Supervisão da prática letiva. Uma estratégia colaborativa de apoio ao desenvolvimento curricular

A profissão docente é cada vez mais complexa, na sala de aula deparamo-nos com alunos de diferentes culturas, com diferentes ritmos de aprendizagem, interesses e necessidades que colocam ao professor o desafio de ensinar todos, mesmo os que não querem aprender. A resposta a este desafio não pode ser individual, tem de resultar de ações concertadas e assumidas pelos docentes como coletivo. Neste contexto desafiador, a supervisão da prática letiva constitui, enquanto estratégia formativa centrada no contexto de trabalho, uma resposta possível que, através da observação direta das práticas, da reflexão e da construção colaborativa de conhecimento pedagógico, facilita a resolução de problemas, promove o desenvolvimento profissional e a inovação curricular, aumentando a eficácia docente. Neste artigo, de revisão de literatura, discutem-se diversos aspetos relacionados com a supervisão pedagógica, no sentido de contribuir para a clarificação de conceitos e de processos, que possam ajudar e orientar a sua implementação nas escolas. Pretende-se evidenciar as potencialidades da supervisão pedagógica colaborativa, realizada entre pares. Começamos pela (re)conceptualização da supervisão pedagógica, abordamos a supervisão enquanto uma exigência, um desafio e uma oportunidade, destacamos a dimensão colaborativa da supervisão, descrevemos as fases do ciclo da supervisão clinica e terminamos com as considerações finais.

Teaching and learning sexuality in nursing education

Sexuality is recognized as part of holistic nursing care, but its inclusion in clinical practice and nursing training is inconsistent. Based on the question "How students and teachers acknowledge sexuality in teaching and learning?", we developed a study in order to characterize the process of teaching and learning sexuality in a micro perspective of curriculum development. We used a mixed methods design with a sequential strategy: QUAN-qual of descriptive and explanatory type. 646 students and teachers participated. The quantitative component used questionnaire surveys. Document analysis was used in the additional component. A curricular dimension of sexuality emerges guided by a behaviourist line and based on a biological vision. The issues considered sage are highlighted and framed in steps of adolescence and adulthood and more attacghed to female sexuality and procreative aspect. There is in emeergence a hidden curriculum by reference to content from other dimensions of sexuality but less often expressed. Theoretical learning follows a communicational model of reality through abstraction strategies, which infers a deductive method of learning, with a behaviourist approach to assessment. Clinical teaching adresses sexuality in combination with reproductive lealth nursing. The influencing factors of teaching and learning of sexuality were also explored. We conclude that the vision of female sexuality taught and learned in relation to women has a projection of care in clinical practice based on the same principles

Measuring persistence in nominal exchange rate: Implications for Angola’s entrepreneurship and business development

The purpose of this paper is to measure the degree of persistence in the Kwanza to US Dollar exchange rate. First, our results indicate that nominal exchange rates both in levels and in first differences are I(0), thus implying that the relative purchasing power parity hypothesis for Angola is not rejected. Secondly, we find a significant degree of persistence in both the formal and informal nominal exchange rates. Thirdly, the degree of persistence in the official market is significantly lower than in the formal market, while In first differences, persistence in the official exchange rate is substantially higher than in the informal exchange rate. Lastly, we could not find strong evidence that persistence has changed in levels throughout the sample period. By contrast, there is significant evidence that persistence in first differences has consistently increased after September 2003. These results have important policy implications as the National Bank of Angola is preparing to change its monetary and exchange-rate policy focus to a more inflation-targeting regime and to a more a flexible (or low-managed) exchange-rate regime.

The Proces of Curriculum and Module Design

The outcome of the inductive decision -making process of the leading project management group (PMG) was the proposal to develop three modules, Human Resource Management and Knowledge Management, Quality Management and Intercultural management, each for 10 ECTS credits. As a result of the theoretical and organisational framework and analytical phase of the project, four strategies informed the development and implemen- tation of the modules: 1. Collaboration as a principle stemming from EU collaborative policy and receiving it’s expression on all implementation levels (designing the modules, modes of learning, delivering the modules, evaluation process). 2. Building on the Bologna process masters level framework to assure ap- propriate academic level of outputs. 3. Development of value -based leadership of students through transforma- tional learning in a cross -cultural setting and continual reflection of theory in practice. 4. Continual evaluation and feedback among teachers and students as a strategy to achieve a high quality programme. In the first phase of designing the modules the collaborative strategy in particular was applied, as each module was led by one university, but members from all other universities participated in the discussions and development of the mod- ules. The Bologna process masters level framework and related standards and guidelines informed the form and method of designing the modules.