A brincadeira e as atividades fomais de ensino no primeiro ano do ensino fundamental: uma análise das manifestações das crianças de seis anos

Pós-graduação em Educação - FCT

Avaliação da utilização da técnica de lavagem das mãos pelo profissional de enfermagem em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal

Pós-graduação em Enfermagem (mestrado profissional) - FMB

A leitura de jornais impressos e digitais em contextos educacionais: Brasil e Portugal

Pós-graduação em Educação - FFC

A gestão universitária: um estudo na UFPA, de 2001 a 2011

A pesquisa aqui apresentada teve como foco e objetivo principal a gestão universitária na Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), com ênfase na participação e na autonomia no processo de decisão interna, no contexto da Reforma do Estado, no período de 2001 a 2011. Constituiu-se num estudo de caso que partiu da premissa de que, no contexto de reformas neoliberais, por meio de regulações nacionais e internacionais, vem se difundindo o modelo de gestão gerencialista para os setores sociais, como as universidades que, sob consentimentos internos, seguem as orientações que a aproximam do mercado, fazendo com que a participação se restrinja à colegialidade e se desvalorize a autonomia. Na UFPA, por meio da atuação dos Conselhos Superiores, as reformulações dos marcos legais, o planejamento, a eleição para administradores centrais vêm se adequando aos princípios subjacentes àquelas orientações, produzindo o remodelamento da gestão universitária. A investigação utilizou o método do materialismo histórico dialético para analisar os conflitos e contradições presentes no modelo de gestão adotado na UFPA. Os dados foram coletados em documentos como atas, regimentos e resoluções da instituição, bem como em instrumentos legais nacionais e documentos dos organismos internacionais. Também foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com nove sujeitos e observação direta das reuniões dos Conselhos Superiores, no período de setembro de 2010 a setembro de 2011, que possibilitaram analisar: – as concepções teóricas de gestão e sua transposição para o setor educacional no contexto da sociedade capitalista; – o modelo de gestão gerencial e sua relação com as reformas do Estado neoliberal e da Educação Superior, a partir das regulações feitas pelo governo federal de acordo com as orientações dos organismos internacionais; – os principais conflitos inerentes à gestão universitária, na UFPA, com ênfase na reformulação estatutária, na escolha de dirigentes e no planejamento institucional; e – a materialização da gestão universitária por meio da atuação dos Conselhos Superiores, na UFPA. Os resultados indicam que, na UFPA, em meio a conflitos e contradições, vem se concretizando, com o consentimento dos Conselhos Superiores, o modelo de gestão com princípios gerencialistas, manifestado nos processos de elaboração do novo Estatuto, do Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional (PDI) e do Programa de Apoio a Planos de Reestruturação e Expansão das Universidades Federais (REUNI), nas escolhas dos dirigentes superiores, bem como na própria atuação dos Conselhos Superiores. Aspectos estes que demonstram relação com as orientações do Estado neoliberal e organismos internacionais que, por meio das regulações, indicam um modelo de gestão que, por um lado, não possibilita a participação coletiva e restringe a autonomia institucional na UFPA, e, por outro, promove distanciamento do debate e da implementação de um projeto emancipatório.

An automatic method for segmentation of fission tracks in epidote crystal photomicrographs

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Competência em informação: perspectivas em torno da cultura escolar

Displays the Information Literacy as a method of training for access, evaluation and use of information, which has become, increasingly, the raw material indispensable for intellectual autonomy. Presents the articulation possible - and necessary - between Information and Cultural Competence in School, with emphasis on their relationship. Search is on School Culture, contexts for insertion of procedures developed by the Information Literacy, considering the dimensions of the organization, interpretation and knowledge production. It points out the advantages to realize the Culture School, through practical philosophical context, to support action planning, establishing, in the educational environment, actions related to the development of Competency Information. We used participation research action in the context of a public school in Campo Grande-MS, the research subjects were students of the 6º and 7º grades and their teachers. Data collection took place through observation and interviews relating the development of competencein Information and teaching practices It is noteworthy that this kind of responsibility if developed without an understanding of school culture, becomes a rambling and disjointed practice whose outcomes are at risk of not being achieved.

