THE ROLE OF THE REFLECTION AND DESIGN CONFERENCE IN THE PLANNING OF ``CEJUS'', AN ALTERNATIVE LEARNING INSTITUTION
Por:
Jimenez, J., Escalante, J. C., Marin, R., Velasco, M.
Publicada:
1 ene 2015
Resumen:
We wish to stress the importance of the Reflection and Design Conference
(RDC) on the design and implementation of the future of CEJUS, an
alternative learning institution. The Justo Sierra Studies Center
(Centro de Estudios Justo Sierra, CEJUS), reached its 35th anniversary
last year (November, 2013). CEJUS is an alternative learning project
ranging from pre-to high-school. In 2004 CEJUS incorporated professional
and graduate studies geared to research in applied disciplines related
to sustainable exploitation of natural resources. On the occasion of its
35th anniversary, the CEJUS Advisory Committee invited the subscriber
and his team to carry out an evaluation exercise to assess the
achievements of the project and plan for the future. We facilitated a
two-day RDC involving 30 members of the CEJUS system. The RDC, in its
full, systems-thinking approach, has been used in CEJUS in the past with
excellent results. It is a powerful managerial tool to start a robust
participative strategic plan, set up lines of action, and design
specific projects along the lines of action. It encourages the
participants to design a consensual, audacious desired future, free of
self-imposed constraints, not conceived by conventional methods,
otherwise. The process includes periodic feedback meetings with the
stakeholders to assess the progress of the agreed upon projects, and
make the necessary changes for the achievement of the goals and desired
objectives. The 10-year plan produced by the RDC includes the creation
of new centers spread both regionally and nationally, the formation of
well-trained, mature educational advisers, the creation of a research
center for the study of alternative learning procedures, among other
objectives. The RDC has shown in past applications its usefulness to
facilitate educational systems stakeholders to reflect on the past and
design a consensual audacious future, thus converting the event in an
inflection point in the history of the system.
Filiaciones:
Jimenez, J.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Matemat Aplicadas & Sistemas, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Escalante, J. C.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Matemat Aplicadas & Sistemas, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Marin, R.:
Univ Iberoamer, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
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