Patricia Caratozzolo

Patricia Caratozzolo
Tecnológico de Monterrey | ITESM · Institute for the Future of Education

Doctor of Engineering
Interdisciplinary research groups, educational innovation, digital literacy and soft skills in engineering.

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Introduction
I am leading research projects in educational innovation financed by the NOVUS fund of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Some projects from the last five years are: Design of teaching strategies to enhance the lexical corpus of students (2015-2016); Transversal laboratory for the development of critical thinking (Shortlisted in the 2018 QS Reimagine Education Awards); Storytelling Laboratory and Podcast for the development of soft skills in engineering (2019-2021)

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Recent international reports highlight the need for developing engineering students' soft skills to a greater degree for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In particular, critical thinking and creativity are the main focus as their enhancement were found to be difficult when using traditional logical-scientific approaches in engineering. In this stu...
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Creativity thinking is a metacognitive process that allows not only complex problem solving but also a high degree of innovation that future engineers would need to perform disruptive tasks successfully. Given the difficulty that comes with the enhancement of a creative perspective using logical-scientific modality of thought, a need arises to cons...
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The thrust of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the pressure of industry stakeholders require employers to develop and implement new workforce strategies. In the engineering field, current requirements must address the additional challenges related to planned obsolescence in technology. This phenomenon has represented in recent years a triggerin...
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Several researches in the literature review addressed the issue of how to develop critical thinking and even other soft skills by incorporating multiple technological tools [4]. In almost all cases, the goal was to develop, through the traditional logical-scientific thinking modality, some specific critical thinking skills such as inference, judgme...
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Well-rounded professionals must have competencies that adapt their expertise to contribute to future advancements. Beyond technical prowess, skills such as critical thinking, teamwork, communication, leadership, management, and entrepreneurship are essential for the modern workforce and solving twenty-first-century problems. Lifelong learning is a...
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Introduction This study addresses the urgent need for standardized frameworks in Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) to support lifelong learning in the rapidly evolving global workforce. Significant events, such as the Digital Transformation and the rise of artificial intelligence, have highlighted the demand for adaptable and diverse learning...
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Introduction In transitioning from Industry 4.0 to the forthcoming Industry 5.0, this research explores the fusion of the humanistic view and technological developments to redefine Continuing Engineering Education (CEE). Industry 5.0 introduces concepts like biomanufacturing and human-centricity, embodying the integration of sustainability and resi...
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Introduction This research explores leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies and best practices to address the challenges faced by Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) in Higher Education, ensuring its sustainability and relevance. CEE is essential for engineers' continuous professional growth and adaptability, especially in an era marked by swift te...
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In transitioning from Industry 4.0 to the forthcoming Industry 5.0, this research explores the fusion of the humanistic view and technological developments to redefine Continuing Engineering Education (CEE). Industry 5.0 introduces concepts like biomanufacturing and human-centricity, embodying the integration of sustainability and resiliency princi...
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Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) faces various challenges to retain its relevance and sustainability due to rapid technological advances and evolving labor demand (Ustundag et al. 2018; Treviño-Elizondo and García-Reyes 2023). These challenges encompass staying abreast of cutting-edge technologies and adapting to the changing landscape of wor...
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Skills taxonomies are a useful classification system for all skills that an employee must count at the workplace. Taxonomies provide a framework for seeking, classifying, evaluating, and indicating the skills that are essential for all kinds of professions. Taxonomies based on Future Skills usually have a visual framework to show their occupational...
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The article explores the transformative impact of gamification in education, highlighting the integration of theory and practice to create dynamic and engaging learning experiences using multi-sensory virtual reality environments, such as the Multi-Sensory Virtual Decision-Making Center (MVDC). Among the state of the art of gamification, it has bee...
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In their last international report, “Jobs of the Future 2023”, the World Economic Forum strongly emphasizes that the ability to forecast future skills is paramount in ensuring quality learning for the workforce in the context of Industry 4.0 and beyond because it enables individuals and organizations to adapt, remain competitive, and thrive in a ra...
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Chemistry courses tend to be challenging to teachers due to the increasing demotivation of students over STEM fields, which has increased lately due to online classes derived from the COVID-19 pandemic. Several didactic strategies have been applied to enhance their motivation, among which gamification has recently gained great attention. Although t...
