El profesorado ante el reto de la diversidad cultural: un estudio de caso aplicado a la escuela rural

Analitza el pensament del professorat d'una escola rural davant el fenomen de la diversitat cultural. El treball intenta fer emergir els aspectes fonamentals que potenciaran o limitaran l'acció educativa del professorat i de l'escola per tal de normalitzar i d'incloure l'alumnat nouvingut i/o d'altres comunitats culturals ja afincades a la zona.

Développement des compétences et des cerlces sociaux à l'adolescence : conséquances des interactions médiatisées par ordinateur

Ce travail porte sur le développement des compétences sociales et des cercles sociaux à l'adolescence. Il s'intéresse plus particulièrement à l'effet au cours du temps que peuvent avoir les nouveaux moyens de communication électronique (MCE) sur ces deux aspects de la socialisation. Trois parties principales se dégagent de ce travail. La première partie présente le développement d'un outil multidimensionnel destiné à l'évaluation des compétences sociales et permettant de les distinguer en fonction du contexte d'interaction (online vs. offline). La seconde partie porte sur la comparaison des compétences sociales et de la taille du cercle social de 329 adolescents de 7e et de 8e année primaire, en fonction de leur utilisation, ou non, des MCE. Elle met en évidence que ces deux aspects diffèrent de manière statistiquement significative entre les deux groupes, en faveur des utilisateurs de MCE. La troisième partie se centre sur l'utilisation de différents MCE et sur les effets différentiels qu'ils peuvent avoir au cours du temps sur ces deux aspects de la socialisation. Les analyses des données longitudinales mettent en évidence que l'utilisation de sites de réseaux sociaux (SRS) est particulièrement susceptible d'améliorer les compétences sociales et d'augmenter la taille du cercle social. Un modèle dans lequel les compétences sociales jouent un rôle de médiateur entre l'utilisation de SRS et la taille du cercle social est finalement postulé. - This work's topic concerns the development of social skills and social network size during adolescence. It examines more particularly the effects that new online communication media (OCM) may have on these two aspects of adolescent socialization. It is subdivided in three distinct parts. The first part presents the development of a multidimensional tool designed to assess social skills in two different contexts of interaction (online vs. offline). The second part compares the social skills and social network size of 329 adolescents depending on their use, or not, of OCM. It highlights significant differences on these two aspects between users and non-users, in favor of OCM users. The third part focuses on the differential effects that six OCM may have over time on these two aspects of socialization. Longitudinal data analyses highlight that the use of social network sites (SNS) is particularly likely to improve social skills and to increase social network size. A model in which social skills mediate the relationship between SNS use and social network size is finally postulated.

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2010

Audit report on the Xenia Rural Water District for the year ended December 31, 2010

Integrated environmental research and networking of economy and information in rural areas of Finland

Selostus: Kestävän kehityksen integroidun tutkimuksen ja verkostotalouden teorian tutkimusmenetelmälliset ongelmat

Impacts of Rural Development on Iowa’s Secondary Road Systems, TR-548, September 2010

Today, many of Iowa’s counties are experiencing an increase in rural development. Two specific types of development were focused on for this research: rural residential subdivisions and livestock production operations. Rural residential developments are primarily year round single-family homes, though some are vacation homes. Livestock production in Iowa includes hog, beef, and poultry facilities. These two types of rural development, while obviously very different in nature and incompatible with each other, share one important characteristic: They each generate substantial amounts of new traffic for Iowa’s extensive secondary road system. This research brings together economic, spatial, and legal analysis methods to address the impacts of rural development on the secondary road system and provide county engineers, county supervisors, and state legislators with guidance in addressing the challenges associated with this development.

Use of the swat model for hydro-sedimentologic simulation in a small rural watershed

Mathematical models have great potential to support land use planning, with the goal of improving water and land quality. Before using a model, however, the model must demonstrate that it can correctly simulate the hydrological and erosive processes of a given site. The SWAT model (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) was developed in the United States to evaluate the effects of conservation agriculture on hydrological processes and water quality at the watershed scale. This model was initially proposed for use without calibration, which would eliminate the need for measured hydro-sedimentologic data. In this study, the SWAT model was evaluated in a small rural watershed (1.19 km²) located on the basalt slopes of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, where farmers have been using cover crops associated with minimum tillage to control soil erosion. Values simulated by the model were compared with measured hydro-sedimentological data. Results for surface and total runoff on a daily basis were considered unsatisfactory (Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient - NSE < 0.5). However simulation results on monthly and annual scales were significantly better. With regard to the erosion process, the simulated sediment yields for all years of the study were unsatisfactory in comparison with the observed values on a daily and monthly basis (NSE values < -6), and overestimated the annual sediment yield by more than 100 %.

Transition écologique, plutôt que développement durable. Entretien

Entretien