Competencias y aprendizajes del docente: Un reto de la globalización

The study analyzes managerial competencies, from the perspective of the necessary training as a basis for an autonomous performance, of personal self-realization, to promote the competencies required to address in a pertinent way the educational fact. The methodology was descriptive, documentary and bibliographic, highlighting the curricular principles of integral vision, human diversity, globalization, significant learning, in harmony with the pertinence of educating in a diverse and changing context. The relevance of conceiving the teacher as a mediator of the process for human development, creative, inventive and discovering, was concluded. The teacher must be a reflection and, more than a teacher, a continuous student, ready to grasp and understand the perception of reality from the perspective of the students in order to be able to guide and participate in their human, social, academic and spiritual development.   Finally, educational institutions must consider it necessary to develop the natural aptitude of human intelligence to place all its information in a context and as a whole, that is, to produce pertinent knowledge. Also, to promote understanding as a means and purpose of human communication.El estudio analiza las competencias gerenciales, desde la perspectiva de la formación necesaria como fundamento para un desempeño autónomo, de autorrealización personal, para promover las competencias requeridas para abordar de manera pertinente el hecho educativo. La metodología fue descriptiva, documental-bibliográfica, destacando los principios curriculares de visión integral, diversidad humana, globalización, aprendizaje significativo, en armonía con la pertinencia de educar en un contexto diverso y cambiante. Se concluyó la relevancia de concebir al docente como mediador del proceso para el desarrollo humano, creativo, inventivo y descubridor. El docente debe ser un reflejo y más que maestro un continuo estudioso, presto a captar y comprender la percepción de la realidad desde la perspectiva de los estudiantes para así poder guiar y ser partícipe de su desarrollo humano, social, académico y espiritual.   Para finalizar, las instituciones educativas, deben considerar como necesario desarrollar la aptitud natural de la inteligencia humana para ubicar todas sus informaciones en un contexto y en un conjunto, es decir, producir conocimiento pertinente. Asimismo, propiciar la comprensión, como medio y fin de la comunicación humana

Improving Motivation And Continuous Assessment In Engineering Classrooms Through Student Response Systems

The use of Student Response Systems (SRS) is highly recommended to encourage the active and meaningful learning of students in each lecture. SRS promotes the motivation of students and improves the system of continuous assessment. One of the most popular applications designed for SRS is Socrative (Socrative n.d.). The use of Socrative gives real meaning to continuous assessment, since the teacher has an easily manageable record of the evolution of their students‘learning and will help the teacher to schedule both formative and summative assessment. The application allows the detection of topics that each student may not have understood and determines the percentage of the entire class with the same difficulty. Beyond the use of Socrative as an evaluation instrument, sufficiently referenced, in this article we present different methodologies supported by SRS implemented in engineering studies at the University the Salamanca. The methodologies aim to promote autonomous work outside the classroom, and in face-to-face classes, to maintain the attention and lead the reasoning of the students to facilitate learning. The influence of the methodologies proposed by the authors on a series of indicators related to the motivation and commitment of the students to the subjects will be presented. To the best of our knowledge, most of the work on SRS have been applied to non-university educational levels and for assessment purposes and very few of them have applied SRS to undergraduate engineering studies. The novelty of this work lies in introducing new methodologies supported by SRS in university engineering studies

Estimación del desempeño por competencias a partir del perfil de ingreso del personal docente universitario

This present research aims to identify the competences necessary for the effective exercise of university teachers, specifically the key and cardinal competences, so that they are finally integrated into a profile of professional competencies that contribute to improve their performance. This process would allow in addition to assessing the teaching work, identify the skills, skills, talents and experiences among others, which must be presented by a teacher to respond to current university dynamics; assuming the university with this, the management of human talent by competencies, allowing to demonstrate these behaviors of high level, that guarantee the success of its academic activitiesEl presente artículo tiene como propósito identificar las competencias necesarias para el ejercicio efectivo del docente universitario, específicamente las competencias clave y cardinales, para que finalmente se integren en un perfil de competencias profesionales que contribuyan a mejorar su desempeño. Este proceso permitiría además de valorar el trabajo docente, identificaría las habilidades, destrezas, talentos y experiencias entre otros, que debe presentar un docente para responder a la dinámica universitaria actual; asumiendo la universidad con esto, la gestión del talento humano por competencias, permitiendo demostrar estos comportamientos de alto nivel, que garanticen el éxito de sus actividades académicas

