Inclusión escolar : Reflexiones desde las concepciones y opiniones de los docentes

En este trabajo presentamos los resultados de una investigación (período 2006-2008) destinada a indagar las concepciones y opiniones sobre la inclusión de niños con discapacidades, proporcionadas por dos tipos de actores técnico-docentes. Se trata, en el primer caso, de directivos y docentes procedentes de Institutos Superiores de Formación Docente. En el segundo, de directivos, docentes y personal de los Equipos de Orientación Escolar de escuelas destinadas a niños con necesidades educativas derivadas de las discapacidades (NEDD) y de escuelas de Educación Primaria Básica (EPB). La información fue recabada a través de la realización de entrevistas en profundidad con los participantes seleccionados. Las dimensiones incluidas contemplaron: tipo y calidad de la formación recibida en distintas instancias (grado, en ejercicio, posgrado); conocimientos de los problemas de las personas con discapacidades (tipos y determinantes causales); actitudes frente a la integración e inclusión escolar y sus condiciones de posibilidad; valoraciones sobre los derechos de los niños con discapacidad a ser incluidos en la EPB; y posibilidades de reflexionar sobre la problemática. El objetivo final se orientó a obtener información relevante que colabore en el diseño de estrategias destinadas a propiciar las condiciones para un aprendizaje escolar cooperativo y colaborativo, que contemple la problemática de la diversidad y de las diferencias individuales

Inclusión escolar : Reflexiones desde las concepciones y opiniones de los docentes

En este trabajo presentamos los resultados de una investigación (período 2006-2008) destinada a indagar las concepciones y opiniones sobre la inclusión de niños con discapacidades, proporcionadas por dos tipos de actores técnico-docentes. Se trata, en el primer caso, de directivos y docentes procedentes de Institutos Superiores de Formación Docente. En el segundo, de directivos, docentes y personal de los Equipos de Orientación Escolar de escuelas destinadas a niños con necesidades educativas derivadas de las discapacidades (NEDD) y de escuelas de Educación Primaria Básica (EPB). La información fue recabada a través de la realización de entrevistas en profundidad con los participantes seleccionados. Las dimensiones incluidas contemplaron: tipo y calidad de la formación recibida en distintas instancias (grado, en ejercicio, posgrado); conocimientos de los problemas de las personas con discapacidades (tipos y determinantes causales); actitudes frente a la integración e inclusión escolar y sus condiciones de posibilidad; valoraciones sobre los derechos de los niños con discapacidad a ser incluidos en la EPB; y posibilidades de reflexionar sobre la problemática. El objetivo final se orientó a obtener información relevante que colabore en el diseño de estrategias destinadas a propiciar las condiciones para un aprendizaje escolar cooperativo y colaborativo, que contemple la problemática de la diversidad y de las diferencias individuales

Inclusión escolar : Reflexiones desde las concepciones y opiniones de los docentes

En este trabajo presentamos los resultados de una investigación (período 2006-2008) destinada a indagar las concepciones y opiniones sobre la inclusión de niños con discapacidades, proporcionadas por dos tipos de actores técnico-docentes. Se trata, en el primer caso, de directivos y docentes procedentes de Institutos Superiores de Formación Docente. En el segundo, de directivos, docentes y personal de los Equipos de Orientación Escolar de escuelas destinadas a niños con necesidades educativas derivadas de las discapacidades (NEDD) y de escuelas de Educación Primaria Básica (EPB). La información fue recabada a través de la realización de entrevistas en profundidad con los participantes seleccionados. Las dimensiones incluidas contemplaron: tipo y calidad de la formación recibida en distintas instancias (grado, en ejercicio, posgrado); conocimientos de los problemas de las personas con discapacidades (tipos y determinantes causales); actitudes frente a la integración e inclusión escolar y sus condiciones de posibilidad; valoraciones sobre los derechos de los niños con discapacidad a ser incluidos en la EPB; y posibilidades de reflexionar sobre la problemática. El objetivo final se orientó a obtener información relevante que colabore en el diseño de estrategias destinadas a propiciar las condiciones para un aprendizaje escolar cooperativo y colaborativo, que contemple la problemática de la diversidad y de las diferencias individuales

Análisis de la relación que se establece entre las expectativas de padres y profesores de alumnos con necesidades educativas especiales sobre la atención escolar que reciben los hijos/alumnos y el progreso de los mismos

Programa de Doctorado: Formación del Profesorado

Vocational guidance in people with special educational needs as the result of visual impairment during the transition stage from high school to advanced education

