Assistive technology application in educational contexts: policy framework and core areas / 中国康复理论与实践

ObjectiveTo study domestic and international policies and core areas related to assistive technology services for children with disabilities, to explore the application of assistive technology for children with special needs in the educational context. MethodsBased on the relevant policies and theoretical frameworks of policies on assistive technology services of United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO) and China, the policy frameworks and core areas of assistive technology in the educational context were analyzed using the theories of the six elements of the WHO assistive technology service system and the 5P service model, as well as the international and domestic classifications and directory lists of assistive technologies. ResultsInternational Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) gave the definition and classification of assistive technology in educational scenarios. With the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as the core and the Assistive Technology for Children with Disabilities (ATD) strategy as the centerpiece of the international policy, the core areas of assistive technology application in educational settings were established with the 5P Model, consisting of five related areas, namely individuals, policies, products, practitioners and service delivery, based on the six elements of the WHO assistive technology service system, namely leadership and governance, financing, human resources for health, service delivery, medical technology and health information system. The ecosystem focused on people, policies, products, practitioners and services that promote access to and use of assistive technology. ConclusionThe policy and core areas for the application of assistive technology in educational contexts are formed on the basis of ICF, with the CRPD at the core, and the strategy of ATD, to define scientifically the definition; and promote assistive technology services for children with disabilities from the perspective of the right to comprehensive, efficient, and child-centered development, to provide usable, accessible, affordable, adaptable, acceptable and quality assistive technology services to ensure that children with disabilities enjoy equal and quality education, and to improve the quality of life and well-being. A human-centered assistive technology ecosystem can be established using 5P Model, to innovate and develop assistive technology services for children with disabilities.

Research on Cross-cultural Competence of Medical Staff and Its Cultivation Path / 中国医学伦理学

With the acceleration of globalization, the number of foreigners in China is rising year by year, and their demand for medical treatment is also increasing. It is imperative to strengthen the supply of international professional medical services in China and improve the cross-cultural competence of medical staff. As the origin of cross-cultural medical competence research, the United States has accumulated rich theoretical and practical experience. By defining the concept and connotation of cross-cultural competence in the medical context and explaining its constituent elements, based on the experience of the United States and combined with the actual situation of China, this paper put forward that the cultivation path of cross-cultural competence of medical staff should be explored from the aspects of enhancing cross-cultural awareness of medical staff, strengthening cross-cultural medical competence training, and utilizing a variety of measures and tools.

Adaptación y validación al contexto argentino de la escala de fear of missing out / Adaptation and Validation of the Fear of Missing Out Scale to the Argentine Context / Adaptação e validação ao contexto argentino da escala fear of missing out

El presente trabajo se propone examinar las propiedades psicométricas de la adaptación al contexto argentino de la escala de fear of missing out (FoMO, miedo a perderse algo) en una muestra compuesta por residentes del Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (amba, Argentina). La escala permite medir un único factor que establece el grado en que las personas se encuentran pendientes de las actividades ajenas en comparación con las propias. Del estudio participaron 416 personas con edades entre 18 y 66 años (M = 28.82) y de diferentes géneros (hombres = 25 %; mujeres = 75 %). Los análisis confirmatorios arrojaron valores superiores a 0.90 para los índices ifi, nnfi y cfi, y para el rmsea, valores inferiores a 0.08. La consistencia interna evaluada a partir de los estadísticos alfa ordinal y omega de McDonald fue aceptable (α = 0.77; ω = 0.99). La evidencia de validez externa de la escala demostró asociaciones significativas con la escala de autoestima de Rosenberg (rses), de manera consistente con estudios previos.

The present study examines the evidence of validity and reliability of the Argentine version of the fear of missing out (FoMO) scale in a sample of residents in the Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (amba) (Argentina). The scale consists in a single factor that allows us to measure the degree to which people are aware of other people's activities compared with their own experiences. This study involved 416 individuals with ages between 18 and 66 years (M = 28.82) and of different genders (Male = 25 %; Female = 75 %). The confirmatory factor analysis yielded values higher than 0.90 for the ifi, nnfi, and cfi indices and the rmseavalues lower than 0.08, figures considered as adequateadjustment indicators. The internal consistency was evaluated from Cronbach's Alpha and the McDonald's Omega statistic, obtaining acceptable figures (α = 0.77; ω = 0.99). The external validity analysis showed sig-nificant associations with the Rosenberg self-esteemscale, following previous studies

Este artigo tem como objetivo examinar as proprieda-des psicométricas da adaptação ao contexto argentino da escala fear of missing out (FoMO, medo de perder alguma coisa) em uma amostra composta por residen-tes da Região Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (rmba) (Argentina). A escala permite medir um único fator que estabelece o grau de conhecimento das pessoas sobre as atividades dos outros em comparação com as suas próprias. Participaram do estudo 416 pessoas com idades entre 18 e 66 anos (M = 28.82) e de diferentes gêneros (homens = 25 %; mulheres = 75 %). As aná-lises confirmatórias produziram valores superiores a 0.90 para os índices ifi, nnfi e cfi e valores inferiores a 0.08 para o rmsea. A consistência interna avaliada pelas estatísticas alfa e ômega ordinal de McDonald foram aceitáveis (α = 0.77; ω = 0.99). Evidências de validade externa da escala demonstraram associações significativas com a escala de autoestima de Rosenberg (rses), consistentes com estudos anteriores

Envejecimiento saludable: un primer acercamiento a la revisión de indicadores subjetivos de salud en zonas urbanas y rurales en Costa Rica / Healthy aging: An initial review of subjective health indicators in urban and rural areas in Costa Rica