Laboratory study of rate coefficients for H2O:He inelastic collisions between 20 and 120K

8 pags. ; 7 figs. ; 4 tabls. ; Supporting material: machine-readable tablesState-to-state rate coefficients for ortho-H2O:He and para-H2O:He inelastic collisions in the 20-120 K thermal range are investigated by means of an improved experimental procedure. This procedure is based on the use of a kinetic master equation (MEQ) which describes the evolution of populations of H2O rotational levels along a supersonic jet of H2O highly diluted in helium. The MEQ is expressed in terms of experimental observables and rate coefficients for H2O:He inelastic collisions. The primary experimental observables are the local number density and the populations of the rotational energy levels of H2O, quantities which are determined along the jet with unprecedented accuracy by means of Raman spectroscopy with high space resolution. Sets of rate coefficients from the literature and from present close-coupling calculations using two different potential energy surfaces (PESs) have been tested against the experiment. The Green et al. rate coefficients are up to 50% too low compared to the experiment, while most rates calculated here from the Hodges et al. PES and the Patkowski et al. PES are much closer to the experimental values. Experimental rates with an estimated accuracy on the order of 10% have been obtained for ortho-H2O:He and para-H2O:He inelastic collisions between 20 and 120 K by scaling and averaging the theoretical rates to the experiment. 2015. C The American Astronomical SocietyThis work has been supported by the Spanish Ministerios de Innovación (MICINN) and Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) through the research projects FIS2010-22064-C01, FIS2010-22064-C02, FIS2013-48275-C2-1-P, and FIS2013-48275-C2-2-P, and CONSOLIDER-ASTROMOL CSD2009-0038.Peer reviewe

La lúdica y el aprendizaje en niños y niñas de 5 años del C.D.I de la Fundación Granitos de Paz.

The present study is oriented to determine the recreational activities that favor the learning in children of the CDI of the Granitos de Paz Foundation, to be able to describe the types of games developed in the classroom, in addition to identifying their preferences during the stay in the educational center, in this way specify the most integrated activities to the daily school. It is supported by studious authors of play and children's development: Piaget (1896-1980), Decroly (1871-1932) & Montessori and others (1870-1952). It is qualitative of participatory type by the interrelation of the process and the actions in a certain field selected by the researcher, with the contribution of the subjects involved. The results show an interest in the socio-affective aspect as a reflection of their knowledge in the framework of cognitive development, that is, the relevance of the attitudinal process is recognized from the educational relationship. Taking into account the description of the type of playfulness, it is possible to establish the preference for the activities that refer to the psychomotor and cognitive aspects, in body movement games linked to the knowledge of the basic notions; in the same way, they show pleasure in games related to their affections, developed in their family, school and community environment.El presente estudio está orientado a determinar las actividades lúdicas que favorecen el aprendizaje en los niños y niñas del C.D.I de la Fundación Granitos de Paz, para lograr describir los tipos de juegos desarrollados en el salón de clase, además de identificar sus preferencias durante la permanencia en el centro educativo, de este modo precisar las actividades más integradas a la cotidianidad escolar. Está sustentado por autores estudiosos de la lúdica y desarrollo infantil: Piaget (1896-1980), Decroly (1871- 1932) & Montessori y otros (1870-1952). Es cualitativa de tipo participativa por la interrelación del proceso y las acciones en un determinado campo seleccionado por el investigador, con la contribución de los sujetos involucrados. Los resultados evidencian un interés por el aspecto socio afectivo como reflejo de su conocimiento en el marco del desarrollo cognitivo, es decir, se reconoce la relevancia del proceso actitudinal a partir de la relación educativa. Teniendo en cuenta la descripción del tipo de lúdica, se hace posible establecer la preferencia por las actividades que referencian los aspectos psicomotriz y cognitivo, en juegos de movimientos corporales unidos al conocimiento de las nociones básicas; de igual manera, muestran agrado por juegos relacionados con sus afectos, desarrollados en su entorno familiar, escolar y comunitario

