Ινές, ψυχή μου: Πρωτόκολλο μετάφρασης

Στην μεθοδολογία της μετάφρασης στο Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών Τμήματος Ιταλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας Α.Π.Θ. έχει αναπτυχθεί συστηματικός τομέας εκπαίδευσης των φοιτητών ο οποίος αξιοποιεί τις διδακτικές δυνατότητες που παρέχει η Ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια

Teaching business in Malaysia and the use of PBL to nurture students’ critical thinking: a case study of Sultan Idris Education University

PBL gained considerable attention from teaching and learning theorists, educators, policy makers and researchers, as learning is thought to involve not only knowing how to do things effectively but more importantly, the ability to deal with novelty and to grow our capacity in order to adapt, select and shape our interactions with the environment.The aims of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is to foster students’ active learning, as opposed to passive learning experiences typically occurring in lectures. This study focused on the PBL methodology and Critical Thinking (CT) skills. It employed a quasi-experimental design, where 45 students undertaking a B. Ed (Economics) at Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) were randomly assigned as experimental (n=23) and control groups (n=22). The former were instructed using the PBL method while the control group used the traditional learning method. The analysis focused on comparing the PBL with traditional learning groups in respect of their CT skills (Inductive, Deductive, Analysis, Inference and Evaluation and Total CT), as measured by the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. The results showed that there was no significant group difference in overall test scores at pre-test and midintervention test. However, differences were found at post-test with respect to the Inductive and Analysis subscales. Implications of the study relate to the imperative of a whole PBL programme approach to foster and enhance students’ critical thinking rather than by delivery via a single course. In other words, UPSI needs to turn their focus to enquiry-based learning, including PBL, hands-on learning, problem solving skills as well as creative and CT skills

World Alzheimer report 2016: improving healthcare for people living with dementia: coverage, quality and costs now and in the future

The World Alzheimer Report 2016, Improving healthcare for people living with dementia: Coverage, quality and costs now and in the future, reviews research evidence on the elements of healthcare for people with dementia, and, using economic modelling, suggests how it should be improved and made more efficient. The report argues that current dementia healthcare services are over-specialised, and that a rebalancing is required with a more prominent role for primary and community care. This would increase capacity, limit the increased costs associated with scaling up coverage of care, and, coupled with the introduction of care pathways and case management, improve the coordination and integration of care. Modelling of the costs of care pathways was carried out in Canada, China, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and Switzerland, to estimate the costs of dementia healthcare under different assumptions regarding delivery systems. The report was researched and authored by Prof Martin Prince, Ms Adelina Comas-Herrera, Prof Martin Knapp, Dr Maëlenn Guerchet and Ms Maria Karagiannidou from The Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care, King’s College London and the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics and Political Science

Emotion Coaching : Moving from Behaviourism to Nurture in a Nursery Class

This dissertation focuses on the process of moving from a Behaviourist approach to managing young children’s behaviour, to an attachment-led approach supporting nursery-aged children to regulate their own behaviours through emotion-coaching experiences. The study supports the development of new understandings about emotion-coaching as a strategy for supporting young children’s meta-emotion, social interactions and attachments within a Scottish nursery context. Such a study is important in order to respond to new understandings about attachment and brain development. The research approach adopted in this dissertation, included a comprehensive review of relevant literature on Attachment Theory and emotioncoaching, linked with an ongoing Action Research framework within the focus nursery class. Adopting a child-centred approach, the study collected the perspectives of preschool children experiencing emotion-coaching in their nursery environment, utilising the participatory tools of The Mosaic Approach. The findings from this research offer evidence that the experience of emotion-coaching provided an increased repertoire of emotional language in young children; supported a developing understanding of the emotions behind behaviours; enabled children to choose appropriate strategies to respond to strong emotions; and enhanced young children’s ability to self-regulate their emotions and subsequent behaviours. The main conclusions drawn from this study are that emotion-coaching provides early years educators with a practical application of an attachment-led pedagogy; that emotion-coaching supports young children’s developing emotional intelligence and subsequent social skills; and that young children can learn to regulate their own and others’ emotions when supported to develop their meta-emotion through emotion-coaching. This dissertation recommends that educators, rather than ‘disciplining’ a young child’s behaviour patterns through sanction/reward approaches, should focus instead on supporting children’s increasingly complex meta-emotion to develop emotional self-awareness, self-regulation of behaviour and increasingly empathic co-regulatory responses

