bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Modelo de negocio de restauración productiva de Abies guatemalensis Rehder utilizando plantas nodrizas para su establecimiento
Authors: Martí­nez Arévalo José Vicente
Published: April 2021

El presente reporte de caso tuvo como objetivo generar el modelo de negocios para el pinabete (Abies guatemalensis Rehder) en restauración. En la región alta del altiplano occidental de Guatemala hay muchas tierras degradadas fuera de bosques, donde la sucesión vegetal ha promovido el crecimiento de especies arbustivas, útiles como nodrizas en el establecimiento de pinabete para protegerlas de heladas y lograr establecimiento mayor a 80%, lo cual ya se ha puesto en práctica por varios silvicultores locales. Se realizó un análisis técnico financiero sobre la producción de pinabete con doble propósito: especie comercial y para la restauración de áreas degradadas. El modelo de negocios se estableció para 0.25 ha, con un precio de venta por árbol de 300 quetzales, con y sin incentivos forestales, asumiendo establecer previamente plantas arbustivas. Los resultados indican que con una inversión de 45,227 quetzales durante ocho años a una tasa de descuento del 13%, el Valor Actual Neto (VAN) toma valores entre 398,576 a 742,020 quetzales con una Tasa Interna de Rendimiento (TIR) entre 30 al 50%. A la vez se preparó un plan de negocios utilizando la metodologí­a Canvas, que establece un plan estratégico que permite visualizar lo que actualmente se está realizando y que situaciones hay que mejorar. El modelo propuesto puede utilizarse de una forma mixta para la conservación al dejar al menos un 30% de los árboles, la otra parte se puede utilizar para comercialización a partir del octavo al 12vo año de forma sostenible.
Diversidad genética de aislados de Phytophthora infestans colectados en zonas productoras de papa y tomate de Guatemala
Authors: Ruiz-Chutan Jose Alejandro , Berdúo-Sandoval Julio E. , Sánchez-Pérez Amilcar
Published: April 2021

Phytophthora infestans (Mont) DeBary es el agente causal de la enfermedad conocida como tizón tardío, la cual ha sido catalogada como la enfermedad de plantas más devastadora reportada en la historia de la humanidad. Este patógeno afecta plantas de importancia económica de la familia Solanaceae, como el tomate y la papa. P. infestans es un oomicete heterotálico y necesita de dos tipos de apareamiento, A1 y A2, para presentar una reproducción sexual, la cual es la principal vía por la que este patógeno incrementa su grado de diversidad, a través de una recombinación de su material genético, que representa el mayor desafío para el manejo de la enfermedad. Este estudio determinó el nivel de variabilidad genética, a través del marcador molecular amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), de 22 aislados de P. infestans colectados en diferentes zonas productoras de papa y tomate. Con el perfil de bandas generado por el marcador molecular, se realizó un análisis cluster creando un dendograma de tipo unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA), con el índice de Dice, mediante una matriz de distancias genéticas. Los aislados fueron situados en tres grupos principales, los cuales responden al lugar de procedencia y al tipo de planta hospedera.
Áreas y variables ambientales espaciales relacionadas en el atropellamiento y cruce de la fauna silvestre en la carretera de la Franja Transversal del Norte, Cobán, Guatemala
Authors: Rojas Oscar , Avendaño Carlos
Published: April 2021

Dentro del Proyecto vial de la Franja Transversal del Norte en Cobán se planea asfaltar 10 km del trayecto en el Parque Nacional Laguna Lachuá. Esto impactará a la fauna de no considerarse medidas de mitigación del atropellamiento. La investigación evaluó los patrones espaciales del atropellamiento de vertebrados, la frecuencia de cruce de aves y categorizó las secciones de la carretera en dicho trayecto, según variables ambientales (humedales, usos del suelo, cobertura; y ancho, asfaltado y ubicación de la carretera) con el fin de determinar los sitios más eficientes para la aplicación de medidas de mitigación. En el 2016, se realizaron 20 recorridos, donde se georreferenció, fotografió e identificó a los individuos atropellados; tres recorridos en los meses de febrero, marzo y abril, cinco en mayo y seis en junio; 12 recorridos fueron realizados adicionalmente cuantificando el cruce de aves para determinar que sitios podrían ser futuramente impactados. Finalmente, para un análisis más completo, el trayecto de la carretera bajo estudio fue dividido en 19 secciones (T1-T19) de 550 m cada uno. Fueron empleadas: estadística descriptiva, análisis de componentes principales (ACP), correspondencia canónica (CCA) y análisis de correspondencia (AC), para relacionar variables ambientales con atropellamiento y frecuencia de cruce. La mayoría de atropellamientos (80 %) ocurrieron en zonas asfaltadas, los anfibios fueron los más atropellados (125 individuos, 75 %), seguido por reptiles 21 (12 %), mamíferos 11 (7 %) y aves 10 (6 %). La mayor frecuencia de cruce ocurrió en zonas con humedales y alta cobertura boscosa (T1,T3, T6, T7 y T10) siendo estas secciones prioritarias para mitigación.
Evaluación de la resistencia de genotipos de tomate frente a aislados de Phytophthora infestans provenientes de Guatemala
Authors: Berdúo-Sandoval Julio E. , Ruiz-Chután José A. , Sanchéz-Pérez Amilcar
Published: April 2021