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Despite various attempts to promote gender equity, the underrepresen-tation of women in STEM fields is still a major global issue with adverse implications for future economic and social development. Previous studies have identified that personal, institutional, and societal contexts influence equity, and the institutional level is critical in shap...
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The international reports of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Organization for Economic, Cooperation, and Development (OECD), related to the future of work and the development of the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) of workers, highlight the importance of predicting the impact of the mis-match of skills and potential talent shortages in...
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Natural Language Processing (NLP) combines linguistics, computer science, and AI to enable computers to understand and interpret human language, making it crucial for analyzing large amounts of language data. This technology -paired with predictive models- has significant potential to forecast the relevance and evolution of skills needed in the ind...
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In the context of Industry 4.0, engineering education is evolving rapidly, requiring new approaches to continuing engineering education (CEE). Traditional methods struggle to meet the demands of professionals looking to update their skills. This study presents an experimental proposal using the Multisensory Virtual Decision Making Center (MVDC) to...
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The purpose of this study was to examine how, in recent years, the top 100 universities in the QS ranking have integrated the development of Future Skills into their curricula to address the evolving demands of the labor market. The PRISMA methodology was used to conduct a comprehensive search and analysis focused on research articles and internal...
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An academic focus on Socially Oriented Education (SOE) has been proposed to accomplish the call of the United Nations to transform educational systems due to the dynamics of contemporary society. This work aims to map the SOE-related literature, providing an overview of the 21st-century approaches to answer the questions: (i) How is SOE defined, an...
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought confinement that caused a drastic change throughout society. Mobility was reduced, education suffered a substantive change, distance learning, and digital skills were developed. Climate change and environmental pollution indicators indeed decreased. However, the quantification of the environmental footprint of the new...
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Understanding the concept of sustainability and its implementation in specific actions is necessary for today’s societies, and part of this responsibility falls on Higher Education Institutions. How these institutions have tried to address this issue has been diverse. To standardize, homogenize, and validate these sustainable practices, a few years...
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Teaching by subjects and contents where students passively receive knowledge is increasingly obsolete. Universities are opting for teaching strategies supporting skills development to face the labor, social, environmental, and economic conditions afflicting us. Employers demand increasingly complex skills; universities have identified experiential...
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Education is a concept that encompasses not only the teaching-learning process but also the conditions, environment, and facilities in which it takes place. Education is a precondition to development because it serves as a society’s primary engine of innovation. Therefore, the concept of a space designated as an Innovation District is essential for...
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One of the most popular strategies to develop skills such as collaborative work, critical thinking, and problem-solving is the application of COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) through a Global Classroom in which Professors from at least two universities from different countries and cultures develop a period known as "Global Classro...
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution requires global, structural, and technological changes in all economic and production fields. The most apparent adaptation requirements fall on Generation Z individuals, who will have more and more responsibilities within organizations. The international reports of the World Economic Forum and the Organization for E...
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Multiple international organizations, in their recent reports, emphasize the need for the curricula of Higher Education Institutions to comply with the requirements established in the Education 4.0 framework by incorporating new learning approaches, such as challenge-based learning, with new competency assessment models. In the case of Science, Tec...
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The future of engineering education does not depend only on the curricula designed by universities, but increasingly on the needs of society and the complex requirements of Industry 4.0. Now there is an urgent need to work on an educational approach based on the close collaboration of three stakeholders: the university, which facilitates authentic...
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México es un país con una dimensión compleja y características sociales intrincadas. Menos de la mitad de las mujeres en edad de trabajar participan en el mercado laboral, con una tasa de mujeres jóvenes que no tienen empleo, educación o formación del 33%, 18 puntos más que la media de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos....
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The study hypothesis developed in this chapter is that the exercise of art criti-cism and aesthetic judgment encourages the emergence of such specific temper-ament dispositions necessary for a substantial increase in critical thinking skills in engineering students. The metacognitive tools designed in this work consid-ered that criticality requires...
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The study hypothesis developed in this chapter is that the exercise of artArtart, exercise ofcriticismArtart criticism and aesthetic judgmentJudgmentjudgment, aesthetic encourages the emergence of such specific temperamentTemperament dispositions necessary for a substantial increase in critical thinkingThinkingthinking, critical skills in engineeri...
