Rethinking educational ethnography. Researching online communities and interactions

[eng] Proceedings for the 2nd annual conference: Rethinking Educational Ethnography - Researching on-line communities and interactions. University of Barcelona, 7-8 June 2012.

La dimensión instructiva de la orientación: El orientador como facilitador de los procesos de aprendizaje

Este artículo intenta poner al alcance de los profesionales españoles los últimos hallazgos de la corriente del consejo orientador aplicados a las casuísticas varias que presenta o puede presentar la intervención psicopedagógica en alumnos de cualquier nivel. En este caso concreto se hace mención sintética de las aportaciones de Jack Martín y su equipo, quienes convienen que un modelo de orientación o consejo instructivo es el ideal para su aplicación en las aulas. Este modelo tiene tres componentes (estructural, intencional y funcional) y se desarrolla bajo el marco de referencia de 1a. programación por objetivos. El artículo aplica el modelo a la orientación preventiva que habría que organizar en el caso de intentar prever las dificultades del aprendizaje (concretamente de los aprendizajes lingüísticos) para que el lector pueda comprender el funcionamiento y la utilización de tal paradigma. Las obras de J. Martín y de B. A. Hiebert son aún casi desconocidas en nuestro contexto, y pueden suponer un paso adelante en ámbitos orientadores que tengan la facilidad de trabajar en equipo.

Crònica d'una reforma: Curricula de matemàtiques

L'any 2000 -Any Internacional de les Matematiques- ha provocat i provocara multitud d'actes, publicacions, jornades i congressos promoguts pels qui les valoren i les estimen, amb la intenció d'apropar-Ies a la major quantitat de gent possible. Per aquest col·lectiu, les matematiques són una manifestació cultural i, com a tal, patrimoni de la humanitat. Si qualsevol moment és bo per meditar sobre el passat, el present i el futur, ara és un moment ideal per fer-ho sobre I'educació matematica en el nostre país, amb una reforma educativa en marxa. El present de I'ensenyament de les matematiques és extremadament divers, cosa que fa impossible una descripció acurada d'on som i cap a on anem. Pero tot present té un passat proper que ajuda a entendre'l i que dóna eines per prendre decisions de cara al futuro La meva implicació en el procés de la reforma educativa que s'esta duent a terme m'impossibilita de fer-ne una descripció plenament objectiva, així que donaré la meva visió personal d'aquest projecte tan complex amb la intenció de proporcionar, d'una banda, informació sobre alguns fets rellevants i, de I'altra, elements de reflexió sobre el que pot representar per a l'estament educatiu el camí cap a la renovació professional. En aquest itinerari m'aturaré en les causes de la reforma, les intencions i les condicions per a I'éxit. Les consideracions sobre el passat que no es vol que torni i I'analisi que farem del present portara de manera natural a les propostes per al futuro.

Educational workforce tools : strategic workforce initiatives, 2012

A compilation of sample pages from various employment statistical reports issued by Iowa Workforce Development (IWD), including URLs for locating electronic versions of the reports online at the IWD website

Rethinking educational ethnography. Researching online communities and interactions

[eng] Proceedings for the 2nd annual conference: Rethinking Educational Ethnography - Researching on-line communities and interactions. University of Barcelona, 7-8 June 2012.

Rethinking educational ethnography. Researching online communities and interactions

[eng] Proceedings for the 2nd annual conference: Rethinking Educational Ethnography - Researching on-line communities and interactions. University of Barcelona, 7-8 June 2012.

Educational Leave-Assistance Report FY 2014, September 16, 2014

Iowa Code section 70A.25(3)(b) states the department shall report the direct and indirect costs of educational leave and educational assistance granted to its employees during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include the number of employees granted educational leave and the amount of tuition reimbursement allowed; the number of employees granted leave from work to attend classes and who continued to receive their salary and the number of hours of work which those employees were excused; and the number of employees granted a temporary leave of absence from work to attend the classes without pay and the amount of time missed.