Resumen En este artículo se presentan los resultados de una primera aproximación al análisis del efecto moderador del contexto social, cultural y geográfico en indicadores subjetivos del envejecimiento saludable en personas mayores de 46 años residentes en territorios con características diferenciadas en Costa Rica. Se trabajó con una muestra de 305 personas residentes en tres áreas geográficas: una urbana, una semiurbana y una tercera principalmente rural. La diferenciación de las tres zonas se basó en criterios de densidad poblacional, infraestructura y acceso a bienes y servicios. Los indicadores subjetivos del envejecimiento saludable analizados fueron: participación social, apoyo social, salud percibida, espiritualidad, autoeficacia, comportamientos de autocuidado, bienestar subjetivo (satisfacción con la vida y bienestar psicológico) y estado de ánimo; todas las variables fueron condicionadas por zona de residencia, edad y sexo. Para analizar los indicadores subjetivos se estimó un análisis de covarianza (ANCOVA) o un análisis multivariado de covarianza (MANCOVA), dependiendo del número de variables dependientes analizadas. En general, se identificaron indicadores subjetivos de envejecimiento saludable altos en las personas participantes del estudio, quienes reportaron altos niveles de participación social, satisfacción con la vida y estados de salud y ánimo positivos. Se encontraron diferencias por edad entre los grupos. Sin embargo, no se evidenciaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en los indicadores subjetivos analizados según la zona de residencia o el sexo. En síntesis, este estudio encontró que los indicadores subjetivos de envejecimiento saludable analizados eran muy similares en residentes de tres zonas geográficas con características distintas. Estos hallazgos iniciales se discuten desde una perspectiva cultural y geográfica y en relación con los modelos de envejecimiento saludable.

Abstract This review exposes the results of a first approximation to the analysis of the moderator effect of the geographical, social, and cultural context on subjective indicators of healthy aging in the Costa Rican context. Costa Rica is a middle-income democratic country that is in an advanced demographic changing process; this phenomenon makes it one of the aged countries in the Latin American region. Therefore, studying healthy aging becomes relevant in the context of population demographic change in the present and future aging societies. The study compared several subjective indicators of healthy aging among people older than 46 who resided in three different geographical areas in the country. Participants were 305 healthy people from three locations: one urban (Heredia Central City), one semi-urban (Santa Ana Central City), and one mainly rural (Nicoya). Participants completed standardized assessment scales to evaluate social participation, social support, perceived health, spirituality, self-efficacy, self-care behaviors, and subjective well-being (life satisfaction and psychological well-being). All variables were conditioned by geographical zone (urban, semi-urban, and mainly rural), age, and gender. Either Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) or Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) were estimated depending on the number of dependent variables analyzed to test the effect of the zone of residence, gender, and age, over the subjective indicator of healthy aging studied. In general, participants evidenced high scores on subjective indicators such as self-care, social support, spirituality, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being, which have been associated with health and well-being during the aging process. Participants reported high levels of social participation and perceived that they received adequate support for their daily life needs. Likewise, participants evidenced a general state of well-being, a positive state of health, high levels of self-efficacy, and positive moods. Differences were found among the groups by comparing age. However, no significant differences were found in the variables studied related to geographical areas of residence and sex, suggesting invariant comparison evidence by zone of residence and sex. Nevertheless, the results indicate that the subjective indicators of healthy aging studied are key to promoting healthy aging at the national level. It is considered necessary to improve opportunities for social participation aimed at older adults, to strengthen community and family social networks, to promote socio-economic support such as financial and instrumental support for activities of daily living, and finally emotional support such as listening, empathy and advice. Although the differences among geographical areas of residence of the people studied were not statistically significant in this study, the evidence suggested a trend of high well-being indicators mainly in the rural areas studied, and particularly more in males than in females. As this study only reached preliminary data, further research must obtain conclusive evidence, as previous research had suggested older people living in rural areas with high longevity indicators in Costa Rica might enjoy unusual environmental characteristics and personal protective factors that could be absent in most of the urban areas in the country. On the other hand, it will be necessary to include the historical and socio-cultural determinants focusing on context-specific review analyses in the mainstream research on healthy aging, even more in aged countries like Costa Rica. The findings are discussed within the inter-cultural emphasis and healthy aging models in order to contribute to a better understanding of how the context (physical-constructed and social/cultural) influences the differences, although subtle, in the study´s variables and participants, and how the process of aging might be different according to the multiple contextual conditions in which people live and adapt their capacities and abilities for coping with daily life demands.

Atribuciones hacia la timidez y la soledad en niños y niñas de diferentes contextos sociales argentinos / Attributions towards shyness and unsociability in Argentinian children from different social contexts

