Las escuelas pianísticas en Argentina : una aproximación preliminar

El presente trabajo forma parte de una investigación en curso sobre "La escuela pianística argentina", proyecto aprobado y subsidiado por la Agencia Nacional de Investigaciones Científi cas y Técnicas (Proyecto Picto Artes 00043-2007) y la Secretaría de Ciencia, Técnica y Posgrado de la UNCuyo. En él pretendemos aproximarnos en nuestro camino hacia la demostración de la existencia de una escuela pianística argentina, partiendo de la teoría expuesta por Piero Rattalino en su libro de 1983 Le grandi scuole pianistiche, en la que elabora un árbol genealógico-pianístico que engloba, a partir de Mozart, Clementi y Beethoven la evolución de la técnica pianística desde los comienzos del pianoforte hasta llegar a los grandes pianistas-pedagogos del SXX.

Deprivation of Education in Urban Areas: A Basic Profile of Slum Children in Delhi, India

This paper showed the basic educational status of slum children between 5 and 14 years old. The attendance ratio of slum children is much lower than that of children in Delhi as a whole. Parental perception of education and financing education are the major constraints. Even if children are attending schools, the majority of them are over-aged. There are both demand and supply side reasons for discouraging slum children from attending schooling. As opposed to school-based surveys in previous literature, children in slums are more likely to go to government schools rather than low-fee paying private schools. Some policies are suggested.

Significados da reinserção escolar de crianças após queimaduras: um estudo etnográfico

As queimaduras na infância compreendem importante causa de atendimento hospitalar e internação e podem desencadear sequelas físicas e emocionais. Dependendo da gravidade e complexidade das lesões, a hospitalização da criança é prolongada para realização de tratamento adequado e ela é afastada tanto do convívio familiar como do social. O número de crianças em idade escolar que sofrem queimaduras, e consequentemente interrompem as atividades escolares, por períodos curtos ou até as abandonam, é significativo, tornando digno de preocupação o processo de reinserção escolar. Este estudo teve como objetivo interpretar os significados do processo de reinserção escolar de crianças sobreviventes de queimaduras. Realizou-se uma pesquisa com abordagem metodológica qualitativa, fundamentada no referencial teórico da Antropologia Interpretativa e no método etnográfico. Após a aprovação do estudo pelos Comitês de Ética em Pesquisa com Seres Humanos das instituições envolvidas, convidaram-se crianças sobreviventes de queimaduras em seguimento em um hospital-escola do interior paulista. Coletaram-se dados no hospital, no domicílio e na escola das crianças, de janeiro de 2012 a dezembro de 2013, por meio de entrevistas em profundidade audiogravadas e observação participante, complementadas pelo diário de campo. Participaram da pesquisa 14 crianças e os atores sociais envolvidos neste processo, como familiares, profissionais de saúde, professores, vizinha e amigo, totalizando 57 participantes. A coleta e análise dos dados ocorreram concomitantemente, e esta última seguiu os pressupostos da análise temática indutiva. Identificaram-se códigos, os quais, posteriormente, embasaram a construção das duas unidades de sentidos: \"Fatos e fatores prévios ao retorno escolar\" e \"A volta à escola\". A partir destas, identificou-se o núcleo temático, \"O olho puxa essas coisas. A gente olha mesmo\": enxergando o outro como diferente, o qual apresenta a explicação compreensiva do processo de reinserção escolar, fornecendo os significados da experiência. Os significados foram explicados por meio dos conceitos antropológicos de estigma, identidade e corporeidade. O culto ao corpo presente no contexto cultural brasileiro foi fator intensificador do estigma sofrido pelas crianças. Identificaram-se fatores facilitadores do processo, como: dar continuidade às atividades escolares e manter contato com professores e colegas durante a hospitalização; preparar a escola para receber a criança; abordar sobre queimadura na escola para evitar curiosidade; encarar a presença da discriminação e trabalhar as diferenças. Estas estratégias fazem com que todos os envolvidos se sintam ao menos mais confortáveis durante esse difícil processo que merece atenção e envolvimento dos familiares, profissionais de saúde e equipe escolar. A partir dos resultados desta pesquisa, esperamos empoderar as crianças e seus familiares acerca da melhor maneira para lidar com as queimaduras durante a reinserção escolar e contribuir para o desenvolvimento de ações e estratégias baseadas na cultura para que este processo ocorra da forma menos traumática possível

A Young Child's Anxiety and Math Performance: Enhancing Cognitive Behavioral Intervention with Conjoint Behavioral Consultation

