PUBLICATIONS

Publications

Throughout its history, FUNDAEC has produced, documented, and shared a wealth of knowledge that reflects its work across multiple fields. This body of work includes books, teaching and learning modules, specialized documents (both published and for internal use), manuals, pamphlets, newsletters, and audiovisual resources.

Beyond its own publications, FUNDAEC’s programs have been the subject of extensive academic research. Numerous articles, conference papers, and master’s and doctoral theses have examined their impact in different regions of Colombia and in countries around the world.

Doctoral Theses

Master’s Theses

A series of booklets created to support sustainable production programs and community organization:

  • Cómo escoger y mejorar un negocio. 
  • La solidaridad. 
  • Los subsistemas en nuestra parcela. 
  • La vaca lechera. 
  • La cría de pollos. 

*If you wish to obtain these texts, please email us at [email protected]

Text: Primary Elements of Descriptions

  • Unit 1: Properties

  • Unit 2: Systems and Processes

Text: Dawn of Civilization

  • Unit 1: Transition to Agriculture

  • Unit 2: Sumer

Text: Basic Arithmetic

  • Unit 1: Classification

  • Unit 2: Numerical Statements

  • Unit 3: Addition and Subtraction

  • Unit 4: Multiplication and Division

Text: Fractions and Their Applications

  • Unit 1: Fractions

Text: Matter

  • Unit 1: The Heating and Cooling of Matter

  • Unit 2: Growth of a Plant

Text: Energy

  • Unit 1: Transformation and Transfer of Energy

 

Text: Nurturing Young Minds

  • Unit 1: To Describe the World

Text: Food Production on Small Farms

  • Unit 1: Planting Crops

  • Unit 2: Diversified High-Efficiency Plots

Text: Promoting a Healthy Environment

  • Unit 1: Environmental Issues

  • Unit 2: Ecosystems

Text: Family Health 

  • Unit 1: Health and Disease

Text: The Purpose of Description II

Unit 1: Context
Unit 2: Data Organization in the Description of Systems and Processes
Unit 3: Relationships


Text: Understanding the Reality of the World

Unit 1: Readings 1
Unit 2: Readings 2
Unit 3: Readings 3


Text: Management of Variables

Unit 1: Numbers, Expressions, and Equations
Unit 2: Polynomials, Part One
Unit 3: Polynomials, Part Two
Unit 4: Algebraic Skills in Rural Life


Text: The Use of Work and Energy

Unit 1: Motion
Unit 2: The Concept of Force
Unit 3: Work and Energy
Unit 4: Machines


Text: Materials and Processes

Unit 1: Wood
Unit 2: Metals
Unit 3: Construction Materials


Text: Agricultural and Livestock Technology

Unit 1: Understanding Our Resources
Unit 2: Management of Species Diversity
Unit 3: Preserving Our Genetic Resources


Text: Technological Development in Rural Areas

Unit 1: Sustainable Systems of Small-Scale Agricultural Production
Unit 2: Rural Agroindustry
Unit 3: Alternative Energy Sources

Text: Language and Communication

Unit 1: Scientific Language
Unit 2: Reading and Writing


Text: Space and Its Elements

Unit 1: Points, Curves, and Surfaces
Unit 2: Angles
Unit 3: Triangles
Unit 4: Spatial Measurement


Text: Variables and Their Relationships

Unit 1: Polynomial Functions
Unit 2: Rate of Change
Unit 3: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Unit 4: Trigonometric Functions


Text: Electromagnetism and Mass Communication

Unit 1: Electromagnetic Waves
Unit 2: Radio


Text: Small-Scale Production Units

Unit 1: The Production Process
Unit 2: Financial Management


Text: Reconceptualizing Leadership

Unit 1: Foundations

Modules: University Center for Rural Well-Being

Series of modules for the Research–Action–Learning Units of the Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Education and the Bachelor’s Degree with an Emphasis on Agricultural Sciences

  • Introduction to Rural Education
  • Introduction to Rural Education with an Emphasis on Agricultural Sciences
  • Foundations of Moral Leadership I and II
  • Communication I: Reading and Writing Workshop
  • Descriptions I
  • Development of Mathematical Skills I
  • Sciences I
  • Conceptions of Human Nature and the Capacity to Learn
  • Methodology and Techniques of Social Research
  • Communication II: Basic Concepts of Education
  • Development of Mathematical Skills II
  • Agricultural and Livestock Technology I
  • Sciences II
  • Communication III: Toward Critical Thinking through the Analysis of Current Issues
  • Unity in Diversity
  • The Colombian Educational System
  • Development of Concepts and Skills
  • Analysis of the Educational Situation of the Vereda (Rural Community)
  • Small Productive Projects
  • Descriptions II: From the Simple and Tangible to the Complex and Abstract
  • The State of Development of One’s Own Community
  • History of Educational Thought
  • Administration of Educational Systems and Their Institutions
  • Conceptions of Development
  • Foundations of Economics
  • Well-Being of the Majority: The Primary Indicator of Development

Series of Modules of the Specialization Program in Education and Social Development

  • Developing a Conceptual Framework for Social Action
  • Concepts of Education
  • Evolution of the Concepts of Development
  • Curriculum for Material and Spiritual Progress
  • Science, Religion, and Development