Predictors of attitudes toward inclusion of students with special educational needs in future education professionals

One of the main pillars in the development of inclusive schools is the initial teacher training. Before determining if it is necessary to make changes (and of what type) in training programs or curriculum guides related to the attention to diversity and inclusive education, the attitudes of future education professionals in this area should be analyzed. This includes the identification of the relevant predictors of inclusive attitudes. The research reported in this article pursued this objective, doing so with a quantitative survey methodology based on the use of cross-sectional structured data collection and statistical analyses related to the quality of the attitude questionnaire (factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha), descriptive statistics, correlations, hypothesis tests for difference of means, and regression analysis in order to predict attitudes towards inclusion in education. Firstly, the results show that the participants held very positive attitudes toward the inclusion of students with special educational needs. Particularly, older respondents, those with a longer training and, to a lesser extent, women and those who had been in touch with disabled people stood out within this attitude. Secondly, it is evidenced that self-transcendence values ​and, more weakly, contact, function as robust predictors of attitudes of future practitioners towards the inclusion of students with special needs. Some applications for the initial professionalization of educators are suggested in the discussion.

The influence of experience on the research competencies of university professors

Implementation of EHEA, among others, motivates a transforming process in universities and promotes changes in the professor’s tasks. This events, promote changes to which the university professor has to adapt, meaning this to acquire and to develop new competencies to respond correctly to new professional tasks that are demanded. To design training plans in accordance to the new training needs, and to establish referents in accreditation, selection and promotion protocols appear to be necessary to define the new competences profile professors have to face in order to develop their teaching, research and management tasks suitably, and according to their professional settings and professional development stage. A qualitative research was developed to define the emerging competence profile. Quantitative and qualitative methods were mixed as well as different tools (questionnaires, interviews and focus groups) and sources (faculty, experts and students). This article only shows the results obtained from professors (expert and novice) in the 4 research competencies analyzed (design, development and assessment of projects; organization and management of scientific events; development of scientific material; communication and dissemination of scientific knowledges) and the most significant dates of the 30 competency units that compose them. Results show significant differences of self-perception of current competency domain level between novice faculty and expert faculty. These results help us to establish the priority training areas to the faculty according to their professional development stage.

Pupil participation in school life: an approach from the educational community

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, 1989) is currently the most ratified international treaty. Several authors have highlighted its potential for both a moral education and citizenship. However, paradoxically, different studies report its limited or occasional incorporation into school practices. This article explores experiences of participation in schools,the third P of the CRC, from the plurality of voices and actors of the educational community,by means of 14 discussion groups in 11 autonomous communities in Spain. Discourse analysis evidence low levels of student participation in school life. But, at the same time, a favorable educational environment for the development of projects that contribute to child participation is found, as well as for the incorporation of the CRC as a mover and a referential integrator of the different schools projects. However, it is also an educational background conductive to projects for its development, such as the incorporation of the CRC as a referential integrator of the schools projects.

Students with disabilities in a Chilean university

The purpose of this article is to give a report about a research related with the conditions of inclusion of students with disability in a Chilean university. This research is a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. To collect the data required, a survey was developed, which was applied to 38 students with disability. The main results reveal a high retention rate of students, who exhibit a positive perception of their inclusion in their university life and also a high level of satisfaction with most of the services provided. Seven out of ten students surveyed recognize having received some sort of education care from their programs to pursue their studies. However, there still exists a lack of connection between the current initiatives developed at the university to support the enrollment and permanence of students. Added to this fact, there is a lack of protocols and training for teachers and staff. In this study it is proposed that the university must establish a management system that defines objectives, strategies and actions that contribute to improve inclusion of people with disabilities.

Museums and youth: between misunderstanding and disappointment. Youth perceptions and arguments about the cultural consumption of museums in Chile

Young people are less explored in museum audience research; this is a paradoxical situation when considering its strategic location in the cultural reproduction and if considering the high performing cultural consumption compared with other sectors. The phenomenon of museums consumption by young Chileans who are self recognized as public and non-public museums is explored from a qualitative approach. It was conducted with focus groups in the three largest cities in Chile (Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción). They identify the museum as a cultural institution in full force. However, in questioning museums activity youth reveal the specificity of their cultural matrix. This is referred to a social temporality based on the fragment, the discourse of familiarity, proximity and instead of breaking and critical. They claim a museum aesthetic / historical experience based on pleasure and enjoyment. An overview is proposed to further clarify the youth cultural consumption to characterize more precisely the place of the museum in the set, to design more effective policies museums.