Partnering with families, school personnel, and community resources is an important step to supporting the child and family, especially when children might suffer from debilitating anxiety concerns. However, little research examines the impact of anxiety on math performance for young children participating in school-based interventions enhanced by family components. The following research questions were addressed in the study: 1a) Will a young child with elevated levels of anxiety show a decrease in anxiety symptoms with a Cognitive Behavioral framework intervention program for children? 1b) Will anxiety be reduced with the addition of a Conjoint Behavioral Consultation with the family and teacher? 2a) Will a young child show an increase in math performance after participation in a Cognitive Behavioral framework intervention program for children? 2b) Will math performance be increased with the addition of a Conjoint Behavioral Consultation with the family and teacher? A single-subject staggered baseline across situations intervention study addressed whether the Coping Cat, an evidenced-based child-focused intervention now widely used in schools and clinics to treat childhood anxiety, combined with family and school consultation will decrease elevated anxiety levels and improve math performance in an elementary-aged student. The objective was to support mental health development and math performance with an eight-year-old, female elementary student through a collaborative effort of stakeholders in the student's life. Baseline data was collected with repeated measures of anxiety and math performance, and was compared to two intervention phases: first, a child-focused intervention and second, a family and school consultation. The study tested the theory that the Cognitive Behavioral intervention and Conjoint Behavioral Consultation intervention will influence, positively, the anxiety levels and math performance for an elementary-aged student. Results indicate that the child participant with elevated levels of anxiety showed a reduction in symptoms with the introduction of a Cognitive Behavioral framework intervention when compared to her baseline data. The participant showed further reduction in symptoms across the school and home settings with the implementation of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation when compared to baseline and the first intervention phase. Math performance began to increase with the introduction of the Cognitive Behavioral intervention, and continued to improve with the implementation of the Conjoint Behavioral Consultation. Findings suggest that consultation should begin immediately when an intervention is implemented in order to enhance outcomes.

Micronutrients and the Sahel: The Need for International Food Aid Reform

The 2012 Food Assistance Convention (FAsC) will replace the 1999 Food Aid Convention (FAC), shortly becoming the new document governing international food aid. This new convention will allow for culturally- and nutritionally-appropriate food purchases, but it lacks sufficient guidance and enforcement mechanisms to ensure the inclusion of micronutrients in food assistance. In conjunction with other United Nations-based programs, reforms focused on cooperation, measurement, and education in micronutrient interventions are recommended for the FAsC framework. These reforms stand to benefit the persistently hungry and micronutrient deficient Sahel region of Africa.

Bullying Victimization and Perpetration Among Adolescent Sport Teammates

Purpose: Bullying is a specific pattern of repeated victimization explored with great frequency in school-based literature, but receiving little attention within sport. The current study explored the prevalence of bullying in sport, and examined whether bullying experiences were associated with perceptions about relationships with peers and coaches. Method: Adolescent sport team members (n = 359, 64% female) with an average age of 14.47 years (SD = 1.34) completed a pen-and-paper or online questionnaire assessing how frequently they perpetrated or were victimized by bullying during school and sport generally, as well as recent experiences with 16 bullying behaviors on their sport team. Participants also reported on relationships with their coach and teammates. Results: Bullying was less prevalent in sport compared with school, and occurred at a relatively low frequency overall. However, by identifying participants who reported experiencing one or more act of bullying on their team recently, results revealed that those victimized through bullying reported weaker connections with peers, whereas those perpetrating bullying only reported weaker coach relationships. Conclusion: With the underlying message that bullying may occur in adolescent sport through negative teammate interactions, sport researchers should build upon these findings to develop approaches to mitigate peer victimization in sport.

Improving math and science assessment : report on the Secretary's third conference on mathematics and science education /

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Implementing balanced and restorative justice : victim, offender, community : a guide for law enforcement officers /

This publication is one in a series of guides designed to assist in the statewide promotion of balanced and restorative justice. BARJ is a philosophy of justice that can guide the work of individuals who deal with juvenile offenders, their victims, and the communities in which they live.

Implementing balanced and restorative justice : victim, offender, community : a guide for juvenile detention /

This publication is one in a series of guides designed to assist in the statewide promotion of balanced and restorative justice. BARJ is a philosophy of justice that can guide the work of individuals who deal with juvenile offenders, their victims, and the communities in which they live.

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Removing the stigma of disadvantage : a report on the education and employability of 9 to 15 year old youth 'at risk' /

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The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 : reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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Out of the generosity of your heart: Are we creating active citizens through compulsory volunteer programmes for young people in Australia?

Using governmentality as a theoretical framework, we examine two Australian policy areas where young people are disciplined into becoming good, active citizens. These policies-mutual obligation through the work for the dole programme, and school-based active citizenship programmes similar to American service learning programmes-both mirror volunteer-ope activities, in a social context where volunteers are viewed as good citizens. In this study, we present findings from a qualitative study that addresses the question of whether young people will develop active citizenship through compulsory volunteer-type programmes. The findings show that first, young people are very conscious of the lack of choice involved in these programmes and that this weakened their sense of agency. Second, the programmes failed to develop positive community attitudes and active social behaviours. These results suggest that policies that compel individuals to contribute to society may actually weaken their citizenship identities.

Escalation and deceleration of offending behaviours from adolescence to early adulthood

Relatively little longitudinal research is available in Australia to describe I the age/crime relationship in much detail, particularly patterns of offending occurring during the transition from adolescence to early adulthood. This paper addresses this issue using self-reported criminal involvement from a school-based sample, a group of socially disadvantaged individuals, and a group of officially identified offenders. The findings support the widespread research that rates of offending peak during adolescence, at which time offending is widespread, and that the criminal career is of relatively short duration. However, the results also demonstrate that the age/crime curve is not a unitary phenomenon. The type of offending behaviour being considered, the gender of the population, and the perpetrator's exposure to the criminal justice system contribute to the variability in the curve. In this study, the prevalence and mean level of overall offending for the total sample was higher during early adulthood than adolescence for vehicle offences and drug-use, rates of theft were similar in both periods, and vandalism and serious offending were lower. In addition, socially disadvantaged young people reported involvement in crime that peaked and desisted earlier in the life course compared to the school-based sample, and gender differences within these groups were also found. For the school-based sample, offending for females began and desisted earlier than for males, but within the at-risk group, the opposite was true. Implications for crime-prevention programming are discussed.