Asesorando a centros educativos implicados en procesos de mejora escolar

Presentamos algunas reflexiones sobre el asesoramiento para la mejora escolar, a partir de la experiencia vivida con distintos centros a lo largo de los cursos 01-02 al 03-04, como consecuencia de la aplicación del Plan de Evaluación de Centros de Canarias (PECCAN) que aplicó el Instituto Canario de Evaluación y Calidad Educativa (ICEC) en nuestra comunidad autónoma. Durante esos tres años hemos trabajado -con distinto grado de intensidad- en más de una decena de centros, tanto de educación infantil-primaria como de secundaria, desempeñando el papel de asesores externos en labores de apoyo a los claustros, a partir del momento en que -en el marco del PECCAN- recibían los resultados y conclusiones de la evaluación externa por parte del inspector de la zona y la escuela debía iniciar la elaboración del plan de mejora. A lo largo de esta aportación presentaremos de modo sintético el modelo de asesoramiento que ha servido de referencia a lo largo del proceso, para luego centrarnos de manera más específica en dos de los casos que nos han parecido más ilustrativos de la experiencia. Para terminar propondremos algunas conclusiones en forma de reflexiones y sugerencias de cara a mejorar este tipo de intervenciones en las escuela

El asesoramiento a los centros educativos desde los sistemas de apoyo externo

El asesoramiento en educación, como fenómeno complejo y multifacético desarrollado por toda una multiplicidad de agentes y sistemas de apoyo en el sistema educativo, constituye el foco de atención de este trabajo. En particular se aborda una de sus dimensiones más sustantivas, la que tiene que ver con las actividades y tareas en relación con los procesos de ayuda y apoyo interprofesional. Al respecto, se recogen de manera sintética algunos de los resultados obtenidos en el estudio que sobre estas estructuras se realizó en la Comunidad Canaria, en particular los referidos a los Equipos de Orientación Educativa y Psicopedagógica (EOEP), y los Equipos Pedagógicos de los Centros del Profesorado (CEP).The central theme of this article is consultancy in education, understood as a complex and multidimensional process developed for different external support systems. In it we present the main results of a study about two of the support systems of the Canary Islands: the Educational Counseling Service (Equipos de Orientación Educativa y Psicopedagógica [EOEP]) and Teachers Centres (Centros del Profesorado [CEP]). The focus of this work is on the functions, tasks and activities related to processes of help and support between professionals in each one of the external support systems subject to study

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Para que los procesos de mejora puedan desarrollarse efectivamente deben darse ciertas condiciones según ha puesto de manifiesto la investigación sobre eficacia y mejora de instituciones educativas. Ainscow y colaboradores han identificado seis condiciones institucionales para la mejora. Se trata de procesos que suelen estar presentes antes y durante el desarrollo de los esfuerzos de mejora. Para explorar la presencia o ausencia de dichos procesos aplicamos un cuestionario al profesorado de los 45 centros participantes en el Plan de Evaluación de Centros Docentes de Canarias que incluía la escala de Ainscow y col. (2001), así como una ficha de recogida de información sobre los planes de mejora. Los centros presentan situaciones muy diversas respecto a las condiciones para la mejora pero hubo centros en los que estaban presentes todas las condiciones. La coordinación docente, y la formulación de preguntas y reflexión fueron las condiciones más presentes en los centros según el profesorado mientras que la participación y la formación permanente fueron las condiciones menos frecuentes. Además, el liderazgo pedagógico, condición clave, la reúnen aquellos centros con cuatro o más condiciones para la mejora. En conclusión, las seis condiciones institucionales para la mejora señaladas pueden considerarse parte del inventario de procesos que intervienen en la mejora de instituciones educativas aunque algunas parezcan estar más presentes que otras en los centros analizado

The incorporation and use of ICT in early childhood education. A study on infrastructure, teachihng methods and teacher training in Andalusia

