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In Italy, computer science is still far from playing a relevant role within an overall cultural vision: on the one hand, public discourse superimposes informatics as such on digital world in a broad sense; on the other hand, there is a tendency to conceive computer science exclusively as a knowledge useful for specialised job placement. However, this is an evolving situation, in the wake of countries that have already started a real debate on these issues for some time. In the present paper, a comparison between different educational systems is made, while carrying out an analysis about the role of informatics in a globalised society; of course, it is not possible to ignore the importance of an epistemological reflection on its core concepts and on Ict ethical implications, especially in the light of pedagogical issues and digital education need for everyone [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contribution offers a translation of a short writing by Maria Montessori in which the pedagogist expresses her thoughts regarding the use of technologies in education. The paper is not intended to provide an interpretation of Maria Montessori's thought in relation to this topic, but to offers a reading of the current policies and practices of technology in education. A reflection is proposed to analyze the current state of educational technologies from the Pedagogist's teachings. Therefore, a critical reading of the present is proposed, starting from history, but with an eye toward the future [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to provide a general overview of sensory disabilities, focusing on the importance of teacher training in digital technologies from an inclusive perspective. In Italy, students with sensory disabilities represent 3.6 percent of the total number of students with disabilities. It becomes clear how crucial it is to direct educational attention to the strategies and ways that teachers and educators can put in place in order to be able to promote inclusive learning. In this, ICT can contribute in responding to what are the individual needs of students with sensory disabilities, enabling them to express their full potential both cognitively and in terms of their autonomy [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper takes as its starting point the responses to a question administered to 52 lower secondary school students with Specific Learning Differences (SpLD), aimed at detecting which technologies are used for language learning. From the data collected, it appears that these students, who would particularly benefit from technologies, do not take full advantage of them. We propose a critical examination of technology education (ranging from simple apps to artificial intelligence, such as online translators or Chat GPT) with the objective of enhancing language learning competences and autonomy among students with SpLD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the issue of educational fragility in terms of three dimensions: explicit and implicit early school leaving (ESL) and educational poverty. The three dimensions are analysed in the form of an interpretative taxonomy. Explicit ESL is basically a measure of the extent to which students drop out of school early. Implicit ESL, on the other hand, is a measure of the proportion of young people who leave school without the expected level of preparation. Finally, educational poverty is seen as a kind of logical sum of the two previous dimensions. Reducing educational poverty requires, first and foremost, an in-depth pedagogical and cultural reflection capable of unravelling the knots that still burden our schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The training of future secondary school teachers will take place with a course of 60 credits, 20 of which dedicated to direct and indirect internship. The paper aims to propose a pedagogical reflection on the internship and its articulation, referring to situated learning as theoretical framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teacher training represents a central dimension for the quality of the educational system, capable of impacting both the educational process and the student’s success. Starting from the reform regarding the initial training course for the secondary school teachers, the paper addresses the legislation from a pedagogical perspective, proposing some reflections aimed at structuring circular pathways, which combine theory with practice, through the internship, to reflect and be able to re-read what has been learned, increasing the effective-ness of the training period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Textbooks determine the way school is experienced and learning realised. Their centrality, however, differs according to the various pedagogical cultures in which they are used. This paper shows how mother-tongue and literature textbooks are used in secondary education in Romania and the way in which they reflect an adequate pedagogy for the cognitive development of students. The Romanian case can stimulate a reflection also on the teaching of language and literature in Italy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the study and research project “Arti e Periferie”, promoted by the Department of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa” (University of Milano-Bicocca), aimed at networking different art and performance experiences with one another, that occurred in public, contemporary, urban spaces. Specifically, the project crosses and enhances experiences located outside the usual urban routes, in order to look at the intrinsic potential of artistic and performative languages to interweave places and people and to connect them with each other, and to develop ties even in contexts considered as peripheral and marginal. In such contexts, it is the artistic occasion that can play as transformative trigger, stimulating innovative connections with local frameworks of sociality and cultural contexts. Pedagogically, the different cultural witnessings confirmed how artistic languages can be opportunities for lifelong learning, generating attention on the transformative micro-processes that decline art as a generative renewal relationship between the subject and her or his context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Advertisements play a fundamental role in the process of constructing social reality and, thanks to easy availability and widespread dissemination, they represent an unlimited source of linguistic, rhetorical-stylistic, and cultural elements that can be used to develop knowledge and skills in a foreign language and culture. As authentic texts, the result of an ingenious interaction between different forms of verbal, para-verbal and nonverbal