La utilización del Musicomovigrama como recurso didáctico para el trabajo de la audición atenta, comprensiva y activa en educación primaria

Con la incorporación de las TIC a la Didáctica de la Educación Musical han surgido nuevos recursos, algunos de los cuales son una evolución digital de sus predecesores. Es el caso del musicomovigrama, que se presenta como una versión animada de los tradicionales musicogramas. Este artículo refleja el proceso y los resultados de un estudio realizado en Escuela 2, un centro educativo del municipio de Paterna (Valencia, España), sobre una muestra de 84 estudiantes, con el objetivo de comprobar los efectos que este nuevo recurso aporta al campo de la audición musical. En concreto, se evalúan los cambios observados en relación con la capacidad para seguir musicogramas y musicomovigramas, la motivación manifestada por los estudiantes y la atención mantenida por estos. Como se podrá comprobar, los resultados indican que los musicomovigramas aportan mejoras en cada una de estas cuestiones, al mismo tiempo que abren líneas de investigación que todavía están por desarrollar

Employability and Personal Initiative as Antecedents of Job Satisfaction

In a changing and flexible labour market it is important to clarify the role of environmental and personal variables that contribute to obtaining adequate levels of job satisfaction. The aim of the present study is to analyze the direct effects of employability and personal initiative on intrinsic, extrinsic and social job satisfaction, clarifying their cumulative and interactive effects. The study has been carried out in a sample of 1319 young Spanish workers. Hypotheses were tested by means of the moderated hierarchical regression analysis. Results show that employability and personal initiative predict in a cumulative way the intrinsic, extrinsic and social job satisfaction. Moreover, the interaction between employability and personal initiative increases the prediction of these two variables on intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction. Results also indicate that higher values of employability when initiative is also high are associated to higher levels of intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction. These results have implications for theory and practice in a context of new employment [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

LA EMPLEABILIDAD Y LA INICIATIVA PERSONAL COMO ANTECEDENTES DE LA SATISFACCION LABORAL

Transformations in the socio-economic environment of the companies lead them to more flexible employment policies and other changes in their human resources management practices. In this context it is important to clarify the role of several environmental and personal variables that can contribute to obtain jobs producing adequate levels of job satisfaction. The aim of the present study is to analyze the direct effects of employability and personal initiative on job satisfaction. It also intends to clarify whether their effects are cumulative and/or interactive on intrinsic, extrinsic and social job satisfaction. The study has been carried out in a sample of 1319 young Spanish workers. Results show that employability and personal initiative significantly predict in a cumulative way intrinsic, extrinsic and social job satisfaction. Moreover, the interaction of employability and personal initiative increase the direct effects of these two variables on intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction. Thus, higher values of employability when personal initiative is also high are associated to the highest levels of intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction. These results have clear implications for theory and practice in a context in which job flexibility is inducing new employment relations between employers and employees. This situation requires from the workers new career management strategies. Las transformaciones en el entorno socio-económico de las empresas llevan a éstas a adoptar políticas de flexibilidad laboral y otros cambios en sus prácticas de recursos humanos. En este contexto, es importante clarificar el papel de diferentes variables ambientales y personales que permitan lograr trabajos con niveles adecuados de satisfacción laboral. El objetivo principal de este trabajo es analizar el papel directo de la empleabilidad y la iniciativa personal sobre la satisfacción laboral, clarificando si sus efectos son acumulativos e interactivos. Además, se analiza de forma separada la satisfacción laboral intrínseca, extrínseca y social. El estudio se ha realizado con una muestra de 1319 trabajadores españoles jóvenes. Los resultados muestran que la empleabilidad y la iniciativa personal contribuyen de forma acumulativa a predecir la satisfacción laboral extrínseca, intrínseca y social. Por otra parte, la interacción de empleabilidad e iniciativa incrementa la predicción de la satisfacción extrínseca e intrínseca de tal modo que valores elevados en ambas variables se asocian con niveles más altos de satisfacción intrínseca y extrínseca. Estos resultados tienen claras implicaciones teóricas y prácticas en un contexto en el que la flexibilidad laboral plantea unas nuevas relaciones empleador-empleado y requiere nuevas estrategias de gestión de la carrera por parte del trabajador.Empleabilidad, iniciativa personal, satisfacción laboral. Employability, Personal Initiative and Job Satisfaction.

Recubrimientos híbridos-orgánico-inorgánicos resistentes a la corrosión, oxidación y desgaste y procedimiento para su producción a partir de suspensiones sol-gel con partículas vítreas o cerámicas sobre sustratos metálicos

Referencia OEPM: P200001745.-- Fecha de solicitud: 13/07/2000.-- Titular: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).Esta patente presenta recubrimientos cerámicos y/o vítreos protectores, obtenidos a partir de suspensiones estables de soluciones híbridas sol-gel de alcóxidos y alquilalcóxidos, catalizadas en medio ácido, y con concentraciones entre 1 y 40% de partículas vítreas o cerámicas insolubles, de geometría diversa y cuyos tamaños están entre 1 y 10 μ, y el proceso para su deposición sobre sustratos metálicos, lisos o rugosos. La incorporación de las partículas permite el aumento de la resistencia al desgaste y de la resistencia a la oxidación en medios gaseosos a alta temperatura, y a la corrosión en medios líquidos ácidos, básicos o salinos.Peer reviewe

Implementation of a Positive Technology Application in Patients With Eating Disorders: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial

Background: Positive psychological interventions (PPIs) have been suggested to produce benefits in patients with eating disorders (ED) by improving well-being, which might act as a buffer of the harmful effects caused by the disorder. Best Possible Self (BPS) is a PPI which consists of writing and envisioning a future where everything has turned out in the best possible way. In this regard, positive technology (PT) can be of considerable benefit as it allows to implement specific PPIs that have already shown efficacy. Objective: This study tested the preliminary efficacy of the BPS exercise implemented through a PT application and carried out for 1 month, in improving positive functioning measures, compared to a control condition, in patients with ED. Follow-up effects were also explored at 1 and 3 months later. Methods: This is a pilot randomized controlled trial, with two experimental conditions. Participants were 54 outpatients, who were receiving ongoing specialized treatment in ED services. 29 participants were randomly allocated to the BPS intervention and 25 to the control exercise. The sample was composed mostly by females and the mean age was 27 years. In the intervention group, participants had to write about their BPS. In the control group participants had to write about their daily activities. The exercise was conducted through the Book of Life, which is a PT application that allows users to add multimedia materials to the written content. Measures of future expectations, affect, dispositional optimism, hope and self-efficacy were assessed at different time frames. Results: Findings showed that all participants improved over time and there were no statistically significant differences between conditions on the specific measures. These effects were not influenced by prior levels of ED severity. Within-group effect sizes indicate a greater benefit for the participants in the BPS condition, compared to the control condition, on nearly all the measures. Conclusion: Results indicated that PT produced modest improvements in patients with EDs that are receiving current treatment for ED. More empirical attention is needed to explore the potential benefits of PPIs as supporting tools in the prevention and treatment of EDs. Trial registration: clinicaltrails.gov Identifier: NCT03003910, retrospectively registered December 27, 2016

Conservation status of Narcissus perezlarae Font Quer (Amaryllidaceae) in the Valencian Community

Narcissus perezlarae está incluido en el Catálogo Valenciano de Especies de Flora Amenazadas de la Comunidad Valenciana (Orden 6/2013) en la categoría "En peligro de extinción". Estudios recientes han demostrado su origen híbrido (= N. cavanillesii × N. miniatus [= N. serotinus auct.]). Por otro lado, el mayor especialista y monografía del género reclamó recientemente su autonomía como especie independiente, como N. piifontianus. Esta especie es endémica de la península Ibérica, presente en Alto Alentejo (Portugal), Sevilla y Cádiz (España), y en la parte oriental de la Cordillera Bética, entre Alicante y Valencia. Sin embargo, si se tratara como una especie independiente, sería un endemismo exclusivamente restringido a la Comunidad Valenciana. Siete poblaciones naturales han sido monitoreadas, cuyos datos censales oscilan anualmente. El último censo contiene 1.634 plantas. Desde 2010, se han llevado a cabo cinco experiencias de translocación en la provincia de Alicante. De un total de 8.970 ejemplares introducidos se ha registrado una tasa de supervivencia del 28,4% (2.545 plantas) en el último censo. Las poblaciones recién creadas aumentan el número de localidades conocidas de la especie en la Comunidad Valenciana y amplían considerablemente su distribución a lo largo del territorio.Narcissus perezlarae is included in the Valencian Catalogue of Threatened Species of the Valencian Community (Order 6/2013) in the category "In danger of extinction". Recent studies have demonstrated its hybridogenic origin (= N. cavanillesii × N. miniatus [= N. serotinus auct.]). On the other hand, the greatest specialist and monograph of the genus has most recently claimed its autonomy as an independent species, as N. piifontianus. This species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, present in Alto Alentejo (Portugal), Sevilla and Cadiz (Spain), and in the eastern part of the Baetic Mountains, between Alicante and Valencia. However, if treated as an independent species, it would be an endemism exclusively restricted to the Valencian Community. Seven natural populations have been monitored, whose census data oscillate annually. The latest census contains 1634 plants. Since 2010, five translocation experiences have been carried out in Alicante province. A total amount of 8,970 plants were translocated and a survival rate of 28,4% (2,545 plants) was observed in the latest census. The newly created populations increase the number of known locations of the species in the Valencian Community and considerably expand their distribution range along the territory

Teaching Dilemmas and Student Motivation in Project-based Learning in Secondary Education

This article aims to describe and analyze the dilemmas facing teachers when fostering student motivation in project-based learning (PjBL). The authors developed a project in secondary education through an action research approach. The different action research cycles aimed to solve dilemmas throughout the project and interpret them in terms of student motivation through the self-determination theory. According to this theory, autonomy, relatedness and competence are three psychological needs that, if fulfilled in the classroom, will lead to greater intrinsic motivation. The results revealed that one of the main characteristics of PjBL, namely, presenting the final product to an external audience, led to a tight schedule. This timepressure context generated the majority of dilemmas, which affected the development of the three basic psychological needs, especially competence and autonomy

Estrategias de conservación para Cotoneaster granatensis (Rosaceae), especie catalogada En Peligro de Extinción en la Comunitat Valenciana (España)

Cotoneaster granatensis (Rosaceae) is an endangered species in the Valencian Community with two natural populations known and 37 wild plants located in Alicante province. The strategy applied for conservation of this species comprises three steps in a cyclical method: in situ (first step) - ex situ - in situ (second step). Current conservation status for this species has been evaluated as a part of the first step in situ actions. Ex situ conservation activities consisted of germplasm conservation on seed banks, creation and maintenance of collections of livings plants and production of new plants in order to develop reintroductions (in situ actions: second step) in natural populations. The seed germination is a complex issue, but an effective protocol has been established reaching values over 60% of germination. The plant propagation by cuttings has not been successful. In situ actions such as reducing the threat of herbivory has been also essential to enhance natural populations. The initial results on plantations in the natural habitat show high survival rates of specimens