44 research outputs found
Scientific Modelling of Socially Acute Questions to Promote Citizenship Action with Preservice Early Childhood Teachers.
This paper studies the impact of modelling practice through multiple models. It was carried out in a training programme of collective activism based on scientific practices with preservice early childhood teachers at Málaga University (Spain) during 2021/22. The programme has 4 phases: 1) inquiry, 2) action planning, 3) action and 4) evaluation and reflection. Eleven activist projects were carried out on controversial local issues, selected by 11 teams of 4 or 5 students. The students' answers to two open-ended questions on the assessment of the modelling activity for the development of their activist project are analysed using a system of categories created inductively. According to most students, modelling has had a positive effect on the realisation of their activist projects, not only helping them acquire knowledge but also enabling them to become aware of their views and develop competences to carry out the project. The most difficult part was to identify and/or relate the multiple problem factors in the model and to delimit the project to be represented. However, the quality of the work improved compared to previous years when modelling was not considered.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech
The dominant model of meat production and consumption as a socially acute question for activist education
Public debate often centers on issues that affect our lives and which reflect interests of
various social groups and scientific communities, leading to controversies about what we
may call socially acute questions (SAQs). In this paper we focus on two SAQs linked to
the dominant model of meat production and consumption in Western countries, namely
its impact on the environment and the health problems associated with high-meat diets.
Given the importance of education in relation to these SAQs, our main objectives here
were to examine the extent to which a Cartography of Controversy (CoC) approach is a
useful tool for exploring and visualizing the views and ideas of preservice teachers about
the controversies associated with this model of meat production and consumption, and to
compare their initial maps with our own, one that is informed by a more detailed socioepistemological
analysis. As a complement to this inquiry, we also present the SAQ–Eating
Meat project, the aim of which is to encourage citizens to reflect on how food production
and consumption may impact health and the environment, and then to take action toward
change. In comparison with our own map, those produced by students did not reflect the
full complexity of the controversies surrounding the dominant model of meat production
and consumption, and some actants were missing. The results nevertheless suggest that
a CoC approach is a useful way of engaging students with SAQs and that it offers them
a framework in which to extend their inquiry and knowledge, providing a platform from
which they may move toward taking action for change.Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBU
Declaración de Chinchón: decálogo sobre eldulcorantes sin y bajos en calorías (ESBC)
Multidisciplinary experts in the areas of nutrition and
health met in Chinchón, Madrid, on November 25-26, 2013
under the auspices of the Fundación para la Investigación
Nutricional (Nutrition Research Foundation) and with the
collaboration of the Madrid Regional Government’s Health
Ministry, the International Sweeteners Association and the
Carlos III Health Institute CIBER of Physiopathology of
Obesity and Nutrition. They analyzed the current status
of scientific knowledge on low- and no-calorie sweeteners
(LNCS) and developed a consensus Decalogue on their use;
this constitutes the Chinchón Declaration. Sweeteners,
including sugar, represent a subject of undeniable
interest and are currently a popular topic, although areas
relating to their safety and benefits remain unknown to
segments of academia and the general public. The nature
of LNCS makes them vulnerable to biased and even
contradictory information. They are food additives that
are broadly used as sugar substitutes to sweeten foods,
medicines and food supplements when non-nutritional or
non-caloric alternatives are needed. The Chinchón
Decalogue is the outcome of a meeting for reflection and
consensus by a group of experts with backgrounds in
different scientific disciplines (toxicology, clinical nutrition,
community nutrition, physiology, food science, public
health, pediatrics, endocrinology and nutrition, nursing,
pharmaceutical care and food legislation). The Decalogue
includes different aspects of LNCS related to regulation,
use, benefits and safety. In general, benefits of LNCS have
been traditionally neglected in comparison with the
tendency for emphasising unexisting or unproven possible
risks. The need to strengthen research on LNCS in Spain
was emphasized, as well as the need to educate both
professionals and the publicExpertos de carácter multidisciplinar de las áreas de
conocimiento de la nutrición y la salud reunidos en Chinchón,
Madrid, los días 25 y 26 de noviembre de 2013 , bajo
los auspicios de la Fundación para la Investigación Nutricional
y con la colaboración de la Consejería de Sanidad
del Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid, la International
Sweeteners Association y el CIBER de Fisiopatología de la
Obesidad y la Nutrición del Instituto de Salud Carlos III,
analizaron el estado actual del conocimiento científico en
torno a los Edulcorantes sin y bajos en calorías (ESBC) y
desarrollaron un Decálogo sobre su uso que constituye la
Declaración de Chinchón. Los edulcorantes, incluido el
azúcar, constituyen un elemento de indudable interés y
actualidad, aunque no exento de desconocimiento por
algunos sectores tanto académicos como de la población en
general. La propia naturaleza de los ESBC los hace susceptibles
de informaciones tergiversadas e incluso contradictorias.