El oomicete Phytophthora infestans (Mont) DeBary es el patógeno responsable de causar la enfermedad denominada comúnmente como tizón tardío. Dicho patógeno afecta cultivos de importancia económica para el país, entre ellos el tomate, cultivo en el cual puede generar pérdidas totales en la producción. Dada la agresividad del patógeno, los programas de mejoramiento genético desarrollan nuevos materiales de tomate con resistencia a P. infestans, siendo una fuente de resistencia los genes Ph, provenientes de la especie silvestreSolanum pimpinellifolium, sin embargo, las nuevas cepas de P. infestans, producto de la variabilidad genética de sus poblaciones, pueden sobrepasar la resistencia de los materiales mejorados. En este estudio se evaluó la resistencia genética de 13 materiales de tomate mejorados, ante 5 aislados de P. infestans obtenidos de un estudio previo. Mediante inoculaciones in vitro y con la variable de respuesta de área bajo la curva del progreso de la enfermedad (AUDPC), se determinó que existió diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre el comportamiento de la resistencia genética, la agresividad de los aislados del patógeno y la interacción entre ambos factores; además se sugiere el uso de algunas líneas para ser incorporadas en programas de mejoramiento genético y así desarrollar nuevos materiales aptos para el país y, por último, la profundización para establecer la fuente de resistencia genética de los dos cultivares evaluados en este estudio.
Bovine freeze-dried blood as alternative for feeding of screwworm larvae
Authors: Medina-Arellano Diego
Published: April 2021

The myiasis caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) or screwworm is considered one of the most traumatic and relevant to the region due to its economic implications and its importance in public health. The purpose of this study was to compare the reproductive and developmental indexes of screwworm using citrated and freeze-dried bovine blood, spray-dried bovine blood (currently used by Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Screwworm –acronym in spanish [Copeg]) and bovine citrated liquid blood. The use of freeze-dried arises through the premise that, due to its process of elaboration constitutes an alternative of better quality for the feeding of the screwworm in function of the integrity of sanguine proteins during its processing. For the comparison of the different diets, the following parameters were used: pH, total pupae weight, pupae size, total pupae volume, emergency percentage, oviposition percentage and hatching percentage. In the case of freeze-dried blood, it showed better mean (standard deviation) indexes of emergence, 83.42 (11.45), and 73.11 (15.97) (p = .01); and hatching, 89.70 (8.88), and 84.08 (8.29), (p = .004) compared to the diet based on spray-dried blood. By virtue of the above, freeze-dried blood proved to be a source of protein with potential to develop insect breeding programs.
Contenido de oligoelementos y factores antinutricionales de hojas comestibles nativas de Mesoamérica
Authors: Cáceres Armando , Martínez-Arévalo Vicente , Mérida-Reyes Max S. , Sacbajá Aníbal , López Alejandra , Cruz Sully M.
Published: April 2021

Los oligoelementos son importantes constituyentes nutricionales de las hierbas comestibles. Se colectaron 11 especies, nueve nativas (Amaranthus hybridus, Cnidoscolus chayamansa, Crotalaria longirostrata, Dysphania ambrosioides, Lycianthes synanthera, Sechium edule, Solanum americanum, S. nigrescens, S. wendlandii) y dos extranjeras (Moringa oleifera, Spinacea oleracea) en dos regiones de Guatemala. Se prepararon muestras de la hierba seca, cocida y de caldo de hierba fresca. Se cuantificaron por espectrofotometría de absorción atómica los macro (N, P, K) y oligoelementos (Ca, Mg, Na, Cu, Zn, Mn), taninos por espectrofotometría y oxalatos por permanganimetría. El contenido de oligoelementos es diverso, para Zn, la hierba control S. oleracea contienen buena cantidad (90-140 ppm); de las nativas D. ambrosioides (130-160 ppm) y A. hybridus (70-80 ppm) tienen la mayor cantidad. Respecto a Fe las hierbas control tienen buena composición (S. oleracea, 220-280 ppm y M. oleifera, 105-135 ppm); de las nativas A. hybridus (90-240 ppm), C. aconitifolius (75-185 ppm) y L. synanthera (75-140 ppm) tienen las mayores concentraciones. Se encontraron niveles elevados de oxalatos en S. oleracea (67.30 (5.51) mg/g), L. synanthera (56.30 (9.67) mg/g) y S. nigrescens (33.6 (5.48) mg/g); en las demás hierbas se encontraron niveles menores. Los niveles de taninos fueron bajos (0.1-0.8 mg/g) para todas las especies. Se demuestra que cuatro especies nativas tienen un buen contenido de oligoelementos y presentan valores menores de antinutricionales que los controles
Enfermedad renal crónica de causa desconocida: investigaciones en Guatemala y oportunidades para su prevención
Authors: Krisher Lyndsay K. , Butler-Dawson Jaime , Dally Miranda , Jaramillo Diana , Newman Lee S.
Published: April 2021

