ESTRO-HERO survey: Radiotherapy staffing in the European countries: Final results from the ESTRO-HERO survey

Background: The ESTRO Health Economics in Radiation Oncology (HERO) project has the overall aim to develop a knowledge base of the provision of radiotherapy in Europe and build a model for health economic evaluation of radiation treatments at the European level. The first milestone was to assess the availability of radiotherapy resources within Europe. This paper presents the personnel data collected in the ESTRO HERO database. Materials and methods: An 84-item questionnaire was sent out to European countries, through their national scientific and professional radiotherapy societies. The current report includes a detailed analysis of radiotherapy staffing (questionnaire items 4760), analysed in relation to the annual number of treatment courses and the socio-economic status of the countries. The analysis was conducted between February and July 2014, and is based on validated responses from 24 of the 40 European countries defined by the European Cancer Observatory (ECO). Results: A large variation between countries was found for most parameters studied. Averages and ranges for personnel numbers per million inhabitants are 12.8 (2.530.9) for radiation oncologists, 7.6 (019.7) for medical physicists, 3.5 (012.6) for dosimetrists, 26.6 (1.978) for RTTs and 14.8 (0.461.0) for radiotherapy nurses. The combined average for physicists and dosimetrists is 9.8 per million inhabitants and 36.9 for RTT and nurses. Radiation oncologists on average treat 208.9 courses per year (range: 99.9348.8), physicists and dosimetrists conjointly treat 303.3 courses (range: 85757.7) and RTT and nurses 76.8 (range: 25.7156.8). In countries with higher GNI per capita, all personnel categories treat fewer courses per annum than in less affluent countries. This relationship is most evident for RTTs and nurses. Different clusters of countries can be distinguished on the basis of available personnel resources and socio-economic status. Conclusions: The average personnel figures in Europe are now consistent with, or even more favourable than the QUARTS recommendations, probably reflecting a combination of better availability as such, in parallel with the current use of more complex treatments than a decade ago. A considerable variation in available personnel and delivered courses per year however persists among the highest and lowest staffing levels. This not only reflects the variation in cancer incidence and socio-economic determinants, but also the stage in technology adoption along with treatment complexity and the different professional roles and responsibilities within each country. Our data underpin the need for accurate prediction models and long-term education and training programmes

Portafolio docente y formación pedagógica inicial del profesorado universitario: un estudio cualitativo en la Universidad de Barcelona

Este artículo pretende contribuir a enriquecer la literatura pedagógica sobre el uso del portafolio docente como estrategia de evaluación y aprendizaje en la formación pedagógica inicial del profesorado universitario. El propósito principal de este estudio es analizar las potencialidades del portafolio como estrategia de reflexión, análisis y mejora de la práctica docente. Para ello hemos recurrido a un enfoque cualitativo de investigación y concretamente a un estudio de casos múltiple. La muestra de la investigación ha estado constituida por diez profesores noveles de la Universidad de Barcelona y los datos proceden de la realización de entrevistas en profundidad y del análisis documental. Entre los hallazgos más importantes, cabe destacar el valor o el potencial del portafolio docente como estrategia formativa y de desarrollo profesional del profesorado; su utilización como herramienta valiosa para la consecución de un nuevo profesionalismo orientado a una práctica reflexiva y finalmente, la constatación de que la participación en una experiencia de portafolio contribuye a la adquisición y desarrollo del conocimiento profesional para la docencia universitaria.

Testimonis pedagògics: Relat d'una dissenyadora esdevinguda formadora de mestres: la passió per la creativitat.

Es tracta d'un relat on l'autora va dibuixant les seves maneres de fer en la seva tasca docent a la qual va arribar seguint diferents direccions que es troben i s'entrecreuen i, alhora, comencen, es torcen i es converteixen en un lloc d'aturada. Al seu torn, es descriuen les afinitats que relacionen aquests recorreguts amb els amics i amigues de viatge i les bosses plenes de les sorpreses, desencisos, empentes, i troballes; i el dropbox on s'hi van ficant totes les coses -els artistes, els autors, i tot allò que es vulgui- que agraden i ajuden per anar fent feina.

