RESUME

Name:Uriel Valdés Perezgasga

Address:Ocampo 1012 Ote.

Torreón, Coahuila 27000

México

Phone Number:718-91-95

Nationality:Mexican

Marital Status:Married

Date of birth:December 17,1960

 

Academic Background:

Undergraduate Studies:B.S. (Biology), with a concentration in Plant Ecology.

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

UnidadIztapalapa

México,D.F.

1979-1983

Graduate Studies:Master of Education, with a concentration in International Education.

HarvardUniversity

HarvardGraduateSchool of Education

CambridgeMassachusetts

1992-1993

Currently (2002),first-year doctorate student in the Program

QualitatProcessos d’Innovació Educativa.”

Departamento de Pedagogía Aplicada.

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain.

Publications and Conferences

“El Jardín Botánico de la Carrillo Puerto” en SUMA, Revista Cultural Lagunera, julio de 1985.Torreón, Coahuila.

“Las Dunas de Bilbao” en SUMA, Revista Cultural Lagunera, diciembre de 1985. Torreón, Coahuila.

“¿Cuánto sabe usted acerca del SIDA?” en TETLA-NI.Septiembre de 1989.Monterrey, N.L.

Conference “The Immune System and AIDS”

Conference “Man and his environment”

Conference “Our main ecological challenges”

    2003  Valdés-Perezgasga, U. (accepted for publication)  Alternativas a la dirección unipersonal:  análisis del caso de un centro mexicano de bachillerato. (Alternatives to uni-personal principalship:  analysis of one case in a Mexican high school)   Educar.

Participation in Congresses and Simposia

II Congreso Juvenil de Ecología.Secundaria La Luz.ITESM Campus

Laguna.March 1997

III Congreso Juvenil de Ecología.Secundaria La Luz.ITESM Campus Laguna.March 1998.

Simposium “México y la Educación en los Umbrales del Siglo XXI”Universidad Iberoamericana, Unidad Laguna.April 24, 1998 

VII Simposium de Educación:“Educación:Compromiso Humanista con el Cambio de Epoca.”ITESO.Tlaquepaque, Jalisco.Feb. 25-281999.

“ I Congreso Municipal de Educación:Retos y Perspectivas”, organizado por la Secretaría de Educación Pública del Estado de Coahuila y el Municipio de Torreón.Torreón, Coah.,Dec. 4-6, 2000.

Simposi Internacional “La millora de les oportunitatseducatives en una societat en transformació.” (International simposium:Improving educational opportunities in a changing society)BarcelonaSpain.March 5-7, 2003.Attendance to the simposium and collaboration with the organizing committee.

2003  Attendance to the IX Jornades de Direcció Escolar (IX Journeys on School Administration, organized by the European Forum of School Administrators in Catalonia.  May 16th and  17th.  Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona.

2003  Attendance to the IV Jornades de Recerca de la Facultat de Ciencies de l'Educació (IV Journeys on Research in the Faculty of Education).  June 12, 2003.  Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona.

 

Work Experience

1981Substituteteacher,Departamento de Secundaria(JuniorHighSchool) Colegio Americano de Torreón, A.C.Torreón, Coahuila.

1983Identificationofplantspecies in the Herbario de la Unidad de Investigación Biomédica en Medicina Tradicional y Herbolaria del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.México DF

1983-1984Field work on traditional medicine.San Pablito,Pahuatlán, Puebla.

1984-1985Coordinator.Asociación para la Defensa del Ambiente, A.C.Torreón, Coahuila.(NGO-Ecology)

1985Part-time teacher.Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio 

Narro, Unidad Laguna.Torreón, Coahuila.

1985Part-time teacher (Chemistry)Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad

Autónoma de Coahuila.TorreónCoahuila.

1985-1986Part-time teacher. Preparatoria Carlos Pereyra (HighSchool)

Torreón, Coahuila.

1984-1986Part-time teacherITESM Campus Laguna High School

1987-2001 Full-time teacherITESM Campus Laguna High School.

