Learning through life

Web 2.0 und soziale Netzwerke gaben erste Impulse für neue Formen der Online-Lehre, welche die umfassende Vernetzung von Objekten und Nutzern im Internet nachhaltig einsetzen. Die Vielfältigkeit der unterschiedlichen Systeme erschwert aber deren ganzheitliche Nutzung in einem umfassenden Lernszenario, das den Anforderungen der modernen Informationsgesellschaft genügt. In diesem Beitrag wird eine auf dem Konnektivismus basierende Plattform für die Online-Lehre namens “Wiki-Learnia” präsentiert, welche alle wesentlichen Abschnitte des lebenslangen Lernens abbildet. Unter Einsatz zeitgemäßer Technologien werden nicht nur Nutzer untereinander verbunden, sondern auch Nutzer mit dedizierten Inhalten sowie ggf. zugehörigen Autoren und/oder Tutoren verknüpft. Für ersteres werden verschiedene Kommunikations-Werkzeuge des Web 2.0 (soziale Netzwerke, Chats, Foren etc.) eingesetzt. Letzteres fußt auf dem sogenannten “Learning-Hub”-Ansatz, welcher mit Hilfe von Web-3.0-Mechanismen insbesondere durch eine semantische Metasuchmaschine instrumentiert wird. Zum Aufzeigen der praktischen Relevanz des Ansatzes wird das mediengestützte Juniorstudium der Universität Rostock vorgestellt, ein Projekt, das Schüler der Abiturstufe aufs Studium vorbereitet. Anhand der speziellen Anforderungen dieses Vorhabens werden der enorme Funktionsumfang und die große Flexibilität von Wiki-Learnia demonstriert.

Primary care at Swiss universities - current state and perspective

Background There is increasing evidence that a strong primary care is a cornerstone of an efficient health care system. But Switzerland is facing a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs). This pushed the Federal Council of Switzerland to introduce a multifaceted political programme to strengthen the position of primary care, including its academic role. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of the situation of academic primary care at the five Swiss universities by the end of year 2012. Results Although primary care teaching activities have a long tradition at the five Swiss universities with activities starting in the beginning of the 1980ies; the academic institutes of primary care were only established in recent years (2005 – 2009). Only one of them has an established chair. Human and financial resources vary substantially. At all universities a broad variety of courses and lectures are offered, including teaching in private primary care practices with 1331 PCPs involved. Regarding research, differences among the institutes are tremendous, mainly caused by entirely different human resources and skills. Conclusion So far, the activities of the existing institutes at the Swiss Universities are mainly focused on teaching. However, for a complete academic institutionalization as well as an increased acceptance and attractiveness, more research activities are needed. In addition to an adequate basic funding of research positions, competitive research grants have to be created to establish a specialty-specific research culture.

Laennec, el método anatomoclínico y la invención del estetoscopio : parte 2 : la auscultación, de la controversia a la aceptación

En la primera parte relaté la vida de René Laennec hasta su crucial descubrimiento de la auscultación mediata. En esta segunda parte, me ocuparé de su tratado sobre la auscultación, su contribución al diagnóstico físico, la pneumonología y la cardiología, y su recepción en Francia y en el extranjero. Luego trataré de la retirada de Laennec de París y su regreso glorioso, su controversia con Broussais, sus actividades clínicas y docentes, la preparación de la segunda edición de su tratado, su matrimonio y su prematuro deceso. Laennec siempre será recordado por sus múltiples contribuciones a las ciencias médicas, y sobre todo por la auscultación mediata, por la cual con justicia se lo ha considerado uno de los más influyentes inventores de todos los tiempos.

Educational innovation applied in the UNESCO chair of mining and industrial heritage

The “Innovatio Educativa Tertio Millennio” group has been 10 years developing educational innovation techniques, actually has reached the level of teaching on the technical teachers has developed, and share them with other groups, that can implement them in their teaching activities. UNESCO Chair of Mining and Industrial Heritage has been years working on heritage, and on the one hand teaching in conservation and maintenance of heritage, and on the other doing raise awareness of the meaning of heritage, the social value and as must be managed effectively. Recently these two groups work together, thus is spreading in a much more effective manner the concepts of heritage, its meaning, its value, and how to manage it and provide effective protection. On one hand being a work of dissemination based on internet and on radio broadcasting, and on the other one of teaching based on educational innovation, and courses, conferences, and face-to-face seminars or distance platforms.