El Centro para la Salud, el Trabajo y el Ambiente (CHWE por sus siglas en inglés) inició un proyecto de colaboración con Pantaleon, una empresa agrícola de caña de azúcar en Guatemala, para hacer frente a una epidemia de enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) de causa no tradicional (ERCnT) que afecta a las comunidades agrícolas en Centroamérica y otros lugares. Este artículo describe el conocimiento actual de la epidemia en Centroamérica, las manifestaciones clínicas, el tratamiento y el manejo; las hipótesis actuales de su etiología, la colaboración y el enfoque de CHWE-Pantaleon. Nuestro enfoque de Total Worker Health® (TWH) para abordar la salud renal en Guatemala incluye múltiples estudios de investigación con trabajadores de caña de azúcar, para evaluar la prevalencia, incidencia y factores de riesgo de la lesión renal aguda y la ERC; se incluye también el desarrollo e implementación de medidas de prevención mejoradas e intervenciones para proteger a los trabajadores abordando los factores de riesgo ya conocidos. Se examinan también las necesidades futuras de investigación y las implicaciones globales de la ERCnT, al igual que la producción de bienes y la economía, así como las recomendaciones actuales para las estrategias de prevención ocupacional y comunitaria.
Infecciones asociadas al uso de catéteres en pacientes con diálisis peritoneal en la Unidad Nacional de Atención al Enfermo Renal Crónico (Unaerc)
Authors: Galdamez Glenda , Estrada Gladys M. , Cocon Ana , Lopez Kenny , Sagche Mirna , Campos Vanesca , Camey Kimberly , Estrada Gladys , Duarte Sofia , De Paz Lucrecia , Lange Karla , Arroyo Gerardo
Published: April 2021

La enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) se desarrolla por la alteración estructural o funcional del riñón. Uno de los tratamientos es la diálisis peritoneal (DP), donde los pacientes pueden estar expuestos a posibles infecciones de la cavidad peritoneal, siendo una de las causas de morbimortalidad más importante en pacientes que tiene este tratamiento sustitutivo renal permanente. Staphylococcus aureus y Pseudomonas aeruginosa son los microorganismos aislados con más frecuencia. La identificación de bacterias causantes de las infecciones en pacientes en DP es importante para brindar un tratamiento efectivo mejorando de esta manera la calidad de vida del paciente, así como el no reemplazar este tratamiento por la hemodiálisis. El objetivo principal del presente estudio fue identificar las bacterias que causan infecciones asociadas al uso de catéteres en pacientes con diálisis peritoneal en Unaerc. Para ello se realizó un muestreo sistemático de 39 muestras de líquido peritoneal, tinción de Gram, cultivos en agar sangre de carnero y MacConkey y antibiograma. De 39 líquidos peritoneales cultivados, en 19 (48.7 %) fueposible aislar los agentes etiológicos. Las bacterias Gram positivo aisladas fueron Staphylococcus saprophyticus, S. aureus, S. epidermidis y Streptococcus sp, y las Gram negativo, de la familia Enterobacteriaceae (Enterobacter sp., E. agglomerans, C. freundii) asi como también Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella, isolated from cloacal swab samples from turtles in Guatemala
Authors: Guerra Centeno Dennis Sifried , Borrayo Godínez Joana , Valdez Sandoval Carlos , Lepe López Manuel , Villatoro Paz Federico , Escobar Muñoz Jacqueline , Díaz Rodríguez Mercedes , Ríos Ligia
Published: April 2021

Salmonellosis is a relevant public health threat worldwide. Reptiles are commonly involved in cases in humans. A microbiological survey was conducted from August to October 2018 to isolate Salmonella bacteria and look for antibiotic-resistant isolates in pet turtles of five species (Kinosternon sp., Rhinoclemmys sp., Staurotypus sp., Trachemys scripta y T. venusta) in Guatemala City and San Lucas Sacatepéquez. Cloacal swabs were taken from 63 turtle individuals and cultivated in the Microbiology Laboratory at the Veterinary Medicine Faculty, University of San Carlos of Guatemala. Three samples were positive to the presence of Salmonella sp. One of these isolates (from Trachemys scripta) was resistant to Gentamicin, Penicillin and Amikacin, other isolate (from T. scripta) was partially resistant to Amoxicilin+Clavulanic Acid and Penicillin and other (from T. venusta) to Penicillin. These findings highlight the need for better biosecurity practices and show the capacity of bacteria to develop survival strategies that involve resistance to harmful substances like antibiotics.     Key words: Salmonellosis, public health, epidemiology, zoonoses, multiresistant gram negative bacteria.
Diseño de un dispositivo de asistencia ventilatoria temporal de lazo cerrado basado en bolsa válvula-mascarilla
Authors: Balsells Jorge A. , García Luis G. , Morales Iván , López Víctor , Carranza Víctor , López Saúl , Villatoro Astric C. , García Luis A. , Castillo Juan C. , Nájera Hasel , Cabrera Héctor
Published: April 2021

Desde inicios del 2020, el mundo se ha visto afectado por la COVID-19 causada por el SARS-CoV-2, que en agosto lo padecen más de 31 millones de pacientes, algunos de los cuales presentan el síndrome de distrés respiratorio, que requiere de ventilación mecánica. Por el alto número de contagios, la disponibilidad de ventiladores para el tratamiento es escasa. Se presenta la descripción de un prototipo de un dispositivo de asistencia ventilatoria temporal de lazo cerrado de bajo costo; el AR_CODEX, basado en una bolsa válvula-mascarilla (BVM), que contribuye al mantenimiento ventilatorio mínimo del paciente durante un tiempo corto en casos donde no hay disponibilidad de ventiladores mecánicos. Para esto, se diseñó y construyó un sistema mecánico ajustable que compresiona la bolsa de ventilación, el cual cuenta con sensores de flujo y presión. Además, se elaboró una interfaz gráfica para un adecuado monitoreo del paciente y un sistema de control para variables como volumen, presión máxima, frecuencia respiratoria y relación inspiración:espiración. Por otro lado, existe un problema de sensibilidad en el sensor de flujo debido a varios factores, como la variación del voltaje en los motores. Adicionalmente, la implementación de un lazo cerrado es importante para compensar variaciones aleatorias en el funcionamiento del dispositivo. Es necesario realizar pruebas en animales para evaluar el correcto funcionamiento de AR_CODEX en seres vivos.
Interacciones entre SARS-CoV-2 y el sistema de defensas del aparato respiratorio: consideraciones para la prevención y el manejo de las infecciones
Authors: Cruz Jose R.
Published: April 2021

