Garcia
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 11052 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Garcia |
| SOBRENOME | Garcia |
| ASSINATURA | GARCÍA |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Universidad de los Andes |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4474-8603 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1971 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Adolescent trajectories in situations of adversity
The context in which youths grow up influences the lives they are capable of living. Using a mixed‐methods approach, this study analyses the risk and promotive factors associated with educational and leadership outcomes in Colombian youth. Results suggest that poverty and inadequate social services are key obstacles to the attainment of positive school and leadership outcomes, while parental involvement is among the most important promotive facto…
Learning inequality during Covid-19
During 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic unleashed a socioeconomic crisis in most countries, as well as strict restrictions on mobility and social distancing were implemented. The pandemic brought a severe socioeconomic shock -decreasing economic activity- and forced policy responses that affected the education sector -notably school closures-. There is scarce evidence on the implications of the pandemic and its socioeconomic consequences on learning i…
Teaching quality in Colombia
This study contributes to global debates around defining and measuring teacher effectiveness by examining teaching quality in Colombia. We used data collected by Fundación Compartir (FC), a Colombian NGO that for 20 years has awarded annual prizes to the ‘best teachers’ in the country. We used mixed-methods procedures to examine those teaching practices and professional characteristics that FC hold for teaching excellence. We found that award win…
Growing Up Guerreándola”
In this article, we argue that we have much to learn from the adolescent developmental experiences of social justice activists on the frontlines. Our team of authors includes the four youth social leaders at the center of the empirical work emerging from our qualitative research. We ground the Freirean concept of conscientização, roughly interpreted in English as critical consciousness building, in the lived experiences of these four youth social…
Can poverty alleviation programs crowd-in private support? Short- and Middle-Run Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Inter-Household Transfers
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become an important component of social assistance in developing countries. CCTs, as well as other cash subsidies, have been criticized for allegedly crowding out private transfers. Whether social programs crowd out private transfers is an important question with worrisome implications, as private support represents an important fraction of households' income and works as a risk sharing mechanism in d…
Prácticas usadas en los colegios de Bogotá para prevenir consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y agresión por estudiantes de secundaria y media
Este artículo de investigación presenta resultados de un estudio sobre las prácticas usadas por los colegios de Bogotá para enfrentar los riesgos de agresión (física y verbal) y consumo de sustancias (alcohol, cigarrillo y drogas). En la investigación se usaron datos cuantitativos de una encuesta representativa a colegios de la ciudad y datos cualitativos de grupos focales con docentes y directivos docentes. Consideramos cuatro tipos de estrategi…
Why Not
Hugo A. García, Bryan K. Hotchkins, Jon McNaughtan, “Why Not?”: How STEM Identity Development Promotes Black Transfer and Transition, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 88, No. 3 (Summer 2019), pp. 343-357
Building dreams
Child Poverty in Colombia
Resumen y precisiones sobre Tras la excelencia docente
This article summarizes After Excellence in Education–How to Improve the Quality of Education for all Colombians, a paper recently published by Fun- dacio?n Compartir. At the same time, it answers some criticisms made to the study after its publishing. Specifically, the article attempts to clarify, explain and/ or correct three concerns: methodological issues, the authors’ posture about the role of principals in the quality of education, and the …
Reprodução após os 30 anos no estado de São Paulo
O artigo se propôs investigar o adiamento da reprodução no estado de São Paulo, entendido como postergação do nascimento do primeiro filho, de mulheres maiores de 30 anos. Como estratégia metodológica, utilizou-se abordagem por período e por coortes. Dados sobre nascimentos provieram do Registro Civil. Os Censos forneceram os efetivos populacionais femininos por idade, ao longo do período analisado (1960 a 2010). Verificou-se que na coorte de 198…
Socio-economic inequalities in malnutrition among children and adolescents in Colombia
Objective To examine socio-economic inequalities in malnutrition among Colombian children and adolescents, and to assess the contribution of individual-, household- and community-level factors to those inequalities. Design Cross-sectional data were used from two sources: 2005 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey and 2005 Colombian census. Malnutrition outcomes included stunting and overweight. Multilevel Poisson models were used to estimate th…
Nutrition in Colombian pregnant women
Objective The present study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of pregnant women in Colombia and the associations between gestational BMI and sociodemographic and gestational characteristics. Design Cross-sectional study. A secondary analysis was made of data from the 2005 Demographic and Health Survey of Colombia. Setting Bogotá, Colombia. Subjects Pregnant adolescents aged 13–19 years ( n 430) and pregnant women aged 20–49 years ( n 1272)…
Is the circumference at the nutrient foramen of the tibia of value to sex determination on human osteological collections? Testing a new method