Introducción a la informática para estudiantes de enseñanza secundaria mediante programación de aplicaciones móviles

Este trabajo contiene el diseño y análisis de dos modalidades de docencia de programación de aplicaciones móviles, con el objetivo de aumentar el interés de los estudiantes de enseñanza secundaria por la Ingeniería Informática. Primeramente se analizó la estructura y el contenido de las diferentes materias relacionadas con la informática que existen actualmente en la educación secundaria en España, con el fin de localizar las carencias del currículo. Estas carencias principales son: la falta de reconocimiento de la Ingeniería informática al mismo nivel que el resto de ingenierías y una falta de contenidos relacionados con el desarrollo de software, tanto a nivel de programación como de diseño. A continuación, una vez analizados diferentes posibilidades de entornos con los que desarrollar dichos cursos, se diseñaron los dos modelos de docencia utilizando App Inventor como herramienta conductora, con los que poder cubrir esos conocimientos. El primer modelo consiste en un curso de cuatro semanas a impartir directamente en el centro, mientras que el segundo se trata de un taller de una mañana a impartir en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Informáticos de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. De los resultados de esos modelos se han obtenidos resultados muy positivos en cuanto al incremento de los conocimientos de los alumnos sobre informática, además de aumentar su interés por la Ingeniería Informática y obtener una visión más ajustada a la realidad de la misma.---ABSTRACT---This work details the design and realization of a workshop and a course for teaching mobile application programming to Spanish high school students, with the aim of increasing their interest in Computing. In order to locate the shortcomings of the curriculum, the structure and contents of various subjects related to Computing in currently secondary education in Spain were analyzed. The results show a lack of recognition of computer engineering at the same level as the rest of engineering disciplines and a lack of content related to software development, both in terms of programming and design. Then, after analyzing existing programming environments available for covering the basic programming objectives, App Inventor was chosen as mobile programming environment for both teaching activities (the workshop and the course). The first activity consists of a four-week course to teach directly in the high school, while the second one is a 4-hour workshop to be held at the university. The workshop and the course were carried out with students of two secondary schools, obtaining very positive results in terms of increasing students’ knowledge about computers, increasing their interest in Computing, and making them get a more accurate vision of the discipline.

Rules and orders relating to a Professor of the Mathematicks, of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, in Harvard College, 18 January 1726

This folder contains a single document describing the "rules and orders" of the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. The document begins by defining the subjects to be taught by the Hollis Professor including natural and experimental philosophy, elements of geometry, and the principles of astronomy and geography. It then outlines the number of public and private lectures to be given to students, how much extra time the professor should spend with students reviewing any difficulties they may encounter understanding class subject matter discussed, and stipulates that the professor's duties shall be restricted solely to his teaching activities and not involve him in any religious activities at the College or oblige him to teach any additional studies other than those specified for the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Furthermore, the rules establish the professor's salary at £80 per year and allow the professor to receive from students, except those students studying theology under the Hollis Professor of Divinity, an additional fee as determined by the Corporation and Board of Overseers, to supplement his income. Moreover, the rules assert that all professorship candidates selected by the Harvard Corporation must be approved by Thomas Hollis during his lifetime or by his executor after his death. Finally, the rules state that the Hollis professor take an oath to the civil government and declare himself a member of the Protestant reformed religion. This document is signed by Thomas Hollis and four witnesses, John Hollis, Joshua Hollis, Richard Solly, and John Williams.

TRADIÇÃO & INOVAÇÃO COMPETÊNCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS NECESSÁRIAS À PRÁTICA EDUCACIONAL

No presente trabalho realizamos uma análise sobre os novos paradigmas educacionais diante do fenômeno da expansão das tecnologias, as recomendações oficiais sobre a incorporação da tecnologia no contexto educacional e nas práticas docentes. Teve como objetivos pesquisar sobre as discussões acerca das contribuições da tecnologia no contexto educacional; analisar as competências necessárias para uma ação docente significativa utilizando as ferramentas que a tecnologia educacional disponibiliza para o professor; identificar como as inovações tecnológicas podem agregar valores às ações pedagógicas já existentes e suas múltiplas possibilidades de enriquecer a prática docente; analisar as razões pelas quais professores não conseguem agregar em sua rotina pedagógica a tecnologia. Realizamos uma pesquisa de campo que teve como sujeitos cinco professores do Fundamental 1ª fase, de Instituições Públicas(s) e Privadas(s) da cidade de Juiz de Fora/MG, atuantes na sala de aula. Para a coleta de dados aplicamos um questionário para a identificação do perfil dos sujeitos e entrevistas de aprofundamento. Para a análise dos dados das entrevistas utilizamos a metodologia de análise de conteúdo , proposta por Bardin (1979) e Franco (2003). Os resultados obtidos apontam para a necessidade de mudança no sistema educacional, um repensar da formação docente, pois hoje é fundamental que tenhamos professores capazes de incorporarem as tecnologias na prática cotidiana.