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The current demands of the labor market demand a new compendium of skills from engineering graduates. To develop skills at a more complex level, this study analyzed the use of second-generation Video Essays and Podcasts to improve soft skills. The characteristics of students belonging to Generation Z as digital natives were considered and digital p...
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In 2021, a group of 16 experts in STEM education, social sciences, humanities, and arts started an interdisciplinary collaboration to conduct research in education. The main objective of the group is to foster a socially-oriented interdisciplinary vision in STEM education to meet the challenges of the 21st century through interdisciplinary educatio...
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The world’s cultural heritage (customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions, and values that signify a legacy of the history of humanity) provides identity to communities. In Mexico, the case of the World Heritage City of Xochimilco involves a sustainable agroecological system designed by its ancient inhabitants more than 500 years ago...
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The uncertainty of the occurrence of a disaster is greater in places such as Mexico City, a city with one of the largest seismic activities in the world. This leads to a growing need for the population to be better educated in the application of security protocols. Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is a didactic technique that brings students closer t...
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Higher Education (HE) helps foster students’ motivation to continue studying and cultivates students’ regard for the role of science and technology in society. The gender gap in STEM HE can reduce through institutional efforts; however, the underrepresentation of women is prevalent. There...
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The concept of sustainability emerged globally in the 1987 Brundtland Report. Initially, it comprised three dimensions: environmental, social, and economic. Over time, sustainability became a global necessity that led to the establishment in 2015 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), so that sustainability became a public policy of extrem...
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In February 2020 the World Economic Forum published its report on the characteristics of Education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, of which several stand out for their relevant impact on engineering programs. These are: (i) Global citizenship, building awareness about the wider world and playing an active role in the global community; (ii) Col...
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The commitment of the international community to achieve sustainable development is currently based on the 17 SDGs of the UN, being the SG #5 where the importance of reducing gender inequality is explicitly recognized. For institutions involved in Continuing Education, it is therefore a priority to develop initiatives that strengthen the participat...
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International groups of stakeholders are currently involved in the redefinition of the objectives of sustainable engineering education. They are releasing different reports where clearly raise the need that the acquisition of cognitive skills must be carried out complying with the knowledge, attitudes and values of the complex demands of the Fourth...
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Gender inequalities and underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) continue to be a reality, as several barriers affect women throughout their career development and in leadership positions. Little is known about those barriers for women in developing countries. This two-stage study aims to explore them...
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International groups of stakeholders are currently involved in the redefinition of the objectives of sustainable engineering education. They are releasing different reports where clearly raise the need that the acquisition of cognitive skills must be carried out complying with the knowledge, attitudes and values of the complex demands of the Fourth...
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At the beginning of 2020, many educators were still unclear what exactly it meant to design teaching-learning processes in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, "Education 4.0". Despite this, and due to the Corona crisis, all institutions were dizzyingly pushed into partially known digital and technological environments, dragging teachers and students...
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At the beginning of 2020, many educators were still unclear what exactly it meant to design teaching-learning processes in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, "Education 4.0". Despite this, and due to the Corona crisis, all institutions were dizzyingly pushed into partially known digital and technological environments, dragging teachers and students...
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In August 2019, the national initiative Women in Engineering and Sciences (MIC) was launched with the objective of raising awareness and monitoring gender equity, equal opportunities and women empowerment. This project, led by a group of professors, hopes to accompany, support and join efforts, for a stronger impact within our academic community. T...
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The Tecnologico de Monterrey has implemented the Tec21 Educational Model, based on four fundamental pillars: Challenge-based learning (CBL), Flexibility, inspiring trained teachers and a comprehensive educational experience that makes it memorable. To be successful, there must be flexibility in curricular programs, which requires that instruction t...
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Las competencias transversales requeridas en la Cuarta Revolución Industrial hacen que la modalidad de pensamiento lógico-científico tradicional (utilizada en los métodos de enseñanza en ingeniería) resulte insuficiente para el grado de innovación y disrupción que exige la agenda laboral internacional. Es por ello que surge la necesidad de consider...
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El nivel de desarrollo creativo requerido en la Cuarta Revolución Industrial hace que la modalidad de pensamiento lógico-científico tradicional (utilizada en los métodos de enseñanza en ingeniería) resulte inadecuada para el grado de innovación y disrupción que exige la agenda laboral internacional. Es por ello que surge la necesidad de considerar...