Potenziare la lingua dello studio per gli allievi di origine straniera Il Service Po.Li.S. del Rotary Club di Rovigo

The most recent data available from the Ministry of University and Research (2017) confirm that in Italy, students of foreign origin who have reached the age of secondary school still prefer to enrol in technical and professional institutes rather than in high schools. The same data also reveal how their school performance tends to be on average lower than that of their peers not of foreign origin, especially in scientific or technical subjects. Very often, the causes of this are to be found in a not yet adequate level of CALP. In this paper we illustrate a project (Po.Li.S.: Potenziamento Lingua dello Studio), the purpose of which was to improve the CALP of these students and in so doing their overall school results and motivation to study.

From goods-dominant logic to service-dominant logic? Service, service capitalism and service socialism

Vargo and Lusch (V&L) have claimed that there was a movement from a goods-dominant logic to service-dominant logic in marketing. We problematise this narrative via attention to multiple strands of service discourse from the late 19th to mid-20th century. Our focus begins with the promotion of service in the economics literature. A close reading of a publication important to V&L’s account reveals the politics associated with the rise of service discourse. This is elided in their work. Our genealogy subsequently engages with the publications of A. F. Sheldon. His views are unpacked and links to the Rotary Club explicated. The evidence indicates that service discourse was relational in orientation and ethically driven, with the intertwined themes in Sheldon and Rotary’s publications generalised into an emergent ‘theory of society’ that had applicability around the world. We term this discursive formation ‘service capitalism’. This perspective was contested by a ‘counter manoeuvre’ labelled ‘service socialism’. Service socialism differed fundamentally from Sheldon’s axiology, Rotary’s service capitalism or the midpoint view detailed by Edward Filene due to its focus on the deleterious impact of the profit motive, the significance of ‘use value’, the reorientation from ownership to access-based consumption and attention to human welfare and economic security. Service socialism, we conclude, generates insights that require engagement today.

From Rotary Club to Sowers of Friendship

This article examines the political activism of conservative civil society in postrevolutionary Mexico through the lens of American service clubs. It focuses on the case of the Rotary Club of Monterrey, which gathered the city's industrial elites and some of the most vocal opponents of the Mexican state, particularly the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas (1934–40). Monterrey is significant because of its economic and political clout; by the 1930s, it was the powerhouse of heavy industry and in the 1940s a key center of support for the Partido Acción Nacional. After Monterrey Rotarians dissolved their club in 1936, following a disagreement with Rotary International's policy against political involvement, they regrouped and established throughout Mexico the only service club that blended pro-business goals with right-wing hispanidad ideology: the Club Sembradores de Amistad. This story illustrates how conservative civil society in Mexico adopted seemingly contradictory transnational influences (Catholic Hispanist thought and American service clubs) to challenge the postrevolutionary state in a less confrontational way.

LA DISCIPLINA Y EL RENDIMIENTO ESCOLAR DE LOS ESTUDIANTES DE EDUCACIÓN GENERAL BÁSICA EN LA UNIDAD EDUCATIVA CLUB ROTARIO DE PORTOVIEJO

La presente investigación trata sobre la disciplina y su incidencia en el rendimiento escolar en los niños y niña; teniendo como objetivo general el de elaborar una propuesta didáctica para mejorar la disciplina de los niños 6 y 7 Año de Educación General Básica de la Unidad Educativa Club Rotario de Portoviejo, por lo que se hace profunda revisión bibliográfica. La disciplina, se parte de su definición, funciones para conceptualizar la disciplina escolar; sus dimensiones e importancia, la relación de esta con la educación y el aprendizaje; así mismo de analiza la disciplina y el castigo y las estrategias para desarrollar el orden en el aula; y su influencia en el rendimiento escolar, poniendo énfasis en los factores intra y extraescolares del rendimiento, teniendo en cuenta los tipos y las formas de evaluación; aportando con el concepto que los estudiantes aprenden mejor cuando hay disciplina, por lo que se propone la aplicación de una estrategia para fortalecer la práctica de valores en la familia y de esta manera mejorar la disciplina de los estudiantes. La principal limitación que se encontró en el proceso investigativo es la opinión de los Docentes, quienes no tienen una actitud colaborativa debido a que posiblemente sus opiniones puedan ser utilizados en su contra. PALABRAS CLAVE: Disciplina; rendimiento; educación. THE DISCIPLINE AND THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE OF BASIC GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN THE ROTARY CLUB OF PORTOVIEJO EDUCATIONAL UNIT ABSTRACT The present investigation deals with the discipline and its incidence in the scholastic performance in the boys and girl; having like general objective the one to elaborate a didactic proposal to improve the discipline of the children 6 and 7 Year of Basic General Education of the Educational Unit Rotary Club of Portoviejo, reason why a deep bibliographical revision is made. Discipline, part of its definition, functions to conceptualize school discipline; its dimensions and importance, its relation to education and learning; it also analyzes discipline and punishment and strategies to develop order in the classroom; and its influence on school performance, with emphasis on the intra- and extra-curricular factors of performance, taking into account the types and forms of evaluation; contributing with the concept that students learn better when there is discipline, so it is proposed the application of a strategy to strengthen the practice of values ​​in the family and thus improve the discipline of students. The main limitation that was found in the investigative process is the opinion of the teachers, who do not have a collaborative attitude because their opinions may possibly be used against them. KEYWORDS: Discipline; performance; education.