«Los Albuquerque Coelho, siglos XVI-XVII. Prácticas sociales y retórica nobiliária»

Este estudo parte da hipótese de que os serviços militares, a linhagem e a cultura católica se mantiveram como os referentes centrais do ethos nobiliario em Portugal e em Espanha no século XVII, com pouca diferenças relativamente ao conjunto de valores elaborado pelo próprio grupo desde a época medieval. O estudo de caso incide sobre a família dos Albuquerque Coelho desde o século XVI até finais do XVII, acompanhando o seu multifacetado processo de ascensão social, onde pontuam a sua implantação no Brasil (Pernambuco) e as opções políticas por eles tomadas na sequência do 1º de Dezembro de 1640

Guía de Buenas Prácticas de Accesibilidad para los Recursos Turísticos de las Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad de España

Con el objetivo común de garantizar la igualdad real de oportunidades y el uso y disfrute del patrimonio cultural para todas las personas, el Grupo de Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad de España, a través de su Comisión de Patrimonio y Ciudad y con la colaboración del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, y PREDIF han realizado distintas actuaciones conjuntas en materia de accesibilidad en el ámbito turístico y patrimonial. Fruto de esta relación, surge esta Guía que pretende dar a conocer las ciudades patrimonio que forman parte de este Grupo como destinos accesibles, así como ofrecer una serie de recomendaciones a los profesionales del sector para la adaptación de su oferta a las necesidades específicas del público con algún tipo de discapacidad. Además, se incluyen dos anexos, uno con normativa de obligado cumplimiento y otro que consiste en una ficha básica de diagnóstico de accesibilidad de un establecimiento.

Estudio sobre la situación de las personas con capacidad intelectual límite

En este documento se presenta una descripción actualizada de la realidad social de las personas con inteligencia límite y sus necesidades de apoyo. Para ello, ha sido relevante el cuantificar e identificar la población con capacidad intelectual límite, revisar las fuentes bibliográficas y estudios existentes, para finalmente acudir a las propias voces de las personas con capacidad intelectual, familia, entorno y profesionales, que conforman una mirada integral de cómo el entorno social facilita o dificulta la participación activa y su inclusión social. Las buenas prácticas encontradas reflejan un modelo de intervención abierto a la Comunidad. En base al sentido exploratorio y descriptivo del presente estudio sobre la realidad de las personas con capacidad intelectual límite, los objetivos que han guiado el mismo son: identificar, aspectos que facilitan/dificultan la inclusión social; conocer el uso y satisfacción con recursos de apoyo; identificar experiencias exitosas y buenas prácticas y realizar propuestas de mejora para prestación de apoyos según las necesidades detectadas. El desarrollo de los objetivos previstos y, el carácter descriptivo del estudio, ha sido posible mediante una estrategia metodológica que integrara la perspectiva cuantitativa de los datos y, especialmente, la perspectiva cualitativa de las vivencias y experiencias de las personas con capacidad intelectual límite, familiares y profesionales.

La aportación de Tromlitz: estudio comparativo y aplicaciones prácticas

Os escritos de Johann Georg Tromlitz (1725-1805) são uma fonte inestimável de informação e inspiração para o actual intérprete e estudioso. Entre estes destaco o Ausfühlicher und gründlicher Unterricht die Flöte zu spielen [Método minucioso e detalhado para tocar flauta], 1791, claramente inspirado no tratado de Quantz de 1752, mas reflectindo a necessidade que o autor teve de o actualizar. Este tratado de Tromlitz foi projectado para que o leitor se pudesse tornar um Virtuoso sem recorrer a um professor, de modo que as informações são apresentadas de um modo muito detalhado em todos os aspectos. Infelizmente, este tratado não é muito conhecido entre o público de língua espanhola, devido à falta de traduções, assim que um dos principais objectivos desta tese foi oferecer uma primeira versão para o público de língua espanhola. Para o enquadrar no contexto europeu, fez-se uma comparação com os métodos de flauta mais importantes da última década do século, tendo em conta vários aspectos fundamentais relacionados com a interpretação: som, respiração, articulação e ornamentação. A partir das concluções de este trabalho comparativo foram geradas as directrices que guiaram a interpretação do autor de um repertorio representantivo deste período histórico, disponibilizando-se num CD a gravação dos excertos que serviram de exemplo para aplicação dos resultados da investigação.

Coloquio Michel Foucault, reflexiones sobre el saber, el poder, la verdad y las prácticas de sí

En este libro se encuentran distintas posturas acerca de los dos grandes temas de Foucault: el saber y el poder. Temas que, por otra parte, marcan derroteros de búsqueda, de formulación, interrogantes que se vertieron en investigaciones que comprometen la escritura misma de las cosas. Todos los aquí presentes son estudiantes de posgrado de la carrera de filosofía, alumnos de dos seminarios que extendieron, como prácticas de formación y discusión sus trabajos en el “Coloquio Reflexiones sobre el saber, el poder, la verdad y las prácticas de sí”. Hoy, parte de estos trabajos, en los que los estudiantes arriesgaron sus propias tesis, sus pesquisas, la entrañable cualidad de quedar comprometidos con el discurso y haciendo “uso” de lo que el propio Foucault deseaba, cada uno hace de sí una parte de esa obra que es la estética de sí. En este libro queda el testimonio

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