequency). It consists of a multimedia editorial project, online, created for the dissemination of knowledge and relevant information on the fields of education, particularly focused on the analysis of university problems in Mexico and Latin America, the multi-ethnic and cultural region of which we are a part.

Through this project of cultural diffusion, it seeks to provide elements of analysis to the conversation between the different academic communities related to study, development, planning and exercise of education.

Its final purpose is to contribute to the development of educational thinking and to the exercise of an academic action that affects the problems of current society and the transformation of social conditions, through actions aimed at improving the quality of education, as well as as well as the processes of production, management, transmission and dissemination of knowledge.

The digital platform of REencuentro

The entrance of the magazine to the digital culture also implies new multimedia possibilities in the presentation of contents and new challenges derived from its presence on the Web, with a potential global audience in the Ibero-American region, REencuentro becomes the constituent mark of a tradition academic in a renewed, expanded, cyber-connected community and identified with issues related to education and the analysis of local, regional or global university problems within the framework of the globalized information society.

As a brand, REencuentro is also distinguished by what has been its language of production: Spanish; which covers the region of Latin America where our historical ties, our cultural heritages, our miscegenation in its richness and its contradictions, our management of interinstitutional links and our configuration of identities for the rest of the world appear; but also, today REencuentro offers the possibility of incorporating texts in Portuguese, with the purpose of extending ourselves to contemporary Ibero-American thought, establishing dialogues with the Brazilian and Portuguese academies and in English, as a lingua franca of scientific exchange. Our name has never made so much sense.

Given these circumstances and opportunities, we have begun a new era, with new design, new logo, new multimedia sections, but with the same mission of serving our readers with quality academic content that propitiates the interest and in-depth study of topics and relevant problems for the field of education, particularly, for the universities of our country and Latin America.

The multimedia contents of REencuentro

The contents of the magazine are presented in multimedia format and are classified in different sections. First of all it should be noted that in the Current section, you access the current journal that contains the selection of texts submitted to arbitration and that respond to the theme developed in each issue and then find the different sections that complement the number of the journal .

Digital Numbers Published

All items of "REencuentro. Analysis of university problems" are available, in full text (PDF) published in previous editions. From the first issue, published in the fall of 1989, to the number before the current one.

Since the graduate

Through this section, REencuentro seeks to disseminate information and knowledge derived from the research training process that students, along with their professors, are producing in the graduate programs of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities. the UAM Xochimilco, particularly, of the Doctorate in Social Sciences (DCS, http://dcsh.xoc.uam.mx/sociales/) and of the Master in Development and Planning of Education (MDPE, http: //maestriaeditorial.xoc .uam.mx /) and other programs of the five units of the UAM, according to the thematic seal of the magazine. The work of graduate students of other national and foreign institutions is also accepted for their opinion, which means the configuration of a space for exchange and dialogue, in the regional context of Ibero-America.

Reencounter with memory

In this section, seminal articles on educational thinking and the field of education are periodically published, including, of course, formal education at its various levels: basic, secondary, middle and higher, and in other modalities: informal, non-formal, continuing education, online; special education and recently intercultural education, among other areas of education. The articles are accompanied by glosses or scolios that contextualize the selected articles.

The idea is that this space serves to propitiate the rereading of classic texts and the revision of fundamental concepts for the different traditions of thought and educational action and, to that extent, reencounter with a memory that inspires the reader to deepen in the study of the Educational phenomena as part of the social process and its effects on contemporary society.

Minimum teaching

In this section, contents in multimedia format are published that benefit our community of readers in their teaching practice through the inclusion of didactic material, meta-cognitive exercises, group dynamics, games and other educational resources for teaching and learning knowledge. and the development of intellectual and technical skills.

Also included are articles on pedagogical and andragogic educational models and frameworks relevant to the teaching practice in the field of higher education and, in general, impact on the epistemic change of modern society, mediated by the new information technologies and education. communication.

Videos

In this repository you can consult the video collection of the Video of the Week section. Also some other videos produced from the Multimedia Node project of the UAM-X.

Audios

Space where the audio collection is consulted in the Podcast section of the Week. Also some other audios produced from the Multimedia Node project of the UAM-X.

Graphics

This section contains the complete collection of the covers of the magazine Reencuentro since 1989, as well as photo galleries and other graphics and infographics produced from the Multimedia Node project of the UAM-X.

Books

This section offers recommendations through critical reviews of books relevant to the field of study of the journal.

For all the above, REencuentro, reappears reconfigured, hypertextual, multimodal, interactive, convener of the debate and participation in the construction of a global knowledge network.

While waiting for the contents presented to be of interest to our readers, we welcome you to this new stage of REencuentro. Analysis of university problems and we appreciate your participation online, through your comments in our different sections and collaborations in accordance with the editorial standards and the criteria established in each call.