Resumen Las atribuciones de los niños y las niñas hacia los comportamientos de retraimiento social suelen estar determinadas por el entorno sociocultural particular en el que se desarrollan e influyen en la forma en que reaccionan a las conductas de sus pares durante las interacciones sociales. El objetivo de este trabajo fue comparar dichas atribuciones hacia dos subtipos de retraimiento social (timidez y preferencia por la soledad) referidas por niños y niñas de tres contextos diferentes de Mendoza (Argentina): urbano, urbano-marginado y rural. Se llevó a cabo un estudio con 221 niños y niñas abordando jardines de infantes estatales de cada ámbito (urbano: . = 82, Mmeses= 62.33; urbano-marginado: . = 72, Mmeses= 60.47; rural: . = 67, Mmeses= 63.07). Los escolares fueron entrevistados individualmente con una serie de viñetas gráficas con personajes hipotéticos desplegando conductas sociables, tímidas, solitarias y agresivas frente a las cuales respondieron preguntas sobre sus atribuciones y percepciones en distintos aspectos. Las diferentes pruebas no paramétricas realizadas señalaron que el personaje tímido fue percibido con mayor motivación social y menor intencionalidad en su conducta que el personaje solitario en todos los grupos. No se encontraron diferencias entre los contextos en la atribución de consecuencias sociales negativas para estas conductas, aunque el grupo de escolares rurales reportó mayor preferencia afiliativa y compasión por el personaje tímido en comparación con el grupo urbano. Se discuten estos resultados considerando cómo las expectativas de socialización de cada contexto podrían influir en las percepciones de los escolares hacia el retraimiento social.

Abstract Children's attributions towards withdrawn behaviors are usually determined by the particular social milieu in which they develop and tend to influence their behaviors and reactions. The aim of this work was to compare the attributions towards two subtypes of social withdrawal (shyness and unsociability) referred by children from three different contexts in Mendoza, Argentina: urban, urban-marginalized and rural. Participants were 221 kindergarten children from these contexts (urban: n = 82, Mmonths = 62.33; urban-marginalized: n = 72, Mmonths = 60.47; rural: n = 67, Mmonths = 63.07). Children were individually interviewed with a series of graphic vignettes with hypothetical characters displaying shy and unsociable behaviors, and for comparison purposes were also assessed aggressive and socially competent behaviors. After each vignette, children were asked a series of questions designed to assess their attributions toward each behavior in six dimensions: intentionality, social motivation, affiliative preference, social status, negative impact and sympathy. The results of this study showed that young children in the three contexts were able to distinguish social withdrawal from other types of behaviors (i.e., aggressiveness and sociability). Overall, withdrawn behaviors received more positive attributions (greater affiliative preference, better social position and less negative impact) than aggressive behaviors, although they were also perceived negatively in relation to more socially competent behaviors (the latter were attributed greater affiliative preference and best position within the peer group). Furthermore, it was observed that children from the three contexts made clearly distinctions among the different forms of social withdrawal in terms of intentionality and social motivation. Specifically, they reported that compared with unsociable characters, shy ones are more socially motivated and less intentional in their behavior, evocating greater feelings of compassion. However, some peculiarities can be appreciated in each context. The results indicated that children in the urban group reported greater feelings of sympathy for the shy character in relation to the unsociable, which was not evidenced in the other groups. In addition, children from the rural sample showed a greater preference for interact with the hypothetical shy peer than with the unsociable character and this inclination was also greater when compared with the urban sample. Taken together, these results may suggest that different socialization norms and expectations would evoke different meanings and implications to the socially withdrawn manifestations. It might be possible that in urban contexts children's socialization expectations highlight extraversion and self-affirming behaviors which generate more empathetic reactions in front of passive or fearful manifestations as shyness. On the other hand, rural children may prefer peers who display shy behaviors possibly because it is in line with expectations of social cohesion and modesty that are value in this milieu. Nevertheless, no differences were found between shy and unsociable behaviors in any of the contexts in terms of social position and negative impact that they anticipated for the peer group. These results could provide some support for the idea that social withdrawal tends to be globally perceived as benign at an early age, and especially in the rural context, where it is a frequent and valued behavior. Although it is not possible with the limited variables included in this study to know which are the specific contextual aspects that affect some attributions and through what mechanisms they do so, these findings are an important starting point to continue deepening the socialization processes in urban, urban-marginalized and rural young children. This study is also one of the first to evaluate the knowledge and attributions of Argentinean children from different social context toward social withdrawal and provides new evidence on the differences in the cultural meaning and implications of withdrawn behaviors in early childhood.

Factores de riesgo/resiliencia en familias con hijos con autismo. Asociación con la evolución en la adolescencia / Risk/resilience factors in families with children with autism. Association with evolution in adolescence

Resumen La influencia del estrés de los padres y el efecto moderador de las estrategias de afrontamiento y apoyo social en niños con autismo están bien documentados. El número de trabajos con un di seño transversal contrasta con la escasez de estudios con diseño longitudinal que permitirían profundizar en las relaciones entre las características del contexto familiar y la evolución del trastorno. El presente trabajo de seguimiento está dedicado al análisis de esas relaciones en el tiempo transcurrido desde la infancia (T1) a la adolescencia (T2), valorando además los resultados en diferentes dominios del desarrollo. Participaron 45 adolescentes con TEA divididos en dos grupos en función del ambiente familiar, de alto riesgo (AR; N= 18) y de bajo riesgo (BR; N=27). Los resultados confirman y extienden los que han aportado trabajos transversales, evidenciando la influencia negativa de un ambiente familiar de riesgo en la severidad del TEA y en el desarrollo de habilidades socio-adaptativas. La psicoeducación, la terapia cognitivo-conductual y el mindfulness han de mostrado que pueden disminuir el estrés de los padres y aumentar el sentimiento de auto-eficacia.

Abstract The influence of parental stress and the moderating effect of coping strategies and social support in children with autism is well documented. The number of works with a cross-sectional design contrasts with the scarcity of studies with a longitudinal design that would allow to deepen in the relationships between characteristics of the family context and the evolution of the disorder. The present follow-up study is devoted to the analysis of these relationships over time from childhood (T1) to adolescence (T2), also assessing the results in different developmental domains. Forty-five adolescents with ASD participated, divided into two groups according to family environment, high risk (HR; N=18) and low risk (LR; N=27). The results confirm and extend those obtained in cross-sectional work, showing the negative influence of a risky family environment on the severity of ASD and the development of socio-adaptive skills. Psychoeducation, cognitive-behavioural therapy and mindfulness have been shown to decrease parental stress and increase feelings of self-efficacy.

