Abstract

RODRIGUEZ M, ALFONSO; SOLANO, ELCIRA; MARTINEZ, ARMANDO  and  DEL VILLAR H, LUISA. Reading, writing, and quality in Colombian universities. Zona prox. [online]. 2013, n.18, pp.2-17. ISSN 2145-9444.

This research report is part of the project "What for is reading and writing in Colombian university? A contribution to the consolidation of the academic culture in the country (COLCIENCIAS code PRE000439015708). It presents the statistics results obtained about the aims the students have when they read and write in our universities; it also notes the implications these results may have in the quality of our higher education. It is a descriptive and interpretative study result of a survey applied to undergraduate students from 17 Colombian universities; the population was constituted by students and by teachers chosen as samples of significant practices in reading and writing; we also show here what was said during two discussion groups called to react upon the results. Those results show that the university students read and write mostly for the subjects of their careers, far from investigation, without major epistemological function. This would indicate an academic quality which needs policies or orientations that correct such trends.

Keywords : reading; writing; quality; higher education; discussion groups.

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