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Raúl Arechavala

 

Nationality: Honduran by naturalization. I was born in Buenos Aires Argentina where I studied primary, secondary and university. 

Date of birth: November 11, 1948

Current address: Village of Linaca, Municipality of Tatumbla, Department of Francisco Morazán, Honduras

 

Telephones (504) 2778-2084 //(504) 9903-8035//

 

Emails: rarechavala@yahoo.com.ar;filofueradecubo@yahoo.com.ar; rarechavala@gmail.com

                               

 Blog: http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/filosofa2010unah

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Applied studies

  • Doctoral student in Education with an emphasis on Pedagogical Mediation at the La Salle University of Costa Rica [coordination of the doctorate in Honduras, doctoral thesis «Multimedia parallel hypertext»] 2014

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  • Master in Educational Technology (Latin American Institute of Educational Communication –ILCE – Mexico) 1994

 

  • Degree in Philosophy (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) 1977 title incorporated to the Autonomous University of Honduras.

Publications

 

  • Introduction to logic and philosophy, Editorial Principia, Buenos Aires, 1977

  • Prologue, comments and appendix of the Edition of Rousseau's Social Contract, Editorial Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 1989

  • Philosophy of education at the University, Paper presented at the III meeting of the University Community, Editorial Universitariaqa, Tegucigalpa, 1988

  • Pedagogy of humor, Editorial Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, 1998.

  • Contre le travail des enfants, along with other authors Desamaret, Strasbourg, 2001

  • Ladri d´infanzia, together with other authors Elèuthera editrice, Milano, 2001

  • The state in Hegel, Paraninfo, Tegucigalpa, 2002

  • The Ark of Óscar Acosta, or the ironies of destiny, Tegucigalpa, 2008 [Candidacy presentation work to enter the Honduran Academy of Language, chapter of the Royal Spanish Academy in Honduras]

  • Parallel multimedia hypertext, reflection on pedagogical mediation in the 21st century. Honduran 2014

 

Unpublished monographic and literary works

 

  • “The problem of death in Hegel and Heidegger”

  • “Philosophical aspects of the narrative series: Nausea, The paths of freedom by Jean-Paul Sartre”

  • In preparation to be published: Short stories of 2096

  • In preparation: A novel. Story of a common man.

  • Doctoral thesis. La Salle de Costa Rica: Parallel multimedia hypertext, reflection on pedagogical mediation in the 21st century

Teaching activity
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  • Since 1966, private music teacher.

  • 1978 Professor at the National University of Buenos Aires.

  • Since 1979 Professor at the Autonomous University of Honduras.

  • 1979-1984 Professor at the Victoriano López School of Music. Honduras.

  • 1982-1988 Professor at the Higher School for Teachers. Honduras.

  • 1986-2000 Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at the Sampedrana International School. Honduras.

  • 1989 Coordinator of the Teaching Professionalization Plan for Philosophy professors at the North Regional Center (CURN). Autonomous University of Honduras.

  • 1989-1991 Principal (Technical Director) of the Sampedrana International School.

  • Since 1995 Guest Professor at the Central American Technological University (Unitec) for postgraduate courses.

  • Assistant to the Coordination of Doctorate in Education with emphasis on pedagogical mediation in charge of Dr. Anne Robert in Honduras since 2004

  • Commissioner for University Reform (application of the latest University Reform Law) appointed by the National Congress of the Republic of Honduras, May 2005 to July 2006.

  • Coordinator of the Philosophy Career-Unah (Autonomous University of Honduras) from June 2007

  • February 2011, retired from the Autonomous University of Honduras (after 32 years of service) In the last academic periods I was dedicated to the chairs of Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of History and Professional Ethics of the Teacher.

  • 2014 -Coordinator of the Master in Epistemology, learning and pedagogical mediation, in Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador under an agreement of Caordia-UCN (Central University of Nicaragua), Member of the academic team of the International Doctorate in Education.

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Activity as a press columnist

 

  • 1980, La Prensa Newspaper, Cultural Section (Cinema)

  • 1981, Letters Magazine. Publication of the Department of Letters of the CURN, and directed by Helen Umaña (National Prize for Literature)

  • 1984, Collaborator in the literary section of Diario Tiempo (Cronopios)

  • 1995, Columnist for the newspaper "El Nuevo Día". Editorial The Nation.

  • 2000, Grupo Umbrales that has published the Umbrales Magazine in Diario Tiempo

  • 2004,2005,2006, 2007 Time newspaper column: “Language, grammar and logic.” And “Reflections on the University”

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Congresses, International and National Conventions and other academic activities

 

  • Coordinator in Honduras, since 2004, of the Doctorate in Education at the Latin American level with an emphasis on Pedagogical Mediation of the Lasalle University of Costa Rica, created by Dr. Francisco Gutiérrez and Dr. Cruz Prado Rojas.

  • Fifth International Congress on Higher Education: The universalization of the University for a better world, February 13-17, 2006, Havana, Cuba.

  • Meeting of the Doctorate in Education, La Salle University of Costa Rica, February 21 and 22, 2006., San José, Costa Rica.

  • Speaker at the X Central American Congress and I National Congress of Sociology, Antigua Guatemala, from October 23 to 27, 2006

  • Invited by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports of Honduras to the XXXIX, Ordinary Meeting of the Executive Committee of CERLALC (Regional Center for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and the Caribbean). February 7 and 8, 2007, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

  • Representative for Honduras to the Caordia Organization, Second International Colloquium, "Absences and presences of Education in Latin America in the 21st century", Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico; February 21 to 24, 2008

  • Coordinator of the tour of Honduras of Dr. Leonardo Boff, from March 14 to 18, 2008.

  • Incorporated into the Honduran Academy of Language, as a full member, Chapter of the Royal Spanish Academy of Language, April 17, 2008.

  • Coordinator of the tour of Mónica Cosachov, Argentine pianist and art theorist, in Honduras. Saturday August 2, 2008 in Tegucigalpa, coordinated with the Ministry of Culture of Honduras and the Embassy of Argentina; and August 3, 2008 in San Pedro Sula with the Victoriano López y Caordia School of Music.

  • Speaker at the First Regional Meeting of Social and Human Sciences at the Center of the Atlantic Coast of La Ceiba. 07/30/2014.

  • Speaker at the Second Regional Meeting of Social and Human Sciences at the Center of the Atlantic Coast of La Ceiba. 07/03/2014

Conferences

 

Last conferences

 

  • Tribute to Julio Cortázar (100 years 1914-2014), Santa Tecla; The Savior. November 21, 2014. There was a replica of this conference at the Valle de Sula Regional Center.

  • The Empire of Signs, a semiological journey of Roland Barthes to Japan. The Ark of Óscar Acosta, or the ironies of Destiny. Sponsored by the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, School of Letters, of the Autonomous University of Honduras. November 12, 2015.

  • The Empire of Signs, a semiological journey of Roland Barthes to Japan. In the assembly hall of the Alianza Francesa, Tegucigalpa. January 21, 2016.

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