Deaf students in Higher Education. New cognitive, communicative and linguistic scenarios

La participación de los sordos en la Educación Superior es todavía un hecho reciente y desde el punto de vista cuantitativo tal vez los datos no resulten tan llamativos. Sin embargo, a la luz de la aplicación del enfoque de la inclusión educativa, que se ha convertido en una línea de acción de alcance general para toda la educación, incluida la de nivel superior, resulta imprescindible el estudio y la reflexión en torno a los nuevos escenarios que el acceso y la permanencia de los sordos generan en las aulas universitarias.The participation of the deaf in Higher Education is still a recent fact and from a quantitative point of view the data may not be so striking. However, in the light of the application of the approach of educational inclusion, which has become a line of action of general scope for all education, including higher education, it is essential to study and reflect on the new scenarios that the access and the permanence of the deaf generate in the university classrooms

Pillars of education for the 21st century and educational inclusion: shared interrelations and horizons

Los cuatros pilares de la educación para el siglo XXI reflejados en el informe a la UNESCO de la Comisión Internacional sobre la Educación presidida por Jacques Delors, constituyen el fundamento de la educación a lo largo de la vida que, entre otros criterios, ha de regirse por el principio de la inclusión educativa. En ese sentido, en el artículo que se presenta se analizan los referidos pilares y las potencialidades de la inclusión educativa para contribuir a su materialización en los estudiantes de la Educación Superior.The four pillars of education for the twenty-first century reflected in the report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education chaired by Jacques Delors, are the basis of lifelong education that, among other criteria, must be followed by the principle of educational inclusion. In this sense, in the article that is presented, the aforementioned pillars and the potentialities of educational inclusion are analyzed to contribute to their materialization in students of Higher Education

The impact of mind on nature. Lessons learned from the ecology-aesthetics interplay

The effects of nature on people's mind have been an active research theme for decades. However, the impact of people's mind on landscape ecological health has received less attention. How and why perception, meanings and mental constructs determine the way nature is valued and consequently managed? How this interplay should be? These are in some cases more relevant questions than knowing what particular landscapes are preferred (Carlson 1993). This was the underlying inquiry in the focus group experience held in a natural protected area in La Rioja (Spain). Participants were asked to locate in a map areas representing low/high quality in terms of ecology and aesthetics. Some relevant conclusions for landscape management were derived from the analysis of participant's discourse in terms of ecological aesthetical appreciation and their consideration about how human takes place in nature

Ecology and esthetics, esthetic ecology and the ecological esthetic in the landscape:Contributions to the apparent tonguetwister

The interface between ecology and esthetics does not only exist but is often vaster than thought at first sight. The implications of one for the other are diverse and often subtle, but both dimensions share a link that is as elusive as it is significant because of its influence on human behavior and on the landscape itself. Therefore, it is increasingly viewed as one of the aspects in the complex human–nature reality that should receive serious consideration to better manage the landscape. However, this relationship can be approached in different ways, and each of these perspectives will shape certain outcomes and different ways of intervening in the landscape. This article presents a generic framework of the models of analysis and intervention in the landscape from the point of view of how they address the ecological and esthetic component, with the aim of defining the limits in which each one moves, the differentiating nuances, and the repercussions they can have on the landscape. Likewise, the strategy that would best incorporate a more effective and meaningful relationship between ecology and esthetics in landscape planning is suggested

Interdisciplinariedad, aproximación conceptual y algunas implicaciones para la educación inclusiva

En el artículo se parte del acercamiento a la comprensión de la relación entre las disciplinas y el desarrollo del enfoque interdisciplinario como perspectiva pedagógica, didáctica y metodológica con capacidad para atender la imperiosa necesidad de encontrar respuestas articuladas y de mayor alcance e integralidad a la creciente complejidad del conocimiento y a los desafíos actuales que la humanidad enfrenta, entre los cuales resaltan los referidos a la educación inclusiva. A la luz de lo antes señalado, se reflexiona acerca de los principales sustentos de la comprensión de la interdisciplinariedad y sus implicaciones para la educación inclusiva, en cuyo contexto el enfoque interdisciplinario se ha de convertir en un insoslayable principio teórico-metodológico para el diseño y la aplicación de estrategias dirigidas al logro de sus altos propósitos

