Research Perspectives in the Colombian University

The beginning of a prospective study about Colombian University show that in the new context of "Knowledge Societies," the university has an essential role, becoming itself a "Knowledge Institution," name that sounds strange in a society as the Colombian, where ignorance is a val...

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Published in:Nómadas (Bogotá, Colombia) Colombia), 2002-10 (17), p.169-181
Main Author: Villaveces Cardoso, Jose Luis
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Colombia
Higher Education
Knowledge
Social Responsibility
Universities
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Summary:The beginning of a prospective study about Colombian University show that in the new context of "Knowledge Societies," the university has an essential role, becoming itself a "Knowledge Institution," name that sounds strange in a society as the Colombian, where ignorance is a value, exemplified in the image of the "practical person" as somebody who takes quick decisions without stopping to think or to learn about the object of her decisions. If our country to survive are directly related to the possibility that the next generation has a radically different relationship with knowledge, which may be achieved if our universities begin at once the task of solving our problems of now & here using knowledge as a tool, that is, if they begin immediately research tasks. Fortunately, the last decade has seen important processes in Colombia, that show that this is feasible in the present moment. Firstly, the formation of the National System of Science & Technology with all its derivations & secondly, the advances in conceptualization that allow us to leave behind the Byzantine discussions that have been so harmful in the past. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0121-7550