A group of 21 students and a Psychology teacher from the Alexander Von Humboldt University traveled from Armenia, Quindío, to carry out an academic mission at the University of Magdalena, with the purpose of learning about the educational and research dynamics of the Psychology Program and exploring opportunities of mutual collaboration.
The interest of the visiting university arose from the most recent assembly of members of the Colombian Association of Faculties of Psychology, ASCOFAPSI, held in Unimagdalena, where its representatives expressed their desire to make contacts with this House of Higher Studies and establish agreements for research work. investigation.
“Initially we are going to formalize the inter-institutional relationship through an agreement, the intention of which is to facilitate national mobility among our students, but also teachers, and be in permanent contact to manage joint research opportunities,” explained master’s psychologist Karen Ávila Labastidas. , director of the Psychology Program at Unimagdalena.
FRUITFUL EXCHANGE
After a meeting between the Research Coordinator of the Faculty of Human Sciences and Education of the Humboldt University, Johan Arbeláez Caro; research directors and directors of scientific groups at Unimagdalena, it was planned to establish an alliance to win calls that strengthen the creation or expansion of laboratories, especially in the area of Neurosciences.
For the master psychologist Johan Arbeláez, this academic mission was an opportunity to expand the horizons of knowledge: “We have encountered cultural changes regarding updating in Psychology. It is interesting to see how the University of Magdalena has strengthened its program, simulation spaces, laboratories and knowledge exchanges.”
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