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Ítem Management process of the project of mobile technologies: A case study(2013-12-19 00:00:00) Castro Araya, HazelThe article summarizes the management of the National Project of Mobile Technology that has been implemented in pilot form by the Omar Dengo Foundation in three public schools in Costa Rica, contemplate the different stages of the management process in each of its phases to achieve its implementation, as well as the different internal and external aspects that favoured or hampered their development. This research is qualitative, descriptive and exploratory. Its results include the need for a change in the administration of education and suggest a new design which display the organization as a versatile school which responds to the current Society of Information and Knowledge (SIC) and the Information Technology and Communication (ICT), since a perspective collective and consensual in pursuit of an ever more innovative and better educational center.Ítem Factors associated with the registration process on the initial education centers(2013-12-19 00:00:00) Siu Lanzas, JulissaThis paper has the purpose of raising a reflection regarding f the conditions that lead to those responsible for the families to the incorporation of the children to the first link in the system of formal education, initial education. The possible relationship of demographic factors, family nature as well as social ones. Consider the relevance of the study of each of these factors, enables the improvement on the management of the centers of initial education, the imminent presence of multifactorial complexity which becomes a great challenge for the administration of education. Stands out among the main conclusions that school attendance continues to represent a basic challenge to the educational leadership, increased by the particularities of the divergence in social contexts, and the effective management of information in the planning directive, could become one of the corrective effects for trying to neutralize the environmental variables, among which the formation of the family is emphasized.Ítem Duty, power and management in the actual Costa Rican public education system(2013-12-19 00:00:00) Calvo Gutiérrez, IvanniaThis article proposes, firstly, the challenges faced by the Costa Rican Management of Education by the Information and Communications Technology (ICT); and the Society of Information and Knowledge (SIK). Subsequently, diverse and extremely important aspects are considered, such as the cost of certain devices, some types of contexts and the global network society explained by Castells; to effectively implement a significant change upon an educational organization. In light of these ideas, an articulation between Kantian duty, the power of Castells and the management proposed by Drucker is explained; in order to suppress different social inequalities, as well as to confront it with the bourdesian ideas about the reproduction; in virtue of what is offered by Castells’ global network society; which leads to an analysis based on the position of Thomas Kuhn. Afterwards, a panorama is shown according to which, the individual that is exposed to a universe of electronic pages, must be correctly oriented, starting with the Management of Education, so that this individual may utilize the information offered, in the best possible way. Finally, conclusions are drawn which are oriented towards the importance of the inquiry of postures and/or lines of thought which are exceptionally essential to humanity, such as the impact upon bourdesian ideas, considering Castells’ global network society; and the Costa Rican public educational system.Ítem Management decision-making process at General Viejo Technical High School(2013-12-19 00:00:00) Palacios Palacios, Ana Gabriela; Ramírez Blanco, Keilyn; Rodríguez Solís, AdrianaThe purpose of this research is essential to analyze the management decision making process at General Viejo Technical High School, located in Perez Zeledon, San Jose Province, Costa Rica. This is a descriptive study with qualitative technical support for analyzing the information with the purpose of understanding the data in terms of the educational reality to which it responds. .Among the findings, it is evident that in the management process that is conducted the educational community does not participate, because decisions are taken by the professional in education administration and respected by the faculty and administration, primarily. This generates dissatisfaction among personnel that is open to listen to and participate actively in this process.Ítem Execution of the “competency assessment” program implemented by the Ministry of Public Education in the Technical Education: the case of Professional Technical School in San Sebastian(2013-12-19 00:00:00) Retana Morales, JorgeThis article refers the results of the research about the program assessment by competences, implemented by the Ministry of public education in the technical education in the Professional Technical School in San Sebastian, from diagnosis the educators have on the proposal, the identification of difficulties and advantages in your application. The study is qualitative with a descriptive approach, involving teachers and managers to which are performed interviews to obtain the most accurate information of the reality of the program at that school. Among the findings is demonstrated weakness in the implementation of the program, due to the lack of knowledge of basic concepts and guidelines of the competency assessment program. As advantages, is determined the evaluation approach to the world of work, which will play the student, from their specific competences, so that the importance of non-formal education management stands out to gestate processes socio-educational in that sense.Ítem Proposal for the development of a manual for the management of student conflicts(2013-12-19 00:00:00) Chacón Mora, ArmandoThis article is a modern proposal for the management of student conflicts, based on the research of qualitative type whose title was “Analysis of the perception of the student conflicts in public schools in Costa Rica”. Today there are many manifestations of conflicts that occur daily in the national educational organizations, and on which many teachers and principals feel impotence not by lack of capacity but by lack of tools for the prevention and efficient attention for this type of situation. From this perspective, it is essential to promote social skills in students preparing a manual of mediation which not only serves as a means of information, and training, but it constitutes a tool for mediation for the management of student conflicts of public institutions in Costa Rica. This manual shall consist of activities aimed to encourage values, principles and attitudes needed to collaborate with the student conflict management. These social skills are related to aspects such as: promotion of critical thinking; assertive communication, the promotion of resilience; the values that collaborate with the coexistence and the culture of peace, among others.