¿Cómo mejoran los centros educativos? Nuestros primeros avances

Con esta comunicación intentamos dar a conocer un primer avance del proyecto I+D con número de referencia SEJ2004– 1820 / EDUC con el que pretendemos acercarnos a la realidad de los centros que vienen participando en las convocatorias de Planes de Mejora de la Consejería de Educación y Ciencia de la Junta de Andalucía. Para ello, nos vamos a centrar en la exposición de la primera fase del proyecto, relacionada con el análisis del contenido de los proyectos aprobados, así como de las opiniones del profesorado y de los equipos directivos en relación con las características de sus centros. Esta fase se viene caracterizando por todas las acciones realizadas para el conocimiento y caracterización de los proyectos de mejora aprobados, tanto los nuevos como los de continuidad. Se está analizando el contenido de tales proyectos con el fin de obtener información sobre sus fines, marco teórico de referencia y capacidad de dar respuesta a sus necesidades. Por otro lado, exponemos los instrumentos elaborados hasta ahora, con información precisa sobre lo realizado, lo que se está trabajando y lo que queda por hacer.Planes de Mejora de la Consejería de Educación y Ciencia de la Junta de Andalucía SEJ2004– 1820 / EDU

GSK-3β orchestrates the inhibitory innervation of adult-born dentate granule cells in vivo

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis enhances brain plasticity and contributes to the cognitive reserve during aging. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is impaired in neurological disorders, yet the molecular mechanisms regulating the maturation and synaptic integration of new neurons have not been fully elucidated. GABA is a master regulator of adult and developmental neurogenesis. Here we engineered a novel retrovirus encoding the fusion protein Gephyrin:GFP to longitudinally study the formation and maturation of inhibitory synapses during adult hippocampal neurogenesis in vivo. Our data reveal the early assembly of inhibitory postsynaptic densities at 1 week of cell age. Glycogen synthase kinase 3 Beta (GSK-3β) emerges as a key regulator of inhibitory synapse formation and maturation during adult hippocampal neurogenesis. GSK-3β-overexpressing newborn neurons show an increased number and altered size of Gephyrin+ postsynaptic clusters, enhanced miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents, shorter and distanced axon initial segments, reduced synaptic output at the CA3 and CA2 hippocampal regions, and impaired pattern separation. Moreover, GSK-3β overexpression triggers a depletion of Parvalbumin+ interneuron perineuronal nets. These alterations might be relevant in the context of neurological diseases in which the activity of GSK-3β is dysregulatedPID2020-113007RB-I00, SAF-2017-82185-R, PID2020-112824GB-10

Habilitadores para aplicación de teleconsulta sobre IP Multimedia Subsystem

En el presente trabajo se presenta el diseño e implementación de un conjunto de habilitadores o servicios genéricos para aplicaciones de teleconsulta sobre redes IMS. A partir de las funcionalidades identificadas en las aplicaciones de teleconsulta se han diseñado los habilitadores a desarrollar, que son los siguientes: una sala de espera virtual, una pizarra virtual y una multiconferencia multimedia. Estos servicios utilizan a su vez otros habilitadores genéricos referidos en el estado del arte de la arquitectura IMS. Tales servicios se han integrado en una arquitectura IMS para garantizar su funcionamiento. Para evaluar el funcionamiento de los habilitadores desarrollados se ha definido e implementado el caso de uso de una aplicación de teleconsulta avanzada

