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Effects of a book gifting programme on literacy outcomes for foster children: A randomised controlled trial evaluation of the Letterbox Club in Northern Ireland

The poor educational outcomes of children in care is a significant concern internationally. Whilst there have been many interventions developed to address this problem, very few of these have been rigorously evaluated. This article presents the findings of a randomised controlled trial that sought to measure the effectiveness of a book gifting programme (the Letterbox Club) that aims to improve literacy skills amongst children aged 7-11 years in foster care. The programme involves children receiving six parcels of books sent through the post over a six-month period. The trial, which ran between April 2013 and June 2014, involved a sample of 116 children in Northern Ireland (56 randomly allocated to the intervention group and 60 to a waiting list control group). Outcome measures focused on reading skills (reading accuracy, comprehension and rate) and attitudes to reading and school. The trial found no evidence that the book-gifting programme had any effect on any of the outcomes measured. Drawing upon some of the emergent themes from the accompanying qualitative process evaluation that sought to determine foster carer/child attitude towards and engagement with the parcels, it is suggested that one plausible reason for the ineffectiveness of the Letterbox Club, as intimated by carers and children (rather than explicitly explored with them), is the lack of support provided to the carers/children in relation to the packs received. Reflective of an ecological model of children’s development, it is recommended that for book-gifting programmes to be effective they need to include a focus on encouraging the direct involvement of foster carers in shared literacy activities with the children using the books that are gifted.

Curso colectivo: Escenarios del deseo. Aproximaciones desde la filosofía, el psicoanálisis y el cine

Coordinan: Dr. Alberto Constante, Dr. Ignacio Díaz De La Serna, Dra. Leticia Flores Farfán,

Curso: Representaciones de la metrópolis en la literatura y cine latinoamericanos a partir de 1960

l seminario sigue la línea establecida en el curso sobre los “Clásicos de la literatura de la metrópolis” impartido durante el semestre de 2008-2. En este semestre, se analizan novelas, cuentos, crónicas y películas latinoamericanos producidos a partir de 1960. Interpretamos textos desde el ciclo novelístico de Santa María, de Juan Carlos Onetti, pasando por el llamado boom de la década de 1960 (Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Julio Cortázar) y las crónicas mexicanas de los años 70 y 80 (Carlos Monsiváis, Cristina Pacheco, Elena Poniatowska) hasta llegar al análisis de novelas y cuentos más recientes de autores como Carmen Boullosa, Guillermo Fadanelli, Juan Forns, Ricardo Piglia, Guillermo Samperio, Fernando Vallejo, Rafael Ramírez Heredia. Además, analizamos películas recientes como: El callejón de los milagros, La virgen de los sicarios, Ciudade de Deus y Amores perros.

Preserving southern history material : an address before the Southern Club of Columbia University, July 31, 1923

This publication is a short address made by William H. Kilpatrick to the Southern Club of Columbia University calling on Southerners to gather and preserve their own history.

"UW Sings!": University Singers, Women's Choir, Men's Glee Club June 4, 2013

Concert program for "UW Sings!": University Singers, Women's Choir, Men's Glee Club June 4, 2013

Twentieth Century Modern Architecture and the Countryside: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's design for a country gold clubhouse for the Krefeld Golf Club Association

This paper investigates relationships between modernity and monumentality in the architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. In his Modern Architecture, the critic and historian Kenneth Frampton separated Mies’ work into two historical periods, 1921-1933 and 1933-1967; the first he entitled ‘Mies van der Rohe and the significance of fact,’ the second ‘Mies van der Rohe and the monumentalisation of technique.’ The two historical periods correspond to two different geopolitical phases of Mies’ career, the first in Weimar Germany the second in the United States. By looking at a number of designs and texts made by Mies in the 1930’s and 1940’s, this essay questions the validity of separating Mies’ architecture into such clear-cut categories, where each one can enjoy a seeming independence from the other. The fulcrum for the discussion is Mies’ design of 1930 for a country golf clubhouse for the industrial town of Krefeld in north-western Germany. Our attention to the golf clubhouse design was prompted by the recent installation (2013), in which a 1-1 model of the design, made primarily from plywood, was erected in a field close the the site of Mies' original proposal.

O poder dos media sociais no modelo de comunicação da World Cruising Club

O presente relatório descreve o trabalho desenvolvido durante o estágio na WCC (World Cruising Club), no departamento de Rally Control, que acompanha os diversos eventos da agência. Os serviços da empresa oferecem uma série de regatas à volta do mundo que dão, a quem participa, uma oportunidade de turismo diferente que inclui navegar, conhecer novos povos, países e culturas assim como muita diversão. O departamento do qual fiz parte, para além de toda organização do evento em cada destino visitado, desenvolve ainda projetos na área dos novos media com o intuito, não só, da promoção da empresa, mas também de mostrar às família e amigos dos participantes, que se encontram longe, onde os mesmos se encontram, as diferentes atividades e descobertas feitas em cada destino visitado. Procurou-se compreender quais as melhores estratégias de comunicação para a promoção desta empresa através dos novos meios de comunicação, recorrendo a conceitos do marketing digital, nomeadamente a promoção a partir das plataformas Facebook e Twitter.