Estudio de las necesidades de formación del profesorado experimentado de IFE en la universidad española

This paper presents findings from a study exploring the teacher education needs of experienced english for specific purposes (esp) instructors. It discusses data from interviews with 19 experienced in-service teachers of esp in two spanish universities. The interviews aimed to develop an understanding of the teachers’ views of esp teaching, the kinds of knowledge and skills they required and the forms of support that could be of benefit to them. Results suggested that the teachers perceived needs in five areas: course development, knowledge of the target discipline, knowledge of language use in the target discipline, peer collaboration, and professional development opportunities. It is hoped that findings from the present study are illuminating for the esp teaching profession and drawn on in future teacher development initiatives in the local context.en este trabajo se investigan las necesidades del profesorado de Inglés para Fines específicos (IFe) en el caso concreto de profesores experimentados. se presentan y estudian los hallazgos obtenidos a partir de las entrevistas realizadas a 19 profesores experimentados de IFe y actualmente en activo en dos universidades españolas. Las entrevistas tenían por objeto comprender la visión que tienen estos profesores sobre la enseñanza de IFe, ahondar en los conocimientos y las destrezas que asumen como necesarios en su quehacer docente, así como identificar el tipo de apoyo que podría resultarles beneficioso en el ejercicio de su profesión. Los resultados indican que los profesores experimentados de IFe perciben la existencia de necesidades en cinco ámbitos concretos: desarrollo curricular, conocimiento de la disciplina meta, conocimiento del lenguaje especializado propio de la disciplina meta, colaboración entre iguales y oportunidades para el desarrollo profesional. es de esperar que la metodología seguida y los resultados obtenidos en este estudio sirvan de guía para el ejercicio de la profesión docente en el área y para el desarrollo de iniciativas de formación del profesorado a nivel loca

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Quantifying the impacts of regulatory delay on housing affordability and quality in Austin, Texas

textRegulatory delay during site plan review of multifamily projects in Austin has three primary impacts: 1) it generates unexpected development costs which increases housing prices over-time; 2) it stifles innovation and decreases quality of development; and 3) it promotes exurban growth. These impacts reduce affordability and quality of life for all Austinites and thwart the goals of the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan. As regulatory delays have increased remarkably since 2009, strong rent growth has compensated for this growing uncertainty throughout the Austin market. If regulatory delays are eliminated and developers receive approvals for multifamily projects within the 120 day mandate instead of the 223 day average, renters could see relief of 4-5% on their rent, or an average of $60 per month or$720 annually in Central Austin. Interviews with 14 Austin-area residential developers confirm these delays, costs, and impacts on their projects. On average it takes 3.5 additional months to receive site plan approvals in Austin in addition to the code mandated four month cycle. Austin's peer cities fare differently. The average delay in Denver, Colorado is three weeks, and is just several days in Raleigh, North Carolina. Whereas land use regulations theoretically generate positive externalities, delays in administering those regulations generate no benefits to the community. During this unforeseen 3.5 months, developers accrue unexpected costs such as legal fees, and developer overhead which includes the opportunity costs of not pursuing other deals. Construction costs increase during delays, and developers must continue to pay for land options and carry costs. In the short-term, developers pay for these unexpected costs out-of-pocket, and by reducing construction costs, which can result in lower quality materials or amenities. Unexpected costs roll into the project's overall budget, resulting in more expensive development projects. More expensive projects require higher rents in order to maintain the development team's expected yield on cost. Further, interviews with urban designers and civil engineers reveal that regulatory delay stifles private sector innovation in the built environment. Developer interviews and case studies suggest that regulatory delay promotes exurban growth instead of urban infill in the Austin metropolitan area.Community and Regional Plannin

Labor Conditions in the Nicaraguan Sugar Industry

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Humboldt penguins outmanoeuvring El Niño

We satellite-tracked five Humboldt penguins during the strong 1997/98 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) from their breeding island Pan de Azúcar (26 degrees 09'S, 70 degrees 40'W) in Northern Chile and related their activities at sea to satellite-derived information on sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA), wind direction and speed, chlorophyll a concentrations and statistical data on fishery landings. We found that Humboldt penguins migrated by up to 895 km as marine productivity decreased. The total daily dive duration was highly correlated with SSTA, ranging from 3.1 to 12.5 h when the water was at its warmest (+4 degrees C). Birds travelled between 2 and 116 km every day, travelling further when SSTA was highest. Diving depths (maximum 54 m), however, were not increased with respect to previous years. Two penguins migrated south and, independently of each other, located an area of high chlorophyll a concentration 150 km off the coast. Humboldt penguins seem to use day length, temperature gradients, wind direction and olfaction to adapt to changing environmental conditions and to find suitable feeding grounds. This makes Humboldt penguins biological in situ detectors of highly productive marine areas, with a potential use in the verification of trends detected by remote sensors on board satellites

Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? Sequences and Genealogies in between Architecture and Design for a Global History

Some among the early “classics” of history of project, such as Giedion or Pevsner, united architecture and design leaning towards anonymity and industrialism and eliminating the division between the two disci- plines. They were related with an ideological notion of style: the “Modern”. Afterwards other approaches suggested another use of sequences of objects in a larger continuum instead of the use of “style” notion (Kubler, Bloch and Foucault). Joining these different points of start together with the latest contribution (Margolin, 2015) the paper aims to explore the possibilities given by compiling timelines and sequences that mix different approaches in a larg- er vision of the project disciplines to obtain the web for a global history implementable and queryable at different levels and using a broader range of design studies. The goal is trying to outline and schematically show a continuous conversation throughout time and space, maintaining the specificities of historical research and an inclusive and broader sight on the flow of time. To instruct a reflection on this opportunity the paper will wonder on the possibilities to organize se- quences on specific or general topics using tools as the managing of data flows and their representations

La acedia como causa de la caída del nous en Orígenes y Evagrio Póntico

Henri Crouzel, en su ya clásico libro sobre Orígenes, menciona al pasar, cuando trata acerca de la caída de las almas, que el motivo podría deberse, según el Alejandrino, a la acedia entendida como disgusto por la contemplación (Origène, [P. Lethielleux, Paris, 1985], 273). Es esta la conclusión a la que se arriba luego de la lectura del pormenorizado análisis de Marguerite Harl acerca de la expresión κόρον λαβεῖν en el De principiis, F. L. Cross (ed.), Studia Patrística VIII, Texte und Untersuchungen 93 [Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1966] 373-405). La propuesta de este trabajo es revalidar algunas de las observaciones de Harl en el trabajo mencionado y confrontarlas con la obra de Evagrio Póntico quien, en Kephalaia gnostica, replica lo afirmado por Orígenes. Pero, en este caso su afirmación adquiere una nueva dimensión debido a la profunda y completa teorización que posee Evagrio sobre la acedia.Henri Crouzel, in his classical book on Origen, says that the fall of souls was caused by acedia as displease for the contemplation (Origène, [P. Lethielleux, Paris, 1985], 273). Marguerite Harl analyses deeply the expression κόρον λαβεῖν in the De principiis, in F. L. Cross (ed.), Studia Patristica VIII, Texte und Untersuchungen 93 [Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1966] 373-405). This paper aims to ratify some of the Harl’s assertions and compare them with Evagrius Ponticus’ works who, in Kephalaia gnostica, repeats Origen’s assertion. The deep and complete Evagrius’ theorization on the sloth adds interesting nuances to the discussion.Fil: Peretó Rivas, Rubén Angel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Mendoza; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Filosofia y Letras; Argentin