Pintando en comunidad

Este proyecto de Investigación-acción busca fortalecer la cultura de diferentes comunidades del país, y también la tradición y cosmogonía de los pueblos indígenas, incentivando el diálogo comunitario, y la creación de murales participativos

Imaginería de San Antonio de Ibarra, Ecuador: un escaparate hacia Europa

Este estudio analiza los procesos artísticos en San Antonio de Ibarra, en cuanto a su imaginería contemporánea en relación con las influencias de los países europeos. Este enfoque se debe al interés hacia las relaciones históricas que se dieron entre Latinoamérica y Europa en el periodo colonial, las tradiciones artísticas del cual fueron heredadas por los talleres de imaginería de San Antonio de Ibarra. Para el análisis de las relaciones que se puede observar entre San Antonio y Europa, se analizan entrevistas con ocho imagineros sanantoneses acorde cuatro aspectos: materiales y herramientas, terminología técnica, modelos iconográficos y exportaciones de la obra. Se llega a la conclusión, que el país europeo de mayor importación de materiales y herramientas es Alemania, de la iconografía y terminología técnica - España. Al mismo tiempo, el país de mayor exportación de la obra de San Antonio a nivel europeo también es España. Estas conclusiones revelan la situación de mutuas confluencias entre San Antonio y países europeos en la actualidad

Propuesta de Modelo de Dirección Educativa Estratégica para Mejorar la Gestión Escolar de la Institución Educativa Nº 80416 ‘Javier Heraud Pérez’ de Pacanga, Chepén, La Libertad, 2015

La presente investigación se realizó al observar deficiencia en la planificación de la gestión en la Institución Educativa N° 80416”Javier Heraud Pérez” del centro poblado Huaca Blanca Baja, distrito de Pacanga, Provincia de Chepén, Región La Libertad; evidenciándose que los documentos de gestión escolar eran elaborados sin la participación del personal docente y administrativo; lo que repercute en la gestión escolar; no estaban acorde a la realidad; y durante los últimos años las relaciones interpersonales, entre todos los estamentos estaban deteriorándose; la gestión eran unidireccional, no se delegaba funciones, el apoyo al trabajo pedagógico estaba ausente, no se realizaban capacitaciones al personal docente ni al administrativo. Por lo tanto se realiza la investigación con el objetivo diseñar y ejecutar un modelo de dirección educativa estratégica para mejorar la gestión escolar. Una propuesta viable ante la problemática de la gestión escolar que entonces existía. La investigación tuvo como población a la totalidad del personal docente, administrativo, auxiliar de educación, Director (17 personas en total) y a estudiantes (sexto grado de primaria: 29 y cuarto grado de secundaria: 16). El tipo de investigación aplicada propositiva y se ejecutó a través de talleres pedagógicos. Se aplicó un cuestionario de encuesta a la población muestral antes y después de ejecutada la propuesta, se comparó los resultados y se concluyó que dicha Propuesta de Modelo de Dirección Educativa Estratégica influye significativamente en la mejora de la gestión escola

Plan de gestión cultural para valorar el patrimonio cultural inmueble de la zona urbana monumental de Piura y su contribución al desarrollo del turismo urbano - 2010

El presente trabajo de investigación tiene por título “PLAN DE GESTIÓN CULTURAL PARA VALORAR EL PATRIMONIO CULTURAL INMUEBLE DE LA ZONA URBANA MONUMENTAL DE PIURA Y SU CONTRIBUCIÓN AL DESARROLLO DEL TURISMO URBANO - 2010”, el objetivo principal es determinar, a través de los resultados obtenidos tras la aplicación del inventario, encuestas y entrevistas a autoridades competentes, en qué medida un plan de gestión cultural mejorará el patrimonio cultural inmueble de la zona urbana monumental de la ciudad de Piura permitiendo de esta manera el desarrollo del turismo urbano. La metodología utilizada se basa en el trabajo con los ciudadanos del distrito de Piura, el uso de una variable dependiente y una independiente, por lo cual utilizamos un método cualitativo, ya que se ha conseguido información descriptiva mediante fichas de inventario que se han aplicado. Adicionalmente a esto, también se ha hecho uso del método cuantitativo, el cual se refleja en la aplicación de datos numéricos mediante encuestas y entrevistas