This paper tests the validity of the circumference at the nutrient foramen of the tibia for sex determination on two human osteological collections: the Lisbon Collection of Identified Skeletons (n = 160) and the São Martinho medieval archaeological collection from Leiria, Portugal (n = 57). The methodological approach chosen to conduct the test was the sectioning point method. The overall accuracy (males and females combined) in the Lisbon Colle…
Gallbladder cancer in Chile and selected countries
Se presenta un trabajo descriptivo que analiza la mortalidad por cáncer vesicular en países seleccionados por presentar una gran magnitud y tendencia al aumento como Chile, Japón y Suecia. Se ha considerado además a otros países como Estados Unidos y algunos escandinavos para apreciar contrastes. El período de estudio comprende desde 1953 hasta 1987 y los datos provienen de publicaciones existentes, particularmente un estudio efectuado en Japón e…
My sister's keeper
An assessment and evaluation program for black university students in academic jeopardy
Student voluntarism in transition
The university student volunteer as a social change agent is in a period of transition. There is no returning to the idealism and activism of the 1960s if this and future generations of students continue to see self-preservation and individual advancement as their only viable option here in America. In view of the changing nature of today's students, the conventional definitions of volunteers, such as Shultz's (1972) altruist, average, and pseudo…
Black english and the schools
Calendar of Meetings
Current Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Latin America, The New Challenge of Latin American Nationalism to Foreign Investment-Present and Future. The Institute inquired into and attempted to provide the means of understanding recent changes in the investment climate together with the new social restlessness, the new economic and political nationalism, and motivations underlying these changes in Latin America
Table des matières et index analytique du volume VIII
On trouvera aprs chaque titre l'indication du numro, en chiffres arabes
Table des matières et index analytique du volume VII
On trouvera aprs chaque titre l'indication du numro, en chiffres arabes
Child Poverty in Colombia
Building dreams
My sister's keeper
Is the circumference at the nutrient foramen of the tibia of value to sex determination on human osteological collections? Testing a new method
This paper tests the validity of the circumference at the nutrient foramen of the tibia for sex determination on two human osteological collections: the Lisbon Collection of Identified Skeletons (n = 160) and the São Martinho medieval archaeological collection from Leiria, Portugal (n = 57). The methodological approach chosen to conduct the test was the sectioning point method. The overall accuracy (males and females combined) in the Lisbon Colle…
Learning inequality during Covid-19
During 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic unleashed a socioeconomic crisis in most countries, as well as strict restrictions on mobility and social distancing were implemented. The pandemic brought a severe socioeconomic shock -decreasing economic activity- and forced policy responses that affected the education sector -notably school closures-. There is scarce evidence on the implications of the pandemic and its socioeconomic consequences on learning i…
Can poverty alleviation programs crowd-in private support? Short- and Middle-Run Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Inter-Household Transfers
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become an important component of social assistance in developing countries. CCTs, as well as other cash subsidies, have been criticized for allegedly crowding out private transfers. Whether social programs crowd out private transfers is an important question with worrisome implications, as private support represents an important fraction of households' income and works as a risk sharing mechanism in d…
Resumen y precisiones sobre Tras la excelencia docente
This article summarizes After Excellence in Education–How to Improve the Quality of Education for all Colombians, a paper recently published by Fun- dacio?n Compartir. At the same time, it answers some criticisms made to the study after its publishing. Specifically, the article attempts to clarify, explain and/ or correct three concerns: methodological issues, the authors’ posture about the role of principals in the quality of education, and the …
Black english and the schools
Table des matières et index analytique du volume VII
On trouvera aprs chaque titre l'indication du numro, en chiffres arabes
Table des matières et index analytique du volume VIII
On trouvera aprs chaque titre l'indication du numro, en chiffres arabes
Calendar of Meetings
Current Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Latin America, The New Challenge of Latin American Nationalism to Foreign Investment-Present and Future. The Institute inquired into and attempted to provide the means of understanding recent changes in the investment climate together with the new social restlessness, the new economic and political nationalism, and motivations underlying these changes in Latin America
Black english and the schools
Student voluntarism in transition
The university student volunteer as a social change agent is in a period of transition. There is no returning to the idealism and activism of the 1960s if this and future generations of students continue to see self-preservation and individual advancement as their only viable option here in America. In view of the changing nature of today's students, the conventional definitions of volunteers, such as Shultz's (1972) altruist, average, and pseudo…
An assessment and evaluation program for black university students in academic jeopardy
My sister's keeper
Gallbladder cancer in Chile and selected countries
Se presenta un trabajo descriptivo que analiza la mortalidad por cáncer vesicular en países seleccionados por presentar una gran magnitud y tendencia al aumento como Chile, Japón y Suecia. Se ha considerado además a otros países como Estados Unidos y algunos escandinavos para apreciar contrastes. El período de estudio comprende desde 1953 hasta 1987 y los datos provienen de publicaciones existentes, particularmente un estudio efectuado en Japón e…