Using The Rotary International´s Platform to Create Long-Term Skills Transfer and Vocational Training Opportunities for Cancer Care in Bangladesh

Background and context: Rotary International (RI) is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. The Rotary Club of Dhaka Mavericks, with the notion to work on cancer care has partnered with an US-based organization to bring cancer care specialists from the US. These 2 partners mainly work with the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital, the government-owned tertiary level cancer care and research institute in Bangladesh, to transfer the skills and provide vocational training to Bangladeshi oncologists, nurses and allied health professionals by oncologists, nurses and allied health professionals from the US. Aim: The overall aim of this project is to create a cadre of cancer care professionals - oncologists, nurses and allied health professionals - in Bangladesh who would have the vocational skills through on-the-job training and skills transfer session from experienced and skilled oncologists, nurses and allied health professionals from the US. Strategy/Tactics: The international platform of RI has been used to reach out to a US-based not-for-profit organization Partners for World Health. This US-based organization has sourced in cancer care professionals from the US and brought them to Bangladesh using the partnership of 1 rotary club in the US and another rotary club in Dhaka. Later on, these 2 Rotary Clubs and Partners for World Health collaborated with the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital, where this long-term skills transfer and vocational sessions are taking place. Program process: In this partnership, the Rotary Clubs and the US-based organization arranged all necessary funding and relevant permission and accreditation, while the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital patients - who were served - and oncologists, nurses and allied health professionals - who were trained. Outcomes: This partnership is currently for 5 years starting from October of 2017. The plan is to have 2-week vocational and skills transfer session every 6 months. The first session took place in October of 2017 and the second one on March of 2018. The third session will take place on October of 2018. In the October 2018 session, total 100 doctors and 35 nurses were trained on US standard cancer treatment protocols and chemotherapy administration. Number of complicated surgical techniques were also taught to the Bangladeshi surgeons by the US team. During the March session, the focus was on radiation oncology. A total of 100 radiation oncologists were trained on March of 2018.

Collaboration With Like-Minded Organizations as Strategic Means to Share Costs and to Secure Funding as Viable Alternative to Raise Funding Traditionally

Background and context: Aparajita Society Against Cancer is a not-for-profit 100% volunteer-based organization run by cancer survivors in Bangladesh. Aparajita provides moral, psychological, and financial supports and connects cancer patients and their families with appropriate treatment facilities. Aparajita also runs awareness and educational campaigns and screening camos for early detection. Funding always remains a critical problem in conducting its activities. Though traditional fund raising through donations remain an important means, Aparajita explored other ways of funding its activities. Aim: The aim is to build win–win partnerships with like-minded organizations to secure funding for Aparajita´s activities. Strategy/Tactics: Aparajita recognized that providing due credit to like-minded partner organizations can encourage viable partnerships to share costs, which can reduce cost of funding by Aparajita. Aparajita identified Rotary Clubs as potential partners for jointly organizing events as they are also engaged in community service and not having much activities in this area. Two of its members are Rotarians, who helped in connecting Aparajita with Rotary Clubs. Program process: Aparajita shared its activities, successes, impacts and proposed activities with 1 of the Rotary Clubs and explained our proposed mode of collaborations, including sharing of costs and impacts created by each. Then we worked out a budget and often provided the lead role to Rotary Club in organizing and requesting other clubs to join. Costs and returns: Aparajita greatly reduced its own share of costs while improving the physical targets and qualitative achievements. What was learned: We learnt that establishing partnerships in jointly organizing activities can reduce pressure on funds otherwise raised through donations. We can achieve more and increase the number of volunteers. This is very much sustainable.

O método da assistência: o encontro de mulheres profissionais e filantropas na criação e organização do Serviço de Obras Sociais (SOS) na cidade do Rio de Janeiro na década de 1930

Resumo: Este artigo trata da criação e organização do Serviço de Obras Sociais (SOS), instituição assistencial fundada na cidade do Rio de Janeiro em 1934 para atender a um público bastante diversificado, composto por indivíduos que perambulavam pelas ruas centrais da cidade sem nenhum recurso, famílias desabrigadas, mães solteiras e seus filhos e as crianças de famílias pobres sem acesso à educação. Em sua origem estão jovens mulheres profissionais, as enfermeiras da Escola de Enfermeiras do Departamento Nacional de Saúde Pública e assistentes sociais formadas nos primeiros cursos de serviço social organizados em São Paulo e no Rio de Janeiro a partir de 1936. A elas se uniram a mulheres filantropas da elite carioca com experiência em obras assistenciais e sócios do Rotary Club do Rio de Janeiro. O SOS foi uma das primeiras instituições a colocar em prática um programa diversificado de assistência social fundamentado em métodos científicos e nos princípios técnicos da higiene e do nascente serviço social, com o decisivo trabalho voluntário de mulheres com formação profissional e das filantropas.

Rotary Foundation Lecture

This chapter deals with Dr Singhvi’s observations on Rotary Club and its contribution for the humanity. He states that in the mission of translating the vision of human growth and dream of our world and our common future, all the peoples of the world have a contribution to make, Rotary has a role to play, Rotary Foundation has ideas, programmes, and human resources to offer. Such a mission has to be a part of the movement of the global human society. The Rotary can be a catalyst to make the dream come true, states Dr Singhvi in his oration.