CONTEXTUAL LEARNING APPROACH FOR SYNDROME DISEASE NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION

The groundwork for extracting a significant amount of biomedical information from unstructured texts into structured formats is the difficult research area of biological entity recognition from medical documents. The existing work implemented the named entity recognition for diseases using the sequence labelling framework. The performance of this strategy, however, is not always adequate, and it frequently cannot fully exploit the semantic information in the dataset. The Syndrome Diseases Named Entity problem is presented in this work as a sequence labelling with multi-context learning. By using well-designed text/queries, this formulation may incorporate more previous information and to decode it using decoding techniques such conditional random fields (CRF). We performed experiments on three biomedical datasets, and the outcomes show how effective our methodology is on the BC5CDR-Disease, JNLPBA and NCBI-Disease, compared with other techniques our methodology performs with accuracy levels of 96.70%,98.65 and 96.72% respectively.

Application of context-input-process-product model combined with integrated teaching in standardized training of medical oncology / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective:To investigate the application of the decision-oriented context-input-process-product (CIPP) model combined with integrated teaching in standardized training of medical oncology.Methods:A total of 98 standardized training residents who participated in standardized training in Department of Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, were enrolled as subjects, and they were divided into control group and observation group using a simple random number table, with 49 residents in each group. The residents in the control group received routine teaching, and those in the observation group received CIPP model combined with integrated teaching. The two groups were compared in terms of department examination score and assessment of subjective learning effect, and the observation group was assessed in terms of critical thinking ability before and after training. SPSS 22.0 was used for the t-test. Results:Compared with the control group, the observation group had significant increases in theoretical examination score ( t=2.95, P=0.004), practical operation score ( t=17.04, P<0.001), and total score ( t=3.55, P=0.001). After training, the observation group had significant increases in the scores of each dimension of critical thinking ability and the total score of critical thinking ability ( t=2.89, 3.55, 3.37, 3.20, 3.13, 2.67, 3.06, 3.13; P=0.005, 0.001, 0.001, 0.002, 0.002, 0.009, 0.003, 0.002). The observation group had significantly higher assessment scores of subjective learning effect than the control group ( t=3.46, 3.56, 2.83, 2.85, 2.57, 3.07; P=0.001, 0.001, 0.006, 0.005, 0.012, 0.003). Conclusion:The CIPP model combined with integrated teaching can improve the department examination score and critical thinking ability of standardized training residents in medical oncology, with good assessment results of subjective learning effect.

A Virtual Reality Platform for Context-Dependent Cognitive Research in Rodents / 神经科学通报·英文版

Animal survival necessitates adaptive behaviors in volatile environmental contexts. Virtual reality (VR) technology is instrumental to study the neural mechanisms underlying behaviors modulated by environmental context by simulating the real world with maximized control of contextual elements. Yet current VR tools for rodents have limited flexibility and performance (e.g., frame rate) for context-dependent cognitive research. Here, we describe a high-performance VR platform with which to study contextual behaviors immersed in editable virtual contexts. This platform was assembled from modular hardware and custom-written software with flexibility and upgradability. Using this platform, we trained mice to perform context-dependent cognitive tasks with rules ranging from discrimination to delayed-sample-to-match while recording from thousands of hippocampal place cells. By precise manipulations of context elements, we found that the context recognition was intact with partial context elements, but impaired by exchanges of context elements. Collectively, our work establishes a configurable VR platform with which to investigate context-dependent cognition with large-scale neural recording.

Influence of Recent Trial History on Interval Timing / 神经科学通报·英文版

Interval timing is involved in a variety of cognitive behaviors such as associative learning and decision-making. While it has been shown that time estimation is adaptive to the temporal context, it remains unclear how interval timing behavior is influenced by recent trial history. Here we found that, in mice trained to perform a licking-based interval timing task, a decrease of inter-reinforcement interval in the previous trial rapidly shifted the time of anticipatory licking earlier. Optogenetic inactivation of the anterior lateral motor cortex (ALM), but not the medial prefrontal cortex, for a short time before reward delivery caused a decrease in the peak time of anticipatory licking in the next trial. Electrophysiological recordings from the ALM showed that the response profiles preceded by short and long inter-reinforcement intervals exhibited task-engagement-dependent temporal scaling. Thus, interval timing is adaptive to recent experience of the temporal interval, and ALM activity during time estimation reflects recent experience of interval.

Orienteering as a pedagogical component / O esporte orientação como componente pedagógico

ABSTRACT Orienteering is a sport that stands out for its pedagogical and formative potential because it includes physical, cognitive and social aspects that contribute to the integral education of students. Its reproduction or recreation in the school context can be a concrete experience of transformation and stimulus to the student leadership actions. The present study aims at showing the possibilities of inserting Orienteering in school units over the years of Basic Education by presenting it as a model of educational sport. This is a descriptive study with propositional characteristics. The specificities of this sport are shown based on Pierre Bourdieu's relational perspective, the analytical model of the 5E's proposed by Wanderley Marchi Júnior, and on the document analysis of the National Common Curricular Base. The pedagogically rich content that could be included in Physical Education classes is emphasized.

