The effect of "picture story" context on verbal elicted imitation in deaf students

This paper reviews a study to determine the effects of including a supporting context in an imitation procedure for use with the deaf.

Memorias montoneras: metáforas de la guerra en Argentina (Crítica)

La autora lee la novela de Sergio Pollastri desde la perspectiva crítica de las posibilidades e imposibilidades de la reconstrucción de una historia, a partir de este relato testimonial que se mueve en el territorio de la violencia y las armas (la militancia política) y en el de la subjetividad (la poesía, la ficción). Resalta los vínculos entre vida y literatura, que cruzan toda la novela, así, apela a la metáfora para referirse a dos tipos de silencios en las ficciones sobre la violencia revolucionaria: la opción por las armas y la delación bajo tortura. Resalta el rol de la metáfora en este texto que tensa hasta sus límites el género testimonial, y que cobra su mayor fuerza hacia el final: «La revolución es frágil y superficial como una violeta, aquello que la comparación desarrolla es al mismo tiempo lo que amortigua la caída del salto brutal al vacío con el que la novela cierra su enunciación».

Collaboration between infection control and occupational health in three continents: a success story with international impact

Globalization has been accompanied by the rapid spread of infectious diseases, and further strain on working conditions for health workers globally. Post-SARS, Canadian occupational health and infection control researchers got together to study how to better protect health workers, and found that training was indeed perceived as key to a positive safety culture. This led to developing information and communication technology (ICT) tools. The research conducted also showed the need for better workplace inspections, so a workplace audit tool was also developed to supplement worker questionnaires and the ICT. When invited to join Ecuadorean colleagues to promote occupational health and infection control, these tools were collectively adapted and improved, including face-to-face as well as on-line problem-based learning scenarios. The South African government then invited the team to work with local colleagues to improve occupational health and infection control, resulting in an improved web-based health information system to track incidents, exposures, and occupational injury and diseases. As the H1N1 pandemic struck, the online infection control course was adapted and translated into Spanish, as was a novel skill-building learning tool that permits health workers to practice selecting personal protective equipment. This tool was originally developed in collaboration with the countries from the Caribbean region and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Research from these experiences led to strengthened focus on building capacity of health and safety committees, and new modules are thus being created, informed by that work. The products developed have been widely heralded as innovative and interactive, leading to their inclusion into “toolkits” used internationally. The tools used in Canada were substantially improved from the collaborative adaptation process for South and Central America and South Africa. This international collaboration between occupational health and infection control researchers led to the improvement of the research framework and development of tools, guidelines and information systems. Furthermore, the research and knowledge-transfer experience highlighted the value of partnership amongst Northern and Southern researchers in terms of sharing resources, experiences and knowledge.

La problemática de la violencia escolar en los 7mos años de Básica de: la Escuela Fiscal “Ángel Isaac Chiriboga” y del “Pensionado “San Vicente” de la ciudad de Quito. Año lectivo 2012-2013

Esta investigación científica tiene como objetivo analizar y comparar las estrategias pedagógicas, y el tipo de comunicación desarrollados en los 7mos Años de las escuelas: “Ángel Isaac Chiriboga” y Pensionado “San Vicente” de Quito. 2012- 2013; en el primer quinquemestre; a través de, la aplicación de guías de observación de clase para conocer el tipo de estrategias pedagógicas desarrolladas en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje y el uso de encuestas a los/as alumnos/as para identificar la clase de interacción que existe entre alumno-maestro y alumno-alumno. De esta manera, reconocer los factores que contribuyen a generar la violencia escolar y brindar recomendaciones alternativas, que propicien la disminución de la violencia escolar. De hecho, este trabajo consta de la Introducción que contiene: planteamiento del problema, pregunta central de la investigación, propósito de la investigación, justificación, objetivos: general, específicos, antecedentes legales, alcances, limitaciones y metodología que guía el trabajo y tipo de fuentes. El Capítulo I aborda el Marco Contextual (descripción física y organización: funcional y estructural de la escuela). El Capítulo II describe al Marco Conceptual de: conceptualización básica de violencia, agresión, características y Teorías del Aprendizaje: Conductistas (Watson- Pavlo, Skinner), Cognoscitivas (Piaget, Vigotzky), y por Modelación (Bandura) y de la Inteligencia Emocional, (Goleman) El Capítulo III contiene el Marco Empírico que consiste en el análisis e interpretación de la información. Finalmente, constarán las conclusiones, recomendaciones, bibliografía y anexos.

Story telling in sustainable development projects

This paper constitutes an attempt to find a means to represent multiple stories in the strong narrative of conventional sustainable development (SD) projects. The authors' experience of such projects in various parts of the world indicates that they have a tendency to arise from and reflect a dominant mindset, placing the SD project in what can be a working environment that is inimical to the very ideals that SD is supposed to represent. Short-termism and value for money drive project formats and objectives, whilst counter-narratives and alternative stories arising from stakeholders in such projects are often ignored. Yet these alternative threads often contain strong SD messages of their own and could, if effectively utilized, enhance the SD project process. This paper sets out the case for a new field - 'project ethnography' - allied with the growing use of meta-analysis to compare project 'stories'. The analytical model applied to compare projects is based on the Kolb learning cycle and involves a (3 X 4)-fold questioning of project conceptual ization and roll-out. Copyright @ 2oo6 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

The cyclopropene pyrolysis story

Cyclopropene is the last of the small strained ring hydrocarbons to have its thermal decomposition subjected to intensive investigation. This critical review describes the nearly 40 year history of this investigation largely by gas kinetic methods with chromatographic analysis. These studies have revealed that cyclopropenes can decompose by a variety of mechanisms involving diradicals, vinylcarbenes and vinylidenes. Much detailed information has been obtained about the reactivity of these intermediates which has wider implications for thermal hydrocarbon pyrolysis. Theory has also played a important role. Cyclopropene itself has been shown to be an intermediate in the allene A propyne rearrangement. The story itself illustrates how the evolution of mechanistic understanding has been anything but straightforward. (68 references.).