Se describe la situación global de las infecciones por SARS-CoV-2 y los cuadros clínicos de COVID-19. Se presentan datos epidemiológicos de Centro América y de Guatemala, para ejemplificar algunos factores de riesgo de infección y morbilidad. Se revisa la función y estructura del sistema respiratorio, sus mecanismos de defensa innata – captura y remoción de agentes extraños, reconocimiento e inactivación de agentes potencialmente nocivos, reparación del daño, y prevención de futuras incursiones por agentes identificados-, los de defensa adaptativa en las vías respiratorias, y el microbioma. Se describen los tejidos linfoides nasal, y bronquio-alveolar, y la contribución de citoquinas, células especializadas, y anticuerpos del tipo IgA secretoria a la protección antiviral, a la respuesta inflamatoria asociada a la infección, y a la reparación del daño tisular. Se discuten las interacciones de SARS-CoV-2 con los mecanismos de defensa. Se presentan consideraciones para las medidas preventivas de infecciones, incluyendo la aplicación de vacunas, y para evitar enfermedad severa.
Síndrome Guillain-Barré en pacientes con antecedentes de virus epidémicos de Zika y SARS-CoV-2. Una revisión narrativa
Authors: Chang-Quezada Susy , Hernandez Elisa del Carmen
Published: April 2021

El síndrome de Guillain-Barré (SGB) es una neuropatía periférica autoinmune que ha sido asociado recientemente con las infecciones de los virus del Zika (ZIKV) y el coronavirus 2 del síndrome respiratorio agudo severo (SARS-CoV-2). El objetivo de esta revisión es describir la importancia de la actualización de los avances sobre SGB, la incidencia, autoinmunidad, fisiopatología, genética, diagnóstico, tratamiento y su pronóstico. Para ello, se realizó una revisión de la literatura de los mecanismos que presenta SGB secundarios a los virus epidémicos ZIKV y SARS-CoV-2. Fue revisada la base de datos de NCBI, NEJMc, JAMA, PubMed, NSR y Google Scholar e incluyeron 61 artículos relacionados con estas patologías.  Las alteraciones genéticas y epigenéticas producidas por ZIKV y SARS-CoV-2 en el sistema neurológico, contribuyen a la aparición del SGB, caracterizado por ser de inicio agudo y subagudo, produce debilidad ascendente y progresiva en extremidades superiores e inferiores, arreflexia, pérdida de sensibilidad, insuficiencia respiratoria, disociación albumino citológica, cuadriplejia e incluso, la muerte. Durante los últimos años, han surgido varias investigaciones que relacionan el SGB con la infección de ZIKV y SARS-Cov-2. Se han realizado análisis moleculares, histológicos y epidemiológicos que explican dicha relación. La revisión presenta una recopilación de varios artículos y casos que explican cómo están relacionadas las infecciones víricas y las consecuencias crónicas que pueden presentarse en el sistema nervioso
El papel de las pruebas diagnósticas en el manejo de la pandemia COVID-19: un enfoque desde el laboratorio clínico.
Authors: Mazariegos-Herrera Carmen J. , Ozaeta-Gordillo Carmen M. , Menéndez-Veras Rebeca A. , Conde-Pereira César R.
Published: April 2021

A finales del año 2019 una crisis sanitaria se desató a nivel mundial debido a la propagación del nuevo virus SARS-CoV-2 causante de la enfermedad COVID-19. En pocos meses el virus llegó a más de 120 países, causando cerca de 19.5 millones de casos y 725,000 muertes alrededor del mundo. La sintomatología de la enfermedad incluye fiebre, tos, cefalea, dolor de garganta, dificultad respiratoria, fatiga y mialgia. El espectro de la enfermedad puede ir desde los pacientes asintomáticos o leves (la gran mayoría de los casos) hasta aquellos que evolucionan a condiciones que amenazan al vida como el síndrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda, neumonía severa o fallo multiorgánico, principalmente en personas mayores y con comorbilidades. En Guatemala la letalidad es del 3.9%. El diagnóstico de laboratorio clínico juega un papel importante en el control de la epidemia. El diagnóstico se basa en la detección del virus en hisopados nasofaríngeos a través de técnicas moleculares de amplificación de ácidos nucleicos. Otras técnicas de laboratorio resultan importantes para conocer la dinámica de la enfermedad entre estas se incluyen pruebas para detectar antígeno del virus en secreciones respiratorias y pruebas serológicas para detectar y medir los anticuerpos generados contra el virus.
UN BON CHERCHEUR C’EST QUOI ? UN MAUVAIS CHERCHEUR C’EST QUOI ?
Authors: Dutot Vincent
Published: April 2021

