La Relación del lenguaje con la teoría de la mente en edad escolar

In the past years a considerable amount of research has been carried out on the development of theory of mind (ToM) reporting that language and ToM performance are correlated. However it is less clear what aspect of language is related with ToM development. Some studies show a greater influence of semantics aspects, whereas others suggest that sentential complement sentences, a specific aspect of syntax, are crucial for false belief understanding (FB). Yet others argue that pragmatic abilities correlate with FB understanding. The aim of this study is investigate, on the one side, the development of ToM between the ages of 6 and 8 and on the other side, the relationship between some aspects of language and the ToM improvement. Several ToM tasks were administrated to evaluate children’s performance at two different ages (60 participants aged 6 and 8 years) and four tasks to assess language abilities. The results show a significant increase in the understanding of the mind between the ages of 6 and 8. Furthermore, results reveal a significant relationship between syntax and tasks that require FB understanding, while pragmatics is more strongly associated with tasks that involve more complex socio-cognitive understandings

La integración de Internet en la educación escolar española : situación actual y perspectivas de futuro

The main objectives and findings of this first research report are presented in this chapter."The Implementation of the Internet in the Spanish Education System: State of Affairs and Future Prospects" is a large-scale research project that seeks to obtain relevant data about the introduction and dissemination of Information and Communication Technology, particularly the internet, in the practical and organizational general procedures of the Spanish schools and high schools. The project articulates the processes of ICT implementation on the primary and secondary education levels embracing a holistic approach, propped up by an empirical and analytical research methodology. Thus, our survey does not intend to detect which is the impact of ICT on school activities but how all the agents involved in the school community incorporate ICT and what use they make of it. We are especially interested in identifying the teachers' pedagogical and professional uses of ICT, how students use it in their activities and to what extent it contributes in reinforcing teamwork and participation proceedings in the institutions, as well as the relations between the latter and their context. It is also of our interest to know the factors that exert the strongest influence on the way teachers, head teachers and students make use of ICT. Finally, we intend to identify the ways ICT may contribute to the improvementof educational practices.

La integración de Internet en la educación escolar española : situación actual y perspectivas de futuro

The main objectives and findings of this first research report are presented in thischapter. "The Implementation of the Internet in the Spanish Education System: State of Affairsand Future Prospects" is a large-scale research project that seeks to obtain relevant data about the introduction and dissemination of Information and Communication Technology, particularly the internet, in the practical and organizational general procedures of the Spanish schools and high schools. The project articulates the processes of ICT implementation on the primary andsecondary education levels embracing a holistic approach, propped up by an empirical and analytical research methodology. Thus, our survey does not intend to detect which is the impact of ICT on school activities but how all the agents involved in the school community incorporate ICT and what use they make of it. We are especially interested in identifying the teachers' pedagogical and professional uses of ICT, how students use it in their activities and to what extent it contributes in reinforcing teamwork andparticipation proceedings in the institutions, as well as the relations between the latter and their context. It is also of our interest to know the factors that exert the strongest influence on the way teachers, head teachers and students make use of ICT. Finally, we intend to identify the ways ICT may contribute to the improvement of educational practices.

Conhecimento escolar em química: processo de mediação didática da ciência

xThe aim of this article is to present a contribution of the school knowledge research to Chemistry Teaching. The object of research is school knowledge on physical sciences, considering the existence of a rupture between scientific knowledge and everyday knowledge. The differences between analogies and metaphors and the process of didactic mediation were thoroughly examined. The conclusion is that the process of didactic mediation is built on their own cognitive configurations, which not always make public the private scientific knowledge to certain social groups.

La búsqueda de factores protectores del fracaso escolar en niños en situación de riesgo mediante un estudio de casos

The aim of this article is to introduce one of the approaches of research that we consider may contribute to find useful knowledge for prevention of school failure. This approach is in some studies called the study of risk and resilience. The word resilience refers to the capacity of individuals to endure adverse events in their vital experience, without long-term negative or disrupting consequences in their development or socialisation. We present a review of studies that have been carried out with this approach. Then it will be exemplified with a research that intended to identify protective factors of the risk of school failure in at risk adolescents. By means of a qualitative case study approach, this research has allowed us to approach some personal, educational and social factors that seem to have a certain relevance as protective factors of the risk of school failure

Adaptació escolar, actituds i aprenentatge del català en l'alumnat de les aules d'acollida de primària i secundària a Catalunya (curs 2005-2006)

En aquest article volem presentar les dades generals obtingudes en dues proves elaborades pel Departament d'Educació per a avaluar les aules d’acollida. Una prova de coneixement de català i una prova d’integració i adaptació escolar

Projecte de definició d'un model de gestió de documents electrònics per a l'e-Administració de Catalunya

TFG sobre un projecte de definició d'un model de gestió de documents electrònics, el qual pot ajudar a definir una guia bàsica per a la definició, planificació i execució d'un projecte d'aquestes característiques en el marc de la e-Administració, considerant la dificultat que pot suposar per a determinades administracions, en especial les de menor volum i capacitat, i amb menys infraestructura, adequar un nombre tan elevat de requeriments a la seva realitat de negoci (cultura i processos) i a la seva infraestructura tecnològica, sense oblidar la necessitat de contenir al màxim la despesa.