This work proposes to seek for the factors related to the choices that people with special educational needs make as the result of the visual impairment, during the transition stage from high school to advanced education. Therefore, we have taken into consideration that Vocational Guidance and the transition towards adulthood get specific characteristics in case of visually impaired young people, particularly in what's related to continue with advanced education. The focus of this work is to be able to clarify the existence of factors that make this transition stage easier or harder, through the observation of visually impaired and blind people who complete high school. This matter has aroused interest and concern about the strategies to follow to ensure the successful entrance and remaining in the selected advanced education. However, if we don?t know the factors involved in the described fact, it's difficult to design an appropriate intervention strategy. Then, in order to take acknowledge about the specific issues of visually impaired young people who complete high school, we chose a special school for this disability and some students who will join this project

Vocational guidance in people with special educational needs as the result of visual impairment during the transition stage from high school to advanced education

This work proposes to seek for the factors related to the choices that people with special educational needs make as the result of the visual impairment, during the transition stage from high school to advanced education. Therefore, we have taken into consideration that Vocational Guidance and the transition towards adulthood get specific characteristics in case of visually impaired young people, particularly in what's related to continue with advanced education. The focus of this work is to be able to clarify the existence of factors that make this transition stage easier or harder, through the observation of visually impaired and blind people who complete high school. This matter has aroused interest and concern about the strategies to follow to ensure the successful entrance and remaining in the selected advanced education. However, if we don?t know the factors involved in the described fact, it's difficult to design an appropriate intervention strategy. Then, in order to take acknowledge about the specific issues of visually impaired young people who complete high school, we chose a special school for this disability and some students who will join this project

Vocational guidance in people with special educational needs as the result of visual impairment during the transition stage from high school to advanced education

This work proposes to seek for the factors related to the choices that people with special educational needs make as the result of the visual impairment, during the transition stage from high school to advanced education. Therefore, we have taken into consideration that Vocational Guidance and the transition towards adulthood get specific characteristics in case of visually impaired young people, particularly in what's related to continue with advanced education. The focus of this work is to be able to clarify the existence of factors that make this transition stage easier or harder, through the observation of visually impaired and blind people who complete high school. This matter has aroused interest and concern about the strategies to follow to ensure the successful entrance and remaining in the selected advanced education. However, if we don?t know the factors involved in the described fact, it's difficult to design an appropriate intervention strategy. Then, in order to take acknowledge about the specific issues of visually impaired young people who complete high school, we chose a special school for this disability and some students who will join this project

Summary Interim Report on Findings and Interim Themes from Phase 1 of the review of Allied Health Professions (AHP) support for children/young people with a statement of special educational needs (SEN)

Summary Interim Report on Findings and Interim Themes from Phase 1 of the review of Allied Health Professions (AHP) support for children/young people with a statement of special educational needs (SEN)This interim report is outlining the service principles agreed by the Project Board and the themes identified throughout engagement and information gathering.

Special educational needs across two decades: survey evidence from English primary schools

The article considers the perceived prevalence of special educational needs in English primary schools and changes in this prevalence over two decades and relates these to issues in education policy, teacher practice and the concept of special educational needs. The studies considered are two major surveys of schools and teachers, the first conducted in 1981 and the second conducted in the same schools in 1998. Important features of both studies were their scale and the exceptionally high response rates achieved. Two central findings were the perception of teachers that special educational needs were widespread and of an increase in special educational needs over time: perceived levels of special educational needs were one in five children in 1981, which had risen to one in four children in 1998. Learning difficulties were by far the most common aspects of special educational needs but many children had multiple difficulties, and behavioural difficulties were seen by teachers as the main barriers to inclusion. The very high figures for prevalence raise questions about the continued usefulness of the concept of special educational need distinct from broader issues of achievement.

State estimates of disability and utilization of medical services, United States, 1969-71 : derived from the Health Interview Survey.

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Dementia educational needs analysis

A report from the Dementia Elevator project��at Dublin City University��highlights��the gaps that exist in dementia skills and knowledge in Ireland. It considers��models of��best practice in dementia training and education, and hopes to��inform ��the development of appropriately tailored dementia-related training and education programmes in��Ireland.��Read the report here.

A study on the role of the parent in educational decision making from the perspective of parents and teachers

