Best practices for school leaders: implementation of a professional competence model for school management in Chile

In Chile, during the last three decades there has been a strong decentralization process whose main objective has been to improve the management of schools through the transfer of responsibilities and resources of education and thus improve the outcome of learning, reducing equity gaps between schools and territories. This is how, there has been an evolution of school principals¿ professional profile from an administrative to a management approach, in which principals have become project managers of educational projects. From a competence model for school leaders, based on IPMA guidelines, the present article presents an analysis of best practices for school management, allowing to generate a link between competencies and school management, from the perspective of project management. Results showed that the different competence elements, have relative weights according to the different practice fields, and that this analysis can be considered as a strategic element in educational project planning and development.

Self-perceptions of decision making competence in Spanish football players

Background: It is known that competence to make decisions is a fundamental aspect of sport competition. Objective: This study has analyzed the decision profile of a sample of Spanish football players of different levels of expertise. Methods: 690 Spanish football players of national and international level completed the decision mak- ing questionnaire, which cover three dimensions ? perceived decision competence, decision anxiety and commit- ment with decision learning. MANCOVA and ANOVA analysis were carried out to analyse the differences in each dimension based on the level of expertise. Results: Results showed that perception of decision making competence increased and the anxiety decreased with the level of expertise. Conclusions: This study confirmed the usefulness of this questionnaire in the process of training for coaches and sport psychologists.

Derivada parcial de un campo vectorial respecto de una variable escalar

La derivación parcial de un campo vectorial respecto de una variable escalar es discutida en este documento tomando el tiempo como ejemplo sin que ello suponga pérdida de generalidad. Las conclusiones obtenidas de dicho análisis también pueden extrapolarse a escenarios donde se usen otras variables escalares, como la frecuencia en electromagnetismo o la temperatura en termodinámica.

Apuntes de Análisis Vectorial

Esta publicacion está basada en unos apuntes para la parte de campos escalares y vectoriales de las asignaturas de la ETSAM y de la titulación de Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía. Además, se ha añadido otro material extra a lo largo del tiempo, por lo que el contenido actual es más amplio que el correspondiente a dichas asignaturas. Sin embargo, espero que muchas de las partes sean aún bastante útiles.