Research based design: competition proposal for the Cyprus news agency

The paper attempts to explore the interrelation between a) the architects’ individualism and “pre-structures” b) research- based findings during the design process through experimentation and c)an integrated design approach, where morphology, construction and bioclimatic design are integrated from an early design stage. Through a thorough presentation and analysis of a competition proposal for the Cyprus News Agency, we discuss a number of important findings in relation to the present and possibly future form of the design studio. We suggest that the designer’s “prestructures” may not only be the basis for creative action, but also the basis for understanding and interpretation. Design informed and enriched at every stage by a research-based process, might well be the transmission and transformation of “prestructures”, a process of elaboration and discovery which facilitates and enhances design creativity and possibly allows for a multiplicity of approaches through a range of possibilities. Furthermore, an integrated approach from the early stages of the design process facilitates innovation in materials and systems.

Building the Directorate General for Urban Affairs in European Union. A proposal for the European Commission

The present documents get together reflection elements that allow sustaining the irreversibility of the process that leads to the creation of a Directorate General for Urban AffairsThe irreversibility of this process results of the assumed necessity to implement the cooperation between Member-States in respect to the urban and territorial development policy. It is time, with vision, to assume the urgency to create, as well, in this area an European joint policy and which are the necessary structures for its definition and implementation within the EU framework. O Directorate General for Urban Affairs deverá articular-se em particular com o Comité Económico e Social e com o Comité das RegiõesThe present text is based essentially on political documents on urban and territorial affairs elaborated in the extent of the EU and in the general guideline documents produced by the EU, which favor social, economic and territorial integration.

Inovação pedagógica : a música no ensino de frações

Apesar da modernização dos meios tecnológicos e processos de aprendizagem, a Matemática na escola pública brasileira permanece difícil de ensinar e aprender, falta inovação metodológica que promova condições necessárias na apropriação dos saberes pelo aluno. Essa pesquisa sobre a Formação continuada de professores de Matemática do Ensino Fundamental Ciclo I e inovação da prática pedagógica: a música no ensino de frações propõe o uso da música como recurso didático metodológico inovador para o ensino de frações, com o objetivo de substituir aulas expositivas e exercícios mecânicos por vivências prazerosas, significativas e formadoras de um sujeito crítico participativo. Apresenta os mecanismos de avaliação da política educacional brasileira bem como o Ensino Fundamental de nove anos. Destaca a inovação metodológica como necessidade na formação continuada para o professor polivalente não especialista em matemática. Desenvolve a pesquisa qualitativa, estudo de caso, e considera o processo histórico da sociedade e do sujeito, para compreender o papel da escola, do professor e as especificidades do processo ensino e aprendizagem. O resultados dessa pesquisa mostram a necessidade de revisão, pelas instituições de ensino superior, na formação de profissionais de postura interrogativa de sua própria ação docente, capazes de reproduzir tal atitude no aluno. Este estudo contribui para a aprendizagem de frações, evitando-se aulas expositivas, exercícios mecânicos, por meio de uma proposta de formação continuada, utilizando música como instrumento para o ensino de frações, desenvolvida pela pesquisadora durante o processo da pesquisa ação, além de promover o debate nas unidades escolares envolvidas nas inovações de seus Projetos Pedagógicos.

Evolving definition of sociomuseology : proposal for reflection

Sociomuseology expresses a considerable amount of the effort made to suit museological facilities to the conditions of contemporary society. The process of opening up the museum, as well as its organic relation with the social context that infuses it with life, has resulted in the need to structure and clarify the relations, notions and concepts that may define this process. Sociomuseology is thus a scientific field of teaching, research and performance which emphasizes the articulation of museology, in particular, with the areas of knowledge covered by Human Sciences, Development Studies, Services Science, and Urban and Rural Planning. The multidisciplinary approach of Sociomuseology aims to strengthen the acknowledgement of museology as a resource for the sustainable development of Humanity, based on equal opportunities as well as social and economic inclusion. Sociomuseology bases its social intervention on mankind’s cultural and natural heritage, both tangible and intangible. What characterizes Sociomuseology is not so much the nature of its premises and its goals, as is the case with other areas of knowledge, but the interdisciplinary focus which makes it draw on perfectly consolidated areas of knowledge and relate them with Museology itself.