La lúdica una como estrategia pedagógica para fortalecer la aceptación y reconocimiento del otro

The research is based on the need to promote a transformative school that contributes to the strengthening of the social fabric of childhood; Therefore, its purpose was to strengthen the acceptance and recognition of the other through pedagogical strategies based on playfulness, in an intentional sample of 20 third grade B students, from the Cedro de Ayapel Córdoba educational institution; based on the approach of the epistemological paradigm of social research, qualitative route and action research design. It began with a characterization test that allowed to identify the negative attitudes that affect interpersonal relationships, situations of rejection towards the other are recognized; therefore, a playful-based pedagogical intervention strategy was designed and implemented, which greatly contributed to minimizing negative attitudes in the selected population; realizing a significant impact that promoted the development of critical thinking in boys and girls as an essential element for the transformation of the social fabric. Finally, the strategy was recognized as an opportunity to provide students with learning environments that generate dialogue and integrate for the formation of citizens with the ability to appropriately manage their emotions. La investigación parte de la necesidad de impulsar una escuela  transformadora que aporte al fortalecimiento del tejido social de la niñez; por lo tanto su propósito fue fortalecer la aceptación y reconocimiento por el otro a través de estrategias pedagógicas basadas en la lúdica, en una muestra intencionada de 20 estudiantes del grado tercero B, de la institución educativa el Cedro de Ayapel Córdoba; fundamentada en el enfoque del paradigma epistemológico de investigación social, ruta cualitativa y diseño de investigación acción. Se inició con una prueba de caracterización que permitió identificar  las actitudes negativas que afectan las relaciones interpersonales, se reconocen situaciones de rechazo hacia el otro; por lo tanto se diseñó e implementó una estrategia de intervención pedagógica basada en la lúdica que contribuyó en gran medida a minimizar las actitudes negativas en la población seleccionada; dando cuenta de un impacto significativo que impulsó en niños y niñas el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico como un elemento esencial para la transformación del tejido social. Para finalizar, se reconoció la estrategia como una oportunidad para brindar a los estudiantes ambientes de aprendizajes generadores de diálogos e integradores para la formación de ciudadanos con la capacidad de gestionar apropiadamente sus emociones

Assessment of promising agricultural management practices

iSQAPER project - Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience - aims to develop an app to advise farmers on selecting the best AgricultureManagement Practice (AMPs) to improve soil quality. For this purpose, a soil quality index has to be developed to account for the changes in soil quality as impacted by the implementation of the AMPs. Some promising AMPs have been suggested over the time to prevent soil degradation. These practices have been randomly adopted by farmers but which practices are most used by farmers and where they are mostly adopted remains unclear. This study is part of the iSQAPER project with the specific aims: 1) map the current distribution of previously selected 18 promising AMPs in several pedo-climatic regions and farming systems located in ten and four study site areas (SSA) along Europe and China, respectively; and 2) identify the soil threats occurring in those areas. In each SSA, farmers using promising AMP'swere identified and questionnaires were used to assess farmer's perception on soil threats significance in the area. 138 plots/farms using 18 promising AMPs, were identified in Europe (112) and China (26).Results show that promising AMPs used in Europe are Crop rotation (15%), Manuring & Composting (15%) and Min-till (14%), whereas in China areManuring & Composting (18%), Residuemaintenance (18%) and Integrated pest and disease management (12%). In Europe, soil erosion is the main threat in agricultural Mediterranean areas while soilborne pests and diseases is more frequent in the SSAs from France and The Netherlands. In China, soil erosion, SOM decline, compaction and poor soil structure are among the most significant. This work provides important information for policy makers and the development of strategies to support and promote agricultural management practices with benefits for soil quality.L. Barão and C. Ferreira were supported by the grants SFRH/BPD/115681/2016 and SFRH/BPD/120093/2016, respectively, from the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e TecnologiaiSQAPER is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme for research & innovation under grant agreement no 635750the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (grant nr:2016YFE011270)the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant nr:16146KYSB20150001)and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. Contract: 15.0170-1

