Textos de filosofía para la prueba de acceso a la universidad.

Evocative and imaginative, these narrative essays cover a range of themes but share the unique perspective of the author that allows the reader to draw new connections between diverse topics. The hidden tomb of Brodsky in Venice, the elusiveness of the indefinable Portuguese word saudade, and the idea of language being a break between infancy and childhood are some of the subjects that Valeria Luiselli explores. Shining a different light on aspects of daily life, this group of commentary also demonstrates the prowess of a promising young Mexican writer. Evocativos e imaginativos, estos...

AN ARROW IN THE BULLSEYE - Evaluation as learning - Evaluation is an educational phenomenon that conditions the whole teaching and learning process and it can be good for many purposes. The important thing is to use it as learning, as a way of understanding, to improve the practices to which it is applied. The metaphor of the arrow in the bullseye is good to understand, in an obvious way, that one may evaluate to classify, to compare, to select or, simply, to qualify. It is necessary, however, to use it to learn and to improve the learning of the students, the dynamics of the centres, the...

Ante nosotros tenemos un jugoso catálogo de malditos que solo una minoría selecta debería conocer: de los realistas sucios al Club de los Bigotes Largos, de Kathy Acker a los escritores de cuello vuelto, pasando por Annemarie Schwarzenbach y los amantes del periodismo gonzo. Un exhaustivo listado repleto de autores de vida desastrosa pero sublime, de dandis inveterados, de escritoras de rostro andrógino y gatillo fácil, de miembros de sectas literarias asesinas o de muertos heroicos cuya rocambolesca desaparición les catapultó al estrellato. ¿Quién es ese tipo llamado André...

Si únicamente tuviera la oportunidad de leer un libro en toda mi vida, ¿cómo querría que fuese? Util, sorprendente, fácil de leer, con efectos sobre el resto de mi vida, que me ayudase a ser mejor persona, a conseguir los objetivos que me propusiese. Me d