Material didáctico : género, educación, desarrollo : educar a una mujer es educar a un pueblo.

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Child&Care Education.

El objetivo general de este libro es formar a los lectores para trabajar con niños jóvenes (0-8 años). Los temas tratados en el libro son: el desarrollo integral del niño, el desarrollo cognitivo, la comunicación, el desarrollo del lenguaje, el desarrollo físico y el movimiento, el desarrollo emocional y social: sentimientos y relaciones, el comportamiento y el desarrollo de la auto-disciplina, cuidar de los niños en el primer año de vida, la promoción de la salud de los niños, vigilancia y seguridad, los efectos de la salud en los niños y familias, dieta, nutrición y comida, el juego, imaginación y creatividad, el desarrollo del aprendizaje, niños con especiales necesidades y discapacidades, los derechos de los niños y sus familias.

Con voz propia : los cambios sociales y profesionales desde la experiencia de los docentes.

Establecer un estado de la cuestión sobre investigaciones actuales vinculadas a procesos de reestructuración profesional de los docentes, en especial aquellos que se han basado en el estudio de historias de vida; analizar los procesos legislativos implementados en España desde la reforma de 1970 hasta la iniciada reforma de 2002; analizar los desarrollos legislativos vinculados a la reestructuración docente en seis comunidades autónomas; evaluar el alcance de la reestructuración profesional de doce profesores en las comunidades estudiadas; presentar datos comparativos y cualitativos, relacionados con el significado subjetivo del ejercicio profesional docente en las diferentes autonomías; producir resultados que puedan servir para la toma de decisiones de las políticas educativas en relación con la profesión docente desde una perspectiva autonómica, española y europea. Se presentan las historias de vida de doce profesores, en los que se reflejan mediante la narración de sus trayectorias profesionales, los procesos de cambio producidos en la docencia. Se han elegido doce docentes de seis comunidades autónomas, seis hombres, seis mujeres, seis de enseñanza primaria y seis de secundaria, y que tienen una práctica docente de entre 20 y 30 años. La narración de las distintas historias, recogidas mediante entrevistas a los docentes, se han tratado de forma individual, presentando doce historias, que se relacionan con el contexto social y legislativo sucedido en España entre 1970 y 2002. Las diferentes historias se ponen en común estableciendo relaciones con temas concretos sobre el profesorado. Las reflexiones que se derivan del estudio son: la importancia de subjetivar al profesorado; la necesidad de tener en cuenta la opinión de los docentes en los cambios de las políticas educativas; el potencial de las historias de vida como ejercicio de reflexión para el profesorado; la formación de los docentes debería ajustarse sus necesidades de todo tipo, no sólo de saber; los procesos de cambio tendrían que tener a los docentes como parte activa en estos procesos y no como simples ejecutores de las políticas.

¿Qué haría Célestin Freinet hoy?

El artículo forma parte de un monográfico de la sección de innovación de la revista dedicado Freinet

El crecimiento de un proyecto compartido

Se expone la experiencia que lleva a cabo la Escola Joan Maragall, de Rubí (Barcelona). Consiste en desarrollar un proceso de cambio a partir de la elaboración de un proyecto educativo compartido basado en la filosofía de proyectos de trabajo y en la concepción del claustro como una comunidad que aprende. Se explican los cambios organizativos y el proceso de formación interna del centro. El artículo forma parte de un dossier titulado “Centros en proceso de mejora".

Te guiamos en el laberinto de la orientaci??n y el empleo : CIFP Mantenimiento y Servicios a la Producci??n, Langreo (Asturias)

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Measurement Quality in Indicators of Compositions: a Compositional Multitrait-Multimethod Approach

Compositional data, also called multiplicative ipsative data, are common in survey research instruments in areas such as time use, budget expenditure and social networks. Compositional data are usually expressed as proportions of a total, whose sum can only be 1. Owing to their constrained nature, statistical analysis in general, and estimation of measurement quality with a confirmatory factor analysis model for multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) designs in particular are challenging tasks. Compositional data are highly non-normal, as they range within the 0-1 interval. One component can only increase if some other(s) decrease, which results in spurious negative correlations among components which cannot be accounted for by the MTMM model parameters. In this article we show how researchers can use the correlated uniqueness model for MTMM designs in order to evaluate measurement quality of compositional indicators. We suggest using the additive log ratio transformation of the data, discuss several approaches to deal with zero components and explain how the interpretation of MTMM designs di ers from the application to standard unconstrained data. We show an illustration of the method on data of social network composition expressed in percentages of partner, family, friends and other members in which we conclude that the faceto-face collection mode is generally superior to the telephone mode, although primacy e ects are higher in the face-to-face mode. Compositions of strong ties (such as partner) are measured with higher quality than those of weaker ties (such as other network members)

Input/output measurements of otoacoustic emissions and differential diagnosis of cochlear function

This study provides detailed information on the ability of healthy ears to generate distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs).