input, they allow different levels of linguistic analysis and enable the acquisition and memorisation of expressions that are often related to spoken language. This paper aims to highlight the linguistic, stylistic and cultural potential of printed advertising in German, promoting its use in classrooms through a contrastive reading and possible translation to foster intercultural reflection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Learning cities described with a theoretical model proposed by Smart Cities for Smart People, which is part of the "Humanistic Management Module" that the Rome Business School has made available to future graduates. The learning cities described with a theoretical, experimental but also historical and comparative research contribution on the following topics: learning cities for lifelong learning in formal, non-formal and informal education. The paper outlines the implications of a new model for the management of business schools and their fundamental tasks of research and teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In these years there has been a growing interest, in the philosophical debate, for practical philosophy, with a particular attention to the theme of virtues, starting from the now "classic" works of Alasdair MacIntyre. At the same time, especially in the Anglo-Saxon world, a renewed interest in the theme of character education has been consolidated. This paper offers a proposal of pedagogical foundation of reflection on the virtues, in educational perspective. Our theoretical reference point is the moral philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, which is already very rich in pedagogical suggestions, which are developed explicitly by Jacques Maritain and Gino Corallo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Do our moral judgments ─ for example "action X is good/evil" ─ designate real characteristics of actions, so that "good," "evil," and similar attributes are real properties of human acts, or moral judgments are merely expressions of the emotions we feel toward actions, and therefore good and evil do not objectively exist? The purpose of this paper is to report some of the considerations made by Alasdair MacIntyre on this question, on moral realism, emotivism and expressivism. The paper discusses the relationship between moral judgments and emotions, then the question of moral properties, then sets out some objections to emotivism, and finally concludes with some clarifications on moral realism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contribution explores the intricate relationship between science and the humanities, emphasising the significant role of dreams and poetry in inspiring technological innovation. It delves into the historical context in which scientific discoveries and artistic expressions have mutually shaped human civilisation. The discussion emphasises the need to integrate scientific rigour with humanistic depth to promote a holistic understanding of the world and address complex global challenges. Examining examples such as D'Annunzio's poetic interpretation of technology and the broader cultural impact of scientific progress, the paper argues for a more unified approach to education and thinking, merging the analytic with the creative to cultivate responsible and empathetic individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper aims to broaden the debate on the quality and rigor of qualitative research in order to highlight factors in its conduct and implementation in education, in terms of the identification, collection and analysis of data, by which phenomena are interpreted through an iterative process that allows for movement between theory, evidence and criteria of excellence. Qualitative research is also examined from the point of view of the researcher's accountability and ability to affect the logic of decision-making as the study proceeds, a fundamental characteristic that connotes the rigor of its conduct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper aims to retrace the choice processes and action strategies that characterized the field data collection experience in qualitative empirical research. Starting with some critical incidents related to the resistance shown by some traders in being interviewed, two examples of the process of relational construction and negotiation underlying the conduct of interviews with research participants will be described. These critical incidents provide insights for rethinking research design in other terms, which can thus be configured as a designing in progress on the basis of what happens between material and immaterial, implicit and explicit contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cities are at the centre of a renewed debate involving the plurality of fields of knowledge and national and international policy agendas, configuring themselves as places of education rich in unexpressed potential and cancelled rights. Starting from this viewpoint, this paper aims to reflect on the concept of learning cities and the pedagogical and regenerative value that urban spaces can assume, starting from their reappropriation by childhood. For this purpose, some concrete experiences insisting in the city's suburbs will be outlined, trying to systematize them to foster a resignification of places and achieve full participation of all and sundry through the construction of "competent" communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines a case study in youth colonial literature. The Collezione Marzocco per la Gioventù Araba del Littorio (GAL) included nineteen volumes of African tales collected by Francesco Corò and Ester Panetta. The authors did not limit themselves to telling African tales but added features of a stereotyped representation of Italian colonies to their narratives. This collection helped boost the aims of primary education as they had been set by Gentile’s reform in 1923. Moreover, it reflected the aims of propaganda established at the National Conference of Children’s and Youth Literature in 1938. The declared objective of the books was to help GAL members learn the Italian language and facilitate the understanding of colonial traditions in metropolitan schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two years after the recognition of the Italian Sign Language (LIS) in our country (May 19th, 2021), the Department of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Bergamo, in the context of the University Call for Public Engagement initiatives 2023, dedicated an exhibition-conference "Signs of Art: sign languages between expression and participation" to the creative, expressive, and communicative potential of LIS. This paper, which closes the first year of activity of the column "Inclusion: school and surroundings", intends to present this initiative which arose as the result of a research-training project conducted in collaboration with the “Giacomo and Pio Manzù” State Art School of Bergamo, the Scuola Audiofonetica of Brescia and the Ente Nazionale Deaf of Milan and aimed at promoting actions to support the school inclusion processes of deaf pupils and the qualification of the teaching staff on the sign languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents objectives and contents of a teaching unit carried out with a 5th grade class at "Carlo Alberto" Classical and Linguistic High School in Novara, in the second semester of the school year 2021-2022. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper develops from an orientation project conducted in secondary school. The principles on which the project was built, and the feedback and reflections gathered through an open questionnaire at the end of the project are presented. Folktales told by a professional storyteller are a starting point of an orientation project that accompanies students towards selfawareness and the search for a compass that allows them to open up to their desires and the construction of a personal life project. Orientation is not understood as the development of competence for work or as a tool for constructing one's educational or professional biography, but as a tool for being able to imagine possible futures for oneself and the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through an exemplification about what, under the given conditions, is possible to achieve in the direction outlined by the new Educational Guidance guidelines – regarding the theme of lifelong and lifewide learning – the contribution analyzes recent regulations, presenting a reflection about the more practical-factual aspects and the purposes to which regulations must respond. With attention to pedagogical models and value frameworks, this paper will discuss how the design of new provisions should operate according to what is defined a "secular" perspective, respectful of the norm and of the autonomous solutions that educational and training Institutions can adopt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Starting from a critical reflection on the relationship between narrative communication, literature and new media, the paper intends to present the results of a teaching activity carried out at university level in the History of Education and Communication Processes course, activated in the degree course in E-learning and Media Education at the University of Roma Tre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Children's literature is an extremely effective tool for approaching the inner and emotional world of young children. A mirror with many faces reflected in the most diverse media. Even though different codes are adopted in short stories, illustrated books, comics, and animated films, one witnesses the same narrative discovery giving rise to a continuous renewal of the self. The aim of this paper is to identify the red thread that places manga, Japanese comics, on the same pedagogical level as children's literature. Ninth Art is an avant-garde space, which is why it can be considered as a tool to explore the often invisible and unknown childhood universe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we consider the use of brand names in language teaching, with the aim of stimulating learners’ interest and support them in the development of linguistic and cultural competence. The study is based on an analysis of data, collected by means of a questionnaire for secondary school language teachers, to ascertain teachers’ perceptions of using brand names in language teaching practice. In order to exemplify these uses, a lesson plan focused on the introduction of brand names in the English classroom is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving and changing the way we live and work. The goal of this technology is to create systems that can mimic certain human capabilities such as, for example, natural language processing (NLP, Natural Language Processing), generating content, composing music etc. through the use of advanced algorithms and large amounts of data. In the educational sector, AI systems such as chatbots and AI-based learning platforms are raising many inter- questionings on how they can be potentially used. This paper will present some of the most recent national and international news articles that show how heated and counterintuitive the debate is, still in its infancy, on the use of AI in school and academic tracks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The theme of inclusion in the school environment is increasingly defined in the name of a conquest of civilization. The paper aims to summarize the main phases that led to Italy on a regulatory and methodological level from the Deamicisian School to that of Inclusion, through literaries references such as Cuore by Edmondo De Amicis and The appeal by Alessandro D'Avenia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Communicating the consequences of climate change and of the necessary mitigation and adaptation actions requires adherence to the knowledge and good practices proposed by the scientific community, the ability to involve students against indifference, humanity and balance to overcome "eco-anxiety". The paper highlights the difficulties of the school in tackling a topic that is not only technical but has significant ethical and political implications. Some inter-disciplinary educational activities are also proposed, which are aimed at encouraging the collaboration of teachers of scientific and humanistic subjects for a more effective treatment of the topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper focuses on some aspects of the teachinglearning of Music History. It concentrates upon contents, strategies and methods of teaching transposition of historical-musical knowledge into the laboratory mode. The laboratory can therefore be an effective didactic strategy in guiding pupils to the ‘construction of knowledge’, a privileged space for cognitive training that can reconcile doing and knowing. The epistemological assumptions are discussed considering also the challenges that the teacher faces today in the didactic transposition process of topics, with special attention to the growing phenomenon of ‘presentism’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to further explore the link between social inclusion/exclusion and perceived diversity, the present paper reports on the validation process of AATOS, a quali-quantitative instrument adopting a non-categorical approach in the study of adolescents’ attitudes towards their perceived “different” peers. Its psychometric properties were tested with a sample of 490 secondary school students. The reliability and construct validity of the attitude scale were assessed using factor analysis and testing several validation hypotheses. Moreover, two rounds of intercoder agreement were conducted to establish the consistency of the coding categories developed for the qualitative analysis. All in all, the findings of the current study suggest that the AATOS can be considered a robust instrument. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the presence and treatment of exiles and political refugees in ancient Greece. It identifies known types of exiles, investigates the perception of refugees by both countries of origin and host countries, and frames the phenomenon of exile in its legal context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to suggest how to overcome the difficulties which arise when secondary school students have to deal with too formal and abstract proofs. In fact, such difficulties emerge very often in math classes. As a result, students do not achieve a real and deep comprehension of the proofs, but limit themselves to learn them by heart. On the other hand, the introduction of proofs based on concrete and visual elements greatly helps them to gain a clear understanding of the underlying mathematical concepts. An alternative way to prove the irrationality of the square root of two will exemplify how to make proofs less formal and more semantic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides some reflections about the key-role of Cultural anthropology among the sciences, highlighting its metacritical and ethicalpolitical function. Indeed, thanks to an argumentative and metacritical procedural model ‒ now increasingly crucial in the contemporary epistemology ‒ it offers a useful method for the creation of a space for dialogue, which is also useful for pedagogy as a science- guide-and-teacher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Peer-led school improvement, or peer review, is an increasingly explored tool in school leadership. Through its focus on aspects such as self-evaluation and accountability, the peer review approach has the potential to increase collective efficacy and build the social and professional capital of school leaders and teachers. Peer review approaches are currently used in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Bulgaria, and Chile. This paper provides some example as well as discusses the principles and improvement implications of the peer review model when adopted in school settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Philosophy for Children is a curriculum and educational strategy created by Matthew Lipman to support children developing a critical, creative, and empathic attitude through the practice of philosophical dialogue within school classes turned into "research communities." Following the interpretation given by Giuseppina D'Addelfio and Maria Vinciguerra, this paper aims to highlight its value for children’s moral education. This exploration gives also the chance to learn more about the educational theory and research method of these two authors, inspired by Antonio Bellingreri’s phenomenologicalhermeneutical pedagogy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper aims at exploring the reasons behind China-US rapprochement giving priority to the Chinese perspective. This allows to deal with Nixon’s visit not as an isolated event but as an historical process that has been built over time in order to give international legitimacy to an ideological project. It will be noted, indeed, that the essential conditions that the Chinese communist party presupposes for the development of diplomatic relations with the United States, have been reproposed in various forms over t [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses its attention on current forms of adolescent discomfort, which in some ways shows itself in new forms in the post-pandemic era and in others stands in continuity with a preexisting discomfort, although amplified in its manifestations. It is stressed that there is a need for an intervention that is not expressed in the though important form of the individual dimension, with activation of the school psychology desk, but a systemic intervention is fundamental, creating new alliances between reference adults and transforming the school into a presidium of reflection and confrontation to better understand the adolescent world, in close connection with the networks present in the territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper my reflections concern the historical recostruction effected by Alberto Mario Banti in relation to the biopolitical dynamics in the Risorgimento until the first world war, in the field of the relationship between men and women. Furtherly I consider the duel's meaning in the same historical period. Comparing these two issues with the theoretical framework delineated by Norbert Elias, I will try to offer some didactical and pedagogical suggestions that could be useful to emprove a bigger awareness of the necessity of granting full justice in the relation between genders. An effective didactic strategy can convince young men to pay attention to women's rights also by reflecting on the implications for the males' lifes due to the fact that in the past models of society for example men were forced to immense sacrifices in warfare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the writing of her thesis dissertation to the present, Edith Stein’s thought has accompanied many scholars, both those who have cited her explicitly and those who have not. In this work, after a brief biographical overview, we will reflect on the relationships that exist between the thought of Edith Stein and other authors such as: Abraham H. Maslow, Carl Rogers and Howard E. Gardner. This paper will identify some theses on the concept of empathy offered by Edith Stein in relation to other twentieth-century authors who followed her. The purpose is to honor the ideas of this great philosopher and to highlight both her perspicacity and farsightedness with respect to psycho-pedagogical studies and the current cultural vision centering the educational process on the topic of Inclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The nature of infinity is a question that has always fascinated scientists, philosophers, and ordinary people. This discussion takes a particularly interesting form through the question of the infinite divisibility of space. In this paper, we analyze the impact of modern physics on this question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the 19th century, actual infinity entered the domain of mathematics thanks to the work of Georg Cantor. Before him, in the same century, Bernard Bolzano had thematised the possibility of introducing actual infinite numbers. The theories of these two authors are well known and well studied. There