Creatividad y nuevas tecnologías: Las claves de la cultura emprendedora. El papel de la universidad en la formación de intelectuales con espíritu emprendedor

Vivimos en una sociedad azotada por una fuerte depresión económica y, lo que es más preocupante, una crisis de ideas y valores. Las respuestas tomadas desde los poderes públicos a esta situación, como recortes o contención, no han servido para resolver los problemas sino para poner en jaque la idea de un estado del bienestar, de naturaleza social, que trata de mitigar las desigualdades entre sus ciudadanos. Precisamente por este motivo se hace necesario buscar una solución más compleja y a largo plazo. Una estrategia que apueste de forma decidida y sin complejos por la educación, la investigación y la creatividad como ejes vertebradores de las diferentes políticas de recuperación. Una nueva universidad que tenga como fin principal formar ciudadanos con competencias intra e interpersonales, partícipes de una cultura emprendedora que permita dar respuestas a los problemas actuales y a los nuevos que se presentarán en el futuro. Nuevos modelos que generen ideas creativas e innovadoras encaminadas a la creación de empleo de calidad, incrementen el bienestar de los ciudadanos, ampliando sus espacios de participación activa, de comunicación y expresión, y construyendo una sociedad más equilibrada, presidida por la idea de justicia social, donde cobren importancia los valores del compromiso emocional, racional y ético, y que gestione la diversidad como una fuente de riqueza.We live in a society plagued by a severe economic depression and, more worryingly, a crisis of ideas and values. Answers taken from the public authorities to this situation, as cuts or containment, have failed to solve the problems but to jeopardize the idea of a welfare state, social nature, which seeks to mitigate inequalities among its citizens. Precisely for this reason it is necessary to seek a more complex and long-term solution. A strategy to bet decisively without complex for education, research and creativity as backbones of the different recovery policies. A new university that has as main purpose to educate citizens intra and interpersonal skills, participants in an entrepreneurial culture that allows to respond to current and new problems that arise in the future. New models that generate creative and innovative aimed at creating quality employment ideas, increase the welfare of citizens, expanding their areas of active participation, communication and expression, and building a more balanced society, dominated by the idea of social justice where gain importance values emotional, rational and ethical commitment, and to manage diversity as a source of wealth

Teachers 3.0: Patterns of use of five digital tools

p. 202-215Hoy en día, las mejoras en la enseñanza están estrechamente relacionadas con el uso de tecnologías que se han definido como herramientas educativas sin precedentes. Este estudio analiza el uso que 118 profesores de español hacen de cinco herramientas digitales; Google, Wikis, Blogs, YouTube y WhatsApp en el centro educativo y el impacto de las variables sociolaborales de estos docentes sobre el uso mayor o menor de herramientas digitales para la enseñanza y la evaluación. Se ha diseñado y validado un cuestionario, tanto en sus versiones, impreso como en línea, realiza con dos tipos de análisis, uno descriptivo y otro multivariado, utilizando modelo linear general. Los resultados muestran diferentes patrones en el uso de herramientas digitales por docentes según su edad, sexo, experiencia profesional, tipo de escuela y desempeño de puestos académicos. Se discuten y evalúan las implicaciones de estos resultadosS

Analysis of professionals and family foster care on advantages and difficulties of visits between foster children and their biological families

Contact between a foster child and birth parents play an important role in relation to the foster child’s wellbeing. The main aim of this study is to give voice to social workers and foster families about contact visits. This research is part of a project financed by the regional government of Andalusia (Spain) (SEJ-7106) regarding contact visits in foster care. Two focus groups were organized, one with 8 social workers from four foster care agencies and another with 8 foster carers (4 were recruited through the Association of Foster Families in Andalusia and 4 through fostering agencies). Access to foster care agencies and foster families was obtained through the official Andalusian Child Protective Services (SPM). The focal groups were audio-recorded. Transcripts (of the two focus groups gave rise to primary documents for the hermeneutic unit under study. All this information was exported from an Excel database to the ATLAS.ti v7.0 software. The transcripts were examined using an inductive method of open coding in order to identify themes among participants’ responses. Results show that both groups agreed on the utility of visits to maintain the children’s attachment to their birth family, to bring a greater sense of continuity to the children’s life story, to enhance the psychological wellbeing of the foster children and to know the real situation of their birth family. In relation to the difficulties remarked in the course of the visits, one of the issues mentioned by both groups refers to a lack in the coordination among the social workers, the SPM and the foster families involved. The other issue brings together several complaints to the SPM, such as the fact of not providing information about taking decisions regarding the future of the child; the lack of support and preparation of the foster carers, the children and the birth families about visits; as well as the shortage of social workers and economic aids provided by the SPM. The conclusions of this study highlight the need to improve contact visits by developing intervention strategies targeted at all those involved (foster children, family foster care, birth family and social workers). These findings have important implications for practice.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