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar los resultados de un estudio realizado durante el curso 2015-16 sobre la dotación tecnológica con que cuentan las aulas de Educación Infantil en Andalucía, el uso didáctico de los recursos TIC que realizan los docentes, y su formación y actitudes hacia las tecnologías en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Aunque existe abundante investigación sobre la etapa de Educación Primaria, Secundaria y en la enseñanza universitaria, resulta palpable la ausencia de estudios en la primera etapa de escolarización en la vida de los niños y niñas. Los datos se recabaron mediante una encuesta en línea respondida por una muestra de 163 maestros/as. Las conclusiones apuntan que la dotación tecnológica de los centros es insuficiente, que tan solo una tercera parte de la muestra de docentes utiliza las TIC de manera cotidiana en el aula, y que el 70% demanda mayor cualificación, y considera que este tipo de recursos son potenciadores de mayor aprendizaje.The aim of this article is to present the results of a recent study on the technological equipment of preschool classrooms in Andalusia, the educational use of ICT resources by teachers and their training and attitudes towards technologies in the process of teaching and learning. Although there is an abundant research on the stage of primary, secondary and university education, it is clear the lack of studies in the first stage of schooling in the lives of children. Data are collected through an online survey answered by a sample of 163 teachers. The conclusions indicate that the provision is insufficient, ICT are used on a daily basis in the classroom only a third of the simple and that 70% of teachers demand higher qualifications and consider that these resources are enhancers higher learning

Nuevas formas de asesorar y apoyar a los centros educativos

Symposium coordinador por el Prof. Jesús Domingo, donde se describen cuatro experiencias que describen nuevas formas de asesorar y apoyar a los centros educativos: a) Los procesos de asesoramiento: la experiencia de ADEME; b) Proyecto ATLÁNTIDA: educación y cultura democráticas. Procesos de formación de la ciudadanía; c) Ayudando a nuestros centros a mejorar; y d) Innovación, cultura y poder en las instituciones educativas. Un estudio de caso. Se hace un balance general y se evalúan los alcances y las limitaciones encontradas

C3G, through its GEF activity, induces megakaryocytic differentiation and proplatelet formation

[Background]: Megakaryopoiesis allows platelet formation, which is necessary for coagulation, also playing an important role in different pathologies. However, this process remains to be fully characterized. C3G, an activator of Rap1 GTPases, is involved in platelet activation and regulates several differentiation processes. [Methods]: We evaluated C3G function in megakaryopoiesis using transgenic mouse models where C3G and C3GΔCat (mutant lacking the GEF domain) transgenes are expressed exclusively in megakaryocytes and platelets. In addition, we used different clones of K562, HEL and DAMI cell lines with overexpression or silencing of C3G or GATA-1. [Results]: We found that C3G participates in the differentiation of immature hematopoietic cells to megakaryocytes. Accordingly, bone marrow cells from transgenic C3G, but not those from transgenic C3GΔCat mice, showed increased expression of the differentiation markers CD41 and CD61, upon thrombopoietin treatment. Furthermore, C3G overexpression increased the number of CD41+ megakaryocytes with high DNA content. These results are supported by data obtained in the different models of megakaryocytic cell lines. In addition, it was uncovered GATA-1 as a positive regulator of C3G expression. Moreover, C3G transgenic megakaryocytes from fresh bone marrow explants showed increased migration from the osteoblastic to the vascular niche and an enhanced ability to form proplatelets. Although the transgenic expression of C3G in platelets did not alter basal platelet counts, it did increase slightly those induced by TPO injection in vivo. Moreover, platelet C3G induced adipogenesis in the bone marrow under pathological conditions. [Conclusions]: All these data indicate that C3G plays a significant role in different steps of megakaryopoiesis, acting through a mechanism dependent on its GEF activity.This work was supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [SAF2013–48210-C2–1-R and SAF2016–76588-C2–2-R to CG, SAF2013–48210-C2–2-R and SAF2016–76588-C2–1-R to AP], and by two grants from the Council of Education of Junta de Castilla y León, Spain [SA157A12–1 and SA017U16 to CG]. All funding was cosponsored by the European FEDER Program

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatits C Virus Coinfection in Spain: Elimination Is Feasible, but the Burden of Residual Cirrhosis Will Be Significant

