Kulturundervisning i et transnationalt perspektiv

I min ph.d.-afhandling ‘Interkulturel dannelse i fremmedsprog’ (Gregersen 2007) beskæftiger jeg mig med den kulturelle dimension af franskundervisningen i folke- skolen, især for at undersøge fagets omgang med ‘det nationale’ og dets læringssyn. Jeg bygger dels på transnational kulturteori, dvs. teori om, hvordan normer og vær- dier spreder sig på tværs af nationer i kraft af de globale medier, verdensmarkedet, international migration og turisme m.m. (Risager 2003, Hannerz 1992), dels på konstruktivistisk læringsteori, dvs. teori om, hvordan man kan forstå læring som noget den lærende selv bygger op eller konstruerer (Qvortrup 2004, Qvortrup & Qvortrup 2006). (...

A robust linkage map of the porcine autosomes based on gene-associated SNPs

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genetic linkage maps are necessary for mapping of mendelian traits and quantitative trait loci (QTLs). To identify the actual genes, which control these traits, a map based on gene-associated single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers is highly valuable. In this study, the SNPs were genotyped in a large family material comprising more than 5,000 piglets derived from 12 Duroc boars crossed with 236 Danish Landrace/Danish Large White sows. The SNPs were identified in sequence alignments of 4,600 different amplicons obtained from the 12 boars and containing coding regions of genes derived from expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and genomic shotgun sequences.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Linkage maps of all 18 porcine autosomes were constructed based on 456 gene-associated and six porcine EST-based SNPs. The total length of the averaged-sex whole porcine autosome was estimated to 1,711.8 cM resulting in an average SNP spacing of 3.94 cM. The female and male maps were estimated to 2,336.1 and 1,441.5 cM, respectively. The gene order was validated through comparisons to the cytogenetic and/or physical location of 203 genes, linkage to evenly spaced microsatellite markers as well as previously reported conserved synteny. A total of 330 previously unmapped genes and ESTs were mapped to the porcine autosome while ten genes were mapped to unexpected locations.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The linkage map presented here shows high accuracy in gene order. The pedigree family network as well as the large amount of meiotic events provide good reliability and make this map suitable for QTL and association studies. In addition, the linkage to the RH-map of microsatellites makes it suitable for comparison to other QTL studies.</p

»Fælles Mål« i franskfaget i grundskolen – et styreværktøj

Denne artikel sætter fokus på indholdssiden i og udviklingen af den kulturelle dimension i franskfaget i grundskolen, sådan som denne defineres og beskrives i fagets formål og faghæftetekster fra 1995 – 2009. [...