Nutrition in Colombian pregnant women
Objective The present study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of pregnant women in Colombia and the associations between gestational BMI and sociodemographic and gestational characteristics. Design Cross-sectional study. A secondary analysis was made of data from the 2005 Demographic and Health Survey of Colombia. Setting Bogotá, Colombia. Subjects Pregnant adolescents aged 13–19 years ( n 430) and pregnant women aged 20–49 years ( n 1272)…
Is the circumference at the nutrient foramen of the tibia of value to sex determination on human osteological collections? Testing a new method
This paper tests the validity of the circumference at the nutrient foramen of the tibia for sex determination on two human osteological collections: the Lisbon Collection of Identified Skeletons (n = 160) and the São Martinho medieval archaeological collection from Leiria, Portugal (n = 57). The methodological approach chosen to conduct the test was the sectioning point method. The overall accuracy (males and females combined) in the Lisbon Colle…
Socio-economic inequalities in malnutrition among children and adolescents in Colombia
Objective To examine socio-economic inequalities in malnutrition among Colombian children and adolescents, and to assess the contribution of individual-, household- and community-level factors to those inequalities. Design Cross-sectional data were used from two sources: 2005 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey and 2005 Colombian census. Malnutrition outcomes included stunting and overweight. Multilevel Poisson models were used to estimate th…
Child Poverty in Colombia
Resumen y precisiones sobre Tras la excelencia docente
This article summarizes After Excellence in Education–How to Improve the Quality of Education for all Colombians, a paper recently published by Fun- dacio?n Compartir. At the same time, it answers some criticisms made to the study after its publishing. Specifically, the article attempts to clarify, explain and/ or correct three concerns: methodological issues, the authors’ posture about the role of principals in the quality of education, and the …
Reprodução após os 30 anos no estado de São Paulo
O artigo se propôs investigar o adiamento da reprodução no estado de São Paulo, entendido como postergação do nascimento do primeiro filho, de mulheres maiores de 30 anos. Como estratégia metodológica, utilizou-se abordagem por período e por coortes. Dados sobre nascimentos provieram do Registro Civil. Os Censos forneceram os efetivos populacionais femininos por idade, ao longo do período analisado (1960 a 2010). Verificou-se que na coorte de 198…
Building dreams
Prácticas usadas en los colegios de Bogotá para prevenir consumo de sustancias psicoactivas y agresión por estudiantes de secundaria y media
Este artículo de investigación presenta resultados de un estudio sobre las prácticas usadas por los colegios de Bogotá para enfrentar los riesgos de agresión (física y verbal) y consumo de sustancias (alcohol, cigarrillo y drogas). En la investigación se usaron datos cuantitativos de una encuesta representativa a colegios de la ciudad y datos cualitativos de grupos focales con docentes y directivos docentes. Consideramos cuatro tipos de estrategi…
Why Not
Hugo A. García, Bryan K. Hotchkins, Jon McNaughtan, “Why Not?”: How STEM Identity Development Promotes Black Transfer and Transition, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 88, No. 3 (Summer 2019), pp. 343-357
Teaching quality in Colombia
This study contributes to global debates around defining and measuring teacher effectiveness by examining teaching quality in Colombia. We used data collected by Fundación Compartir (FC), a Colombian NGO that for 20 years has awarded annual prizes to the ‘best teachers’ in the country. We used mixed-methods procedures to examine those teaching practices and professional characteristics that FC hold for teaching excellence. We found that award win…
Growing Up Guerreándola”
In this article, we argue that we have much to learn from the adolescent developmental experiences of social justice activists on the frontlines. Our team of authors includes the four youth social leaders at the center of the empirical work emerging from our qualitative research. We ground the Freirean concept of conscientização, roughly interpreted in English as critical consciousness building, in the lived experiences of these four youth social…
Can poverty alleviation programs crowd-in private support? Short- and Middle-Run Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Inter-Household Transfers
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become an important component of social assistance in developing countries. CCTs, as well as other cash subsidies, have been criticized for allegedly crowding out private transfers. Whether social programs crowd out private transfers is an important question with worrisome implications, as private support represents an important fraction of households' income and works as a risk sharing mechanism in d…
Adolescent trajectories in situations of adversity
The context in which youths grow up influences the lives they are capable of living. Using a mixed‐methods approach, this study analyses the risk and promotive factors associated with educational and leadership outcomes in Colombian youth. Results suggest that poverty and inadequate social services are key obstacles to the attainment of positive school and leadership outcomes, while parental involvement is among the most important promotive facto…
Learning inequality during Covid-19
During 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic unleashed a socioeconomic crisis in most countries, as well as strict restrictions on mobility and social distancing were implemented. The pandemic brought a severe socioeconomic shock -decreasing economic activity- and forced policy responses that affected the education sector -notably school closures-. There is scarce evidence on the implications of the pandemic and its socioeconomic consequences on learning i…
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