The impact of PBL on transferable skills development in management education

Attention to transferable skills is growing in higher education. Problem-based learning (PBL) is increasingly used in management education for its promising potential to, amongst others, promote transferable skills, including problem-solving, critical thinking and teamwork skills. However, this relationship is seldom assessed. In this study, I use structural equation modelling to examine the effectiveness of PBL, measured through students��� perceptions of satisfaction and skills development. Results show the development of transferable skills is explained by interaction with tutors and a host company, and defining teamwork rules. Satisfaction is explained by skills development, assessment issues, defining teamwork rules and understanding how organisations work. I draw conclusions and recommendations.

Development and psychometric properties of ECPICID-AVC to measure informal caregivers��� skills when caring for older stroke survivors at home

Introduction: Informal caregivers provide a significant part of the total care needed by dependent older people poststroke. Although informal care is often the preferred option of those who provide and those who receive informal care, informal caregivers often report lack of preparation to take care of older dependent people. This article outlines the development and psychometric testing of informal caregivers��� skills when providing care to older people after a stroke ��� ECPICID-AVC. Design: Prospective psychometric instrument validation study. Methods: Eleven experts participated in a focus group in order to delineate, develop and validate the instrument. Data were gathered among adult informal caregivers (n = 186) living in the community in Northern Portugal from August 2013 to January 2014. Results: The 32-item scale describes several aspects of informal caregiver���s skills. The scale has eight factors: skill to feed/hydrate by nasogastric feeding, skill to assist the person in personal hygiene, skill to assist the person for transferring, skill to assist the person for positioning, skill to provide technical aids, skill to assist the person to use the toilet, skill to feed/hydrate and skill to provide technical aids for dressing/undressing. Analysis demonstrated adequate internal consistency (Cronbach���s alpha = 0.83) and good temporal stability 0.988 (0.984���0.991). Conclusion: The psychometric properties of the measurement tool showed acceptable results allowing its implementation in clinical practice by the nursing community staff for evaluating practical skills in informal caregivers when providing care to older stroke survivors living at home.

Aplica����o de ferramentas Lean e gest��o da manuten����o numa metalomec��nica

Disserta����o de mestrado em Engenharia e Gest��o da Qualidade

Para uma pedagogia das literacias: das conce����es e pr��ticas docentes aos conceitos e compet��ncias discentes. Um estudo da aula de l��ngua portuguesa no 2�� ciclo do ensino b��sico

Tese de Doutoramento em Ci��ncias da Educa����o (Especialidade em Literacias e Ensino do Portugu��s)

Foreword [to Digital literacy, technology and social inclusion: making sense of one-to-one computer programmes around the world]

(Excerto) In times past, learning to read, write and do arithmetic was to get on course to earn the ���writ of emancipation��� in society. These skills are still essential today, but are not enough to live in society. Reading and critically understanding the world we live in, with all its complexity, difficulties and challenges, require not only other skills (learning to search for and validate information, reading with new codes and grammar, etc) but, to a certain extent, also metaskills, matrixes and mechanisms that are transversal to the different and new literacies, are necessary. They are needed not just to interpret but equally to communicate and participate in the little worlds that make up our everyday activities as well as, in a broader sense, in the world of the polis, which today is a global world.

Rela����o entre ��ndice de massa corporal e coordena����o motora, em crian��as portuguesas

Relat��rio de atividade profissional de mestrado em Ensino de Educa����o F��sica nos Ensinos B��sico e Secund��rio

O uso do Facebook e as emo����es experienciadas pelas crian��as na ��ptica dos seus professores

Atualmente a rede social mais visitada em todo o mundo �� o Facebook. Al��m de nos permitir ter um perfil pessoal podemos partilhar fotos, v��deos, mensagens e outros ficheiros. No Facebook tamb��m �� permitido criar grupos fechados onde os seus membros podem interagir atrav��s de mensagens escritas, de ��udio, de v��deo e/ou imagens. Tanto esta rede social quanto os grupos dentro da mesma podem ser usados de forma indevida, mas, por outro lado, tamb��m podem ser utilizados para aprender, aprender a fazer, conhecer, desenvolver a linguagem escrita e outras compet��ncias. O nosso estudo teve como objetivo conhecer a perce����o de educadores de inf��ncia e professores de primeiro ciclo do ensino b��sico relativamente ao uso do Facebook por parte das crian��as, bem como ��s emo����es que as crian��as manifestam neste uso. Foi um estudo transversal, para o qual constru��mos e valid��mos um question��rio espec��fico, com quest��es fechadas sobre o uso da respetiva rede social. O instrumento foi disponibilizado e preenchido online atrav��s do Google Forms. A amostra foi de conveni��ncia, tendo sido constitu��da por 75 indiv��duos (69 mulheres, 6 homens) com idades compreendidas entre os 25 e os 56 anos. Os resultados evidenciam que os professores e educadores discordam essencialmente que as crian��as aceitem pedidos de amizade e comuniquem pelo chat do Facebook com pessoas que n��o conhecem, concordando mais que usem para comunicar com familiares e amigos, para aderir a grupos com o objetivo de aprender e que permitem o acesso dos adultos �� sua conta. No respeitante as emo����es e sentimentos registou-se maior discord��ncia quanto ao facto de as crian��as preferirem estar no Facebook do que na presen��a dos seus amigos e de se sentirem dependentes do uso do mesmo. Por��m, observou-se o maior n��vel de concord��ncia para o facto de ficarem aborrecidas se as obrigarem a sair do Facebook.

Las palabras son semillas���: aquisi����o e amplia����o de vocabul��rio com recurso ao audiovisual

Relat��rio de est��gio de mestrado em Ensino do Portugu��s no 3�� Ciclo do Ensino B��sico e Ensino Secund��rio e de Espanhol nos Ensinos B��sico e Secund��rio

Relaxamento, corre����o postural e respira����o na pr��tica da flauta transversal: aplica����o de exerc��cios de T��cnica de Alexander

Relat��rio de est��gio de mestrado em Ensino de M��sica

Azulejaria portuguesa e a valoriza����o do patrim��nio: interpreta����o de fontes patrimoniais iconogr��ficas por alunos do 1�� e 2�� ciclo do ensino b��sico

Relat��rio de est��gio de mestrado em Ensino do 1.�� e 2.�� Ciclo do Ensino B��sico

Educating for sociability and learning for citizenship: developing communicational skills and mediation in educational contexts

This text concerns a program about the Promotion of Social and Communicational Skills and Mediation (PSCSM) developed with children aged between 10 and 13 years in a non-formal educational institution. The program of intervention had, as its purpose, the promotion of social and communicational competencies and mediation, thus enabling the children involved to have a healthy and responsible sociability in the different contexts in which they find themselves: family, school, peer group, amongst others. It was developed over 13 sessions with objectives and activities intentionally planned with the view of promoting competencies of communication, co-operation, responsibility, a critical spirit, solidarity, autonomy, respect, integration, inclusion and the recognition of rights and duties. This work was carried out with an action-research methodology that resorted to various techniques and instruments to gather and record information. The results obtained showed the impact and benefits of the program and they also revealed the necessity of educational institutions investing in the promotion of an ethical literacy and the empowerment of the children and young people for healthy sociability and active citizenship.