El valor de la impremta en el Grup Escolar Lluís Vives: una eina al servei de l"educació durant la II República i de la recuperació de la memòria pedagògica

Les revistes, els periòdics, els gravats i altres impresos que van sortir de les impremtes dels grups escolars del Patronat Escolar són el testimoni directe dels nens i les nenes que van viure una revolució pedagògica molt intensa en un període de temps molt reduït, ja que la guerra va estroncar el projecte educatiu. Concretament, analitzarem dues fonts documentals procedents del Grup Escolar Lluís Vives: d"una banda, el primer i únic número de la revista Vives, publicat el maig del 1936, i de l"altra, la carpeta de linogravats titulada Llibre de la natura. Ambdues publicacions permeten fer-nos una idea bastant ajustada de com era l"escola, quins eren els mètodes d"aprenentatge que se seguien i quins valors s"hi fomentaven. En definitiva, constitueixen un testimoni del dietari pedagògic de l"escola i ens permeten ratificar els idearis dels grups escolars del Patronat Escolar i de les escoles municipals de Barcelona durant la II República.

Efficiency and Equity in Learning Communities and schools

Traditionally, school efficiency has been measured as a function of educational production. In the last two decades, however, studies in the economics of education have indicated that more is required to improve school efficiency: researchers must explore how significant changes in school organization affect the performance of at-risk students. In this paper we introduce Henry Levin’s adoption of the X-efficiency approach to education and we describe the efficient and cost-effective characteristics of one Learning Communities Project School that significantly improved its student outcomes and enrollment numbersand reduced its absenteeism rate to zero. The organizational change that facilitatedthese improvements defined specific issues to address. Students’ school success became the focus of the school project, which also offered specific incentives, selected teachers, involved parents and community members in decisions, and used the most efficient technologies and methods. This case analysis reveals new two elements—family training and community involvement—that were not explicit parts of Levin’s adaptation. The case of the Antonio Machado Public School should attract the attention of both social scientists and policy makers

Aproximación a los ritmos de rendimiento escolar: fundamentos y aplicaciones actuales

El análisis de los ritmos se realiza desde el contexto de dos disciplinas interrelacionadas: la cronopsicología, que se ocupa de estudiar los ritmos de comportamiento por ellos mismos (Fraisse, 1980) y la cronobiología, que estudia las oscilaciones rítmicas de los parámetros biológicos (Halberg, 1979). El objetivo de las investigaciones cronopsicológicas consiste básicamente en analizar la variabilidad temporal que presentan distintas variables comportamentales, como la memoria, la atención o el rendimiento escolar, entre otros. Desde una perspectiva cronobiológica, en cambio, el interés se centra en el estudio de distintos aspectos biológicos, como el ritmo sueño-vigilia, la temperatura corporal, los ritmos nutricionales, el ritmo cardíaco, etc

La importància del pati escolar: com els patis escolars poden contribuir a l’educació ambiental

Article que reflexiona sobre la importància del pati escolar, i com aquests poden contribuir a l’educació ambiental dels infants

El currículo escolar en el marco de la nueva ecología del aprendizaje

Este artículo presenta una reflexión sobre el currículo y el aprendizaje escolar en el marco de la nueva ecología del aprendizaje, propia de la sociedad de la información. Se presentan, en primer lugar, sus rasgos principales. Contrasta fuertemente con la de creación de los sistemas educativos actuales, que se sustenta en el modelo de escolarización universal. En la segunda parte, se platean los retos y desafíos de la educaciónescolar y los procesos de revisión curricular para afrontarlos y superarlos.

Espai corporal i praxi constructiva grafomotora a l'edat pre-escolar

En totes les investigacions sobre I'evolució ontogeneticadel nen es parteix d'una serie de pressuposits que,plantejats d'una manera explícita o no, determinen el seuenfoc i les seves conclusions teoriques. La relació existententre desenvolupament i aprenentatge n'es un dels mesimportants. Aquesta relació pot considerar-se com a unidireccional(a/ el desenvolupament es una condició previaa I'aprenentatge o b/ I'aprenentatge és desenvolupament)o be com a mútua i interdependent

Com ha quedat l’horari escolar després de la sisena hora?

La sisena hora incideix plenament en l’horari escolar. Les combinacions i les solucions que es podien adoptar eren múltiples. A l’article, s'hi fa una radiografia de la situació actual, alhora que s'hi convida a iniciar una reflexió entorn de les possibilitats i les condicions necessàries per dur a terme canvis que afectin els aspectes estructurals bàsics del sistema