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La centralità delle percezioni del docente nell’agire didattico inclusivo: perché una formazione docente in chiave semplessa?
Full text linkIl lavoro presenta una lettura in chiave semplessa
del costrutto dell’agentività proposto
da Albert Bandura applicato all’ambito della
didattica inclusiva. L’argomentazione elaborata
riconosce al docente un ruolo proattivo
nelle prassi didattiche volte a realizzare il
successo formativo di tutti e ciascuno, mettendo
in evidenza i meccanismi percettivi
dell’insegnante che intervengono nella realizzazione
dell’atto traspositivo. L’obiettivo
è proporre una formazione docente basata
su percorsi formativi riflessivo-proattivi ed
orientata alla piena consapevolezza da parte
dei docenti delle proprie risorse personali e
del proprio potenziale trasformativo e generativo
Improving intentions to teach in inclusive classrooms: the impact of teacher education courses on future Learning Support Teachers
Full text linkEducational research is giving much attention to implicit variables such as teachers’ attitudes, self-percepts of efficacy, concerns and intentions for the successful implementation of inclusive classroom practices, thus becoming core targets in course programme planning. This study was conducted to assess the possible impact of a teacher education course for future Learning Support Teachers (LSTs) on the variables involved in planning intentional behaviour aimed at fostering school inclusion. Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour as the guiding framework, it was hypothesised that LSTs with lower degree of concerns, higher levels of teaching efficacy, and favourable attitudes are likelier to have positive intentions to implement inclusive practices. Results show that the course may have influenced these variables positively. The authors conclude that further research needs to be conducted on the teaching strategies to be used in these courses
Efficient lightweight design of FRP bridge deck
No full textAn efficient yet simple response surface-based technique is proposed for the design of lightweight fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) composite bridge deck panels. To achieve a lightweight FRP bridge deck, the total volume of the structure was optimised under the constraint of deflection limit, stresses, buckling and different failure criteria. Central composite design was employed in conjunction with a constrained multivariable non-linear optimisation algorithm to minimise the weight of the FRP bridge deck. Top/bottom plate thickness, web thickness, overall depth and number of webs were considered as design variables. The results obtained for different bridge deck configurations using the proposed response surface-based optimisation technique were validated with the results of conventional optimisation methods. Sensitivity analysis was also carried out to study the influence of different design variables towards deflection, stress and buckling behaviour of the bridge deck.</p
In-service teachers’ attitudes, concerns, efficacy and intentions to teach in inclusive classrooms: an international comparison of Australian and Italian teachers
Full text linkThe paper examined whether in-service teachers from Australia to
Italy differ in terms of their attitudes, concerns, efficacy beliefs and
intentions to include learners with disabilities in their classrooms. An
attempt was also made to determine predictors of the participants’
intentions to include learners with disabilities in their classrooms.
Participants for the study consisted of 153 Australian and 156 Italian inservice
teachers. Results revealed that Italian teachers had significantly
more positive attitudes, lower degree of concerns and higher level
of intentions to implement inclusion in their classrooms. In both
countries, attitudes and efficacy emerged as significant predictors of
participants’ intentions to include learners with disabilities in regular
classrooms. Reasons that could explain differences in the teachers’
beliefs from the two countries are explained using historical-cultural
and legal frameworks prevalent in Australia and Italy. Implications of
the findings for policy-makers, university teachers and researchers are
presented that may have relevance in guiding the implementation of
inclusive education in Australia, Italy and beyond
Does it really take a village to raise a child? Reflections on the need for collective responsibility in inclusive education
No full textResearch in inclusive education reveals multiple studies that explore the efforts of individual stakeholders to create an equitable educational experience for students with disabilities. However, these individual efforts are often examined discretely, compartmentalising the contributions of various stakeholders. As a consequence, the complex interplay between these contributions has not been fully explored, with the capacity for a rich network of support being assumed rather than explicitly constructed. This report draws on the personal reflections of nine academics in the field of inclusive education from Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Switzerland. Serving as both contributors and participants, this study draws together their personal interpretations and their expertise regarding the value of collective and collaborative inclusive education. Inductive thematic analysis of participant reflections
yielded the view that stakeholders working together within an edu-
cational setting, offers more effective and appropriate opportunities
to support learners with additional needs
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The social consequences of control: Accounting for indentured labour in Fiji 1879 - 1920
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- This is a study of the social consequences of accounting controls over labour. It examines the system of tasking used to control Indian indentured workers using a governmentality approach in the historical context of Fijian sugar plantations during the British colonial period, from 1879 to 1920. \ud
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- Archival data consisting of documents from the Colonial Secretary’s Office, reports and related literature on Indian indentured labour was accessed from the National Archives of Fiji. In addition, documented accounts of the experiences of indentured labourers over the period of the study give voice to the social costs of the indenture system, highlighting the social impact of accounting control systems.\ud
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- Accounting and management controls were developed to extract surplus value from Indian labour. The practice of tasking was implemented in a plantation structure where indentured labourers were controlled hierarchically through a variety of calculative monitoring practices. This resulted in the exploitation and consequent economic, social and racial marginalisation of indentured workers. \ud
Originality: The paper contributes to the growing body of literature highlighting the social effects of accounting control systems. It exposes the social costs borne by indentured workers employed on Fijian sugar plantations. \ud
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Practice/ Research Implications\ud
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- The study promotes better understanding of the practice and impact of accounting as a technology of government and control within a particular institutional setting, in this case the British colony of Fiji. By highlighting the social implications of these controls in their historical context, we alert corporations, government policy makers, accountants and workers to the socially damaging effects of exploitive management control systems
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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