On observation of the downconversion mechanism in Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped tellurite glass using thermal and optical parameters

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Practising Arithmetic Using Educational Video Games with an Interpersonal Computer

Studies show the positive effects that video games can have on student performance and attitude towards learning. In the past few years, strategies have been generated to optimize the use of technological resources with the aim of facilitating widespread adoption of technology in the classroom. Given its low acquisition and maintenance costs, the interpersonal computer allows individual interaction and simultaneous learning with large groups of students. The purpose of this work was to compare arithmetical knowledge acquired by third-grade students through the use of game-based activities and non-game-based activities using an interpersonal computer, with knowledge acquired through the use of traditional paper-and-pencil activities, and to analyze their impact in various socio-cultural contexts. To do this, a quasi-experimental study was conducted with 271 students in three different countries (Brazil, Chile, and Costa Rica), in both rural and urban schools. A set of educational games for practising arithmetic was developed and tested in six schools within these three countries. Results show that there were no significant differences (ANCOVA) in the learning acquired from game-based vs. non-game-based activities. However, both showed a significant difference when compared with the traditional method. Additionally, both groups using the interpersonal computer showed higher levels of student interest than the traditional method group, and these technological methods were seen to be especially effective in increasing learning among weaker students.

Scientific use of the finite element method in Orthodontics

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Educação física escolar e currículo do Estado de São Paulo: possibilidades dos usos do celular como recurso pedagógico no ensino do Hip Hop e Street dance

Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento Humano e Tecnologias - IBRC

Educational Journey on the Teachers' Narrative

Initial and continuous education for teachers has been studied at Group of Studies and Research on Language, Teaching and Teachers’ narrative (GEPLENP in Portuguese). In order to do so, we use teacher’s narratives from public schools in Assis/SP. Narrative researches have been very widely spread either in Brazil or in any other country. Meaningful papers have shown how important the topic is as well as the method used. This research tries to identify teachers’ social representations, which result from historic, cultural and time constitutions in order to get close to group of teachers’ representations about their initial and continuous education. The individual and singular narrative method gives us the opportunity to access the history told by the participants. The results point out that initial education promotes the opposition between theory and praxis and use of tool is highlighted in continuous education, which limits possibilities of teachers’ reflection on their own school role thus evidencing institutional interests.

As Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TIC) e a formação de professores: um estudo qualitativo com professores da educação básica no município de Araraquara, SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Mediação cultural em museus e exposições de história: conversas sobre imagens/história e suas interpretações

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Process of construction of an educational booklet for health promotion of pregnant women

This study aimed to describe the production process of an educational booklet focusing on health promotion of pregnant women. The action research method was used in this process composed of the following steps: choice of the content based on the needs of pregnant women, creation of illustrations, content preparation based on scientific literature, validation of the material by experts and pregnant women. This work resulted in the final version of the booklet, which was entitled "Celebrating life: our commitment with the health promotion of pregnant women". Active participation of health professionals and pregnant women through dialogue and collective strategy permeated the process of development of the booklet. The opinions of pregnant women and experts who considered the booklet enriching and enlightening justify the use of it as an additional resource of educational activities carried out during the prenatal care.

A Modified Technique of Rat Tail Suspension for Longer Periods of Observation

FALCAI MJ, LOUZADA MJQ, DE PAULA FJA, OKUBO R, VOLPON JB. A modified technique of rat tail suspension for longer periods of observation. Aviat Space Environ Med 2012; 83:1176-80. Background: Rat tail suspension is an accepted method to create experimental osteopenia. However, suspension periods longer than 3 wk may cause tail skin sloughing or rat slippage. The hypothesis was that a traction system with skeletal anchorage through one tail vertebra would prolong the suspension time without significant complications. Methods: There were 80 young adult female Wistar rats that were submitted to one of the following interventions: skeletal tail suspension (N = 20), skin tail suspension (N = 20), no intervention (N = 20), and a baseline control (N = 20). All animals were followed up either for 3 (N = 10) or 6 (N = 10) wk. Animals were assessed for clinical signs of stress and tolerance to suspension. The femur evaluation was in terms of mineral density content, mechanical resistance, and histomorphometry. Results/Discussion: All animals reached the 3-wk end point. However, for the 6-wk period, seven animals suspended by the skin traction method were discarded (70%) because of signs of stress and skin sloughing. In contrast, there was one loss in the skeletal suspension group (10%). All suspended animals developed similar osteopenia at 3 wk characterized by decreased bone mineral content, weakened bone resistance, and loss of femoral mass. At 6 wk, all suspended animals had similar osteopenic parameters, but they were not statistically different from those of the rats in the 3-wk groups. Therefore, suspension longer than 3 wk did not increase the bone deterioration in the femur.