Motricidad humana: política, teoría y vivencias

In four Library of Congress lectures, also published as articles in New York Review of Books, the eminent literary biographer finds interesting if not new things to say about four great Irish-born writers: Oscar Wilde, influenced by Ruskin and Pater at Oxford, wavering between Roman Catholicism and atheism, between homo- and heterosexuality; W .B. Yeats, after a ``monkey-gland'' operation, writing several great poems toward the end of his life; James Joyce, trying to start love affairs to provide background for the Nausicaa chapter in Ulysses; Samuel Beckett, sumptuous in his use of language, ...

In recent months there has been pressure from the community that question the ways in which homework aggravates social inequalities due to the difference between students who rely on family support that is not always available. In some cases, an overabundance of homework leaves children without a childhood. This reflection on the usefulness of homework serves as an invitation to rethink what it means today to educate, both inside and outside the classroom.

Exploring the role of children's literature in contemporary education, this book explores topics such as different teaching approaches to reading, literary competence, poetry, aesthetics, and ethics. Explorando el papel de la literatura juvenil en la educación contemporánea, este libro explora temas como los enfoques diferentes de enseñar la lectura, la competencia literaria, la poesía, la estética y la ética.

El presente documento, es el resultado del trabajo conjunto asumido por la CEPAL y la UNESCO. Su objeto es abordar los principales desafíos de financiamiento y gestión que actualmente se le plantean a los sistemas educativos en los países de América Latina y el Caribe de cara al siglo XXI.