RESUMO O Esporte Orientação (EO) se destaca pelo potencial pedagógico e formativo, pois engloba aspectos físicos, cognitivos e sociais que contribuem para a formação integral dos estudantes. A sua reprodução ou recriação no contexto escolar pode ser uma experiência concreta de transformação e estímulo às ações de protagonismo estudantil. O objetivo do presente estudo é indicar as possibilidades de inserção do EO nas unidades escolares, em todos os anos de ensino da Educação Básica, apresentando-o como modelo de esporte educacional. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo de característica propositiva. Buscou-se apresentar as especificidades do esporte fundamentas na perspectiva relacional de Pierre Bourdieu, no modelo analítico do 5E's de Wanderley Marchi Junior e na análise documental da Base Nacional Comum Curricular, ressaltando o conteúdo rico que pode ser contemplado nas aulas de Educação Física durante o processo educacional.

Libras no contexto escolar: instrumento ilustrado de avaliação de narrativas sinalizadas1 / Libras in the school context: illustrated instrument for evaluation of signed narratives

RESUMO O contato inicial com uma língua acessível ocorre, para os estudantes surdos brasileiros, frequentemente no ambiente escolar, ao entrar em contato com outras crianças surdas e com interlocutores adultos fluentes em Língua Brasileira de Sinais (Libras). Esse acesso tardio pode ocasionar um certo atraso na aquisição e no desenvolvimento da linguagem. Assim, a educação bilíngue de surdos coloca os professores frente ao desafio de como avaliar a Libras no contexto escolar. Diante das propostas educacionais, ainda há poucos instrumentos que contribuam para avaliar os conhecimentos em Libras dos estudantes surdos. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo é, por meio de um instrumento ilustrado de investigação de narrativas sinalizadas, contribuir com a avaliação da Libras e com o trabalho pedagógico de professores que atuam na educação bilíngue de surdos. O instrumento de avaliação de textos narrativos mostra-se bastante sensível para detectar o desenvolvimento linguístico dos discursos narrativos sinalizados, contribuindo intrinsicamente para a observação de funções/necessidades comunicativas.

ABSTRACT The initial contact with an accessible language occurs, for Brazilian deaf students, often in the school environment, when they encounter other deaf children and with adult interlocutors who are fluent in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS). This late access can cause a certain delay in language acquisition and development. Thus, bilingual education for the deaf place's teachers in the face of the challenge of how to evaluate LIBRAS in the school context. In view of the educational proposals, there are still few instruments that contribute to assessing deaf students' knowledge in LIBRAS. Therefore, the objective of this study is, through an illustrated instrument for investigating signaled narratives, to contribute to the evaluation of LIBRAS and to the pedagogical work of teachers who work in bilingual education for the deaf. The instrument for evaluating narrative texts proves to be quite sensitive to detect the linguistic development of signaled narrative discourses, intrinsically contributing to the observation of communicative functions/needs.

Adoption in the school context: Exploring perspectives / Adoção no Contexto Escolar: explorando olhares

Objective This article sought to analyze the perceptions of parents and teachers regarding the school trajectory of adopted children. For this, Elementary School (3rd to 7th grade) teachers and adoptive parents were interviewed, investigating how they perceive adopted children's possible successes and difficulties in school, and if there is a relationship between adoption and school performance. Method The theoretical-methodological perspective of the "Rede de Significações" [Network of Meanings] was employed, seeking to understand and investigate the perceptions of the interviewees in a contextualized and articulated way. It was understood that it is important to go beyond the analysis of the child's individual components (as a biological or adopted child), considering the interactional network and the context in which he/she is inserted. Results As results, teachers attributed a direct influence on learning to the "family structure", while parents focused their representations on individual issues of their children. Conclusion The children's school difficulties and successes, therefore, were not directly related to adoption, but to previous experiences and the current family context.

Objetivo Este artigo buscou analisar as percepções de pais e professores a respeito da trajetória escolar de crianças adotadas. Para isto, entrevistamos professores do Ensino Fundamental (3º ao 7º ano) e pais adotivos, investigando como compreendem a existência de possíveis sucessos e dificuldades escolares nas crianças adotadas, e se há relação entre adoção e atuação escolar. Método Utilizamos a perspectiva teórico-metodológica da Rede de Significações, buscando compreender e investigar as percepções dos entrevistados de forma contextualizada e articulada. Entendemos ser importante ir além da análise de componentes individuais da criança (como filho biológico ou adotivo), considerando a rede interacional e o contexto em que ela está inserida. Resultados Como resultados, os professores atribuíram à "estrutura familiar" influência direta na aprendizagem, enquanto os pais focalizaram suas representações em questões individuais dos filhos. Conclusão As dificuldades e os sucessos escolares das crianças, portanto, não foram diretamente relacionados à adoção, mas às vivências anteriores e ao contexto familiar atual.

