A diversidade linguístico-cultural no jardim de infância e na escola : perceções de educadores e professores

Relatório de estágio para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em educação pré-escolar e em ensino do 1.º ciclo do ensino básico

A (in)disciplina nas primeiras idades : significado e implicações nas práticas educativas

Relatório de estágio para a obtenção de grau de Mestre na área de educação pré-escolar do 1º ciclo do ensino básico

Trabalhar com grupos de diferentes idades – no jardim de infância e na escola : a influência da heterogeneidade, em termos etários, na aprendizagem das crianças

Relatório de estágio apresentado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em educação pré-escolar e ensino do 1º ciclo do ensino básico

Promoção da criatividade em educação de infância e 1º ciclo do ensino básico

Relatório final apresentado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em educação pré-escolar e 1º ciclo do ensino básico

O papel da expressão motora em educação pré-escolar e 1.º ciclo do ensino básico no desenvolvimento da formação pessoal e social

Relatório de estágio apresentado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Educação pré-escolar e 1º ciclo do ensino básico

Desenvolvimento da linguagem oral e interação educação-criança na educação pré-escolar

Relatório de estágio apresentado para obtenção do grau de mestre na especialidade profissional de Educação pré-escolar

O papel da aprendizagem cooperativa nas (des)continuidades educativas

Relatório de estágio apresentado para obtenção do grau de mestre na especialidade profissional de Educação pré-escolar e ensino do 1.º ciclo do ensino básico

Trabalho de equipa entre o jardim-de-Infância e a escola

Relatório de estágio apresentado à Escola Superior de Educação de Santarém para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Educação pré-escolar e ensino do 1º ciclo do ensino básico

A articulação feita pelos profissionais de educação entre o pré-escolar e o 1º ciclo do ensino básico

Relatório de estágio para a obtenção do grau de mestre em Educação pré-escolar e ensino do 1º ciclo do ensino básico

A análise de sequências pictóricas por alunos do 4.º ano

Relatório de estágio apresentado para a obtenção do grau de mestre em Educação Pré-Escolar e ensino do 1.º ciclo do ensino básico.

A interação em educação de infância: uma construção colaborativa do conhecimento da língua

O presente trabalho está enquadrado no âmbito do Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e, mais concretamente, na unidade curricular de Prática e Intervenção Supervisionada, a qual foi realizada numa instituição pública de educação pré-escolar. Durante o desenvolvimento da prática educativa tivemos sempre em consideração as diferentes áreas de conteúdo e a sua articulação. Certamente, que a ação aqui trabalhada incide mais pormenorizadamente no domínio da linguagem oral. Tendo como alicerce a pedagogia infantil, desenvolvemos aprendizagens estimulantes e significativas em que a criança escutando, dialogando e usando a palavra como ferramenta para comunicar aprende a crescer comunicando. Como profissionais, recorremos à investigação-ação para a realização do presente trabalho. Sendo que, desenvolvemos uma pesquisa, experimentação, análise e reflexão, para futuramente pudermos melhorar a nossa prática educativa.

The role of semantic context and attentional resource distribution in semantic comprehension in Swedish pre-schoolers

Research on semantic processing focused mainly on isolated units in language, which does not reflect the complexity of language. In order to understand how semantic information is processed in a wider context, the first goal of this thesis was to determine whether Swedish pre-school children are able to comprehend semantic context and if that context is semantically built up over time. The second goal was to investigate how the brain distributes attentional resources by means of brain activation amplitude and processing type. Swedish preschool children were tested in a dichotic listening task with longer children’s narratives. The development of event-related potential N400 component and its amplitude were used to investigate both goals. The decrease of the N400 in the attended and unattended channel indicated semantic comprehension and that semantic context was built up over time. The attended stimulus received more resources, processed the stimuli in more of a top-down manner and displayed prominent N400 amplitude in contrast to the unattended stimulus. The N400 and the late positivity were more complex than expected since endings of utterances longer than nine words were not accounted for. More research on wider linguistic context is needed in order to understand how the human brain comprehends natural language. 

Beliefs, practices, and interactions of teachers in a Japanese high school English department

This study reveals the school culture and the teachers' professional development activities in a Japanese high school learning environment. Furthermore, it documents the relationships among the context, teachers' beliefs, practices, and interactions. Using multiple data sources including interviews, observations, and documents of teachers from an English department, this yearlong study revealed these English as a Foreign Language teachers lacked many teacher learning opportunities in their context. The study revealed that teacher collaboration only reinforced existing practices, eroding teachers' motivation to learn to teach in this specific context. The study provides evidence to teacher educators about inservice teachers and their learning environment and the significance of the relationships between the two entities. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

School vision screening, ages 5-16 years:The evidence-base for content, provision and efficacy

The optometric profession in the UK has a major role in the detection, assessment and management of ocular anomalies in children between 5 and 16 years of age. The role complements a variety of associated screening services provided across several health care sectors. The review examines the evidence-base for the content, provision and efficacy of these screening services in terms of the prevalence of anomalies such as refractive error, amblyopia, binocular vision and colour vision and considers the consequences of their curtailment. Vision screening must focus on pre-school children if the aim of the screening is to detect and treat conditions that may lead to amblyopia, whereas if the aim is to detect and correct significant refractive errors (not likely to lead to amblyopia) then it would be expedient for the optometric profession to act as the major provider of refractive (and colour vision) screening at 5-6 years of age. Myopia is the refractive error most likely to develop during primary school presenting typically between 8 and 12 years of age, thus screening at entry to secondary school is warranted. Given the inevitable restriction on resources for health care, establishing screening at 5 and 11 years of age, with exclusion of any subsequent screening, is the preferred option. © 2004 The College of Optometrists.

The relationship of aptitude, course grades, and program length, to performance on a standards based test (NCLEX -RN)

The purpose of this study was threefold: first, to investigate variables associated with learning, and performance as measured by the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). The second purpose was to validate the predictive value of the Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) achievement exit exam, and lastly, to provide a model that could be used to predict performance on the NCLEX-RN, with implications for admission and curriculum development. The study was based on school learning theory, which implies that acquisition in school learning is a function of aptitude (pre-admission measures), opportunity to learn, and quality of instruction (program measures). Data utilized were from 298 graduates of an associate degree nursing program in the Southeastern United States. Of the 298 graduates, 142 were Hispanic, 87 were Black, non-Hispanic, 54 White, non-Hispanic, and 15 reported as Others. The graduates took the NCLEX-RN for the first time during the years 2003–2005. This study was a predictive, correlational design that relied upon retrospective data. Point biserial correlations, and chi-square analyses were used to investigate relationships between 19 selected predictor variables and the dichotomous criterion variable, NCLEX-RN. The correlation and chi square findings indicated that men did better on the NCLEX-RN than women; Blacks had the highest failure rates, followed by Hispanics; older students were more likely to pass the exam than younger students; and students who passed the exam started and completed the nursing program with a higher grade point average, than those who failed the exam. Using logistic regression, five statistical models that used variables associated with learning and student performance on the NCLEX-RN were tested with a model adapted from Bloom's (1976) and Carroll's (1963) school learning theories. The derived model included: NCLEX-RNsuccess = f (Nurse Entrance Test and advanced medical-surgical nursing course grade achieved). The model demonstrates that student performance on the NCLEX-RN can be predicted by one pre-admission measure, and a program measure. The Assessment Technologies Institute achievement exit exam (an outcome measure) had no predictive value for student performance on the NCLEX-RN. The model developed accurately predicted 94% of the student's successful performance on the NCLEX-RN.