Assertiveness in Educational and Pedagogical Strategies for Institutional Competitiveness

This book delves into the crucial role of assertiveness in shaping effective educational and pedagogical strategies. It presents innovative research and practical techniques to empower educators, students, administrators, and institutions to enhance competitiveness in the ever-evolving educational landscape. Using in-depth research, evidence-based analysis and synthesis, and examples for use in the classroom, this book offers tools to navigate the complex landscape of assertiveness in educational contexts. ©The authors ©Palgrave Macmillan Cham.

Assertiveness in Educational and Pedagogical Strategies for Institutional Competitiveness / Connie Atristain-Suárez and Susana Castaños-Cervantes -- Part 1 Epistemology and Context -- Assertiveness, Citizenship, and Subjective Well-Being in Higher Education Students / David Jasso-Velázquez and Sonia Villagrán-Rueda -- Assertiveness and Empathy as Educable Social Skills for Human Development: A Challenge for Education in the Twenty-First Century / Hilda Ana María Patiño-Domínguez -- Long Live the People, the People Who Are Alive! / José Luis Romero-Hernández -- Part 2 Professional Development and Refections on Applied Epistemologies -- Diagnosis of Assertiveness for First-Year University Students at an Education College / Ángel Martín Aguilar-Riveroll, Galo Emanuel, López-Gamboa, and Edith Cisneros-Cohernour -- Development of Assertive Thinking in Analytic Geometry Students at the Engineering Faculty of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México: A Case Study / Cristina María Guadalupe García-Rendón-Arteaga, Alejandro Ortiz-Pérez, and Miguel Escartín-Reyes -- Assertiveness in Higher Education: A Proposal from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Autonomous University of Queretaro / Eduardo Farías-Trujillo and José Salvador, Arellano-Rodríguez -- An Approach to Assertiveness in University Students / Mónica del Carmen Meza-Mejía, Claudia Fabiola, Ortega-Barba, and Sara Elvira Galbán-Lozano -- Part 3 Refections on Measurements and Instruments -- Assertive Communication of Teachers for the Generation of Inclusive Environments / Norma Guadalupe Márquez-Cabellos and Briseda Noemí Ramos-Ramírez -- The Reading Circuit as a Transcultural Foundation for Assertiveness in the Classroom / Omar David Avalos-Chávez -- Assertiveness: Elemental Competence in Initial Teacher Training / Sandra Paola Sunza-Chan, Magdalena Jiménez-Aldrete, and Mirian Georgina Cab-Canul -- Assertiveness in University Teaching: Results of the Pilot Test / María Guadalupe García-Casanova and Esther Reyes-García -- Assertive Relationship Between Teacher and Student: The Starting Point for Building Healthy Interpersonal Relationships / Josefna Gutiérrez-Hernández and Danitza Yaret Ramírez-Alfaro -- Refections on the Importance of Assertiveness in the Educational and Pedagogical Field and Future Perspectives / Connie Atristain-Suárez and Mónica del Carmen Meza-Mejía.