Effects of school violence and work context on teachers' health / Efeitos da violência escolar e do contexto de trabalho na saúde de docentes / Efectos de la violencia escolar y del contexto laboral en la salud de los profesores

The presented study aimed to understand how school violence and work context affect teachers' health. The study included 744 teachers of public schools. The instruments used for data collection were: Victimization Questionnaire, Work Context Assessment Scale, and Work-Related Harm Scale. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed. The results indicate that a high percentage of the participants considered the psychological and social harms as bearable. More than a third of the teachers evaluated physical harm more negatively. Gender and employment status were associated with physical harm. Physical aggression affected psychological harm. Verbal harassment and work organization were predictors of all types of harm. We concluded that models of work structuring, management practices, and being a victim of verbal harassment have a central role in teachers' health

O presente estudo visou compreender como a violência escolar e o contexto de trabalho repercutem sobre a saúde de professores. Participaram da pesquisa 744 docentes de escolas públicas. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: Questionário de Vitimização, Escala de Avaliação do Contexto de Trabalho e Escala de Danos Relacionados ao Trabalho. Foram realizadas análises de regressão logística multinomial. Os resultados indicaram que um percentual alto de participantes considerou os danos psicológicos e sociais como suportáveis. Mais de um terço dos professores avaliaram os danos físicos de forma mais negativa. Gênero e vínculo empregatício se mostraram associados aos danos físicos. As agressões físicas incidiram sobre os danos psicológicos. Assédio verbal e organização do trabalho foram preditores de todos os tipos de danos. Conclui-se que os modelos de estruturação do trabalho, as práticas gerenciais e o assédio verbal desempenham um papel central para a saúde docente

La encuesta presentada tuvo como objetivo comprender cómo la violencia escolar y el contexto laboral impactan en la salud de los docentes. Participaron del estudio 744 docentes de escuelas públicas. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron: Cuestionario de Victimización, Escala de Evaluación del Contexto Laboral y Escala de Daños Relacionados con el Trabajo. Se realizaron análisis de regresión logística multinomial. Los resultados indicaron que un alto porcentaje de los participantes consideraba soportables los daños psicológicos y sociales. Más de un tercio de los docentes evaluó los daños físicos de manera más negativa. El género y la situación laboral se asociaron con los daños físicos. Las agresiones físicas afectaron a los daños psicológicos. El acoso verbal y la organización del trabajo fueron predictores de todos los daños. Se concluye que los modelos de estructuración del trabajo, prácticas gerenciales y acoso verbal juegan un papel central en la salud docente

Challenges for building healthy food environment in an agricultural municipality in southern Brazil / Os desafios para a construção de ambientes alimentares saudáveis em um município agrícola no Sul do Brasil

ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this paper is to review the challenges for the development of healthier food environments in Palmeira da Missões, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Methods A qualitative approach was carried out with 29 participants. Data were produced through semi-structured interviews and the content was assessed by thematic categories. Results Three main difficulties were identified for the fostering of healthier food environments in the municipality: the disconnection between consumption and food production; the fragility in the food safety regulations and finally, the disconnection between public policies and local actions for food production. Conclusion The results allow to conclude that there are weaknesses concerning the food environments in Palmeira das Missões, which imply challenges for the fostering of healthy eating and, at the same time, a need for more effective articulation and local action.

RESUMO Objetivo Este trabalho analisou os desafios para a construção de ambientes alimentares mais saudáveis em Palmeira da Missões, no Rio Grande do Sul. Métodos Foi realizada uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, que contou com a participação de 29 interlocutores. Os dados foram produzidos por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas as quais foram analisadas através da avaliação análise de conteúdo por categorias temáticas. Resultados Foram identificadas três principais dificuldades para a promoção de ambientes alimentares mais saudáveis no município: a desconexão entre consumo e produção de alimentos; a fragilidade na legislação higiênico-sanitária dos alimentos; e por último, a desarticulação entre políticas públicas e ações locais para a produção de alimentos. Conclusão Os resultados permitem concluir que há fragilidades em relação aos ambientes alimentares em Palmeira das Missões, os quais implicam desafios para a promoção da alimentação saudável e, ao mesmo tempo, necessidade de articulação e atuação local mais efetiva.

Prosocial behaviour axioms and values: Influence of gender and volunteering

Abstract To promote prosocial behaviour, in the present study, we observed the human values that may predict it within the realms of the transcendental views of life, society's shared culture and the world of personal and interpersonal affections. To do this, we started with two hypotheses: (1) prosocial behaviour differs according to gender and participation in volunteering; and (2) the variables of transcendental values, cultural development, affective development, gender and participation in volunteering predict prosocial behaviour. To do so, we conducted a quantitative study based on the cross-sectional, social analytical-empirical research method. We used a validated instrument with a large sample of 1,712 individuals living in the multicultural context of the Spanish city of Melilla, located in North Africa and one of only two land borders between Europe and Morocco. Values that could promote prosocial behaviour were grouped into four dimensions to locate relevant factors that helped identify which values are linked to specific actions, both formal and informal, through an inferential analysis focusing on regression and multivariate analysis of variance. Our findings highlighted the linkage of the transcendent dimension of the individual in relation to his or her level of prosocial behaviour and the role of women as socialising agents.

A colaboração crítica em um curso de leitura em inglês e em português para alunos com necessidades educacionais intelectuais específicas / Critical collaboration in a reading course in english and portuguese for students with specific intellectual educational needs / Colaboración crítica en un curso de lectura en inglés y en portugués para estudiantes con necesidades educativas intelectuales específicas

Este artigo tem por objetivo discutir como a colaboração crítica impacta as ações de pesquisa de duas professorasorientadoras e de um aluno de Ensino Médio com deficiência intelectual em um curso de leitura em inglês e em português para alunos com necessidades educacionais intelectuais específicas. Os participantes de pesquisa usam a linguagem e colaboram criticamente para discutir sua participação. Nesse enquadre, trabalham juntos, desenvolvem suas funções psicológicas superiores, em outras palavras, sua memória, atenção, volição, pensamentos, emoções e linguagem. Como procedimentos metodológicos, a Pesquisa Crítica de Colaboração propicia aos participantes atuarem de maneira interdependente para se constituir e para transformar o contexto de aprendizagem que compartilham. Como resultados parciais, as análises e interpretações sugerem que os momentos de colaboração crítica organizados por meio da Pesquisa Crítica de Colaboração criam possibilidades para os participantes aprimorarem a memória e a própria volição, assim como contribui para que a Educação inclusiva floresça nos contextos escolares. (AU)

