El objetivo de esta investigación fue desarrollar en estudiantes de nivel medio superior del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) habilidades blandas mediante la implementación de la metodología del aprendizaje orientado en proyectos. El tipo de estudio que se empleó fue una metodología cuantitativa con un alcance descriptivo. El instrumento que se utilizó para obtener la información fue un cuestionario basado en una escala Likert. La muestra del estudio estuvo constituida por el alumnado inscrito en el Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos perteneciente al IPN. La distribución de la muestra con respecto al género fue de 67 % de hombres y 33 % mujeres. Los principales resultados fueron que los participantes reconocieron un desarrollo muy frecuente de sus habilidades blandas en cuatro rubros: interpersonales, toma de decisiones, pensamiento crítico y autocontrol, y habilidades comunicativas.

In recent years concern about Mexican reading habits has increased. Statistics show short reading interest; an average Mexican reads 3.8 books a year [1]. As teachers, reading habits are important and reflect students' skills and academic performances. Many teachers would complain about students reading habits; it is considered to be non-existent. Teachers might say "students neither read nor write." Students lend and borrow books; questions rely on what are students reading? How do students understand what they know? A survey was carried out on a random sample of students from "Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos" (CECyT) campus 11 "Wilfrido Massieu" and campus 15 "Diódoro Antúnez Echegaray" belonging to Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), to know readings and motivations. Quantitative methodologies with an exploratory range were applied. Results; students mostly read books from which North American movies based on, best and long seller books and pdf formats. A workshop was brought about, four sessions per month, to discuss each book, themes, and students' perceptions. Monitors were teachers from different areas and school subjects. Teacher's prejudices interfered on student's discussions and opinions. Reading is a complicated process; it is developed from previous stages. Resume doing, as the primary objective, impedes students from comprehending all information.

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The objective of this chapter is to present a case study in the National Polytechnic Institute, which is focused on two aspects: 1) to know what kind of educational practices are implemented in the classroom and how ICTs are used and 2) to analyze the impact of project-based learning (PBL) in the Oral and Written Expression Learning Unit I to know what competences such as creative thinking, improving motivation, and meaningful learning are developed, as well as the use of ICT for research, analysis, experimentation, simulation, and socialization, in such a way that, during the application of the PBL methodology in conjunction with ICT, skills that are required throughout life are developed, both in academic, scientific, and occupational fields.

The objective of the chapter is the elaboration of an intervention proposal based on the STEAM Integrator Project that from mathematics addresses the issues related to the 2030 Agenda proposed by the United Nations. The central element of the proposal is to consider the context and interest of the student for the selection of a topic related to science to explain it, argue it, and describe it in order to model it from different disciplines of the physical-mathematical area in the Upper Middle Level of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.