The early years technological landscape : reflecting on digital childhoods for pedagogic planning

This paper focuses on technology use in early childhood: how we define new technologies; how technologies are shaping childhoods; and what we mean by play with technologies. We describe the contemporary landscapes, that have the potential to enrich children’s early experiences. We build on ecological explorations of technology use in the early years (Arnott, 2016); broadening understandings of technologies (Bers and Horn, 2010; Livingstone et al., 2015) and a decade-long progression of work on play in the digital age (Yelland, 1999; 2011). We adopt a framework of cultural capital (Bourdieu 1993, 1998) which postulates that educational centres play a critical and increasingly pervasive role in perpetuating the advantage of specific knowledge and skills that are valued by society across generations. The empirical elements of the paper used participant observation to create narratives of everyday practice (Mikos cited in Struppert 2011). Appropriate ethical consents were obtain and data disseminated in line with the EECERA Ethical Code (2015). The paper present three findings. We suggest that definitions of ‘new technologies’ must move beyond screen-based media to authentically capture their place in children’s lives (Arnott, 2017). We argue that the multifaceted nature of technologies is altering the ways in which children learn (Karagiannidou 2017). We conclude with empirical examples of this shift in the learning process to describe how the nature of children’s play has become multimodal (Yelland and Gilbert 2017). The paper provides a theoretical foundation within which to position explorations of children’s use of new technologies as part of digital childhoods

Effective interventions for potentially modifiable late-onset dementia risk factors: a costs and cost-effectiveness modelling study

Background The potential economic value of interventions to prevent late-onset dementia is unknown. We modelled this for potentially modifiable dementia risk factors. Methods We searched PubMed and Web of Science from inception to March 2020 and included interventions that (a) successfully targeted any of nine pre-specified potentially modifiable risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, hearing loss, obesity, physical inactivity, social isolation, depression, cigarette smoking and less childhood education), (b) had robust evidence that the intervention improved risk or risk behaviour and (c) are feasible in an adult population. We established when in the life-course each intervention would be delivered. We calculated dementia incidence reduction from: annual incidence of dementia in people with each risk factor; population attributable fraction for each risk, corrected for risk factor clustering, and how effectively the intervention controls the risk factor. We calculated the discounted value of lifetime health gain and impact on cost (including NHS, social care and carer costs) per person eligible for treatment. We estimated annual total expenditure on the fully operational intervention programme in England. Findings We found effective treatments for hypertension, stopping smoking, diabetes prevention and hearing loss. Treatments for stopping smoking and provision of hearing aids reduced cost. Treatment of hypertension was cost-effective by reference to standard UK thresholds. The three interventions when fully implemented would save £1·863 billion annually in England, reduce dementia prevalence by 8·5% and produce QALY gains. The intervention for diabetes was unlikely to be cost-effective in terms of impact on dementia alone. Interpretation There is a strong case for implementing the three effective interventions on grounds of cost-effectiveness and quality of life gains, as well as for improvements in general health. There is considerable room for the interventions to remain cost-saving or cost-effective even with variations in dementia incidence and costs and effectiveness of interventions

Expectations and emotions concerning infant transitions to ECEC : international dialogues with parents and teachers