Non, nous ne sommes pas dans une reprise (ratée) d’un sketch du célèbre trio comique les Inconnus, mais bien dans notre univers de la recherche académique. La mesure de la qualité d’un chercheur, autrement appelée la réputation académique, est une quête sans fin (Barbour et Marsall, 2012; Verčič et al., 2016). Williams (2001) parlait déjà des « academostars » en référence aux chercheurs élevés au statut de star par leur université ou leurs pairs. Ont suivi le développement des plateformes pour mesurer ce succès. Ainsi, Researchgate a été créée en 2008, Google Scholar fêtera ses 10 ans en novembre prochain et ORCID à 9 ans maintenant. Ces outils ne sont que la partie émergée de l’iceberg et pourtant, dans bien des cas, les seuls critères de mesure retenus pour parler de la réussite d’un chercheur.
Editorial
Authors: Couros Alec
Published: April 2021

An introduction to our Spring, 2010 issue of in education, a peer-reviewed, open access journal. This is also Part II of a two-part series focusing on Technology & Social Media.
Systemic Changes in Higher Education
Authors: Siemens George , Matheos Kathleen
Published: April 2021

A power shift is occurring in higher education, driven by two trends: (a) the increased freedom of learners to access, create, and re-create content; and (b) the opportunity for learners to interact with each other outside of a mediating agent. Information access and dialogue, previously under control of the educator, can now be readily fulfilled by learners. When the essential mandate of universities is buffeted by global, social/political, technological, and educational change pressures, questions about the future of universities become prominent. The integrated university faces numerous challenges, including a decoupling of research and teaching functions. Do we still need physical classrooms? Are courses effective when information is fluid across disciplines and subject to continual changes? What value does a university provide society when educational resources and processes are open and transparent?Keywords: higher education; freedom of learners; open access; online learning
The Net Generation’s Informal and Educational Use of New Technologies
Authors: Kumar Swapna
Published: April 2021

Many educators have called for the inclusion of new technologies like blogs, wikis, and social bookmarking in higher education to address the learning needs of the Net Generation. Is there really a discrepancy between the personal and educational use of new technologies by undergraduates? What new technologies do they perceive as most beneficial for their learning? A survey piloted with 26 undergraduates in education demonstrated a huge gap in undergraduates’ informal and educational use of new technologies, but indicated that students independently apply their technical skills to their coursework. In open-ended responses, students explained how they have benefited from professors’ use of online videos, podcasts, wikis and blogs, and how they would like to see them used in the future. The results are discussed in the context of prior research and the need for further empirical evidence on the differences within the group termed the Net Generation is highlighted.Keywords: technology in education; Net Generation; use of new technologies; benefits
Challenging Our Stories as Teacher Educators for Social Justice: Narrative as Professional Development
Authors: Page Michelle , Curran Mary
Published: April 2021

In this paper we report on a collaborative self-study in which we reflect upon our practice as teacher educators through a critical multicultural and white studies framework.  We developed a pedagogical tool for our own professional development as teacher educators, modeled on the type of narrative assignments we ask of our students.  We wrote stories about difficult moments in our practice, shared these with colleagues and reflected upon their responses.  In this activity, we aimed to practice what we preach, as we model our commitment to being life-long learners; our respect for the power of listening to others and considering multiple perspectives; and our constant desire to critique and transform our practice in ways that are more effective and contribute to the educational success of all students.  Our analysis of our experience demands that we reconsider our assumptions about student learning, how we hold our students accountable, and how we are socialized as white women within the academy of higher education.Keywords: narrative; teacher education; multicultural education
Making Education Law Meaningful to Beginning Teachers: A Narrative Inquiry
Authors: Kitchen Julian
Published: April 2021

Teacher education classes are contested spaces.  Professors interested in reforming content, pedagogy and assessment must wrestle with their own internal tensions and the culture of their institutions in order to make a difference.  In this paper, a teacher educator uses narrative inquiry to frame his efforts to become a constructivist professor of education law.  Critical tensions are examined using a three-dimensional narrative inquiry space: looking inward, outward, backward, and forward.  Critical reflections, written over several years, are used to situate the tensions experienced in this case into the broader context of the author’s career journey.Keywords: teacher education; reform; narrative inquiry; constructivist; education law
The Relationship of Narrative, Virtue Education, and an Ethic of Care in Teaching Practice
Authors: Burns David P. , Rathbone Andy
Published: April 2021

This paper is a philosophical examination of the role of narrative in moral education. We argue that narrative, conceived of as a moral educational practice and not as a method, is an indispensable element of both caring moral education and virtue education. We begin by explaining the distinction we make between moral educational method and moral educational practice. Then, we outline the concept of narrative, drawn from Ricoeur and Bruner, that we seek to draw upon. After briefly outlining both care theory and virtue education we demonstrate the value of narrative to these two divergent paradigms.Keywords: Narrative; virtue education; care theory
Book Review: "Betweener Talk: Decolonizing Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Praxis"
Authors: Brogden Lace Marie
Published: April 2021

A  review of Marcelo Diversi and Claudio Moreira's (2009) book, Betweener Talk: Decolonizing Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Praxis.
Editorial
Authors: Lewis Patrick
Published: April 2021

An introduction to our Spring 2011 issue
Editorial
Authors: Lewis Patrick
Published: April 2021