ADeweyan (1916) democratic theoty ofeducation called for the participation ofall citizens in deliberating important educational issues to improve overall student learning. Thus, the move to include parents in educational decision making can be considered to be rooted in democratic principles. To gain greater insight into the issue ofparent involvement in educational decision making, one elementary school was studied and a triangulization method was employed in an attempt to clarify the important issues surrolUlding the move to include parents in the governance ofschools. The three methods to gain information included surveys, interviews, and documentation ofsignificant school events and related work. All ofthe parents and teachers ofthe school were surveyed, 10 parents and 6teachers were interviewed, and related school events were recorded. The survey design was modeled on the Parent Involvement Questionnaire (PIQ) created and reported on by Chavkin and Williams (1987). The results ofthe surveys were used as a guide for the interview questions. An interview outline was developed based on Seidman's (1991) open-ended approach and Patton's (1980) standardized open-ended interview style in which parents and teachers were asked about their experiences and opinions on anmnber ofparent involvement issues. Parents and teachers in this school indicated agreater interest in becoming more aware ofeducational issues such as school budget and school discipline policies. Although the parents indicated agreater interest in school matters and the teachers indicated awillingness to include parents in school matters, both the parents and teachers in this study perceived the role ofthe parent as advisory, not decision making. It was concluded that to ensure ameaningful and functional role for parellts as tlleir p811icipatioll ill educational matters evolves, SCllools must have a clear vision ofthe primary goal ofall schools, namely, to foster and nourish democratic citizens for ademocratic society (Glickman, 1993). Furthennore, intentional practices such as Purkey's (ad) 5-P Relay approach, based on a democratic theory and practice of education, will have to be employed in order to give parents an authentic voice in educational matters and provide an avenue for parents to acquire the necessary skills and lmowledge needed to do so. As schools, school boards, and the Ministry ofEducation implement parent involvement guidelines and policies, developmental needs ofeach school need to be considered to ensure the employment ofdemocratic practices not authoritarian mandates. Parent interest and involvement, at whatever level, should be an important element in the overall move to make schools part ofthe democratic society they were meant to be.

Can Ontario Be the Next Finland? Assessing Whether the Finnish Model Can Meet the Educational Needs of Ontario, Canada

This study examines the adaptability of the Finland model to meet the educational disparities currently observed in the education system in Ontario, Canada. A literature review and a database highlight key characteristics of the Finland model. From this information, Finland and Ontario’s systems are found to be similar in the areas of systemic structure and educational philosophies, and international testing and performance standards. The systems are found to be different in the areas of geography and demographics, social perceptions and attitudes towards education, school system structure, teaching philosophies, teacher education and professional status, and standardized and high-stakes testing. Discussion regarding use of Finnish philosophies to meet Ontario’s needs in the following areas takes place: social perceptions and attitudes towards education, our teaching philosophies, our teacher education and professional status, and our use of high-stakes and standardized testing. Opportunities for future research are also discussed and the major research paper includes a workshop and survey.

Impact of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on Professional Development and Educational Needs of Library Professionals in the Universities of Kerala

The shift from print to digital information has a high impact on all components of the academic library system in India especially the users, services and the staff. Though information is considered as an important resource, the use of ICT tools to collect and disseminate information has been in a slow pace in majority of the University libraries This may be due to various factors like insufficient funds, inadequate staff trained in handling computers and software packages, administrative concerns etc. In Kerala, automation has been initiated in almost all University libraries using library automation software and is under different stages of completion. There are not much studies conducted about the effects of information communication technologies on the professional activities of library professionals in the universities in Kerala. It is important to evaluate whether progress in ICT has had any impact on the library profession in these highest educational institutions. The aim of the study is to assess whether the developments in information communication technologies have any influence on the library professionals’ professional development, and the need for further education and training in the profession and evaluate their skills in handling developments in ICT. The total population of the study is 252 including the permanently employed professional library staff in central libraries and departmental libraries in the main campuses of the universities under study. This is almost a census study of the defined population of users. The questionnaire method was adopted for collection of data for this study, supplemented by interviews of Librarians to gather additional information. Library Professionals have a positive approach towards ICT applications and services in Libraries, but majority do not have the opportunities to develop their skills and competencies in their work environment. To develop competitive personnel in a technologically advanced world, high priority must be given to develop competence in ICT applications, library management and soft skills in library professionals, by the University administrators and Library associations. Library science schools and teaching departments across the country have to take significant steps to revise library science curriculum, and incorporate significant changes to achieve the demands and challenges of library science profession.

Matrix-vector multiplication and triangular linear solver using GPGPU for symmetric positive definite matrices derived from elliptic equations

The modern GPUs are well suited for intensive computational tasks and massive parallel computation. Sparse matrix multiplication and linear triangular solver are the most important and heavily used kernels in scientific computation, and several challenges in developing a high performance kernel with the two modules is investigated. The main interest it to solve linear systems derived from the elliptic equations with triangular elements. The resulting linear system has a symmetric positive definite matrix. The sparse matrix is stored in the compressed sparse row (CSR) format. It is proposed a CUDA algorithm to execute the matrix vector multiplication using directly the CSR format. A dependence tree algorithm is used to determine which variables the linear triangular solver can determine in parallel. To increase the number of the parallel threads, a coloring graph algorithm is implemented to reorder the mesh numbering in a pre-processing phase. The proposed method is compared with parallel and serial available libraries. The results show that the proposed method improves the computation cost of the matrix vector multiplication. The pre-processing associated with the triangular solver needs to be executed just once in the proposed method. The conjugate gradient method was implemented and showed similar convergence rate for all the compared methods. The proposed method showed significant smaller execution time.