Global Ocean Science Report: The Current Status of Ocean Science around the World

The IOC-UNESCO Global Ocean Science Report (GOSR) aims to provide a status report on ocean science. It identifies and quantifies the elements that drive the productivity and performance of ocean science, including workforce, infrastructure, resources, networks and outputs. The report is intended to facilitate international ocean science cooperation and collaboration. It helps to identify gaps in science organization and capacity and develop options to optimize the use of scientific resources and advance ocean science and technology by sharing expertise and facilities, promoting capacity-building and transferring marine technology. As the first consolidated assessment of global ocean science, the GOSR assists the science-policy interface and supports managers, policy-makers, governments and donors, as well as scientists beyond the ocean community. The GOSR offers decision-makers an unprecedented tool to identify gaps and opportunities to advance international collaboration in ocean science and technology and harness its potential to meet societal needs, address global challenges and drive sustainable development for all

Étude corrélationnelle de la production narrative chez des enfants du primaire pour mieux intervenir au préscolaire

La production narrative est une variable prédictive de la réussite scolaire et un bon indice du développement langagier et cognitif. Cette étude identifie les corrélats de la performance narrative à l’âge scolaire. Trente-six enfants âgés entre 7 et 9 ans ont effectué des tâches de fonctions exécutives, d’habiletés linguistiques et de narration. Les résultats des analyses corrélationnelles et des régressions multiples montrent que les fonctions exécutives de planification et les expressions déictiques sont des variables prédictives significatives en macrostructure de narration, et que les fonctions exécutives sont reliées à l’utilisation de structures de phrases complexes sur le plan de la microstructure.This study investigates the relationship between narratives and independent measures of language and non verbal abilities. Thirty-six French speaking children aged between 7 and 9 years old were administered tasks measuring executive functions, linguistic abilities and the macro- and micro- levels of narratives. Correlation and regression analysis demonstrated that executive functions and deictic expressions are related to story grammar. Executive functions were also found to be related to the number of complex utterances included in narrative production. None of the linguistic measures were found to be significantly related to narrative production. The role of non-verbal cognitive abilities, such as executive functions in complex language production such as narratives, is discussed.La producción narrativa es una variable predictiva del éxito escolar y un buen indicio del desarrollo del lenguaje y del desarrollo cognitivo. Este estudio identifica los correlatos del rendimiento narrativo en la edad escolar. Treinta y seis niños entre 7 y 9 años realizaron tareas de función ejecutivas, de habilidades lingüísticas y de narración. Los resultados de los análisis de correlación y de regresiones múltiples muestran que las funciones ejecutivas de planificación y las expresiones deícticas son variables predictivas significativas en macroestructura de narración y que las funciones ejecutivas son relacionadas con la utilización de estructuras de frases complejas a nivel de la microestructura

Cultural context in communicative interaction of inuit children

This thesis reports on an ethnographic study of communicative interaction between young Inuit children and their caregivers. Data were derived from three sources: 80 hours of videotape of four children (aged 1,0-1,8 years at the outset) and their families, 20 ethnographic interviews of mothers, and participant observation notes. Themes emerged about the specific accommodations that Inuit caregivers made in their communication with young children. Child-centered accommodations included: (a) two special registers of affectionate talk, (b) specialized vocabulary, (c) making language more understandable to children, and (d) excluding children from adult conversations. Situation-centered accommodations instructed children through teasing and repetition routines. Finally, silence played an important role in communicative interaction. Inuit children were socialized to learn by listening and to communicate without talk. Stated cultural values, the status and role of the Inuit child, and the structure of caregiving influenced these patterns of communicative interaction