Pedagogia da Autonomia: Os Limitadores da Docência no Exercício da Autonomia na Instituição Escolar

O principal objetivo deste trabalho é identificar se existem elementos presentes nas atividades diárias do professor que interferem em seu ministério e quantificar sua influência, utilizando como referencial teórico o livro A Pedagogia da Autonomia de Paulo Freire e as bases conceituais da pedagogia freiriana. Foi feito um levantamento da rotina das instituições para comprovar a existência e a extensão do que chamaremos aqui limitadores da autonomia do trabalho docente responsáveis pela redução da capacidade do docente em seu trabalho junto aos alunos. Dessa forma, eventos cuja origem se acha fora da ação do professor, muitas vezes, distante mesmo do ambiente escolar, em um contexto em que a própria instituição se insere, têm sua participação na redução dessa autonomia. Outros limitadores têm sua gênese dentro do próprio ambiente educacional, dificultando e às vezes impedindo, essa ação. São limitadores que por sua ligação intrínseca com a instituição, do ponto de vista de contexto, neste ensaio classifico como institucionais. O excesso de atividades a que o professor se encontra sujeito, bem como a avalanche burocrática obrigando-o por vezes a levar parte de suas atividades para dentro de sua vida pessoal, aparecem aqui como limitadores funcionais, por estarem intimamente ligados aos aspectos da própria prática do docente. Mesmo as barreiras físicas e assecuratórias da tranqüilidade do ambiente escolar, como: crachás, portões, catracas e outros, são tratados aqui como limitadores físicos, compondo com os demais as categorias em torno das quais o tema aqui tratado se desenvolve. Existem de fato, limitadores da ação educacional? Em que medida produzem seus efeitos e em que proporção são sentidos pelos profissionais da educação? São questões cujas análises se embasarão em respostas dadas por professores da Educação Infantil, do Ensino Fundamental I e II além do Ensino Médio, a um questionário, que compiladas e estatisticamente tratadas, desembocarão na conclusão hipótese deste ensaio: A atividade educacional padece dos efeitos provocados pelos limitadores da ação docente . Para tanto faremos o estabelecimento das bases referenciais no capítulo primeiro, recortando da obra do eminente educador os elementos que servirão para seu embasamento teórico. Partindo dos aspectos mais genéricos para os mais específicos, que têm conotação com o presente tema, passamos no capítulo segundo ao levantamento das diversas atividades próprias da prática educativa, das quais o professor não tem como se eximir, classificando-as didaticamente, em uma preparação para um momento posterior de levantamento de dados. No capítulo terceiro é apresentado o questionário e seus resultados; a metodologia estatística empregada foi a qualitativa, porém com avaliações que permitem mensurar o grau de interferência de cada categoria presente no resultado final. Desta forma concluí, de acordo com a hipótese inicial, pela existência dos limitadores como fatores inerentes à prática educacional e sua relevância como agentes inibidores da ação docente dentro do universo estudado.(AU)

SER DOCENTE: UM ESTUDO SOBRE AS REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS DE ENFERMEIROS QUE ATUAM COMO PROFESSORES NO ENSINO TÉCNICO DE ENFERMAGEM

