Reflexiones sobre la práctica institucional

Abstract

The paper is an attempt to synthesize experience related to the use of various group models in the context of university studies. It is a new appraisal of operative group conception, as applied to the modular teaching system at the Autonomous Metropolitan University -Xochimilco Campus in México City. Some apparent contradictions are considered. Alterations the system has undergone have had an impact on group work in teaching practice. The specific operative group model originally applied has changed. This transformation of the teaching device has made the learning process part of a pedagogical intervention. The paper analyzes the dynamic of research seminars, with a focus on resonance and the restitution.