geografical location
1.1 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
1.1.1 The community
The Junior High School No. 0003 “Benito Júarez” is located in Toluca, one of the most populated cities in Mexico. “Toluca” comes from the dialect Nahuatl tōllocān that means: the place where the god Tōlloh’ lives.
Toluca is a municipality and also, is the capital of the Mexico state, which has approximately 819,561 habitants and a surface area of 420.14 kilometers2. Furthermore according to the “National Institute of Statistics and Geography in 2010” (INEGI) the city of Toluca ranks the fifth place in the country with the most habitants. The municipality is bordered by eleven municipalities which are: Almoloya de Juarez, Temoya, Otzolotepec, Xonacatlan, Lerma, San Mateo Atenco, Metepec, Calimaya, Tenango del Valle, Villa Guerrero and Zinancantepec.
In terms of climate, Toluca has a subtropical highland climate due to its inactive volcano “Xinantecatl”. Its altitude is 2,680 meters (8,793 ft) above sea level. Toluca is cool with high humidity, rainfall and occasional hail in the summer; also freezing temperatures are common during winter. Therefore the nights in December and January are cold and the temperature may drop below 0 °C (32 °F). Throughout the year, the temperature is rarely below −3 °C (27 °F) or above 27 °C (81 °F).
Toluca is also located in the economic center of Mexico. It has become an important economic city because of its industries and infrastructure that produce drinks, food, textiles, cars, electric products and soon. Since 1944, many industries have settled in Toluca rather than in other cities, this means that the city of Toluca has work opportunities and I said this is better quality of life.
It is important to examine the context where this school is located, to define how the context influence in the education. The Census Bureau (2002) classifies as urban “all territory, population, and housing units located within an urbanized area or urban
1.1.1 The community
The Junior High School No. 0003 “Benito Júarez” is located in Toluca, one of the most populated cities in Mexico. “Toluca” comes from the dialect Nahuatl tōllocān that means: the place where the god Tōlloh’ lives.
Toluca is a municipality and also, is the capital of the Mexico state, which has approximately 819,561 habitants and a surface area of 420.14 kilometers2. Furthermore according to the “National Institute of Statistics and Geography in 2010” (INEGI) the city of Toluca ranks the fifth place in the country with the most habitants. The municipality is bordered by eleven municipalities which are: Almoloya de Juarez, Temoya, Otzolotepec, Xonacatlan, Lerma, San Mateo Atenco, Metepec, Calimaya, Tenango del Valle, Villa Guerrero and Zinancantepec.
In terms of climate, Toluca has a subtropical highland climate due to its inactive volcano “Xinantecatl”. Its altitude is 2,680 meters (8,793 ft) above sea level. Toluca is cool with high humidity, rainfall and occasional hail in the summer; also freezing temperatures are common during winter. Therefore the nights in December and January are cold and the temperature may drop below 0 °C (32 °F). Throughout the year, the temperature is rarely below −3 °C (27 °F) or above 27 °C (81 °F).
Toluca is also located in the economic center of Mexico. It has become an important economic city because of its industries and infrastructure that produce drinks, food, textiles, cars, electric products and soon. Since 1944, many industries have settled in Toluca rather than in other cities, this means that the city of Toluca has work opportunities and I said this is better quality of life.
It is important to examine the context where this school is located, to define how the context influence in the education. The Census Bureau (2002) classifies as urban “all territory, population, and housing units located within an urbanized area or urban