Geotecnologias no mapeamento da aldeia Tekoa Pyau - São Paulo/SP e seu entorno: experiências de aplicação de técnicas cartográficas e sistemas digitais em ações de parceria com jovens indígenas

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

Enfoque CTSA no ensino de astronomia: uma investigação de possibilidades por meio da astronáutica

Pós-graduação em Educação para a Ciência - FC

O projeto de formação continuada de alfabetizadores do programa São Luís te quero lendo e escrevendo: pressupostos teóricos, práticas pedagógicas e contradições

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Formação de professores de salas de recursos multifuncionais para o uso da tecnologia assistiva

Pós-graduação em Educação - FFC

Formação do professor do ensino básico para a educação para a mídia: avaliação de um protótipo de currículo

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

De prático à profissional da matemática: que saberes se constituem em um processo de formação inicial de professores em serviço?

O estudo teve como objetivo investigar as mudanças ocorridas nas/das práticas dos professores-alunos a partir do ingresso em um curso de formação inicial de professores em serviço. Para tal, foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa, na modalidade estudo de caso, com dados coletados a partir de entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizada com quatro professores alunos do curso de Licenciatura Plena em Matemática da Universidade Federal do Pará, que estão atuando em sala de aula na Rede Pública Estadual de Ensino. Foram obtidas consideráveis informações que permitiram analisar o entendimento dos sujeitos participantes sobre as mudanças e os saberes construídos e/ou em construção ao longo do curso de formação. Realizamos entrevistas com quatro professores-formadores que estiveram trabalhando com disciplinas especificas da Licenciatura em Matemática na perspectiva de destacar o papel fundamental desse sujeito no processo de formação. Os resultados apontam que, apesar dos fatores que interferem na construção do saber sistematizado, houve mudanças significativas nas/das práticas docentes dos professores-alunos a partir dos saberes construídos num processo de formação inicial. Concluiu-se que estes resultados apontam para a importância da formação inicial para o exercício da prática docente.

A organização para cooperação e desenvolvimento econômico (OCDE) e a política de formação docente no Brasil

A presente tese trata da Política de Formação Docente no Brasil. Tem como objeto de estudo as novas regulações da política de formação docente. O problema de pesquisa se refere à relação existente entre as orientações da Organização para Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) e o processo de regulação das políticas de formação docente no Brasil no período de 2007 a 2010, apresentando as seguintes questões norteadoras: Quais são os interesses e as orientações da OCDE, na área da Educação, no Brasil? Qual é a concepção de educação da OCDE? Qual a concepção de educação que orienta o PDE e o Plano de Metas Compromisso Todos pela Educação? Quais as diretrizes do Plano de Metas Compromisso Todos pela Educação voltadas para a política de formação docente? Quais características das orientações da OCDE estão presentes, na política de formação docente brasileira, no período de 2007 a 2010? Quais são as ações do PDE que se referem à política de formação docente? A lógica de formação docente orientada pela OCDE está sendo seguida pelo governo brasileiro? A investigação partiu da hipótese de que a OCDE interfere e orienta a política de formação docente brasileira o que se manifesta por meio de orientações político-pedagógicas que imputam novas regulações para a condução e materialidade de tal política. Assim, o objetivo da pesquisa consistiu em identificar e analisar a regulação da política de formação docente no Brasil para a educação básica no período de 2007 a 2010 e suas relações com as orientações da OCDE. De modo mais específico buscou-se: analisar a política de formação docente da OCDE; estudar a legislação educacional brasileira relacionada à política de formação docente para os anos iniciais do ensino fundamental; identificar e analisar as relações existentes entre as orientações e perspectivas educacionais da OCDE e a política brasileira de formação docente. O percurso metodológico se deu por meio da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, bem como realização de entrevistas. Os dados foram analisados por meio da técnica de análise de conteúdo. O estudo realizado sinaliza que a política de formação docente no Brasil vem enfatizando a agenda de desenvolvimento social, econômico e educacional da OCDE. Registra-se a preocupação do governo brasileiro com os professores “eficazes”, com escolas de “sucesso” e o conteúdo nelas transmitidos ocupa centralidade na agenda da política educacional por meio da “cultura dos resultados” via as avaliações internas e externas. Nesta perspectiva a política de formação docente no Brasil vem sendo formulada a partir do contexto de uma nova morfologia do trabalho, que dá maior ênfase à formação dos professores, tendo em vista o papel que estes profissionais podem desempenhar como agentes fundamentais na materialização e no sucesso dessas políticas. O estudo indica que a OCDE orienta as políticas educacionais brasileiras, o que indica que este é um fenômeno relevante de investigação no sentido de ir além da aparência da ideia de que a cooperação e a parceria da Organização com o governo brasileiro são tênues, uma vez que este não fez adesão como país-membro da OCDE.