An introduction to our Summer 2011 issue.
The Limits to Reform: A Critical Discussion of the Saskatoon Public School Board's Assessment Controversy
Authors: LeBlanc Robert J.
Published: April 2021

This article presents a critical discussion of the controversy surrounding the perceived changes to the Saskatoon Public School Board’s assessment policy in September 2010.  Utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough, 2005; Gee, 2005) and a critical framework of curriculum reform (Apple, 1996, 2000), an analysis of media representations, government statements, and curriculum documents suggests that the general public outcry, the Saskatoon Public School Board’s reaction to the controversy, and the government’s response exemplify a tacit understanding of the socialization purposes of school in preparing students for the world of labour.  This article further examines the influence of "conservative modernization" (Apple, 1996; Lankshear & Gee, 1997; Gee, Hull, & Lankshear, 1996) on Saskatchewan educational policies and the capacity of Saskatchewan schools to innovate.Keywords: critical discourse analysis; critical framework; curriculum reform; socialization; educational policies
Pedagogical Love and Good Teacherhood
Authors: Määttä Kaarina , Uusiautti Satu
Published: April 2021

The aim of the article is to discuss the concept of pedagogical love and its connections to teaching and learning from various perspectives, as well as to illustrate the connection of pedagogical love to other forms of love.  Pedagogical love is a specific teaching attitude and concretely demonstrates that action in the teaching profession, with pedagogical love as the core, consists of trust in pupils’ learning capacities and the desire to help pupils improve their abilities and talents.  However, pedagogical love is not the only or easy solution to meeting different pupils’ needs and various learning problems.Keywords: pedagogical love; ordo amoris; education; successful teaching; joy of learning
Interviewing Participants About Past Events: The Helpful Role of Pre-Interview Activities
Authors: Ellis Julia , Amjad Afshan , Deng Jun
Published: April 2021

This article presents the work of two researchers who explored the use of pre-interview activities to support participants in recollecting and recording past events prior to an interview. Pre-interview activities took the form of drawings, diagrams, or lists. Using such activities helped participants to recall events that had transpired over many years and facilitated comfortable, conversational interviews with enhanced opportunities for the researchers to focus on and respond to the stories shared by participants. One researcher was investigating the experience of culturally and linguistically diverse students in schools and the other was researching intercultural communication for international Chinese students at university.Keywords: interpretive inquiry; hermeneutics; fusion of horizons
Book Review: O’Loughlin, M., & Johnson, R. (Eds.),(2010). Imagining Children Otherwise: Theoretical and Critical Perspectives on Childhood Subjectivity
Authors: Adeney Robin , Bezaire Kimberly , Hewes Jane , Lewis Patrick , McNinch James
Published: April 2021

A book review of O’Loughlin, M., & Johnson, R. (Eds.), (2010). Imagining children otherwise: Theoretical and critical perspectives on childhood subjectivity. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Aboriginal Identity: A Perspective on Hegemony and the Implications for Canadian Citizenship
Authors: Deer Frank
Published: April 2021

National identity can be a difficult concept to define in Canada, a difficulty that may be particularly prevalent for Canada’s Aboriginal people.  Identity, whether national or ethno-cultural, may be problematic to conceptualize for Aboriginal people because of dominant post-colonial influences that are reflected in everyday life.  Identity, an individual's collective understanding of themselves as a unique, separate entity is frequently associated with ethnic and racial affirmations of distinctness.  Consequently, Canada’s national identity may be fragmented by its various ethnic and racial groups.  Canada’s Aboriginal people, who have been impacted by a history of European influence through colonization, have consequently struggled with the notion of Canadian identity, a struggle that is prevalent in the field of education.  The following will be an exploration of the issues associated with Canadian identity, and how Aboriginal identity relates to that conception of citizenship development for Aboriginal students in Canadian schools.  To support this exploration, this article will explore: (a) identity development in a postcolonial and transcultural society, (b) identity negotiation in contemporary Canadian society, and (c) the implications for citizenship development in Canadian education.Keywords: Aboriginal identity; hegemony; postcolonial; transcultural; citizenship
SchoolPLUS: Creating Community Schools Through Integral Development
Authors: Regnier Robert
Published: April 2021

When the Task Force and Public Dialogue on the Role of the School—SCHOOLPLUS: A Vision for Children and Youth (2001) called upon Saskatchewan educators to build school, community, and human service partnerships, the task force recommended that the formulation of holistic foci for meeting the needs of children in response to “tectonic” shifts that had shaken the ground of schooling.  In recommending a holistic paradigm through which to transform schools to be more responsive to distinct learning requirements, the task force sought to increase the capacities of schools to support richer expressions of human meaning and purpose which would extend supportive structures to include the marginalized.  In this paper, I recommend the notion of integral development through self-generating transformation of community, inter-subjectivity, and differentiation as the basis for continuing to build toward the SchoolPLUS vision.Keywords: SchoolPLUS; integral development; holistic; inter-subjectivity; differentiation; transformation
Taking it to the Tweet Seats: Using New Technology to Create "Theatre Knowledge-Building Communities" in the English Language Arts and Drama Classrooms
Authors: Richardson John M.
Published: April 2021