This article aims to discuss how critical collaboration impacts the research actions of two advisors-teachers and a high school student with intellectual disabilities in a course of English and Portuguese reading for students with specific intellectual educational needs. Research participants use language and critically collaborate to discuss participation. In this frame, they work together, developing higher psychological functions, in other words, their memory, attention, volition, thoughts, emotions, and language. In terms of methodological procedures, the Critical Collaborative Research allows participants to act in an interdependent way, thus constituting themselves and transforming the learning context which they share. As partial results, the analyses and interpretations suggest that moments of critical collaboration organized by the frame of Critical Collaborative Research create possibilities for participants improve memory and volition, besides contributing for inclusive Education to flourish in school contexts. (AU)

Este artículo tiene como objetivo discutir cómo la colaboración crítica, impacta las acciones de investigación de los profesores-asesores y un estudiante de secundaria con discapacidad intelectual en un curso de lectura en inglés y portugués para estudiantes con necesidades intelectuales específicas de educación. Los participantes de la investigación usan el lenguaje y colaboran críticamente para discutir su participación. En este marco trabajan en conjunto, desarrollan sus funciones psicológicas superiores, es decir, su memoria, atención, volición, pensamientos, emociones y lenguaje. Como Metodología, la Investigación Colaborativa Crítica permite a los participantes actuar de manera interdependiente para constituirse y transformar el contexto de aprendizaje que comparten. Como resultados parciales, los análisis e interpretaciones sugieren que los momentos de colaboración crítica organizados a través de la Investigación de Colaboración Crítica crean posibilidades para que los participantes mejoren su memoria y su propia voluntad, además de contribuir para el florecimiento de la educación inclusiva en contextos escolares. (AU)

School motivation: theoretical approaches to the learning process / Motivação escolar: abordagens teóricas do processo de aprendizagem / Motivación escolar: aproximaciones teóricas al proceso de aprendizaje

Abstract The present theoretical reflection attempts to find out to what extent motivation can influence the student´s learning processes. To this end, the links between the most important theoretical models - the Theory of Attribution of Causality, the Theory of Self-determination, and the Theory of Achievement Goals - are established. Students' participation in school content depends on various factors that are individually and contextually related to motivation. prevailing cognitive theories of motivation stimulate and guide the study of the individual's beliefs, values, and emotions since they consider these variables to be mediators of behaviour and have a strong influence on the motivation process. From a literature review, it is important to bear in mind that motivation in the school context has been assessed as a critical determinant of the level and quality of learning and performance. It can also be concluded that the relationship between learning and motivation goes beyond any established assumption, it is reciprocal and therefore motivation can influence learning and performance in the same way that learning can interfere with motivation. In consequence, a change of school practices is essential, promoting students' involvement in the learning process through challenging tasks, engaging students in appropriate strategies, and striving to develop new comprehension and proficiency skills. Some guidelines for educational practice are indicated.

Resumo Esta reflexão teórica procura saber até que ponto a motivação pode influenciar os processos de aprendizagem dos alunos, estabelecendo os pontos de ligação entre os modelos teóricos mais importantes - a Teoria da Atribuição de Causalidade, a Teoria da Autodeterminação e a Teoria das Metas de Realização. A participação dos alunos nos conteúdos escolares depende de vários fatores que estão individual e contextualmente relacionados à motivação. As recorrentes teorias cognitivas da motivação estimulam e orientam o estudo das crenças, valores e emoções do indivíduo, uma vez que consideram essas variáveis como mediadoras do comportamento e têm forte influência no processo de motivação. Da análise da literatura, fica claro que é importante ter em mente que a motivação no contexto escolar tem sido avaliada como um determinante crítico do nível e da qualidade da aprendizagem e do desempenho. A partir disso, pode-se concluir também que a relação entre aprendizagem e motivação vai além de qualquer suposição estabelecida de que seja recíproca e, portanto, a motivação pode influenciar a aprendizagem e o desempenho da mesma forma que a aprendizagem pode interferir na motivação. Assim, é imprescindível uma mudança de prática nas escolas, promovendo o envolvimento dos alunos no processo de aprendizagem através de tarefas desafiadoras, usando estratégias apropriadas e procurando desenvolver novas habilidades de compreensão e domínio. São indicadas algumas orientações para a prática educativa.

Resumen Esta reflexión teórica busca conocer en qué medida la motivación puede influir en los procesos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes, estableciendo los puntos de conexión entre los modelos teóricos más importantes - la Teoría de la Atribución de Causalidad, la Teoría de la Autodeterminación y la Teoría de las Metas de Logro. La participación de los estudiantes en los contenidos escolares depende de varios factores que se relacionan individual y contextualmente con la motivación. Las teorías cognitivas recurrentes de la motivación estimulan y orientan el estudio de las creencias, valores y emociones del individuo, ya que consideran estas variables como mediadoras de la conducta y con fuerte influencia en el proceso de motivación. A partir de una revisión de la literatura, se desprende que es importante tener en cuenta que la motivación en el contexto escolar ha sido valorada como un determinante crítico del nivel y la calidad del aprendizaje y del rendimiento. También se puede concluir que la relación entre aprendizaje y motivación va más allá de cualquier suposición establecida de que es recíproca y, por lo tanto, la motivación puede influir en el aprendizaje y el desempeño de la misma manera que el aprendizaje puede interferir en la motivación. Por lo tanto, un cambio de práctica en las escuelas es esencial, promoviendo la participación de los estudiantes en el proceso de aprendizaje a través de tareas desafiantes, utilizando estrategias adecuadas y buscando desarrollar nuevas habilidades de comprensión y dominio. Se indican algunas pautas para la práctica educativa.