The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

International audienceForest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the Earth's ecosystems and climate. It is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as REDD+, among others. Wall-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass (aGB) is now possible with satellite remote sensing (RS). However, RS methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. Here, we present the Forest Observation System (FOS) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. aGB and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25 ha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world's forests. all plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many RS measurements. The FOS offers the potential to improve the accuracy of RS-based biomass products while developing new synergies between the RS and ground-based ecosystem research communities

Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness

1. Biodiversity is an important component of natural ecosystems, with higher species richness often correlating with an increase in ecosystem productivity. Yet, this relationship varies substantially across environments, typically becoming less pronounced at high levels of species richness. However, species richness alone cannot reflect all important properties of a community, including community evenness, which may mediate the relationship between biodiversity and productivity. If the evenness of a community correlates negatively with richness across forests globally, then a greater number of species may not always increase overall diversity and productivity of the system. Theoretical work and local empirical studies have shown that the effect of evenness on ecosystem functioning may be especially strong at high richness levels, yet the consistency of this remains untested at a global scale. 2. Here, we used a dataset of forests from across the globe, which includes composition, biomass accumulation and net primary productivity, to explore whether productivity correlates with community evenness and richness in a way that evenness appears to buffer the effect of richness. Specifically, we evaluated whether low levels of evenness in speciose communities correlate with the attenuation of the richness–productivity relationship. 3. We found that tree species richness and evenness are negatively correlated across forests globally, with highly speciose forests typically comprising a few dominant and many rare species. Furthermore, we found that the correlation between diversity and productivity changes with evenness: at low richness, uneven communities are more productive, while at high richness, even communities are more productive. 4. Synthesis. Collectively, these results demonstrate that evenness is an integral component of the relationship between biodiversity and productivity, and that the attenuating effect of richness on forest productivity might be partly explained by low evenness in speciose communities. Productivity generally increases with species richness, until reduced evenness limits the overall increases in community diversity. Our research suggests that evenness is a fundamental component of biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships, and is of critical importance for guiding conservation and sustainable ecosystem management decisions

Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness

1. Biodiversity is an important component of natural ecosystems, with higher species richness often correlating with an increase in ecosystem productivity. Yet, this relationship varies substantially across environments, typically becoming less pronounced at high levels of species richness. However, species richness alone cannot reflect all important properties of a community, including community evenness, which may mediate the relationship between biodiversity and productivity. If the evenness of a community correlates negatively with richness across forests globally, then a greater number of species may not always increase overall diversity and productivity of the system. Theoretical work and local empirical studies have shown that the effect of evenness on ecosystem functioning may be especially strong at high richness levels, yet the consistency of this remains untested at a global scale. 2. Here, we used a dataset of forests from across the globe, which includes composition, biomass accumulation and net primary productivity, to explore whether productivity correlates with community evenness and richness in a way that evenness appears to buffer the effect of richness. Specifically, we evaluated whether low levels of evenness in speciose communities correlate with the attenuation of the richness–productivity relationship. 3. We found that tree species richness and evenness are negatively correlated across forests globally, with highly speciose forests typically comprising a few dominant and many rare species. Furthermore, we found that the correlation between diversity and productivity changes with evenness: at low richness, uneven communities are more productive, while at high richness, even communities are more productive. 4. Synthesis. Collectively, these results demonstrate that evenness is an integral component of the relationship between biodiversity and productivity, and that the attenuating effect of richness on forest productivity might be partly explained by low evenness in speciose communities. Productivity generally increases with species richness, until reduced evenness limits the overall increases in community diversity. Our research suggests that evenness is a fundamental component of biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships, and is of critical importance for guiding conservation and sustainable ecosystem management decisions