A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar as representações sociais de ser docente do professor enfermeiro que atua no Ensino Técnico em enfermagem e cursou Pós-Graduação com ênfase pedagógica, exigido pelo MEC a partir de janeiro de 2008. A fundamentação teórica da pesquisa foi norteada pelo conceito de Representação Social enunciado por Sèrge Moscovici (1978) e mediado por Denise Jodelet (1984) e Mary Jane Spink (2004). Foram tecidas considerações sobre o ensino de enfermagem dentro do quadro da educação brasileira, evidenciando a legalização do ensino técnico no contexto socioeconômico e político do país que regulamentou o ensino técnico de enfermagem. Também foram descritas as últimas exigências feitas pelo Ministério da Educação e pelo Conselho Regional de Enfermagem sobre o exercício da docência no ensino técnico. A coleta de dados foi possível por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, realizadas com 07 professores enfermeiros egressos do curso de Pós-Graduação com ênfase pedagógica. Foi utilizada a abordagem qualitativa centrada na análise de conteúdo dando voz aos sujeitos da pesquisa. Os resultados revelaram que as representações sociais sobre o ser docente da população-alvo foram ancoradas na perspectiva de transmitir os conteúdos curriculares e morais, porém, tentaram se afastar da idéia do paradigma tradicional do professor que só transmite conhecimento. Os resultados também evidenciaram que o curso de Pós-Graduação com ênfase pedagógica contribuiu com os professores enfermeiros da pesquisa para o processo de construção e reconstrução do ser docente. As representações sociais dos professores deste estudo revelaram, por último, a satisfação em ser docente atrelada à idéia de felicidade em exercer as atividades docentes, o que não deixou de lado a forte presença da profissão de enfermeiro.

DE PROFESSORA À PESQUISADORA: A FORMAÇÃO DA IDENTIDADE DOCENTE NO ENSINO SUPERIOR

Esta pesquisa refere-se à formação da identidade docente no Ensino Superior que se caracteriza pela indissocialibilidade entre o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão. A metodologia utilizada é a História Oral, por meio de Relatos Orais de Vida de quatro professoras que lecionam na pós-graduação de uma universidade privada. A principal fundamentação teórica: António Nóvoa, (1988, 2009), Luis Antonio Cunha (1980, 1997), Dermeval Saviani, (2001), Antonio Joaquim Severino, (2001), Carlos Benedito Martins, (1981, 2002), Gaston Pineau, (2006) e Maria Isaura de Pereira Queiroz, (1988, 1999, 2010). A noção de identidade profissional docente advém das posturas e concepções atribuídas por diferentes discursos e agentes sociais aos professores e às professoras no exercício de suas variadas atividades docentes em distintos contextos, ou seja, em distintas instituições de ensino. Analisa-se o exercício da docência do ensino superior e os saberes desta profissão, os quais tanto possibilitam a formação de futuros docentes com uma visão da importância da metodologia científica, quanto proporciona um salto de qualidade e de atualização contínua condizente com as exigências do ensino superior, atreladas à importância da responsabilidade social.

What can interdisciplinarity offer to policy problems? Understanding the public policy of obesity

In the UK academics are being urged to embrace interdisciplinarity in their research and teaching activities. In the case of public policy, there is a tension between the epistemological formations from the parent discipline of politics and garnering the benefits of interdisciplinarity. Furthermore, interdisciplinarity in public policy cannot and should not ignore cleavages in existing policy pathways. These concerns are discussed in the article by assessing the public policy of obesity in England and Wales.

In memoriam: Dimitar Shishkov

Bulgarian and world computer science lost a prominent colleague: Dimitar Petrov Shishkov 22th January 1939, Varna – 8th March 2004, Sofia D. Shishkov graduated mathematics at Sofia University in 1962. In the last year of his studies he started a specialization as a programmer at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research – Dubna which lasted three years. Then he worked at the Institute of Mathematics for two years. In 1966 D. Shishkov together with a group of experts transferred to the newly created Central Laboratory for Information Technologies. In 1976 he defended his PhD dissertation. He has been an associate professor in computer science at Sofia University since 1985 and a professor in computer science since 2000. His scientific interests and results were in the fields of computer architectures, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, numerical methods, data structures, etc. He was remarkable with his teaching activities. D. Shishkov was the creator of high-quality software for the first Bulgarian electronic calculator “ELKA” – one of the first calculators in the world as well as for the series of next calculators and for specialized minicomputers. He was the initiator of the international project “Computerization of the natural languages”. He was a member of a range of international scientific organizations. Among his numerous activities was the organization of the I-st Programming competition in 1979. D. Shishkov was the initiator of sport dancing in Bulgaria (1967) and founder of the first sport-dancing high school education in the world. D. Shishkov was a highly accomplished person with a diversity of interests, with a developed social responsibility and accuracy in his work. In 1996 D. Shishkov was awarded with the International Prize ITHEA for outstanding achievements in the field of Information Theories and Applications. We are grateful to D. Shishkov for the chance to work together with him for establishment and development of IJ ITA.

