Challenges in a Curriculum Building for Adults

RESUMEN: Se describe el proceso participativo de renovación curricular de un programa de inglés para adultos, el cual apuntó a la construcción de un currículo más pertinente. Para este efecto, los diseñadores de la propuesta se apoyaron en algunos principios de un currículo práctico, currículo crítico y de un currículo participativo. Los resultados del proceso de construcción curricular sugieren, primero que, para que un programa de lenguas para adultos sea efectivo, la propuesta curricular debe estar articulada a las necesidades e intereses de los estudiantes adultos. Segundo, la propuesta debe tener una clara conceptualización teórica y metodológica que sustente los procesos que se desarrollan al interior del programa. Tercero, la propuesta curricular debe plantear actividades que se asemejen a aquellas que los adultos deben desarrollar en su vida diaria. Cuarto, la implementación de la propuesta curricular debe estar apoyada por un programa de acompañamiento y desarrollo profesional docente. Finalmente, se sugiere que para lograr un currículo pertinente es indispensable contar con el apoyo financiero y logístico de la administración del programa, así como con el compromiso y actitud positiva de los docentes frente al cambio.ABSTRACT: In this article we describe the experience of a group of English teachers in charge of the curriculum renewal of an English program for adults. With the purpose of creating a relevant curriculum, the designers drew on principles for, a practical curriculum, the critical curriculum, and the participatory curriculum. Results from this experience suggest that in order for a language program to be effective, its curriculum should be relevant; that is, the curriculum should take into account the needs and interests of adult students. Second, the curriculum proposal should have a clear theoretical and methodological conceptualization that supports the processes that take place within the program. Third, the curriculum proposal should put forth tasks that resemble activities that adults carry out in their daily lives. Fourth, the implementation of the curriculum proposal should be supported by a teacher development and mentoring program. Lastly, we argue that in order to achieve a relevant curriculum, it is necessary to have the financial and logistics support from the program administration, as well as the teachers’ commitment and positive attitude towards change

Prescription in the Insurance Contract to Obtain the Payment of Compensation from the Insurer

En el siguiente escrito se abordarán temas centrales del contrato de seguro en Colombia, necesarios para poder entender las reglas específicas de prescripción aplicables a este contrato. Posteriormente se abordarán las acciones que tienden a obtener el pago de la indemnización, por parte de la aseguradora, ante el acaecimiento del hecho que da origen a esa obligación. Finalmente, ya estudiados estos aspectos del contrato de seguro, se podrá entrar a analizar el ordenamiento jurídico aplicable a la prescripción en el contrato de seguro, empezando con sus reglas generales y terminando con un análisis especial que merece la prescripción del contrato de seguro de responsabilidad.Editorial LegisIn the following writing, central issues of the insurance contract in Colombia will be addressed, which are necessary to understand the specific prescription rules applicable to this contract. Subsequent ly, the actions that tend to obtain the payment of compensation by the insurer will be addressed, in the event of the event that gives rise to that obligation. Finally, once these aspects of the insurance contract have been studied, the legal system applicable to the pres cription in this contract can be analyzed, starting with its general rules and ending with a special analysis that the liability insurance contract deserves

Innovar para Educar: Prácticas universitarias exitosas. Tomo 5

La Universidad del Norte y el Centro para la Excelencia Docente (CEDU), interesados en compartir con la comunidad académica y público en general las experiencias pedagógicas exitosas realizadas por docentes de diferentes áreas disciplinares, trae ahora el tomo 5 de la colección “Innovar para Educar: Prácticas universitarias exitosas”, en donde encontrarán 8 capítulos que describen las diferentes propuestas de 14 docentes de la institución, que en un momento de reflexión decidieron cambiar el desarrollo habitual de sus clases. Este impulso los condujo por caminos de planificación, implementación y evaluación sistemática que hoy se ven reflejados en su buena práctica de aula y en los resultados de aprendizaje de sus estudiantes