are, on the other hand, three mathematicians who conceived the existence of infinite quantities in act and whose ideas are less well known. They are Paul Dubois-Reymond, Otto Stolz and Giuseppe Veronese. In this paper, I will present their conceptions, preceded, however, by some observations on the elements at infinity of projective geometry that had existed in mathematics since before the 19th century, but whose complete theory was offered in the 19th century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Guidance, tailored to personal needs, is essential in shaping each person's educational and vocational path. Targeted orientation can contribute to the construction of personalized itineraries that enhance the individual's talents, expectations, and aspirations in a way that offers the possibility of pursuing goals consistent with one's inclinations. The Ministry of Education's recent guidelines aim to strengthen the link between the first and second cycles of education and training, creating a structured and coordinated guidance system that recognizes students' talents, aptitudes and inclinations. The aim is to accompany students on a personal, vocational and educational life path. This paper offers a first commentary on this, underlining the importance of the autonomy dimension of educational institutions in the next phase of implementation of the guidelines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bullying in schools is a phenomenon now rather known for its dynamics and subject of many experiences and trials of prevention, containment and recovery. Experiences among which it is possible to recall also the work or the community service, intended as a space for putting oneself at the service of the school or territorial community. Within this framework and starting from a re-reading of bullying in the light of the characteristics of the power of human action, the paper intends to propose itself as a space for rethinking and defining the two levels within which the educational work at school should be articulated: the formativefounding plan and the re-building plan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper aims at presenting a museum educational experience carried out at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome within the INTERACT project. The project aims to promote the creation of new systems of social inclusion and the development of active citizenship through museums within different categories of museum users, in particular secondary school students with disabilities. A group of 17 pupils from the Domizia Lucilla Secondary School in Rome took part in a two-day museum workshop in which, through the Object-based Learning and Digital Storytelling learning methodologies, social inclusion, well-being and the 4C skills (Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Critical thinking) were promoted in participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Different laws, including the recent Law no.227 / 2021 "Delega al Governo in materia di disabilità", underline the importance of building educational projects for pupils, especially in a condition of disability, according to the Life Design’s perspective: alongside the pedagogical tension that characterizes the daily educational experience it is essential that the learning contexts know how to systematize organizational strategies to manage the various school life’s transitions: from the entering school phase, to internships experience rather than in outgoing educational guidance, assuming a systemic and unitary vision introduced thirty years ago with the law 104/1992. This paper documents the quantitative outcomes relating to the first phase of a survey involving a network of Vocational Training Centers (VTC) in Italy. The main goal is to know and understand the complexity of the practices implemented, the VTCs ability to give coherence to the educational guidance, even linking themselves to different stakeholders in the territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores a number of aspects of Alasdair MacIntyre’s anthropology, which is considered in its structural connection with practical rationality. Regarding the human element of this practical rationality, I will highlight its reflective nature and its development within an educational framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to show how the application of the generalised versions of Rolle's theorem allows the exact number of stationary points of a rational function to be determined, even if the rational function is a fraction which contains real and/or complex conjugate zeros of any multiplicity in both numerator and denominator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we show how INVALSI standardized tests can contribute to mathematics teacher education. As part of the Meta-didactic transposition, the Gestinv database takes on the role of a boundary object to foster the encounter between the practices of researchers-from INVALSI and universities- and the educational institution. The outcome of this encounter can develop mathematical knowledge and the pedagogical content knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital innovation at school doesn’t consist only in providing new technologies to Institutions and instrumental skills to teachers. The aim of this paper is to explore both the ethical question and problems of literature teaching in the context of digital transformation: how to increase in students the ability to interpret and deconstruct the mythologies related to technology (such as the idea of competent “digital-natives”)? It’s possible to suggest the awareness that technologies can shape and influence our lives and choices? Theoretical considerations and a didactic application will focus on opportunities, limits and good practice on “media education”. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the relational dimension in university contexts as a central element for the development of the sense of belonging for university students. Studies in the literature show that the “feeling part” of the University is an element that can affect the success or interruption of studies, but do not shed the light on if it can be modulated in the academic career. The empirical investigation has been conducted with a sample of students (N = 356) in order to investigate i) if there is a relationship between the sense of belonging and academic self-efficacy in the sample involved and ii) whether this potential relationship may increase and/or decrease based on the year of enrollment. Results show a positive correlation between sense of belonging and academic self-efficacy (r=0,52; p<0,01) and underline statistical differences among students groups based on the year of enrollment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]