National Polytechnic Institute IPN, Mexico

Speech Title:
The Peer Dialogue as a pedagogical resource homologous to the Case Method for Understanding Conceptual Disciplinary Principles

Luis J. Benítez Barajas is a PhD of Science and Education, and professor at the National Polytechnic Institute IPN at Mexico. Specialized in Structural Mechanics from Carlos III University of Madrid and in Architectural Design from the University of Tokyo; in written language and cultural heritage from Munich, Berkeley and Aachen Universities; in social anthropology from Glasgow University; in Philosophy and History at Harvard, Stanford, the Sorbonne, and the Autonomous University of Madrid; and in Political Philosophy from the University of Oxford. His research lines move between Philosophy of Architecture, Educational Physics and Inclusive Education for a Culture of Peace. Member of the American Association of Physics Teachers and Member of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Network of IPN. Speaker at international conferences in Brussels, Amsterdam, Manchester, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Toronto, Rotterdam, Vienna, Rome; topic the Peer Dialogue and the Case method to learn disciplinary principles, Ancient Classical Pedagogy, the Structured Rational Thought and the Socratic Method as a pedagogical resource homologous to the Peer Dialogue and to the Case Method for Conceptual Understanding in formal and factual Sciences.