Açude do cais: uma proposta de aplicação de uma sequência de atividades didáticas em um contexto real

Currently it is expected that science education will enable a more comprehensive conception of the world and of the relationship between scientific knowledge, technology and society. Thus, we seek the science teaching attend around contexts related to science, technology and society (STS). According CTS approaches, the science education should promote learning in the scientific, technological and social fields, from experienced real contexts, generating motivation to students, offering them tools to work as scientifically literate citizens. For this, it becomes crucial to resort to innovative activities and the various methodologies and appropriate teaching materials, and there is a lack of this perspective in general basic education, which drives the practice of an STS approach. Therefore, the aim of this research is the production of an instructional sequence for the exploration of the theme: "The quality of the water in the municipality of Cuité-PB," according to focus CTS in the 2nd year of high school. The choice of this topic is due to the problem caused by the quality of water in this municipality, with the concern to address an issue that came to work the critical / reflective understanding of a real context, in order to sensitize students to the importance of scientific / technological knowledge. The selection criteria of STS subjects were also observed. In this research the materials were produced and applied by the teacher / researcher. For data collection we used the observation and analysis of student records. The results were encouraging in the sense of participation, motivation and skill acquisition. This research contributes to the teaching of science with a focus STS, as well as encourage the use of perspective in new contexts with real questioning

A construção identitária em um fórum de discussão: um estudo com alunos da EAD

The aim of this study is to highlight the cultural identities of Spanish undergraduate students from Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia – IFRN, in integration with Universidade Aberta do Brasil – UAB, in the distance modality, built from utterances produced by them in a forum discussion online. For this, we chose to analyze the thematic forum “Using fragments of the internet is an ethical act?” generated in the first semester of 2011, linked to the Reading and Writing course. The interest of this researcher to highlight the cultural identities of these subjects, in the Virtual Learning Environment, emerged from the contact with this reality, in which it was found that the statements constructed by students were rich in positions, meanings and interactions. By producing their speeches, such subjects nurture a reflection on how we can establish meaning in the interaction created in online teaching as well as on the construction of cultural identities of the subject within that virtual space. The way students participate in the discussion forum represents learning experiences that lead to the construction of cultural identities, which determine the trajectory of the subjects, which makes the identity an ongoing process. Our theoretical reference follows the interdisciplinary approach of Applied Linguistics and is based on the socio-historical model of language, with language construed as a social practice. This study also established an interface with cultural studies, as it uses the concept of cultural identity in postmodernity. Analysis of the utterances lead to plurality, with a multiplicity of identities, as evidenced from the positioning of the subjects, some focused on the agreement, others on the disagreement, or even on the boldness. It was found also in the investigative path that these identities can be constructed and reconstructed if they are immersed in another set of historically determined social practices.

A leitura e a produção textual no ensino fundamental I: uma proposta de como trabalhar com os gêneros textuais

The little interest in reading and the large presence of deviations in writing observed in the texts of students of the 5th grade of a public school in RN, led us to question the motives of this problem. Thus, the idea to organize and develop teaching sequences with a variety of possibilities of reading and production through the text genres. The practice with the textual genres in elementary school extends the use of reading and writing and improves the quality of learning. In this way, the school, as one of the most active spheres in social practices of the language, we justify this work with the use of text genres as facilitators for teaching and learning the mother tongue. For this purpose, we draw as the main objective to talk about the work with textual genres from the development of didactic sequences, as well as encourage students to take a more reflexive attitude toward language and its uses, as discursive social practices. The development of the study with the text genres was made through the application of didactic sequences in the school context of elementary school classes, from 5th grade. Specifically were chosen, the letter, note, music, poetry, fable and the tale. The study is anchored in the reflections of the following theorists and researchers: Bakhtin (2011), Miller (1994), Marcuschi (2008) and Bronckart (1999) on the text genres; Marcuschi (2005) and Dolz and Schneuwly (2004) that approve a teaching-learning proposal focused on textual genres, giving a meaning to language in the construction of the knowledge and Dolz and Schneuwly (2004) regarding the didactic sequence; other theoretical orientations: PCN (1998), Lerner (2005), among others. The methodology followed the action research guidelines, in a qualitative approach perspective. The instruments of research included questionnaire, observations, readings and productions. The results pointed the students' interest in relation to the activities developed in the didactic sequences and consequently improvement in the students‘ own writings. In this sense, we reiterate the need to contamplate in the teaching activities the diversity of texts and genres and, not only due to its social relevance, therefore the student should be able to use the language in various way and adapt their texts to situations of oral and written interlocution.