Background: We assessed the prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis C virus (HCV-Abs) and active HCV infection in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Spain in 2016 and compared the results with those of similar studies performed in 2002, 2009, and 2015. Methods: The study was performed in 43 centers during October-November 2016. The sample was estimated for an accuracy of 2% and selected by proportional allocation and simple random sampling. During 2016, criteria for therapy based on direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA) were at least significant liver fibrosis, severe extrahepatic manifestations of HCV, and high risk of HCV transmissibility. Results: The reference population and the sample size were 38904 and 1588 patients, respectively. The prevalence of HCV-Abs in 2002, 2009, 2015, and 2016 was 60.8%, 50.2%, 37.7%, and 34.6%, respectively (P trend <.001, from 2002 to 2015). The prevalence of active HCV in 2002, 2009, 2015, and 2016 was 54.0%, 34.0%, 22.1%, and 11.7%, respectively (P trend <.001). The anti-HCV treatment uptake in 2002, 2009, 2015, and 2016 was 23.0%, 48.0%, 59.3%, and 74.7%, respectively (P trend <.001). In 2016, HCV-related cirrhosis was present in 7.6% of all HIV-infected individuals, 15.0% of patients with active HCV, and 31.5% of patients who cleared HCV after anti-HCV therapy. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that with universal access to DAA-based therapy and continued efforts in prevention and screening, it will be possible to eliminate active HCV among HIV-infected individuals in Spain in the short term. However, the burden of HCV-related cirrhosis will continue to be significant among HIV-infected individuals.This work was funded by grant Ref. no. GLD14-00279 from the GILEAD Fellowship Programme (Spain) and by the Spanish AIDS Research Network (RD16/0025/0017, RD16/0025/0018) that is included in the Spanish I+D+I Plan and is co-financed by ISCIII-Subdirección General de Evaluacion and European Funding for Regional Development (FEDER).S

Combined searches for the production of supersymmetric top quark partners in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

A combination of searches for top squark pair production using proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the CERN LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1) collected by the CMS experiment, is presented. Signatures with at least 2 jets and large missing transverse momentum are categorized into events with 0, 1, or 2 leptons. New results for regions of parameter space where the kinematical properties of top squark pair production and top quark pair production are very similar are presented. Depending on themodel, the combined result excludes a top squarkmass up to 1325 GeV for amassless neutralino, and a neutralinomass up to 700 GeV for a top squarkmass of 1150 GeV. Top squarks with masses from 145 to 295 GeV, for neutralino masses from 0 to 100 GeV, with a mass difference between the top squark and the neutralino in a window of 30 GeV around the mass of the top quark, are excluded for the first time with CMS data. The results of theses searches are also interpreted in an alternative signal model of dark matter production via a spin-0 mediator in association with a top quark pair. Upper limits are set on the cross section for mediator particle masses of up to 420 GeV

Search for new particles in events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

A search is presented for new particles produced at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV, using events with energetic jets and large missing transverse momentum. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 101 fb(-1), collected in 2017-2018 with the CMS detector. Machine learning techniques are used to define separate categories for events with narrow jets from initial-state radiation and events with large-radius jets consistent with a hadronic decay of a W or Z boson. A statistical combination is made with an earlier search based on a data sample of 36 fb(-1), collected in 2016. No significant excess of events is observed with respect to the standard model background expectation determined from control samples in data. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on the branching fraction of an invisible decay of the Higgs boson, as well as constraints on simplified models of dark matter, on first-generation scalar leptoquarks decaying to quarks and neutrinos, and on models with large extra dimensions. Several of the new limits, specifically for spin-1 dark matter mediators, pseudoscalar mediators, colored mediators, and leptoquarks, are the most restrictive to date.Peer reviewe

Development and validation of HERWIG 7 tunes from CMS underlying-event measurements

This paper presents new sets of parameters (“tunes”) for the underlying-event model of the HERWIG7 event generator. These parameters control the description of multiple-parton interactions (MPI) and colour reconnection in HERWIG7, and are obtained from a fit to minimum-bias data collected by the CMS experiment at s=0.9, 7, and 13Te. The tunes are based on the NNPDF 3.1 next-to-next-to-leading-order parton distribution function (PDF) set for the parton shower, and either a leading-order or next-to-next-to-leading-order PDF set for the simulation of MPI and the beam remnants. Predictions utilizing the tunes are produced for event shape observables in electron-positron collisions, and for minimum-bias, inclusive jet, top quark pair, and Z and W boson events in proton-proton collisions, and are compared with data. Each of the new tunes describes the data at a reasonable level, and the tunes using a leading-order PDF for the simulation of MPI provide the best description of the dat