Effects of antioxidant enzyme inhibitors on free radical levels in mice and possible clinical applications for decreasing ROS damage in the cochlea

This paper examines an experiment to determine if impairment of antioxident protective agents resulted in elevated ROS levels in mice.

Staphylococcal extracellular adherence protein induces platelet activation by stimulation of thiol isomerases

OBJECTIVE: Staphylococcus aureus can induce platelet aggregation. The rapidity and degree of this correlates with the severity of disseminated intravascular coagulation, and depends on platelet peptidoglycans. Surface-located thiol isomerases play an important role in platelet activation. The staphylococcal extracellular adherence protein (Eap) functions as an adhesin for host plasma proteins. Therefore we tested the effect of Eap on platelets. METHODS AND RESULTS: We found a strong stimulation of the platelet-surface thiol isomerases protein disulfide isomerase, endoplasmic reticulum stress proteins 57 and 72 by Eap. Eap induced thiol isomerase-dependent glycoprotein IIb/IIIa activation, granule secretion, and platelet aggregation. Treatment of platelets with thiol blockers, bacitracin, and anti-protein disulfide isomerase antibody inhibited Eap-induced platelet activation. The effect of Eap on platelets and protein disulfide isomerase activity was completely blocked by glycosaminoglycans. Inhibition by the hydrophobic probe bis(1-anilinonaphthalene 8-sulfonate) suggested the involvement of hydrophobic sites in protein disulfide isomerase and platelet activation by Eap. CONCLUSIONS: In the present study, we found an additional and yet unknown mechanism of platelet activation by a bacterial adhesin, involving stimulation of thiol isomerases. The thiol isomerase stimulatory and prothrombotic features of a microbial secreted protein are probably not restricted to S aureus and Eap. Because many microorganisms are coated with amyloidogenic proteins, it is likely that the observed mechanism is a more general one.

The ethics of carbon offsetting

Carbon offsetting can be loosely characterized as a mechanism by which an organization or individual contributes to a scheme that is projected either to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or to deliver carbon dioxide emission reductions on the part of other organizations or individuals. An activity that has been offset therefore purports to make no long-term net contribution to atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. The ethical basis for using carbon offsetting as an approach to tackling climate change is very much contested. We seek to expose some of the underlying reasons for these ethical disagreements. We show that they relate both to empirical disagreements about what the likely benefits of offsetting are and, more fundamentally, to principled disagreements about the right way to discharge duties to deliver carbon reductions.

Clinical predictors of response to cognitive-behavioural therapy in pediatric anxiety disorders: the Genes for Treatment (GXT) Study

Objective The Genes for Treatment study is an international, multisite collaboration exploring the role of genetic, demographic, and clinical predictors in response to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in pediatric anxiety disorders. The current article, the first from the study, examined demographic and clinical predictors of response to CBT. We hypothesized that the child’s gender, type of anxiety disorder, initial severity and comorbidity, and parents’ psychopathology would significantly predict outcome. Method A sample of 1,519 children 5 to 18 years of age with a primary anxiety diagnosis received CBT across 11 sites. Outcome was defined as response (change in diagnostic severity) and remission (absence of the primary diagnosis) at each time point (posttreatment, 3-, 6-, and/or 12-month follow-up) and analyzed using linear and logistic mixed models. Separate analyses were conducted using data from posttreatment and follow-up assessments to explore the relative importance of predictors at these time points. Results Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SoAD) had significantly poorer outcomes (poorer response and lower rates of remission) than those with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Although individuals with specific phobia (SP) also had poorer outcomes than those with GAD at posttreatment, these differences were not maintained at follow-up. Both comorbid mood and externalizing disorders significantly predicted poorer outcomes at posttreatment and follow-up, whereas self-reported parental psychopathology had little effect on posttreatment outcomes but significantly predicted response (although not remission) at follow-up. Conclusion SoAD, nonanxiety comorbidity, and parental psychopathology were associated with poorer outcomes after CBT. The results highlight the need for enhanced treatments for children at risk for poorer outcomes.