La adquisición de competencias en la materia de atletismo a través de metodologías activas: el aprendizaje por protectos

El presente proyecto constituye una estrategia de enseñanza que pretende elaborar un modelo de instrucción auténtico en el que los estudiantes planean, implementan y evalúan proyectos que tienen aplicación en el mundo real deportivo, del atletismo, más allá del aula de clase (Blank, 1997; Dickinson, et al, 1998; Harwell, 1997). Para ello, se recomiendan actividades de enseñanza interdisciplinarias, de largo plazo y centradas en el estudiante, en lugar de lecciones cortas y aisladas, tales como estudios de diferentes disciplinas y niveles de entrenamiento deportivo del mundo del atletismo, pero, siempre sobre el terreno, desarrollando proyectos con atletas de diferentes categorías, y donde los alumnos y alumnas han encontrado su referente de estudio y su centro de interés.This project is a teaching strategy that aims to develop an authentic instructional model in which students plan, implement and evaluate projects that have application in the real world sports, athletics, beyond the classroom (Blank, 1997; Dickinson, et al, 1998; Harwell, 1997). To this end, we recommend interdisciplinary teaching activities, long-term and student-centered, rather than short, isolated lessons, such as studies of various disciplines and levels of athletic training from the world of athletics, but always on the ground, developing projects with athletes from different categories, and where the students have found their benchmark study and its focus

Frances Burney and Sarah Harriet Burney: a Comparison between "The Wanderer" (1814) and "The Renunciation" (1839)

The British novelist Sarah Harriet Burney. (1772-1844) achieved great popularity at the beginning of the nineteenth century, although she was always overshadowed by her half-sister, the celebrated Frances Burney (1752-1840). This paper aims to throw some new light on both novelists and revises how each Burney sister dealt with three key issues in Bumey Studies (female identity, the young artist's position in society and cultural alterity or "Otherness") in their works The Wanderer (1814) and The Renunciation (1839). It will also provide the opportunity to introduce to current readers an outstanding novelist who has much in common with later British women writers, such as George Eliot. Thanks to her experiences and her narrative craft, Sarah Harriet incorporated new elements to the domestic novel or the novel of education, and she registered the important changes affecting early Victorian society.La novelista británica Sarah Harriet Burney (1772-1844) alcanzó una gran popularidad a principios del siglo diecinueve, aunque siempre estuvo a la sombra de su hermana, la aclamada Frances Burney (1752-1840). Este trabajo intenta arrojar nueva luz sobre ambas novelistas y reexamina el tratamiento de tres temas clave en los llamados Burney Studies (la identidad femenina, la posición social de la joven artista y la alteridad cultural) en sus novelas The Wanderer (1814) y The Renunciation (1839). También ofrece la oportunidad de presentar a los lectores actuales a una novelista destacada que tiene mucho en común con escritoras británicas posteriores como George Eliot. Gracias a sus experiencias y genio narrativo, la hermana menor incorporó nuevos elementos a la novela doméstica o novela de educación y plasmó los importantes cambios sociales de principios de la época victoriana

Maria Edgeworth and children's literature: the translation of "The parent's assistant" (1796) into Spanish

Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) became one of the most popular and prolific women writers in nineteenth-century Great Britain. After the publication of her ground-breaking Castle Rackrent (1800), Edgeworth’s oeuvre was soon admired and translated all around Europe. Nevertheless, many aspects of her works remain unexplored, and within the field of the so-called Edgeworth Studies, the continental reception of the Anglo-Irish authoress is not a favourite topic. Similarly, Edgeworth’s productions for children have been also been traditionally neglected. This article is part of a larger project and analyzes the nineteenth-century versions into Spanish of three stories from the collection The Parent’s Assistant or Stories for Children (1796): “Lazy Lawrence”, “The False Key” and “Forgive and Forget”. We will focus on the most remarkable features of the translations taking into account the source text and adopting translemic studies and Itamar Even-Zohar’s theory of literary polysystems as the theoretical framework for our analysis. The contributions of other scholars will be taken into account as well.Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) se convirtió en una de las escritoras más populares y prolíficas en Gran Bretaña durante el siglo diecinueve. Iras la publicación del innovador relato Castle Rackrent (1800), la obra de Edgeworth fue pronto admirada y traducida por toda Europa. Sin embargo, muchos aspectos de su obra permanecen sin explorar y dentro de los llamados Edgeworth Studies, la recepción continental de la autora angloirlandesa no es uno de los temas más tratados. Igualmente, la obra infantil de Edgeworth se ha desatendido. Este artículo forma parte de un proyecto más amplio y analiza las versiones decimonónicas de tres historias de la colección The Parent’s Assistant or Stories for Children (1796): “Lazy Lawrence”, “The False Key” y “Forgive and Forget”. Nos centraremos en los rasgos más importantes de las traducciones teniendo en cuenta el texto original. Se adoptarán los estudios translémicos y la teoría de los polisistemas literarios de Itamar Even-Zohar como marco para nuestro análisis, así como las contribuciones de otros estudiosos de la traducción