Las competencias interpersonales en la formación del profesorado de música. Un estudio exploratorio en las colonias musicales

En la actualidad, el acceso a un conservatorio superior se formaliza tras la realización de unosestudios elementales de cuatro años en una escuela de música o conservatorio elemental, yposteriormente, y tras una prueba de acceso, seis años de estudios en un conservatorio profesionalpara, después de otra prueba más, acceder a dicho conservatorio superior. Si el estudiantesupera todas estas diferentes etapas educativas, las cuales suman un mínimo de 14años de estudios, obtiene un Título Superior de Música, equivalente a todos los efectos al Tí -tulo de Licenciado Universitario (artículo 42.3 de la Ley Orgánica 1/1990, de 3 de octubre) oactualmente al Título de Graduado (artículo 4 de Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, modificada posteriormente en el «BOE» núm. 68, de 20 de marzo de 2013, página 22183).

Las competencias interpersonales en la formación del profesorado de música. Un estudio exploratorio en las colonias musicales

En la actualidad, el acceso a un conservatorio superior se formaliza tras la realización de unosestudios elementales de cuatro años en una escuela de música o conservatorio elemental, yposteriormente, y tras una prueba de acceso, seis años de estudios en un conservatorio profesionalpara, después de otra prueba más, acceder a dicho conservatorio superior. Si el estudiantesupera todas estas diferentes etapas educativas, las cuales suman un mínimo de 14años de estudios, obtiene un Título Superior de Música, equivalente a todos los efectos al Tí -tulo de Licenciado Universitario (artículo 42.3 de la Ley Orgánica 1/1990, de 3 de octubre) oactualmente al Título de Graduado (artículo 4 de Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, modificada posteriormente en el «BOE» núm. 68, de 20 de marzo de 2013, página 22183).

Las competencias interpersonales en la formación del profesorado de música. Un estudio exploratorio en las colonias musicales

En la actualidad, el acceso a un conservatorio superior se formaliza tras la realización de unosestudios elementales de cuatro años en una escuela de música o conservatorio elemental, yposteriormente, y tras una prueba de acceso, seis años de estudios en un conservatorio profesionalpara, después de otra prueba más, acceder a dicho conservatorio superior. Si el estudiantesupera todas estas diferentes etapas educativas, las cuales suman un mínimo de 14años de estudios, obtiene un Título Superior de Música, equivalente a todos los efectos al Tí -tulo de Licenciado Universitario (artículo 42.3 de la Ley Orgánica 1/1990, de 3 de octubre) oactualmente al Título de Graduado (artículo 4 de Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, modificada posteriormente en el «BOE» núm. 68, de 20 de marzo de 2013, página 22183).

Análisis de una propuesta de trabajo desde la perspectiva del modelo de convergencia europea

The work presented here describes a part of the experience carried out during the last two academic years in a course called New Technologies Applied to Education within the Teacher Training Studies of the Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology of the University of Girona. It is a project that involves students working on a proposal closely related to their future professional lives. In it they simulate their intervention in a school staff meeting at which the introduction of ICT into the curriculum is being discussed. This proposal is presented in a WebQuest format. Various individual and group tasks allow the students to acquire knowledge about educational programmes and resources available on the web and to discuss their possible teaching applications in the context of a specific school situation, leading to an analysis of the curricular implications associated with the educational use of the ICT from the teacher’s perspective. During the last two academic years assessments by both the students and the teaching staff have been gathered in order to redesign the proposal and calculate the time necessary for the development of each task following the ECTS system. This proposal, although formulated within the context of current degree programmes, implies a way of working guided by the plans of European convergence (ECTS). In the future it is hoped to establish an interdisciplinary proposal focusing on various subjects of the degree leading to the development of some of the capabilities established in our university’s degree courses in Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Training following the plans of European convergence (ECTS)

