Perspectivas de la Maestría en Ciencias en Metodología de la Ciencia, en el marco de los criterios institucionales y nacionales del posgrado

Abstract

The postgraduate course in Methodology of Science with a history of more than 25 years within the IPN, is now in a new stage. The redesign of the program objectives and curriculum has been driven by debates, changes of venue, partial closures, different actors participations, internal and external evaluations and the encouragement of researchers-professors concerned about the training of methodology of science scientists.

As part of the IPN also participates in programs under the Reforma Académica (Academic Reform), from which it is proposed the current Modelo Educativo (Educational Model). In this Model, the postgraduate and research are central to the education of students and to update the practice of teaching (re-link teaching and research). This is where the MCMC program aimed at training researchers on methodological aspects of their discipline, is presented as an option to support the Programa Estratégico de Investigación y Posgrado (Strategic Program for Research and Postgraduate) stages of reorganization, support and consolidation.

A postgraduate program with an orientation to the training of researchers should be ascribed to national standards set by the CONACyT and the SES in the Padrón Nacional de Posgrados de Calidad (Census of Quality National Postgraduate Programs). However, the distinction in postgraduate guidance is not yet fully established, it is accepted by the CONACyT, but has gaps and inconsistencies that even the Council itself has acknowledged. To assist the establishments of different criteria are presented the results of work of many authors, the Foro Consultivo de Ciencia y Tecnología (Advisory Forum of Science and Technology) and the same CONACyT.