Las necesidades formativas docentes de los profesores universitarios

En este artículo pretendemos analizar las necesidades formativas docentes de los profesores noveles universitarios y de los profesores en general de las Universidades de Sevilla y Huelva. No resulta extraño decir que la titulación universitaria se ocupa fundamentalmente de preparar a los alumnos para desempeñar tareas en el mundo profesional de la empresa más que para desempeñar tareas en la institución universitaria. Debido a ello, los profesionales que deciden continuar en la vida universitaria encuentran verdaderos problemas a la hora de comenzar su actividad profesional como docentes, detectándose, por tanto, determinadas necesidades formativas en lo que se refiere fundamentalmente a la utilización de estrategias docentes que mejorarían su incorporación al mundo de la docencia universitaria. Estos profesores reclaman formación y asesoramiento pedagógico y didáctico para la mejora de su tarea docente, es decir, propuestas formativas adecuadas al desempeño de su papel como profesionales de la educación superior.In this article we try to analyze educational formative necessities and of the professors' beginner university students advice and of the professors in general at the Universities of Seville and Huelva. The university titulación is in charge of fundamentally of preparing the students to carry out tasks in the professional world of the company more than to carry out tasks in the university institution. Professionals that decide to continue in the university life find true problems when beginning their professional activity as educational, being detected, therefore, certain formative necessities in what refers base to the use of educational strategies that you/they would improve their incorporation to the world of the university docencia. These professors claim formation and pedagogic and didactic advice for the improvement of their educational task, that is to say, appropriate formative proposals to the acting of their paper like professionals of the superior education. The society of the knowledge and of the information in the one that we meet demand every time with more peak the formation of the different professionals that you/they carry out different tasks in the society. A deep concern exists for the formation, what bears, in general, every time a bigger number of formation programs depending on the formative necessities that the professionals present, as well as different forms of consenting to them, mainly the denominated programs and-learning and on-line. In this article the results and conclusions of the necessities of the beginner professors' of University educational formation are exposed. It is necessary to highlight that the publications that have taken place in the last times point out that the university professors, the same as other professionals, require for their improvement as other partners' educational supports and other colleagues' specific advice with more experience professional, as well as certain didactic formation. In this sense, the formation programs for professors contribute to the improvement of the educational quality, and therefore, educational, of the university institutions, helping this way to the professors to carry out, the same as in other professions, their list like educational

Clinical features and health-related quality of life in adult patients with mucopolysaccharidosis IVA: the Spanish experience

Elosulfasa alfa; Qualitat de vida relacionada amb la salut; Síndrome de Morquio AElosulfasa alfa; Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud; Síndrome de Morquio AElosulfase alfa; Health-related quality of life; Morquio A syndromeBackground Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA or Morquio A syndrome is a progressive and disabling disease characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulphate sulphatase. Its clinical presentation is very heterogeneous and poorly understood in adults. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical manifestations of MPS IVA in adult patients in Spain and to assess their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Results Thirty-three patients from nine reference centres participated in the study. The median age was 32 (interquartile range [IQR]: 20.5–40.5) years. The phenotype was classical in 54.5% of patients, intermediate in 33.3% of patients, and non-classical in 12.1% of patients. The most common clinical manifestation was bone dysplasia, with a median height of 118 (IQR: 106–136) cm. Other frequent clinical manifestations were hearing loss (75.7%), ligamentous laxity (72.7%), odontoid dysplasia (69.7%), limb deformities that required orthopaedic aids (mainly hip dysplasia and genu valgus) (63.6%), and corneal clouding (60.6%). In addition, 36.0% of patients had obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and 33.3% needed non-invasive ventilation. Cervical surgery and varisation osteotomy were the most common surgical interventions (36.4% each). Almost 80% of patients had mobility problems and 36.4% used a wheelchair at all times. Furthermore, 87.9% needed help with self-care, 33.3% were fully dependent, and 78.8% had some degree of pain. HRQoL according to the health assessment questionnaire was 1.43 (IQR: 1.03–2.00) in patients with the non-classical phenotype, but 2.5 (IQR: 1.68–3.00) in those with the classical phenotype. Seven patients were initiated on enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), but two of them were lost to follow-up. Lung function improved in four patients and slightly worsened in one patient. The distance achieved in the six-minute walk test increased in the four patients who could perform it. HRQoL was better in patients treated with elosulfase alfa, with a median (IQR) of 1.75 (1.25–2.34) versus 2.25 (1.62–3.00) in patients not treated with ERT. Conclusions The study provides real-world data on patients with MPS IVA. Limited mobility, difficulties with self-care, dependence, and pain were common, together with poor HRQoL. The severity and heterogeneity of clinical manifestations require the combined efforts of multidisciplinary teams.BioMarin Pharmaceuticals España SL. funded the writing of this paper