Representación social de la muerte en un grupo de médicos / Social representation of death in a group of physicians

RESUMEN Introducción: En la relación de los médicos con la muerte en el escenario de lucha que es el hospital se manifiestan procesos psicológicos que legitiman sus conductas de rol. Objetivo: Caracterizar la representación social de la muerte en un grupo de médicos del Hospital Universitario "General Calixto García". Método: Investigación mixta, explicativa y de corte transversal realizada entre junio y septiembre del 2019 en una muestra de 35 médicos. En la etapa cuantitativa se aplicó el instrumento Asociación libre de palabras y para la etapa cualitativa la entrevista semiestructurada. Resultados: El núcleo central está integrado por la categoría Impacto afectivo (FR= 60; M= 3.5), en tanto que los contenidos del sistema periférico que se encuentra más próximos al núcleo en orden estructural son las categorías Concepción racional (FR=20; M= 2.8) y Estado postmorten (FR= 22; M= 4.4); esto en el contexto del Escenario del proceso morir donde ellos interactúan. Discusión: La representación social de la muerte se caracteriza por tener un núcleo central que refleja la diversidad de emociones que se vivencian. En tanto que el sistema periférico da cuenta de los aspectos cognoscitivos que se emplean para una Concepción de la Muerte y que se organizan en torno a la racionalidad biológica como parte del contexto de las características del Escenario del proceso de morir con el que se relacionan.

ABSTRACT Introduction: In the relationship of physicians with death in the scene of struggle that is the hospital, inter and intrasubjective processes are manifested that legimitize their role behaviors. Objective: Characterize the social representation of death in a group of physicians from a clinical-surgical hospital in Havana. Method: Mixed, explanatory and cross-sectional research carried out between June and September 2019 in a non-probabilistic simple of 35 physicians. In the quantitative stage, the Free association of words was applied and for the Qualitative stage, the semi-structured interview Results: The central nucleus is made up of the Affective Impact (FR= 60; M= 3.5) category; while the contents of the peripheral system that are closest to the nucleus in structural order are the categories Rational Conception (FR=20; M= 2.8) and Post-mortem State (FR= 22; M= 4.4). Discussion: The social representation of death is characterized by having a central nucleus that reflects the diversity of emotions that are experienced. While the peripheral system accounts for the cognitive aspects that are used for a conception of death and that are organized around biological rationality. This in the context of the characteristics of the Dying Process Scenario with which they related.

La gamificación como recurso didáctico para las clases de Educación Física universitaria / A gamificação como um recurso didático para as aulas de Educação Física universitária / Gamification as a didactic resource for university Physical Education classes

RESUMEN La gamificación es una técnica de aprendizaje que traslada todo el potencial de los juegos al ámbito educativo para mejorar los resultados de los alumnos en clase, consiste en trasladar la mecánica de los juegos a otras prácticas cotidianas, lo que permite convertir las actividades rutinarias en un proceso lúdico de aprendizaje e impulsa la forma natural de aprender. La investigación que se presenta pretendió mostrar una experiencia de la gamificación como recurso didáctico en las clases de Educación Física, en los estudiantes de la Universidad de Guayaquil. Se utilizó la revisión documental, la observación y la encuesta como métodos científicos, los cuales facilitaron conocer el comportamiento conductual, cognitivo y motivacional de los universitarios investigados, así como trazar pautas metodológicas recurrentes desde la gamificación, lo cual provocó cambios significativos en el contexto educacional desde la Educación Física, tanto personalizados como grupales.

RESUMO A gamificação é uma técnica de aprendizagem que transfere todo o potencial dos jogos para o ambiente educativo para melhorar os resultados dos alunos nas aulas. Consiste em transferir a mecânica dos jogos para outras práticas quotidianas, o que permite converter atividades de rotina num processo de aprendizagem lúdico e encoraja a forma natural de aprendizagem. A investigação aqui apresentada visa mostrar uma experiência de gamificação como recurso didático nas aulas de Educação Física para estudantes da Universidade de Guayaquil. A revisão documental, observação e inquérito foram utilizados como métodos científicos, o que facilitou o conhecimento do comportamento comportamental, cognitivo e motivacional dos estudantes universitários investigados, bem como o rastreio de diretrizes metodológicas recorrentes a partir da gamificação, o que provocou mudanças significativas no contexto educacional a partir da Educação Física, tanto pessoal como grupal.

ABSTRACT Gamification is a learning technique that transfers the full potential of games to the educational field to improve the results of students in class, it consists of transferring the mechanics of games to other daily practices, which allows turning routine activities into a playful learning process and promotes the natural way of learning. The research that is presented tried to show an experience of gamification as a didactic resource in Physical Education classes, in the students of the University of Guayaquil. The documentary review, observation and survey were used as scientific methods, which facilitated knowing the behavioral, cognitive and motivational behavior of the university students studied, as well as drawing recurrent methodological guidelines from gamification, which caused significant changes in the educational context from Physical Education, both personalized and group.