1987-1989Academic Program Director.ITESM Campus Laguna High School.

1989-2000Science Department Head.ITESM Campus Laguna High School.

1999-2000Academic Program Director.ITESM Campus Laguna High School.

2000-2001Information Analysis teacher.ITESM Campus Laguna (College).

Work with Graduate Students

1998Thesis director of Ing. Catalina Arguelles (Diseño e implantación de un programa educativo sobre uso eficiente y conservación del agua.)Mrs. Argüelles obtained a Mastersdegree in Environmental Engineering with this thesis. (Universidad Virtual del Sistema ITESM.)

1999Thesisreviewerof Lic. Claudia Alvarez Ortiz (Actitudes hacia la inteligencia).Ms. Alvarez obtained a Masters degree in Education with this thesis. (Universidad Virtual del Sistema ITESM.)

2000Thesisreviewerof Ing. Maria Juana Velia Mendoza Rodríguez (Identificación, Clasificación y Tratamiento de residuos peligrosos aplicado a laboratorios de docencia).Ms. Mendoza obtained a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering with this thesis (Universidad Virtual del Sistema ITESM)

Academic Training

1986Development of Thinking AbilitiesI (80 hrs) ITESM Campus Monterrey.

1986 Development of Thinking Abilities II (80 hrs) ITESM Campus

Monterrey.

1987 Development of Thinking Abilities III (80 hrs) ITESM Campus Monterrey.

1987 Development of Thinking Abilities IV (80 hrs) ITESM Campus Monterrey.

1988 Development of Thinking AbilitiesV (80 hrs) ITESM Campus Monterrey.

1992Preacademic Training Program for Fulbright Grantees (140 hrs) University

ofPennsylvania.PhiladelphiaPennsylvania.

1995-1997Diverseacademic courses from the Development of Teaching Abilities Program (PDHD) del Sistema ITESM.

2000Problem-Based Learning (PBL).ITESM

                2002  Basic Catalan, offered by the Office of Modern Languages of the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona.  Bellaterra (Barcelona).  September-October 2002.  80 hours.

Teacher Training

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1987And 1991“Development of Thinking Abilities IV”

(80 hrs) del Programa de Capacitación de Profesores del Sistema ITESM.

ITESM Campus Monterrey.

1987“Preparation forthe GRE” del Programa de Capacitación de Profesores del Campus Laguna.

1994“Evaluation of teacher performance” ITESM Campus Laguna.

1994”Preparation for theGMAT”.ITESM Campus Laguna.

1996-1998Facilitator in several courses offered by the Universidad Virtual del Sistema ITESM, in the areas of Masters in Administration and Masters of Education.

2001Local facilitator in thecourse“El Desarrollo del Alumno:Características y Estilos de Aprendizaje” ITESM-ILCE-EDUSAT.TorreónCoahFebrero de 2001

 

Other languages

English .Reading 95%Speaking95%Writing95%

    Catalan.            Reading 85%                    Speaking        40%            Writing         10%

I. ACTIVIDAD EN LA COMUNIDAD

1984-1988Memberof Asociación para la Defensa del Ambiente, A.C., local NGO working in environmentalmatters.

1988-1992Presentation of the conference “AIDS and the immune system” in schools, religious associations and civic groups to recognize the importance of the AIDS pandemic.

1990-1993Member of“Casa de la Sal, A.C.”, NGO dedicated to help patients affected by the human immunodeficiency virus. 

1991 Member of the Group Study Exchange from the Rotary Foundation, acting as a good-will ambassador in England.

Distinctions.

1989 Best High School Teacher in 1988 ITESM Campus Laguna.

1990Best High School Teacher in 1989 ITESM Campus Laguna.

1991Best High School Teacher in 1990 ITESM Campus Laguna.

1992 Fulbright-García Robles Scholar to study a Masters degree in Harvard University.

1993Member of theHarvard Alumni Association.

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