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Teacher communicator style
1992
This paper reviews empirical research on teacher communicator style. The purposes are to present, describe, analyze, and contrast major foci of inquiries and address issues treated as unproblematic thus far. The literature on style is discussed from theoretical, methodological, and cultural perspectives.
Exploring the Affordances of SimReal for Learning Mathematics in Teacher Education: A Socio-Cultural Perspective
2020
SimReal is an innovative technology that emerged the last few years in mathematics education. It provides new potentialities for mathematical learning by means of dynamic and interactive visualizations of mathematical concepts. This paper uses SimReal in the context of teacher education to explore the affordances and constraints of the tool for the learning of mathematics. It presents a framework that combines Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory, the role of mediation, and the notion of affordance at a technological, pedagogical, and socio-cultural level. The aim of the article is to explore the extent to which SimReal as a mediating artifact affords students’ mathematical learning in teacher …
Una prospettiva storica e pedagogica sulle Lingue dei Segni: riflessioni psicolinguistiche
2021
Da oltre 50 anni, da quando W. Stokoe negli anni '60 individuò in USA i parametri di articolazione delle lingue dei Segni (cfr. Stokoe, 1981), si assiste ad un sempre maggiore interesse nei confronti delle lingue visivo-gestuali delle comunità di sordi, grazie anche agli sviluppi nel campo della psicolinguistica, delle neuroscienze, e delle nuove tecnologie che consentono indagini sul linguaggio e sul funzionamento cerebrale impensabili sino a qualche tempo fa. Può forse sorprendere che, in una prospettiva storica, all'interno del dibattito linguistico-filosofico si può riscontrare un analogo interesse per i sordi e le loro forme di comunicazione soltanto nella seconda metà del sec. XVIII e…
Crónica de la jurisprudencia del Comité Europeo de Derechos Sociales - 2020
2021
La presente crónica aborda un año crucial (2020) en el que la actividad del Comité Europeo de Derechos Sociales se ha enfrentado a la grave crisis provocada por la pandemia de la Covid-19. En este sentido, la jurisprudencia del Comité sobre el sistema de informes se ha centrado en un grupo temático particularmente afectado por dicha crisis (¿Empleo, formación e igualdad de oportunidades¿). Por otro lado, la jurisprudencia del Comité sobre el procedimiento de reclamaciones colectivas se ha visto especialmente reforzada, con ocasión de la resolución de quince importantes reclamaciones, por los nuevos perfiles en materia de lucha contra la brecha salarial de género y la representación de las m…
Physical methods to promote drug delivery on mucosal tissues of the oral cavity.
2013
Introduction: The successful of drug delivery through the mucosal tissue of the oral cavity represents a current challenge as well as a great future perspective. The need for more rapid onset of action and improved absorption of medications has resulted in great development of drug delivery technologies that use physical methods to overcome the barrier properties of oral mucosae. Areas covered: This review discusses the various physical techniques which have been, and are being, explored to sustain drug delivery in the oral cavity. In particular, supersaturation, eutectic formation, iontophoresis, electroporation, sonophoresis, laser radiation, photomechanical waves, and needleless injectio…
Social work online: a recognition of experiences and practices in Italy
2018
‘The Internet is the fabric or our lives’ [Castells, M. (2001). The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1] – but which are the weaves that nowadays connect Italian social workers into such a fabric? Herein we aim at answering this question through a survey of on-line resources, nodes and practices of e-Social Work in Italy. We shall be discussing ICT impact on the Italian context, and the utilization of ICT by Italian social workers, in order to build up the internal and external factors that determine the current utilization levels of these emerging tools within the professional community. A review of the major on-line so…
Integrating sustainability into the multi-criteria assessment of urban dietary patterns
2020
AbstractThis study develops a decision-making procedure to help policymakers compare alternative patterns for sustainable diets by reaching a compromise among three criteria: socio-economic perspective, health and environment (including carbon and water footprints). An Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was performed in several stages. First, a total of 25 stakeholders (members of organizations on the Valencia Food Policy Council) evaluated criteria that are relevant to the sustainability of diets. Secondly, a workshop with 14 experts from different backgrounds evaluated by consensus four dietary alternatives: Mediterranean, flexitarian, pescatarian and vegan. In terms of environment, exper…
Situating transnational activities: Peruvian migrants’ family visits in a comparative perspective
2017
Migrants’ transnational activities have become a core matter in migration and transnational family care research. Among these, migrants’ visits in the country of origin are of particular interest d...
Lo que PISA nos mostró: claroscuros de la participación de Uruguay a lo largo de una década.
2016
El objetivo de este trabajo es compartir algunas reflexiones sobre lo que PISA ha permitido conocer y comprender del funcionamiento del sistema educativo nacional. Para ello se propone poner a la luz algunos de los resultados que emergen de la participación de Uruguay en PISA a lo largo de una década y resaltar algunas características del sistema educativo uruguayo en perspectiva comparada con otros países de la región. Por otro lado, se comparten algunas reflexiones locales sobre los aportes de una evaluación internacional como PISA, su enfoque y su rol en el marco de un sistema de información y de evaluaciones de aprendizajes nacional, y también, sobre cómo debieran analizarse, leerse y u…
Reconsidering off-task: a comparative study of PDA-mediated activities in four classrooms
2010
Mobile technology is ubiquitous and diverse and permeates many aspects of daily life at home, during leisure activities, and in public spaces. The study presented here is of two sixth grade classes in Michigan, USA and two seventh grade classes in Norway. The students and the teachers in these four classrooms were equipped with mobile technologies (PDAs). We found that the students’ PDA-mediated actions in the classroom were not exclusively used for the tasks and activities set by the teacher, but that the students also used the PDAs on their own initiative – so-called ‘off-task’ activities. We analyze the findings by reconsidering off-task activities from a sociocultural perspective.