La història cultural i l'intel·lectual professional. Una visió personal

The author exposes the main research lines in the history of local culture. He briefly considers the main lines in cultural contemporary history investigation. The author studies the introduction and development of cultural history based on the concept of intellectual professional in Catalan historiography at a moment when economical and social research were preferred by a large part of local historians.

La història cultural i l'intel·lectual professional. Una visió personal

The author exposes the main research lines in the history of local culture. He briefly considers the main lines in cultural contemporary history investigation. The author studies the introduction and development of cultural history based on the concept of intellectual professional in Catalan historiography at a moment when economical and social research were preferred by a large part of local historians.

Well, you have hepatic metastases: Use of technical language by medical students in simulated patient interviews.

OBJECTIVE: This research explored medical students' use and perception of technical language in a practical training setting to enhance skills in breaking bad news in oncology. METHODS: Terms potentially confusing to laypeople were selected from 108 videotaped interviews conducted in an undergraduate Communication Skills Training. A subset of these terms was included in a questionnaire completed by students (N=111) with the aim of gaining insight into their perceptions of different speech registers and of patient understanding. Excerpts of interviews were analyzed qualitatively to investigate students' communication strategies with respect to these technical terms. RESULTS: Fewer than half of the terms were clarified. Students checked for simulated patients' understanding of the terms palliative and metastasis/to metastasize in 22-23% of the interviews. The term ambulatory was spontaneously explained in 75% of the interviews, hepatic and metastasis/to metastasize in 22-24%. Most provided explanations were in plain language; metastasis/to metastasize and ganglion/ganglionic were among terms most frequently explained in technical language. CONCLUSION: A significant number of terms potentially unfamiliar and confusing to patients remained unclarified in training interviews conducted by senior medical students, even when they perceived the terms as technical. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: This exploration may offer important insights for improving future physicians' skills.

The evolution of anti-social rewarding and its countermeasures in public goods games.

Cooperation in joint enterprises can easily break down when self-interests are in conflict with collective benefits, causing a tragedy of the commons. In such social dilemmas, the possibility for contributors to invest in a common pool-rewards fund, which will be shared exclusively among contributors, can be powerful for averting the tragedy, as long as the second-order dilemma (i.e. withdrawing contribution to reward funds) can be overcome (e.g. with second-order sanctions). However, the present paper reveals the vulnerability of such pool-rewarding mechanisms to the presence of reward funds raised by defectors and shared among them (i.e. anti-social rewarding), as it causes a cooperation breakdown, even when second-order sanctions are possible. I demonstrate that escaping this social trap requires the additional condition that coalitions of defectors fare poorly compared with pro-socials, with either (i) better rewarding abilities for the latter or (ii) reward funds that are contingent upon the public good produced beforehand, allowing groups of contributors to invest more in reward funds than groups of defectors. These results suggest that the establishment of cooperation through a collective positive incentive mechanism is highly vulnerable to anti-social rewarding and requires additional countermeasures to act in combination with second-order sanctions.

Formació i desenvolupament professional del formador de formadors. Un professional que lidera i forma docents en processos d'innovació educativa

L'article resumeix una investigació sobre el perfil competencial que han de tenir els formadors i les formadores de docents en servei per liderar processos de canvi en el desenvolupament professional docent, tot i orientant la formació i la tasca educativa no a la transmissió i la reproducció de continguts, sinó al desenvolupament d'una pedagogia basada en la reflexió de la pràctica, crítica i cooperativa. La recerca té com a objectiu definir les competències necessàries per dur a terme les funcions pròpies d'aquest tipus de formador, així com els sabers que calen per desenvolupar-les, amb la finalitat de millorar llur formació. Aquest estudi es realitza a partir de la confrontació i l'anàlisi de les veus dels implicats en tot el procés de formació.

How a Bill Becomes a Law, September 18, 2008

A legislative bill is a written proposal for a law. Ideas for bills come from many sources: a legislator’s constituents, businesses, government agencies, professional associations, interest groups and other state legislatures. When a legislator recognizes or is made aware of a problem which could be pursued through legislation, that idea is put into the form of a bill. In Iowa, only legislators are able to sponsor and introduce bills. Bills may be sponsored by a Senator or Representative, or by a Senate or House committee. All bills must be approved by both the Senate and the House before being sent to the Governor for final approval. When a bill is introduced by members of a legislative chamber, it must follow a process and, if passed, be sent to members in the other legislative chamber where this process is repeated. The bill and its language must be in identical form from both chambers before being sent to the Governor.

La investigació-acció, la formació i el desenvolupament professional del professorat. Superar l'hiatus entre la teoria i la pràctica

Si analitzem, tant históricament com actualment, els processos d'investigació en la formació del professorat, trobem diverses concepcions sobre qué és investigar en aquest camp, basades fonamentalment en la distinció entre una investigació sobre la formació del professorat i la investigació en la formació del professorat.

El disseny d'uns quaderns de pràcticum des de la millora docent i el treball corresponsable per la transferència de competències i desenvolupament professional

Aquest article vol oferir un exemple de treball innovador basat en una recerca acció per a la construcció d'un procés educatiu orientat a l'acompanyament de l'alumnat en les pràctiques externes en l'ensenyament d'Educació Social de la Universitat de Barcelona. En primer terme, presentem els referents conceptuals en els quals s'emmarquen els aprenentatges del Pràcticum. En segon lloc, aprofundim en la metodologia de la recerca sobre la reflexió de la pràctica docent duta a terme en el marc d'un projecte d'innovació docent (2008MQD155) per analitzar, aclarir i promoure les competències i condicions necessàries perquè s'esdevingui el procés d'aprenentatge. Seguidament, es presenten com a resultat de la recerca uns quaderns adreçats als agents implicats en el procés del Pràcticum, que volen donar suport a la funció docent. Finalment, s'aporten conclusions, reflexions i interrogants sobre el que ha suposat l'elaboració conjunta dels quaderns de Pràcticum, amb el propòsit d'afavorir la transferència a altres realitats educatives d'educació superior.

Conflictes ètics en la gestió de la informació: una mirada des de la deontologia professional

[eng] The text begins with a reflection on the scope and content of the concepts "ethics" and "deontology" and continues by addressing the steps and considerations that the professional community must take into account when analysing ethical and moral aspects of their work. Finally, some specific elements are set forth regarding ethics in information management, specifically ethical conflicts that need to be managed in the area of library and information sciences.

Iowa Department of Commerce, Professional Licensing and Regulation Division Performance Report, FY 2004

Agency Performance Report

Iowa Department of Commerce, Professional Licensing and Regulation Division Performance Report, FY 2005

Agency Performance Report

Iowa Department of Commerce, Professional Licensing and Regulation Division Performance Report, FY 2005

Agency Performance Report

Iowa Department of Commerce, Professional Licensing and Regulation Division Performance Report, FY 2006

Agency Performance Report

Iowa Department of Commerce, Professional Licensing and Regulation Division Performance Report, FY 2006

Agency Performance Report

Iowa Department of Commerce, Professional Licensing and Regulation Division Performance Report, FY 2007

Agency Performance Report