The development of digital technology and the participatory culture it engenders presents challenges to secondary school English and drama teachers keen to expose their students to the pleasures and rewards of live theatre. Within Scardamalia’s notion of the “knowledge building community” (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1994, 2006; Scardamalia, Bransford, Kozma, & Quellmalz, 2012; Scardamalia, 2002), however, is a framework by which teachers can use educational technology to create authentic, theatre knowledge-building communities that allow students to view themselves as engaged participants in the culture of live theatre while learning valuable 21st century skills.Keywords: theatre; English; drama; educational technology; Scardamalia; knowledge-building community; 21st century skills; youth audience
Theatre as Representation (TAR) and the Teaching of a Graduate Administration of Inclusive Schools Course
Authors: Meyer Mathew , Young David
Published: April 2021

Based on continuing research in Theatre as Representation (TAR), this paper examines and explores an application of a TAR based dramatic scenario that expands each participant’s creative awareness of both content and participation in an administration of inclusive schools graduate Master of Education (M.Ed.) course. It also extends the research dimension of TAR by discussing its theory within dramatic/theatrical and constructivist constructs.Keywords: theatre as representation; inclusive education; administration
Four Winds, Colonialism, and Educative Practice: The Deconstructive Perspective of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Authors: Kolenick Paul
Published: April 2021

This essay draws upon the Four Directions of the Indigenous Medicine Wheel in an investigation of colonialism and its implications for educative and academic practice.  The deconstructive perspective of Gayatri Spivak is highlighted through an examination of the educative practice of the academy in relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities.
A Review of On Reflection: An Essay on Technology, Education, and the Status of Thought in the Twenty-First Century by Ellen Rose
Authors: Brown Douglas
Published: April 2021

A Review of On Reflection: An Essay on Technology, Education, and the Status of Thought in the Twenty-First Century by Ellen Rose
Insignificant Stories: The Burden of Feeling Unhinged and Uncanny in Detours of Teaching, Learning and Reading
Authors: Lewkowich David
Published: April 2021

By setting foot back in the space of school, teachers stage a return that is necessarily uncanny, encountering a strangeness that is nonetheless known, intimate and familiar. Through positing the notion of a "burden of feeling," this article theorizes the psychoanalytic concept of the uncanny, as a way to think through the narrative difficulties inherent in interpreting the variously psychical, historical and sensual influences of our personal educational experiences. Since we are here dealing—as in literature—with the inescapable singularity of experience, I intersperse a number of my own memories of teaching and schooling throughout this article, in the hopes of productively framing our understanding of educational spaces—spaces of reading and interpretation always—as necessarily unhinged and uncanny. In this framing, I also argue for the importance of telling insignificant stories, and that rather than insinuating a method that looks to the obviously memorable and notable, I propose a practice of looking instead to the trivial and the typically forgotten. As a methodological practice, this article employs—in part—a multimodal strategy of strange juxtaposition, drawing attention to the spaces between words, and upsetting the framings of traditional narrative. The images that are interspersed throughout this piece suggest the pursual of a reading that lets itself stray, and that requests of the reader an imaginative and a collaborative interpretive practice.Keywords: teaching; education and psychoanalysis; teacher identity; the uncanny; educational memories
Engaging Literacies Through Ecologically Minded Curriculum: Educating Teachers About Indigenous Education Through an Ecojustice Education Framework
Authors: Kulnieks Andrejs , Longboat Dan , Young Kelly
Published: April 2021

In this article, we conceptualize curricula through an EcoJustice Education (EJE) framework to educate teachers about Indigenous and environmental education. The primary tasks of EJE are to engage learners in a cultural analysis of the ecological crisis and in the identification of diverse cultural methods that can bring about eco-democratic reforms that emphasize sustainable ways of living. An important method to infuse Indigenous knowledge into curricula is to invite local Elders to share stories that are Indigenous to place. In this paper, however, we consider methods of developing literacies through an engagement with the places within which learners live. We highlight the importance of developing a relationship with food and place, and an understanding about language through an eco-hermeneutic lens (Kulnieks, Longboat, & Young, 2010; 2011). We demonstrate how an aesthetic teaching form, in this case a poem entitled "Remembering Your Work," can help to foster important connections with local places and the cultural origins of food. Asking students to engage with both oral and literary traditions can promote an important dialogue about intergenerational knowledge, and foster the development of their relationships with food and place.     Keywords: EcoJustice Education; Indigenous teachings; intergenerational knowledge; curriculum; literacies
Disrupting Colonial Mindsets: The Power of Learning Networks
Authors: McGregor Catherine
Published: April 2021

If changes that make a difference to Aboriginal learners are to be effected in public schools, then transformational change is required (Menzies, Archibald, & Smith, 2004). How is transformational change best achieved? In this article, I argue, based on a recently completed study (McGregor, 2013) that teacher learning—particularly among non-Aboriginal teachers—is critical to effecting transformation in how teachers think about Aboriginal learners as well as how they plan and deliver fully inclusive learning opportunities. After outlining a theoretical framework for transformation focused on networked, inquiry-based learning and culturally inclusive practices, I explore how one particular teacher-learning network—the Aboriginal Enhancement Schools Network (AESN) in British Columbia, Canada, offers a powerful example of how teacher learning networks can enable deep and transformational change among participating teachers and leaders. I provide exemplary stories of transformation to illustrate the power of this model to effect changes in teacher beliefs and mindsets about Aboriginal learners and culturally inclusive practices. Following this, I identify several key enabling features of the AESN, including socially just, distributed forms of leadership, relational accountability (Wilson, 2008), and affiliative, catalytic models of implementation, a focus on “new, strong and wise ways” (Halbert & Kaser, 2012, p.11) of learning, and provincial and district resources that support network learning activity. The conclusion highlights implications of this study for school jurisdictions and policy makers.      Keywords: networked teacher learning; transformational change; socially just leadership
A Review of "Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education" by Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo
Authors: Cappello Michael
Published: April 2021