Although a large body of literature recognises the impact of parent-teacher relationships on infant everyday experiences, less is known about the emotional experience and associated expectations of the adults themselves during earliest transitions. In the context of a multi-site international investigation across five countries–Brazil, Finland, Scotland, New Zealand, and the United States–the present paper examines teacher and parent interviews to reveal expectations prior to and after the transition to ECEC, highlighting the associated emotions that arise during this process. Irrespective of whether expectations are met, parents universally express insecurities and fears in relation to the transition. Parents are aware of the impact that the various aspects of the ECEC setting have on their child, and acknowledge difficulty in relinquishing control of the care of their child. Despite these concerns, parents consistently articulate their strong trust in the institution and the professional expertise of the staff. Correspondingly, teachers are keenly aware of the importance of their role in supporting families, and hold certain expectations for how the transition experience will play out accordingly. Regardless of country of context, the study shows that clear communication surrounding both centre and parental expectations establishes high levels of trust and ameliorates anxiety. Teacher-parent dialogues concerning routines, preferences, and anticipations are seen as pivotal in supporting a positive transition for all

Validation of the children's sleep habits questionnaire in a sample of Greek children with allergic rhinitis

BACKGROUND: Obstructive respiratory disorders, such as allergic rhinitis and asthma may impair sleep quality. The aim of this study is to validate the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) for Greek children from 6 to 14 years of age. No validated tool has been developed so far to assess sleep disturbances in Greek school-aged children. METHODS: We examined the reliability and validity of the CSHQ in a sample of children with allergic rhinitis (AR) and a non-clinical population of parents of these children as a proxy measure of children's AR quality of life (QoL) as evaluated by the Pediatric Allergic Rhinitis Quality of Life (PedARQoL) questionnaire. RESULTS: The CSHQ questionnaire Child's Form (CF) had a moderate internal consistency with a Cronbach's alpha 0.671 and Guttman split-half coefficient of 0.563 when correlated with the PedARQoL (CF). There was also a moderate intraclass correlation of ICC=0.505 between the responses to both questionnaires in the two visits. The CSHQ Parent's Form (PF) had a very good internal consistency with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.928 and Guttman split-half coefficient of 0.798. There was a high intraclass correlation of 0.643 between the responses in the two visits. CONCLUSIONS: The Greek version of the CSHQ CF, but particularly the PF has proved to be a very reliable clinical instrument, which can be used in clinical trials for assessing sleep quality in school-aged children with sleep disturbances because of obstructive airway disorders, such as AR

Systematic literature review of methodologies and data sources of existing economic models across the full spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia from apparently healthy through disease progression to end of life care: a systematic review protocol

Introduction Dementia is one of the greatest health challenges the world will face in the coming decades, as it is one of the principal causes of disability and dependency among older people. Economic modelling is used widely across many health conditions to inform decisions on health and social care policy and practice. The aim of this literature review is to systematically identify, review and critically evaluate existing health economics models in dementia. We included the full spectrum of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), from preclinical stages through to severe dementia and end of life. This review forms part of the Real world Outcomes across the Alzheimer’s Disease spectrum for better care: multimodal data Access Platform (ROADMAP) project. Methods and analysis Electronic searches were conducted in Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Excerpta Medica dataBASE, Economic Literature Database, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry, Research Papers in Economics, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Science Citation Index, Turning Research Into Practice and Open Grey for studies published between January 2000 and the end of June 2017. Two reviewers will independently assess each study against predefined eligibility criteria. A third reviewer will resolve any disagreement. Data will be extracted using a predefined data extraction form following best practice. Study quality will be assessed using the Phillips checklist for decision analytic modelling. A narrative synthesis will be used. Ethics and dissemination The results will be made available in a scientific peer-reviewed journal paper, will be presented at relevant conferences and will also be made available through the ROADMAP project

A study on how mergers of public organisations can influence job satisfaction: The case of sectoral social insurance organisations in Greece (OAEE)

This study is interested in measuring the changes that this merger which formed OAEE caused to the employees’ job satisfaction