Gestión Sostenible del Turismo en un Entorno Internacional de Aprendizaje

This case study describes how EU funding through Erasmus Intensive Programs can be used to develop internationally orientated programs for Tourism Management students. The mobility afforded to staff and students through the EU grant allowed us to provide students with a vocational challenge in a sustainable manner within the setting of an authentic overseas tourist destination. The program has proven to be a valued bridge between class room theory and real world practice. From the institutional point of view, this project has helped the three involved universities to improve their level of internationalization and the degree of employability of their students.Este trabajo describe cómo la financiación comunitaria a través de programas intensivos Erasmus puede utilizarse para desarrollar programas de orientación internacional a los estudiantes en gestión del turismo. El programa subvencionado por la UE facilita la movilidad del profesorado y los estudiantes a un destino turístico, permitiendo a estos últimos enfrentarse a un verdadero reto profesional. El programa ha demostrado ser un puente valioso entre los conocimientos teóricos adquiridos en el aula y la práctica del mundo real. Desde el punto de vista institucional, este proyecto ha ayudado a las tres universidades implicadas a mejorar su nivel de internacionalización y el nivel de empleabilidad de sus estudiantes

Patterns of Spatial Variation of Assemblages Associated with Intertidal Rocky Shores: A Global Perspective

Assemblages associated with intertidal rocky shores were examined for large scale distribution patterns with specific emphasis on identifying latitudinal trends of species richness and taxonomic distinctiveness. Seventy-two sites distributed around the globe were evaluated following the standardized sampling protocol of the Census of Marine Life NaGISA project (www.nagisa.coml.org). There were no clear patterns of standardized estimators of species richness along latitudinal gradients or among Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs); however, a strong latitudinal gradient in taxonomic composition (i.e., proportion of different taxonomic groups in a given sample) was observed. Environmental variables related to natural influences were strongly related to the distribution patterns of the assemblages on the LME scale, particularly photoperiod, sea surface temperature (SST) and rainfall. In contrast, no environmental variables directly associated with human influences (with the exception of the inorganic pollution index) were related to assemblage patterns among LMEs. Correlations of the natural assemblages with either latitudinal gradients or environmental variables were equally strong suggesting that neither neutral models nor models based solely on environmental variables sufficiently explain spatial variation of these assemblages at a global scale. Despite the data shortcomings in this study (e.g., unbalanced sample distribution), we show the importance of generating biological global databases for the use in large-scale diversity comparisons of rocky intertidal assemblages to stimulate continued sampling and analyses

Differential cross section measurements for the production of a W boson in association with jets in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV

Measurements are reported of differential cross sections for the production of a W boson, which decays into a muon and a neutrino, in association with jets, as a function of several variables, including the transverse momenta (pT) and pseudorapidities of the four leading jets, the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta (HT), and the difference in azimuthal angle between the directions of each jet and the muon. The data sample of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV was collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb[superscript −1]. The measured cross sections are compared to predictions from Monte Carlo generators, MadGraph + pythia and sherpa, and to next-to-leading-order calculations from BlackHat + sherpa. The differential cross sections are found to be in agreement with the predictions, apart from the pT distributions of the leading jets at high pT values, the distributions of the HT at high-HT and low jet multiplicity, and the distribution of the difference in azimuthal angle between the leading jet and the muon at low values.United States. Dept. of EnergyNational Science Foundation (U.S.)Alfred P. Sloan Foundatio

Penilaian Kinerja Keuangan Koperasi di Kabupaten Pelalawan

This paper describe development and financial performance of cooperative in District Pelalawan among 2007 - 2008. Studies on primary and secondary cooperative in 12 sub-districts. Method in this stady use performance measuring of productivity, efficiency, growth, liquidity, and solvability of cooperative. Productivity of cooperative in Pelalawan was highly but efficiency still low. Profit and income were highly, even liquidity of cooperative very high, and solvability was good