Son aditivos alimentarios ampliamente utilizados
como sustitutivos del azúcar para endulzar alimentos,
medicamentos y complementos alimenticios cuando se
persiguen fines no nutritivos. El Decálogo de Chinchón es
fruto de una reunión de reflexión y consenso por parte de
un grupo de expertos procedentes de distintas disciplinas
científicas (toxicología, nutrición clínica, nutrición comunitaria,
fisiología, bromatología, salud pública, atención
primaria, pediatría, endocrinología y nutrición, enfermería,
atención farmacéutica y legislación alimentaria). El
decálogo incluye diferentes aspectos de los EBSC relacionados
con la legislación, uso, beneficios y seguridad. En
general, los beneficios de los EBSC han sido tradicionalmente
desatendidos en comparación con la tendencia de
destacar posibles riesgos inexistentes o que no han sido
probados. Hace especial hincapié en la necesidad de fortalecer
la investigación de los EBSC en España, así como la
necesidad de formar en este ámbito a los profesionales y a
los consumidores en genera
La enseñanza en el máster de abogacía a través del análisis de casos reales de carácter multidisciplinar. Aprendizaje "a partir del estudio de razonamientos parciales temáticos"
Generar blog para publicaciones de alumnos del Máster Abogacía, con "entradas" dirigidas. Habría análisis desde varias disciplinas añadiéndose estudios con enfoque basado en otras áreas de conocimiento, generando interdisciplinariedad
re-habitar El Carmen : Un proyecto sobre patrimonio contemporáneo
El proyecto _re-HABITAR suponía para el propio proceder de la institución un avance más allá del reconocimiento, registro, inventario o protección patrimonial de la arquitectura del siglo XX y del Movimiento Moderno para posicionarse en la acción preventiva y conservativa de ese legado contemporáneo. Para ello, la praxis patrimonial se aferraba a un modelo: el de la vivienda social en España en la segunda mitad del siglo XX; a un caso concreto: el de la barriada de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Recasens Méndez-Queipo de Llano, 1958); y a un requisito fundamental: analizar un objeto vivo y en uso, aún con la presencia de quienes lo vivieron y usaron desde su origen
Peri-operative red blood cell transfusion in neonates and infants: NEonate and Children audiT of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe: A prospective European multicentre observational study
BACKGROUND: Little is known about current clinical practice concerning peri-operative red blood cell transfusion in neonates and small infants. Guidelines suggest transfusions based on haemoglobin thresholds ranging from 8.5 to 12 g dl-1, distinguishing between children from birth to day 7 (week 1), from day 8 to day 14 (week 2) or from day 15 (≥week 3) onwards. OBJECTIVE: To observe peri-operative red blood cell transfusion practice according to guidelines in relation to patient outcome. DESIGN: A multicentre observational study. SETTING: The NEonate-Children sTudy of Anaesthesia pRactice IN Europe (NECTARINE) trial recruited patients up to 60 weeks' postmenstrual age undergoing anaesthesia for surgical or diagnostic procedures from 165 centres in 31 European countries between March 2016 and January 2017. PATIENTS: The data included 5609 patients undergoing 6542 procedures. Inclusion criteria was a peri-operative red blood cell transfusion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary endpoint was the haemoglobin level triggering a transfusion for neonates in week 1, week 2 and week 3. Secondary endpoints were transfusion volumes, 'delta haemoglobin' (preprocedure - transfusion-triggering) and 30-day and 90-day morbidity and mortality. RESULTS: Peri-operative red blood cell transfusions were recorded during 447 procedures (6.9%). The median haemoglobin levels triggering a transfusion were 9.6 [IQR 8.7 to 10.9] g dl-1 for neonates in week 1, 9.6 [7.7 to 10.4] g dl-1 in week 2 and 8.0 [7.3 to 9.0] g dl-1 in week 3. The median transfusion volume was 17.1 [11.1 to 26.4] ml kg-1 with a median delta haemoglobin of 1.8 [0.0 to 3.6] g dl-1. Thirty-day morbidity was 47.8% with an overall mortality of 11.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate lower transfusion-triggering haemoglobin thresholds in clinical practice than suggested by current guidelines. The high morbidity and mortality of this NECTARINE sub-cohort calls for investigative action and evidence-based guidelines addressing peri-operative red blood cell transfusions strategies. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT02350348