The Caldera. No. 26

“La PALABRA tiene PODER”, más allá del lema que nos convocó en la décima versión del Concurso Inter colegiado de Oratoria, que en el marco de ULIBRO 2023, se llevó a cabo en NEOMUNDO, el 1 de septiembre pasado, esta frase es una profunda convicción que ha movido al Área de Lengua Castellana del Instituto Caldas, a propiciar y mantener este espacio en el que nuestros estudiantes son los protagonistas. Este año, al tratarse de una celebración especial, quisimos que el tema fundamental fuera el inmenso PODER que tiene la PALABRA; la palabra que construye, que transforma, que edifica, que fortalece, que acompaña, que “abriga”, a diario, al ser humano; en un mundo en el que se debe volver a entender y vivenciar, en el hogar, en la escuela, en la sociedad, el poder transformador de vocablos tan importantes como lo son: “Familia, Educación, Vida, Diversidad, Respeto, Literatura, Escritura, Creatividad, Lectura, Inclusión, Paz, Igualdad Social, Democracia, Ciudadanía y Diálogo”, la palabra cobró fuerza en las voces de nuestros educandos; de esta manera, analizar estos temas tiene que ver necesariamente con los “Futuros posibles”, que planteó la Gran Feria del Libro, ULIBRO, en su vigésima primera versión, para que sigamos trabajando por una sociedad mejor, razón de ser de todas las instituciones educativas del mundo entero.“The WORD has POWER”, beyond the motto that summoned us in the tenth version of the Intercollegiate Oratory Contest, which within the framework of ULIBRO 2023, was held in NEOMUNDO, last September 1, this phrase is a deep conviction that has moved the Spanish Language Area of ​​the Caldas Institute to promote and maintain this space in which our students are the protagonists. This year, as it is a special celebration, we wanted the fundamental theme to be the immense POWER that the WORD has; the word that builds, that transforms, that edifies, that strengthens, that accompanies, that “shelters”, daily, the human being; in a world in which we must understand and experience again, at home, at school, in society, the transformative power of words as important as: “Family, Education, Life, Diversity, Respect, Literature, Writing, Creativity, Reading, Inclusion, Peace, Social Equality, Democracy, Citizenship and Dialogue”, the word gained strength in the voices of our students; In this way, analyzing these issues necessarily has to do with the “Possible Futures”, which the Great Book Fair, ULIBRO, proposed in its twenty-first version, so that we continue working for a better society, the reason for being of all institutions. . educational institutions around the world.Modalidad Presencia

Les droits disciplinaires des fonctions publiques : « unification », « harmonisation » ou « distanciation ». A propos de la loi du 26 avril 2016 relative à la déontologie et aux droits et obligations des fonctionnaires

The production of tt‾ , W+bb‾ and W+cc‾ is studied in the forward region of proton–proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.98±0.02 fb−1 . The W bosons are reconstructed in the decays W→ℓν , where ℓ denotes muon or electron, while the b and c quarks are reconstructed as jets. All measured cross-sections are in agreement with next-to-leading-order Standard Model predictions.The production of $t\overline{t}$, $W+b\overline{b}$ and $W+c\overline{c}$ is studied in the forward region of proton-proton collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.98 $\pm$ 0.02 \mbox{fb}^{-1}. The $W$ bosons are reconstructed in the decays $W\rightarrow\ell\nu$, where $\ell$ denotes muon or electron, while the $b$ and $c$ quarks are reconstructed as jets. All measured cross-sections are in agreement with next-to-leading-order Standard Model predictions

Measurement of B-c(2S)(+) and B-c*(2S)(+) cross section ratios in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

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Search for dark photons in Higgs boson production via vector boson fusion in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV

A search is presented for a Higgs boson that is produced via vector boson fusion and that decays to an undetected particle and an isolated photon. The search is performed by the CMS collaboration at the LHC, using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 130 fb−1, recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 2016–2018. No significant excess of events above the expectation from the standard model background is found. The results are interpreted in the context of a theoretical model in which the undetected particle is a massless dark photon. An upper limit is set on the product of the cross section for production via vector boson fusion and the branching fraction for such a Higgs boson decay, as a function of the Higgs boson mass. For a Higgs boson mass of 125 GeV, assuming the standard model production rates, the observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limit on the branching fraction is 3.5 (2.8)%. This is the first search for such decays in the vector boson fusion channel. Combination with a previous search for Higgs bosons produced in association with a Z boson results in an observed (expected) upper limit on the branching fraction of 2.9 (2.1)% at 95% confidence level

Search for heavy resonances decaying to two Higgs bosons in final states containing four b quarks

A search is presented for narrow heavy resonances X decaying into pairs of Higgs bosons (H) in proton-proton collisions collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at root s = 8 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1). The search considers HH resonances with masses between 1 and 3 TeV, having final states of two b quark pairs. Each Higgs boson is produced with large momentum, and the hadronization products of the pair of b quarks can usually be reconstructed as single large jets. The background from multijet and t (t) over bar events is significantly reduced by applying requirements related to the flavor of the jet, its mass, and its substructure. The signal would be identified as a peak on top of the dijet invariant mass spectrum of the remaining background events. No evidence is observed for such a signal. Upper limits obtained at 95 confidence level for the product of the production cross section and branching fraction sigma(gg -> X) B(X -> HH -> b (b) over barb (b) over bar) range from 10 to 1.5 fb for the mass of X from 1.15 to 2.0 TeV, significantly extending previous searches. For a warped extra dimension theory with amass scale Lambda(R) = 1 TeV, the data exclude radion scalar masses between 1.15 and 1.55 TeV