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”A pie de calle” (“Grassroots”): Social housing and urban regeneration

En febrero de 2012 el grupo de investigación NuTAC presentó la exposición "A pie de calle: vivienda social y regenera-ción urbana" en la sala Arquería de Nuevos Ministerios (Madrid). En ella se presentaba el segundo episodio del proyecto I+D+VS, dedicado al estudio de la vivienda social contemporánea en los procesos de regeneración urbana. Como es sabido, la regeneración urbana constituye un reto fundamental para el futuro de las ciudades, que influye de forma deci-siva en factores como la seguridad, la integración social, la protección del ambiente, el desarrollo económico y el em-pleo. “A pie de calle” propone aprender de la experiencia acumulada en ocho ciudades del mundo, ocho casos interna-cionales de regeneración urbana en los que la vivienda social asume distintos papeles y grados de protagonismo. La exposición presenta y analiza los casos de forma sistemática a través de un conjunto de dibujos, datos y conceptos que permiten la comparación. La incorporación de videoproyecciones permite, además, trabajar con el factor tiempo, decisi-vo en los procesos de regeneración urbana, y abandonar las visiones despegadas del terreno, tan frecuentes en el urbanismo, para recorrer la ciudad real o imaginada “a pie de calle”.In February 2012, the NuTAC research group presented the exhibition "Grassroots: social housing and urban regenera-tion" in the Arcade of the New Ministries (Madrid). The second episode of the I+D+VS project is set out, dedicated to the study of contemporary social housing in the processes of urban regeneration. It is well-known that urban regeneration 1holds the key for thefuture of cities, and has a decisive influence on factors such as security, social integration, protec-tion of the environment, development of the economy, and employment. This grassroots approach proposes learning from experience accumulated from eight cities worldwide: eight international cases of urban regeneration in which social housing assumes distinct roles and degrees of prominence. The exhibition presents and systematically analyses the cases through a set of drawings, data and concepts that enable their compari-son. The incorporation of video projections also allows the time factor to be incorporated, which is decisive in the proces-ses of urban regeneration, and those visions, so often encountered in urban planning, that are detached from reality to be abandoned, in order to explore the real or imagined “grassroots”.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) HAR 2010-1806

Features of non-kinship foster care children with birth family contact in Andalusia

The aim of the presentation is to describe the personal features of non-kinship foster care children who have visits with their birth family in Málaga, Granada and Jaén (provinces of Andalusia, Spain). This study was funded by the research project Application of a psychoeducational intervention program to improve visits between foster children and their biological families (Reference EDU2016 77094-P). SPSS v.21.0 was used to carry out the descriptive and frequency analysis of socio-demographic information collected by the Child File Summary Form designed for this study. There are 212 non-kinship foster care children who have visits with their birth family. Their mean age is 8.09 years old (SD= 4.73). The more frequent types of foster care are both long-term and short-term placement (30.7%, respectively), followed by specialized long-term foster care (20.3%), urgency placement (10.8%) and specialized short-term foster care (7.5%). The period of time they have been into the Child Protection System is on average 4.08 years (SD= 3.88) and into the current placement is on average 2.53 (SD= 2.95). Thus, 44.8% of foster children were in residential care and 30.2% were in previous foster care. The latter could have been with the current foster care family. Also, 41.0% of foster children were placed at least with one sibling. It is important to know the features of foster children in order to apply the main principle of “the best interests of the child” to the whole decision-making process about the child’s protection and welfare. In our project, these decisions concern foster care placement and birth family contact to maintain and strengthen family affective bonds and child’s identity formation. Our findings contribute to develop: (a) initiatives to improve children’s well-being; (b) support and social resources required by families; and (c) socio-educative tools for the social workers.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Li chiameremo Antonio e Maria. L’evoluzione dei nomi in Spagna