The construction of infant and primary school teachers’ identity during their initial professional development and first years of work (Identidoc). Summary, main results and contributions

Educators who are currently beginning their professional career at any level of the educationalsystem and who will likely have to work during the next thirty to forty years will be takingpart in the education of individuals who, with the permission of prophets and doomsayers,will live part of their lives in the 22nd century. That long but simple statement causes a bit ofvertigo as well as a good amount of reflection on the part of we educators who were trainedin the 20th century, are working in the 21st century, and are responsible for preparing peopleto build a tomorrow that is already today (Millán and Sancho, 1995). This is the starting pointof our research groups’ interest in exploring how men and women who have graduated fromteacher education programs with specializations in infant and primary education learn to beteachers, and how they establish and position themselves as teachers during their university studies and the first years of their professional life...

The construction of infant and primary school teachers’ identity during their initial professional development and first years of work (Identidoc). Summary, main results and contributions

Educators who are currently beginning their professional career at any level of the educationalsystem and who will likely have to work during the next thirty to forty years will be takingpart in the education of individuals who, with the permission of prophets and doomsayers,will live part of their lives in the 22nd century. That long but simple statement causes a bit ofvertigo as well as a good amount of reflection on the part of we educators who were trainedin the 20th century, are working in the 21st century, and are responsible for preparing peopleto build a tomorrow that is already today (Millán and Sancho, 1995). This is the starting pointof our research groups’ interest in exploring how men and women who have graduated fromteacher education programs with specializations in infant and primary education learn to beteachers, and how they establish and position themselves as teachers during their university studies and the first years of their professional life...

The construction of infant and primary school teachers’ identity during their initial professional development and first years of work (Identidoc). Summary, main results and contributions

Educators who are currently beginning their professional career at any level of the educationalsystem and who will likely have to work during the next thirty to forty years will be takingpart in the education of individuals who, with the permission of prophets and doomsayers,will live part of their lives in the 22nd century. That long but simple statement causes a bit ofvertigo as well as a good amount of reflection on the part of we educators who were trainedin the 20th century, are working in the 21st century, and are responsible for preparing peopleto build a tomorrow that is already today (Millán and Sancho, 1995). This is the starting pointof our research groups’ interest in exploring how men and women who have graduated fromteacher education programs with specializations in infant and primary education learn to beteachers, and how they establish and position themselves as teachers during their university studies and the first years of their professional life...

The construction of infant and primary school teachers’ identity during their initial professional development and first years of work (Identidoc). Summary, main results and contributions

Educators who are currently beginning their professional career at any level of the educationalsystem and who will likely have to work during the next thirty to forty years will be takingpart in the education of individuals who, with the permission of prophets and doomsayers,will live part of their lives in the 22nd century. That long but simple statement causes a bit ofvertigo as well as a good amount of reflection on the part of we educators who were trainedin the 20th century, are working in the 21st century, and are responsible for preparing peopleto build a tomorrow that is already today (Millán and Sancho, 1995). This is the starting pointof our research groups’ interest in exploring how men and women who have graduated fromteacher education programs with specializations in infant and primary education learn to beteachers, and how they establish and position themselves as teachers during their university studies and the first years of their professional life...