Energy efficiency and integration of urban electrical transport systems: EVS and metro-trains of two real European lines

Transport is a main source of pollutants in cities, where air quality is a major concern. New transport technologies, such as electric vehicles, and public transport modalities, such as urban railways, have arisen as solutions to this important problem. One of the main difficulties for the adoption of electric vehicles by consumers is the scarcity of a suitable charging infrastructure. The use of the railway power supplies to charge electric vehicle batteries could facilitate the deployment of charging infrastructure in cities. It would reduce the cost because of the use of an existing installation. Furthermore, electric vehicles can use braking energy from trains that was previously wasted in rheostats. This paper presents the results of a collaboration between research teams from University of Rome Sapienza and Comillas Pontifical University. In this work, two real European cases are studied: an Italian metro line and a Spanish metro line. The energy performance of these metro lines and their capacity to charge electric vehicles have been studied by means of detailed simulation tools. Their results have shown that the use of regenerated energy is 98% for short interval of trains in both cases. However, the use of regenerated energy decreases as the train intervals grow. In a daily operation, an important amount of regenerated energy is wasted in the Italian and Spanish case. Using this energy, a significant number of electric vehicles could be charged every day

Maria Edgeworth for Italian Readers: An Analysis of Bianca Milesi’s Benedetto (1839)

Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) was one of the most prominent British writers at the turn of the nineteenth century. In addition to pedagogical essays and feminocentric fiction, this Anglo-Irish authoress produced some tales for children which were quickly translated into a number of European languages. This paper is part of a larger project which considers the reception of Edgeworth’s oeuvre on the Continent, and analyzes the Italian version of one of her last fictions for children, Frank (1822). Bianca Milesi’s rendering of the text into Italian will be studied within the framework of translemic studies. For this purpose, we will contextualize Edgeworth’s educational work and make reference to the impact of Milesi’s books in literary magazines and her relationship with Edgeworth. Though the readers of the source and target texts remain the same, Benedetto is conditioned by Milesi’s personality and historical circumstances. As a result, there is a balance between fidelity to Edgeworth’s Frank regarding the main plot and characterization, and the will to adapt the story to a new context through a number of suppressions which affect the macro and microstructure of the text. There are also some additions, these intended to bring Frank closer to young Italian readers. This article suggests that, rather than a translation, the changes in the target text point to an adaptation of Edgeworth’s narrative

'To be chosen, not offered': an introduction to Sarah Harriet Burney's "Traits of Nature" (1812)

Este trabajo analiza la dimensión social de la novela familiar Traits of Nature (1812), escrita por Sarah Harriet Burney (1775-1844), hermanastra de la famosa Frances Burney y que también escribió Clarentine (1796), Geraldine Fauconberg (1808), Tales of Fancy (1816) y The Romance of Private Life (1839). Con este propósito, contextualizaremos brevemente esta obra y seguiremos el enfoque de los estudios de género y Burney Studies. Se trata de explorar cómo se articulan las relaciones familiares y el efecto del violento ostracismo social en la heroína. A través de repeticiones y paralelismos, la novela retrata abusos patriarcales que tienen como respuesta la violencia y rebelión. En Traits of Nature, Sarah Harriet no solo reivindica su condición femenina, sino que también ofrece una visión desalentadora de las relaciones sociales, lo que debe tenerse en cuenta en los estudios dedicados a la familia Burney (Burney Studies) y la distingue de otras escritoras del período.This paper analyzes the social dimension of the family novel Traits of Nature (1812), which was written by the half-sister of the celebrated authoress Frances Burney, Sarah Harriet Burney (1775-1844), who also produced Clarentine (1796), Geraldine Fauconberg (1808), Tales of Fancy (1816) and The Romance of Private Life (1839). For this purpose, we will briefly contextualize this work and follow the approach of gender studies and the Burney Studies. The aim here is to explore how family relationships are articulated and the effect of violent and social ostracism on the heroine. Through a number of repetitions and parallelisms, the novel depicts patriarchal abuses, which is responded with violence and rebellion. In Traits of Nature, Sarah Harriet does not only vindicate her female condition, but also offers a grim vision of social relationships, which must be taken into account in the Burney Studies and singles her out from other women writers of the period