Enseñar en la Universidad de Leuven: un caso de formación docente en Educación Superior en Flandes, Bélgica

[EN] The University of Leuven has a long tradition of organizing professional development activities for novice faculty and celebrates in 2013 the 25th anniversary of the training ‘Teaching at the University of Leuven’. Throughout the years this training has had several formats, designs and names. In 2010 a new modular format of ‘Teaching at the University of Leuven’ was launched and it replaced a classic one-year program. Some key elements of this new training format are ‘flexibility’ (participants create their own training program) and the focus on ‘learning in the workplace’ (participants transfer and implement what has been learned to their own workplace and curriculum). In the spring of 2012, two years after the implementation, the training was evaluated. This self-evaluation evoked several critical reflections and challenges to continue the ongoing process of optimization. Expanding and diversifying the program is high on the priority list.Creten, S.; Huyghe, S. (2013). Teaching at the University of Leuven: a case of Teacher Training in Higher Education in Flanders, Belgium. REDU. Revista de Docencia Universitaria. 11(3):73-90. https://doi.org/10.4995/redu.2013.5521OJS7390113Biggs, J. (1999). Teaching for quality learning at university. Buckingham: Society for Research in Higher Education, Open University Press.Elen, J. (2002). Reality of excellence in higher education: The case of guided independent learning at the K.U.Leuven. In E. Decorte (ed.). Excellence in Higher Education. London: Portland Press, 109-126.Fink, D.L. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Huyghe, S., Totté, N. and Verhagen, A. (2013, June). Building the curriculum in Higher Education: a conceptual framework. Paper presented at the International Enhancement Themes Conference, Glasgow, 11-13 June 2013 Conference proceedings: Tuesday 11 June Parallel Session 1 p. 155-165 Available at: http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/docs/conference-files/parallel-session- 1.pdf?sfvrsn=8 (accessed 25 June 2013).Verburgh, A., Schouteden, W., Elen, J. (2012). Patterns in the prevalence of researchrelated goals in Higher Education Programmes. Teaching in Higher Education, art.nr. 10.1080/13562517.2012.719153, 1-13.Wiggins, G. and McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

De transitie van het initieel beroepsonderwijs naar de arbeidsmarkt met speciale aandacht voor de ongekwalificeerde onderwijsverlaters

Hoger instituut voor de Arbeid (HIVA) Afdeling Didactiek. Centrum voor Onderwijseffectiviteit en -evaluatie. Leuvens Instituut voor onderwijsonderzoek (LIVO)status: publishe

Client-oriented evaluation of ‘creative destruction’ in policy mixes: Finnish policies on building energy efficiency transition

This article connects the literatures of policy evaluation, policy mixes and sustainability transition. It utilises client-oriented evaluation to examine national policies in Finland from the perspective of low-carbon buildings transition. In Finland, energy efficiency has traditionally received less focus in energy and climate policy strategies compared to renewable energy. Since 2007, energy efficiency policies addressing buildings gained force. Sixteen new policy instruments were implemented during 2007–2014 and several revisions were made to the building code energy efficiency requirements. To what extent these changes contribute to ‘creative destruction’ in the policy domain is uncertain. Therefore, we conduct a client-oriented evaluation of the policy mix from the perspective of a boundary actor—integrated energy service companies—to analyse its potential for facilitating zero-carbon transition. The findings show a divergence of opinions regarding the policy mix’s disruptive influence. Where potentially disruptive policy instruments can be found, their impact is reduced due to incoherence in policy implementation processes. The usability of client-oriented evaluation for policy mix analysis is found limited on its own but useful in complementing top-down policy evaluations. We also propose an additional function to the creative destruction policy mix: ‘changes in organisational and institutional practices’, linking to the coherence of policy mixes

The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) on the Herschel Space Observatory

The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) is one of the three science instruments on ESA's far infrared and submillimetre observatory. It employs two Ge:Ga photoconductor arrays (stressed and unstressed) with 16x25 pixels, each, and two filled silicon bolometer arrays with 16x32 and 32x64 pixels, respectively, to perform integral-field spectroscopy and imaging photometry in the 60-210\mu\ m wavelength regime. In photometry mode, it simultaneously images two bands, 60-85\mu\ m or 85-125\mu\m and 125-210\mu\ m, over a field of view of ~1.75'x3.5', with close to Nyquist beam sampling in each band. In spectroscopy mode, it images a field of 47"x47", resolved into 5x5 pixels, with an instantaneous spectral coverage of ~1500km/s and a spectral resolution of ~175km/s. We summarise the design of the instrument, describe observing modes, calibration, and data analysis methods, and present our current assessment of the in-orbit performance of the instrument based on the Performance Verification tests. PACS is fully operational, and the achieved performance is close to or better than the pre-launch predictions

Towards a Metropolitan City Centre for Brussels

Between 2015 and 2020, the city centre of Brussels witnessed the creation of its first major pedestrian zone, one of the largest urban projects in recent decades. Has the Brussels city centre finally done away with the car hegemony? Can the city centre be extended to become the centre of the Brussels metropolis where everyone can find his or her own place? This book presents scientific background to the issue and brings together in words and images the research carried out over the past four years by the Brussels Centre Observatory

Case report: an unexpected link between partial deletion of the SHANK3 gene and Heller’s dementia infantilis, a rare subtype of autism spectrum disorder

International audienceAbstractBackgroundDeletions and mutations involving the SHANK3 gene lead to a nonspecific clinical presentation with moderate to profound intellectual disability, severely delayed or absent speech, and autism spectrum disorders (ASD).Better knowledge of the clinical spectrum of SHANK3 haploinsufficiency is useful to facilitate clinical care monitoring and to guide molecular diagnosis, essential for genetic counselling.Case presentationHere, we report a detailed clinical description of a 10-year-old girl carrying a pathogenic interstitial 22q13.3 deletion encompassing only the first 17 exons of SHANK3.The clinical features displayed by the girl strongly suggested the diagnosis of dementia infantilis, described by Heller in 1908, also known as childhood disintegrative disorder.ConclusionOur present case confirms several observations according to which regression may be part of the clinical phenotype of SHANK3 haploinsufficiency. Therefore, we think it is crucial to look for mutations in the gene SHANK3 in patients diagnosed for childhood disintegrative disorder or any developmental disorder with a regressive pattern involving social and communicative skills as well as cognitive and instinctual functions, with onset around 3 years

Séverine Lathuillière, Gilles Caron. Le Conflit intérieur

Ce court documentaire (à peine une quarantaine de minutes) présente la carrière du photojournaliste Gilles Caron, cofondateur de l’agence Gamma, sous différents angles. Il en fait ressortir les tensions, en explore les facettes, permet de réfléchir à sa trajectoire remarquable, mais également à celle du photojournalisme en général. Ainsi, on commence par découvrir l’expérience personnelle qu’a Caron de la guerre d’Algérie ; épreuve qui a fait naître en lui un besoin de témoigner de l’horreur ..