The Personal tutorial guidance sessions in the framework of the teaching-learning field of the Bologna process: University of Minho (first cycle) courses students’ perceptions

The Bologna Process defends the adoption of a higher education in teaching-learning methodologies that – in contraposition to the previous model based on the transmission of knowledge, which for being essentially theoretical, gives the student a passive role in the knowledge construction process – allows a (pro) active, autonomous and practical learning, where the student acquires and develops his competences. The personal tutorial guidance sessions are included in the teaching contact hours. This abstract presents a study about the University of Minho (first cycle) Courses Students’ perceptions of the personal tutorial guidance sessions’ relevance in the scope of the learning-teaching process, so as to confirm if the implementation/implantation of the commonly called tutorial (type) education, as an approach to an active, autonomous and practical learning, is sensed by the learners themselves

La Formación en didáctica de la lengua para educación de personas adultas

El Aprendizaje de la lecto-escritura consiste en adquirir una serie de destrezas que permitan el uso de la lengua escrita en sus aspectos expresivos y comprensivos, de tal manera que el dominio de tales destrezas haga posible entender y producir textos de calidad en sus contextos de comunicación. Sin embargo, tal adquisición no es fácil de conseguir con metodologías inadecuadas o sólo a través del estudio de la lengua en sus aspectos formales. La gran capacidad que poseen tanto niños como adultos para diferenciar y comprender distintos tipos de textos escritos no significa que la lectura o la producción textual sean fáciles para ellos, sino que, muy al contrario, encuentran tal cantidad de dificultades que sólo la aplicación de procedimientos metodológicos adecuados por parte de maestros competentes puede paliar tales escollos y ayudar a un aprendizaje más eficaz, siempre que tales procedimientos estén en consonancia con las exigencias propias de la diversidad textual y con las capacidades, necesidades e intereses de los alumnos y alumnas

A teaching/learning support tool for introductory programming courses

In This work we present a Web-based tool developed with the aim of reinforcing teaching and learning of introductory programming courses. This tool provides support for teaching and learning. From the teacher's perspective the system introduces important gains with respect to the classical teaching methodology. It reinforces lecture and laboratory sessions, makes it possible to give personalized attention to the student, assesses the degree of participation of the students and most importantly, performs a continuous assessment of the student's progress. From the student's perspective it provides a learning framework, consisting in a help environment and a correction environment, which facilitates their personal work. With this tool students are more motivated to do programming