A Review of Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education by Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo
Poetic Inquiry as Visiting: Stories of Men
Authors: Latremouille Jodi Marie
Published: April 2021

This article is a reflection on how stories can come to inhabit a place in a pedagogical way, as Keith Basso notes, “wisdom sits in places” (1996). In this story, I write about my experiences teaching a college preparation English and math class in rural British Columbia. In the short story entitled Stories of Men, I describe the act of witnessing the stories of suffering and hope of men who grew up attending local residential schools, alongside the stories of their sons’ coming of age in the contemporary school system.    Keywords: poetic inquiry; narrative inquiry; storytelling; place-based pedagogy
Performing Embodied Pedagogy: Listening to the Small Talk of My Injured Back
Authors: Ramsay Lorna Louise
Published: April 2021

I approach my new class of teachers-in-training with familiar embodied postures of discomfort and pain, anxiety and fear. I listen to my embodied poetic texts and reinterpret them through an injured body as inquiry into all my identities as musician, writer, photographer, educator, and yogi. I introduce myself to my new students by playing my flute, a vulnerable demonstration and invitation to negotiate corporeal histories through arts-based expression and transformative writing processes.
Ekphrastic Poetics: Fostering a Curriculum of Ecological Awareness Through Poetic Inquiry
Authors: Kulnieks Andrejs , Young Kelly
Published: April 2021

In this article we outline the role of ekphrastic poetics in an ecological practice of poetic inquiry. Ekphrastic poetics, as a rhetorical device, involves one medium of art relating to another medium by unfolding its form and essence. Ultimately, our work involves a poetic response to an aesthetic form and it is through our ongoing collaborations that we are able to outline the importance of the poetic benefits of dwelling in natural places. We offer specific examples of how we engage in interpretive response activities that help to foster ecological habits of mind in teacher education.  Keywords: arts-informed; ekphrastic poetics; collaboration; poetic inquiry; ecology; curriculum
Editorial
Authors: Lewis Patrick
Published: April 2021

An introduction to the spring 2015 issue of in education
The Gap Between Text and Context: An Analysis of Ontario’s Indigenous Education Policy
Authors: Butler Jesse K.
Published: April 2021

This paper analyzes the 2007 Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, alongside its 2014 Implementation Plan. Content analysis is used to determine what specific actions are prioritized in each document, first through a quantitative analysis of the various strategies put forth, then a qualitative analysis of what larger purpose these strategies might indicate. The findings suggest a significant shift in the 2014 document away from substantive action and toward data management, specifically in regard to encouraging Indigenous student self-identification. Coming just two years before the 2016 target date for the original plan laid out in the Framework, it seems unlikely that this belated emphasis on self-identification is for the originally stated purpose of establishing baseline data to implement and evaluate specific programs, but could instead be used as a type of symbolic policy, to obscure the absence of substantive change. Conversely, it is suggested that the Ministry of Education should establish a new baseline and strategy, beginning in 2016, to implement specific, targeted programming for Indigenous students.Keywords: Indigenous education; educational policy; content analysis; document analysis; Ontario
A Review of There is No Need to Talk About This: Poetic Inquiry from the Art Therapy Studio, by Karen O. Wallace
Authors: Niessen Shuana
Published: April 2021

A Review of the book There is No Need to Talk About This: Poetic Inquiry from the Art Therapy Studio, by Karen O. Wallace
Editorial
Authors: McNinch James , Mulholland Valerie
Published: April 2021

An Editorial by the Guest Editors
Culture in Schooling in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Authors: Berger Paul , Johnston Jennifer , Oskineegish Melissa
Published: April 2021

We describe research on Inuvialuit culture in schooling in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the northwestern Northwest Territories in Arctic Canada. A mixed-methods case study using questionnaires in the region’s six communities explored students’, parents,’ and high school teachers’ perspectives on Inuvialuit culture in the schools. While students and parents were pleased that local culture is reflected in the schools, most would like to see more Inuvialuit culture become part of schooling. Teachers would like to know more about Inuvialuit culture and history and would like professional development to help them teach Inuvialuit students more effectively. This research suggests that policy in the Northwest Territories to move towards culturally responsive schooling is yet to be fully embodied. It should be prioritized.
“I’m Still Angry!” A Korean Student’s Self-Negotiation in her Canadian Classroom
Authors: Burton Jennifer
Published: April 2021

Grounded in poststructuralist understandings of language and identity and Davies and Harré’s (1990) positioning theory, this paper explores one South Korean student’s educational experiences in her English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom, specifically related to subject positions and identity construction pertaining to language. Using a researcher diary, semi-structured interviews, and dialogue journals with one Korean university student, this paper reports findings from a qualitative study. The findings suggest a critical awareness of the effects of positioning on language learning experiences. The results indicate that although a student may exercise agency to take up or resist subject positions, this positioning is part of a greater discourse, generally outside the control of the student that constructs identity through particular social experiences. The results of this study will be of interest to researchers in the areas of language identity, second language learning, and higher education in the 21st century. Keywords: power; positioning; subject positions; identity; English language; discourse; international students