Tr??nsitos epistemol??gicos y metodol??gicos en una investigaci??n sobre el abandono escolar en la Educaci??n Secundaria a partir del encuentro con los j??venes

Se pretende dar cuenta de los tr??nsitos epistemol??gicos y metodol??gicos que se desencadenaron en esta investigaci??n sobre el abandono escolar en la Educaci??n Secundaria. Se realiza una aproximaci??n a la experiencia de los j??venes utilizando la perspectiva biogr??fico-narrativa. Como tel??n de fondo se utiliz?? un guion orientativo de los temas que interesaba explorar. En el momento de los encuentros, tal guion se transform?? en una conversaci??n, cuyo eje principal lo constitu??a la relaci??n que cada joven estableci?? con cada una de las personas investigadoras. Esta forma de trabajar con los adolescentes dio lugar a una serie de tr??nsitos epistemol??gicos y metodol??gicos de un alcance pol??tico no previsto de antemano. A continuaci??n, no se categorizaron las conversaciones, sino que los investigadores elaboraron por escrito cada uno de los relatos mantenidos con los j??venes y descubrieron los hilos de sentido que se desprend??an de sus palabras. Estos hilos de sentido se refer??an a la imagen que los j??venes tienen de s?? mismos como alumnos, a c??mo ven el contexto educativo y a las relaciones que hab??an vivido en ??l. Como consecuencia de estos tr??nsitos emergi?? un nuevo modo de abordar la relaci??n con los j??venes y la posibilidad de construir una nueva narrativa desde la que repensar el fen??meno del abandono escolar en la Educaci??n Secundaria.

Programa de tr??nsito a la vida adulta en la Comunidad Aut??noma de Canarias

Aulas enclave y centros espec??ficos de educaci??n especial

Formaci??n docente del profesorado universitario : el dif??cil tr??nsito a los enfoques institucionales

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Tr??nsits en la praxi de l???educaci?? social : mirades des de l'antropologia

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Identitats en tr??nsit, immigraci?? femenina i cultures corporals

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Programa para la mejora de la coordinaci??n y el tr??nsito de la etapa de Primaria a Secundaria

Ante los cambios que se producen en la transici??n de Educaci??n Primaria a Educaci??n Secundaria, se describe una actividad que consisti?? en elaborar distintos materiales: un informe gu??a para el profesorado tutor de 6??, una secuenciaci??n de h??bitos y t??cnicas de estudio, un cuaderno de orientaci??n para el alumnado de 6?? de primaria, un bolet??n informativo para los padres de alumnado de 6??, etc.

Cuestionarios TDAH para profesores : un an??lisis desde los criterios del DSM-IV-TR y DSM-V

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Aproximaci??n conceptual e identificaci??n de predictores de riesgo te??ricos en j??venes conductores : un punto de partida para contribuir en la reducci??n de accidentes de tr??fico

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Retinoid-Related Receptor (ROR) alpha mRNA Expression Is Altered in the Brain of Male Mice Lacking All Ligand-Binding Thyroid Hormone Receptor (TR) Isoforms

In the vertebrate brain, the thalamus serves as a relay and integration station for diverse neuronal information en route from the periphery to the cortex. Deficiency of TH during development results in severe cerebral abnormalities similar to those seen in the mouse when the retinoic acid receptor (ROR)α gene is disrupted. To investigate the effect of the thyroid hormone recep-tors (TRs) on RORalpha gene expression, we used intact male mice, in which the genes encoding the α and beta TRs have been deleted. In situ hybridization for RORalpha mRNA revealed that this gene is expressed in specific areas of the brain including the thalamus, pons, cerebellum, cortex, and hippocampus. Our quantitative data showed differences in RORalpha mRNA expression in different subthalamic nuclei between wild-type and knock-out mice. For example, the centromedial nucleus of the thalamus, which plays a role in mediating nociceptive and visceral information from the brainstem to the basal ganglia and cortical regions, has less expression of RORalpha mRNA in the knockout mice (-37%) compared to the wild-type controls. Also, in the dorsal geniculate (+72%) and lateral posterior nuclei (+58%) we found more RORalpha mRNA in dKO as compared to dWT animals. Such differences in RORalpha mRNA expression may play a role in the behavioral alterations resulting from congenital hypothyroidism.

The Thyroid Hormone Receptor (TR) beta-Selective Agonist GC-1 Inhibits Proliferation But Induces Differentiation and TR beta mRNA Expression in Mouse and Rat Osteoblast-Like Cells

Previous studies showed anabolic effects of GC-1, a triiodothyronine (T3) analogue that is selective for both binding and activation functions of thyroid hormone receptor (TR) beta 1 over TR alpha 1, on bone tissue in vivo. The aim of this study was to investigate the responsiveness of rat (ROS17/2.8) and mouse (MC3T3-E1) osteoblast-like cells to GC-1. As expected, T3 inhibited cellular proliferation and stimulated mRNA expression of osteocalcin or alkaline phosphatase in both cell lineages. Whereas equimolar doses of T3 and GC-1 equally affected these parameters in ROS17/2.8 cells, the effects of GC-1 were more modest compared to those of T3 in MC3T3-E1 cells. Interestingly, we showed that there is higher expression of TR alpha 1 than TR beta 1 mRNA in rat (similar to 20-90%) and mouse (similar to 90-98%) cell lineages and that this difference is even higher in mouse cells, which highlights the importance of TR alpha 1 to bone physiology and may partially explain the modest effects of GC-1 in comparison with T3 in MC3T3-E1 cells. Nevertheless, we showed that TR beta 1 mRNA expression increases (similar to 2.8- to 4.3-fold) as osteoblastic cells undergo maturation, suggesting a key role of TR beta 1 in mediating T3 effects in the bone forming cells, especially in mature osteoblasts. It is noteworthy that T3 and GC-1 induced TR beta 1 mRNA expression to a similar extent in both cell lineages (similar to 2- to 4-fold), indicating that both ligands may modulate the responsiveness of osteoblasts to T3. Taken together, these data show that TR beta selective T3 analogues have the potential to directly induce the differentiation and activity of osteoblasts.

Differential effects of TR ligands on hormone dissociation rates: Evidence for multiple ligand entry/exit pathways

Some nuclear receptor (NR) ligands promote dissociation of radiolabeled bound hormone from the buried ligand binding cavity (LBC) more rapidly than excess unlabeled hormone itself This result was interpreted to mean that challenger ligands bind allosteric sites on the LBD to induce hormone dissociation, and recent findings indicate that ligands bind weakly to multiple sites on the LBD surface. Here we show, that a large fraction of thyroid hormone receptor (TR) ligands promote rapid dissociation (T(1/2) < 2 h) of , radiolabeled T(3) vs. T(3) (T(1/2), approximate to 5-7 h). We cannot discern relationships between this effect and ligand size, activity or affinity for TR beta. One ligand, GC-24, binds the TR LBC and (weakly) to the TR beta-LBD surface that mediates dimer/heterodimer interaction, but we cannot link this interaction to rapid T(3) dissociation. Instead, several lines of evidence suggest that the challenger ligand must interact with the buried LBC to promote rapid T(3) release. Since previous molecular dynamics simulations suggest that TR ligands leave the LBC by several routes, we propose that a subset of challenger ligands binds and stabilizes a partially unfolded intermediate state of TR that arises during T(3) release and that this effect enhances hormone dissociation. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.