La fuerte caída de la fecundidad hace impracticable que las fuerzas institucionales determinen el nombre dado a los recién nacidos. Los padres no quieren (o no pueden) seguir la tradición de sagas familiares; ante esa imposibilidad, deciden dar nombres nuevos. Estudio basado en el padrón de habitantes.Peer reviewe

The voice of birth families to improve visits in foster care

In foster care, contact visits with birth families play an important role in relation to the child’s wellbeing, and they may impact on placement outcomes. However, the views of birth parents with respect to such visits have largely been unexplored. This research is part of a project financed by the regional government of Andalusia (SEJ-7106) regarding contact visits in foster care. This study aims to give voice to parents and gather their views about contact visits, including how they might be improved. Participants were 23 birth families who had contact visits with 35 children in non-kinship foster care. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted in order to explore two key aspects: the parents’ opinions regarding the contact visits and the main areas they felt needed improving. The interviews were transcribed and the transcripts were examined using an inductive method of open coding to identify themes among participants’ responses. The main themes to emerge concerned their general view of contact visits and the organization of visits. The paper discusses the study’s implications of the findings for practice.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Recycling of residual IGCC slags and their benefits as degreasers in ceramics

This work studies the evolution of IGCC slag grains within a ceramic matrix fired at different temperatures to investigate the effect of using IGCC slag as a degreaser. Pressed ceramic specimens from two clay mixtures are used in this study. The M1 mixture is composed of standard clays, whereas the M2 mixture is composed of the same clay mixture as M1 mixture but contains 15% by weight IGCC slag. The amount of IGCC slag added coincides with the amount of slag typically used as a degreaser in the ceramic industry. Specimens are fired at 950 ºC, 1000 ºC, 1050 ºC, 1100 ºC and 1150 ºC. The mineralogical composition and the IGCC slag grain shape within the ceramic matrix are determined by X-ray diffraction, polarized light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The results reveal that the surface of the slag grains is welded to the ceramic matrix while the quartz grains are separated, which causes increased water absorption and reduces the mechanical strength. IGCC slag, however, reduces water absorption. This behaviour is due to the softening temperature of the slag. This property is quite important from an industrial viewpoint because IGCC slag can serve as an alternative to traditional degreasing agents in the ceramic building industry. Additionally, using IGCC slag allows for the transformation of waste into a secondary raw material, thereby avoiding disposal at landfills; moreover, these industrial wastes are made inert and improve the properties of ceramics

Cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: educational level as a protective factor

p. 335-342La mayoría de las personas con EM experimentan déficits cognitivos, especialmente en atención, memoria, información procesamiento y funciones ejecutivas, impactando negativamente en su calidad de vida. Cognitivo variables de memoria a corto plazo, memoria lógica y fluidez verbal en 65 pacientes con múltiples esclerosis (EM) se analizaron en conjunto con variables sociodemográficas como sexo, edad y nivel educativo que podría influir en la progresión de la enfermedad. Encontramos que las variables psicoeducativas ejerció un efecto significativo sobre el estado cognitivo de los pacientes con EM. Así, al considerar sexo, edad, nivel educativo y tipo de EM (SPMS o RRMS), se revelaron pruebas de efectos entre sujetos diferencias estadísticamente significativas en las tres variables cognitivas. Además, encontramos que la el tipo de EM y el tiempo desde el inicio también generaron diferencias cognitivas significativas. Nuestro estudio muestra que el logro o nivel educativo es un factor protector frente a la enfermedad, actuando como fuente de enriquecimiento intelectual que promueve la reserva cognitiva en pacientes con EM. más longitudinal Los estudios que evalúan la progresión de la enfermedad y el pronóstico en pacientes con EM serían útiles para determinar la importancia específica de estas variables en dichos pacientes y en las estrategias que podrían mejorar su desempeño en tareas de evaluación neuropsicológica.S