Hipertextos fragmentados: Una propuesta para trabajar la competencia lectoliteraria en la formación inicial de docentes

El canon para la formación literaria y la educación literaria en primaria son algunos de los contenidos principales de la asignatura 'Didáctica de la literatura infantil y juvenil" que se imparte en el grado de Educación Primaria de la Universitat de Barcelona. La propuesta de innovación educativa que presentamos consiste en el diseño e implementación de una secuencia formativa dirigida a estos alumnos para ampliar el intertexto lector mediante la lectura y análisis de un corpus de minificciones hipertextuales (Zavala, 2007; Landow, 2009) relacionadas con la literatura de base folklórica y de autor del canon de educación primaria de primeras lenguas. El corpus elegido pertenece al libro Catàleg de monstres (2012) de Masó, minificciones que apelan a la intertextualidad mediante la combinación de múltiples recursos literarios. Palabras clave: Formación inicial de maestros, competencia lectoliteraria, minificción, literatura infantil y juvenil. ENGLISH SUMMARY Fragmented Hypertexts: a proposal to develop literacy competence in initial teacher training Literary canon for primary children and literature education are some of the main contents of the subject 'Teaching of Children's Literature' taught in the Primary Education degree at the University of Barcelona. The proposed educational innovation we present is the design of a teaching sequence targeted to these students to expand their reader intertextuality by reading and analysing hypertext mini fictions (Zavala, 2007; Landow, 2009) related to basic folk literature from the primary school literary canon. The corpus chosen is from the book Catàleg de monstres (2012), written by Masó, selected mini fictions constantly appealing to intertextuality through the combination of multiple literarcy resources. Key words: Folk literature, teacher training of primary education, hypertext mini fictions, literary competence.

La credibilidad de los sistemas de evaluación formativa en docencia universitaria: un estudio de casos múltiple aplicado a la formación del profesorado

El objetivo de este artículo es estudiar diversos sistemas de evaluación formativa implantados en asignaturas de grado y máster adscritas a facultades de formación del profesorado. Para lograr este propósito, se lleva a cabo un plan de trabajo que adopta el formato de un estudio de casos múltiple. En cada uno de estos casos, los informadores son, por un lado, el profesorado responsable de la asignatura y, por otro, los estudiantes que han realizado las actividades de enseñanza y aprendizaje y que incluso han participado en su evaluación y calificación. Se han utilizado diferentes instrumentos de carácter cualitativo y cuantitativo con la intención de identificar las características principales de los sistemas de evaluación formativa implantados y de constatar los indicadores que permitirán establecer en qué grado los sistemas de evaluación formativa y participativa estudiados son pertinentes y aportan resultados creíbles. Los resultados indican que la credibilidad de estos sistemas de evaluación, además de las calificaciones, también depende de otros indicadores como la calidad del feedback proporcionado por el agente evaluador (docente o estudiante) durante la resolución de las actividades de evaluación, el empoderamiento y la capacidad de estos sistemas para contribuir al desarrollo profesional de los estudiantes. La principal conclusión que se desprende de este estudio se refiere al hecho de que las calificaciones académicas no pueden ser consideradas como el único factor a tener en cuenta para valorar la conveniencia de la evaluación formativa y participativa en docencia universitaria. En este sentido, el principal indicador de la credibilidad de un sistema de evaluación es su capacidad para aportar evidencias del fomento y la adquisición de aprendizajes profundos y competenciales.

Competencias creativas en el aula de música = Creative competences in music classes

En el marco de las competencias profesionales del educador musical, la creatividad ocupa una posición que a menudo ha sido definida como sistémica. La labor del educador y/o formador en el aula de música requiere, de forma genérica, el despliegue de competencias que incorporen la creatividad. En este artículo se presentan los resultados de un trabajo realizado con dos muestras de alumnos, de tercer curso de magisterio y de un curso postgrado. Se ofrecen y se analizan los datos recogidos con la finalidad de desplegar un mapa que integre competencias creativas genéricas, específicas y disciplinares

Utilizar los juegos para aprender a resolver conflictos = Using games to learn and resolve conflicts

The characteristics of games make them excellent tools for multiple learning situations in the area of Physical Education, aswell as learning those necessary skills that allow students to handle social situations and especially conflicts. Understandingthat a conflict may be considered from a constructive perspective and that it may represent an excellent learningopportunity is a fundamental point. Games can help us in this task but it is important that the teacher knows theircharacteristics and which may be the most convenient in each educational moment