Violent adolescents and their educational environment: a multilevel analysis.

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the respective roles of personal and environmental factors in youth violence in a nationally representative sample of 7548 postmandatory school students and apprentices ages 16-20 years in Switzerland. METHODS: Youth violence was defined as having committed at least one of the following in the previous 12 months: attacking an adult, snatching something, carrying a weapon, or using a weapon in a fight. Different ecological levels were tested, resulting in a three-level model only in males (individual, classroom, and school) as the low prevalence of female violence did not allow for a multilevel analysis. Dependent variables were attributed to each level. For males, the classroom level (10%) and the school level (24%) accounted for more than one third in interindividual variance. RESULTS: Factors associated with violence perpetration in females were being a victim of physical violence and sensation seeking at the individual level. In males, practicing unsafe sex, sensation seeking, being a victim of physical violence, having a poor relationship with parents, being depressed, and living in a single-parent household at the individual level; violence and antisocial acts at the classroom level; and being in a vocational school at the school level showed a correlation with violence perpetration. CONCLUSION: Interventions at the classroom level as well as an explicit school policy on violence and other risk behaviors should be considered a priority when dealing with the problem of youth violence. Furthermore, prevention should take into account gender differences.

Audit report on the Office of Treasurer of State, Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust for the year ended June 30, 2014

Audit report on the Office of Treasurer of State, Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust for the year ended June 30, 2014

Diabète et conduite: réflexions et atelier pratique [Diabetes and driving: thoughts and educational perspectives].

In Switzerland over 200'000 people with diagnosed diabetes drive a car. Their physicians endorse many roles: usual medical care as well as informing properly about driving recommandations and handling the legal issues behing the licensing procedure. Ability to drive can be impaired in three ways: hypogylcemia, diabetes complications and hyperglycemia. Hypoglycemia is the main risk factor of vehicle accident for diabetic drivers and frequent while driving. However few accidents are reported due to hypoglycemia. Swiss medical guidelines about diabetes and driving mention the requested conditions, but practically how should we do? We sought to answear by creating a specific educationnal program focused on hypoglycemia management. Building patient knowledges through experiences is the main goal of the course diabetes and driving.

Iowa Educational Directory, 2013-2014

Annual directory of PreK-12, area education agencies, universities, colleges, and the Iowa Department of Education

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment.

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment was conducted in a discovery sample of 101,069 individuals and a replication sample of 25,490. Three independent single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are genome-wide significant (rs9320913, rs11584700, rs4851266), and all three replicate. Estimated effects sizes are small (coefficient of determination R(2) ≈ 0.02%), approximately 1 month of schooling per allele. A linear polygenic score from all measured SNPs accounts for ≈2% of the variance in both educational attainment and cognitive function. Genes in the region of the loci have previously been associated with health, cognitive, and central nervous system phenotypes, and bioinformatics analyses suggest the involvement of the anterior caudate nucleus. These findings provide promising candidate SNPs for follow-up work, and our effect size estimates can anchor power analyses in social-science genetics.

Tamanho de população ideal para mapeamento genético em famílias de irmãos completos

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o tamanho ótimo de populações de irmãos completos, para estudos de mapas de marcadores moleculares, por meio de simulações de genomas e tamanhos de populações. Foram simulados genomas parentais e amostras de populações de família de irmãos completos do tipo completamente informativas, e também não completamente informativas. As amostras geradas foram de 100, 200, 400 e 600 indivíduos, com três grupos de ligação cada, e 11 marcas moleculares codominantes e multialélicas, espaçadas a dez centimorgans por grupo de ligação. Foram realizadas 100 repetições por amostra. Para populações completamente informativas, o tamanho populacional de 200 indivíduos é suficiente para recuperar as informações originais, contudo, para a população não completamente informativa, é necessária a utilização de uma população maior, de 600 indivíduos.

Audit report on the Office of Treasurer of State, Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust (Trust) for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the Office of Treasurer of State, Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust (Trust) for the year ended June 30, 2015