Effect of short training on vaginal fluid microscopy (wet mount) learning

Objective: Is it feasible to learn the basics of wet mount microscopy of vaginal fluid in 10 hours?Materials and Methods: This is a pilot project wherein 6 students with different grades of education were invited for being tested on their ability to read wet mount microscopic slides before and after 10 hours of hands-on training. Microscopy was performed according to a standard protocol (Femicare, Tienen, Belgium). Before and after training, all students had to evaluate a different set of 50 digital slides. Different diagnoses and microscopic patterns had to be scored. kappa indices were calculated compared with the expert reading. Results: All readers improved their mean scores significantly, especially for the most important types of altered flora (p < .0001). The mean increase in reading concordance (kappa from 0.64 to 0.75) of 1 student with a solid previous experience with microscopy did not reach statistical significance, but the remaining 5 students all improved their scores from poor performance (all kappa < 0.20) to moderate (kappa = 0.53, n = 1) to good (kappa > 0.61, n = 4) concordance. Reading quality improved and reached fair to good concordance on all microscopic items studied, except for the detection of parabasal cells and cytolytic flora. Conclusions: Although further improvement is still possible, a short training course of 10 hours enables vast improvement on wet mount microscopy accuracy and results in fair to good concordance of the most important variables of the vaginal flora compared to a reference reader.

A educação a distância e a formação continuada de professores de matemática: contribuições de um contexto formativo para a base de conhecimento docente

Pós-graduação em Educação - FCT

Formação de supervisores de ensino no estado de São Paulo: cartografia do curso Gestão de Redes Públicas

Pós-graduação em Educação - FFC

Simulator training on pulsatile vascular models significantly improves surgical skills and the quality of carotid patch plasty

Vascular surgeons perform numerous highly sophisticated and delicate procedures. Due to restrictions in training time and the advent of endovascular techniques, new concepts including alternative environments for training and assessment of surgical skills are required. Over the past decade, training on simulators and synthetic models has become more sophisticated and lifelike. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of a 3-day intense training course in open vascular surgery on both specific and global vascular surgical skills.

Developing a Web-Based Course in Phases

Introduction: Distance education has grown in popularity and usage. At the same time, enrollments at postsecondary institutions continue to increase. This places significant growth pressures on institutions of higher learning. Institutions providing nursing education have historically faced limited faculty resources. This has made it difficult to meet demand for distance education; and an “all-at-once” approach to course development does little to ease this problem. In this approach, resources are expended up front before a course is offered. [See PDF for complete abstract].

Social Support at the Workplace, Motivation to Transfer, and Training Transfer: A Multi-Level Indirect Effects Model

Supervisor support, peer support and transfer motivation have been identified as important predictors for training transfer. Transfer motivation is supposed to mediate the support–training transfer relationship. Especially after team training interventions that include all team members (i.e., intact-team training), individual perception of these factors might be shared among team members. However, an integration of the team level in the training transfer process is rare, yet still needed. Analyzing 194 employees from 34 teams in the context of intact-team training interventions, we found similar relationships and processes at both levels of analysis: Social support enhances transfer motivation at the individual and team levels. Furthermore, motivation to transfer increases training transfer and serves as a connecting mechanism in the social support–training transfer link. The results underline the importance of (1) considering multiple levels in theories and research about the training transfer process and (2) ensuring the practice of individual-directed support and a shared, supportive climate within teams.

Evaluation of Medical Students’ Attitudes and Performance of Basic Surgery Skills in a Training Program Using Fresh Human skin, Excised During Body Contouring Surgeries

BACKGROUND: Learning surgical skills in the operating room may be a challenge for medical students. Therefore, more approaches using simulation to enable students to develop their practical skills are required. OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that (1) there would be a need for additional surgical training for medical students in the pre-final year, and (2) our basic surgery skills training program using fresh human skin would improve medical students' surgical skills. DESIGN: We conducted a preliminary survey of medical students to clarify the need for further training in basic surgery procedures. A new approach using simulation to teach surgical skills on human skin was set up. The procedural skills of 15 randomly selected students were assessed in the operating room before and after participation in the simulation, using Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills. Furthermore, subjective assessment was performed based on students' self-evaluation. The data were analyzed using SPSS, version 21 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL). SETTING: The study took place at the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 186 pre-final-year medical students were enrolled into the preliminary survey; 15 randomly selected medical students participated in the basic surgical skills training course on the fresh human skin operating room. RESULTS: The preliminary survey revealed the need for a surgical skills curriculum. The simulation approach we developed showed significant (p < 0.001) improvement for all 12 surgical skills, with mean cumulative precourse and postcourse values of 31.25 ± 5.013 and 45.38 ± 3.557, respectively. The self-evaluation contained positive feedback as well. CONCLUSION: Simulation of surgery using human tissue samples could help medical students become more proficient in handling surgical instruments before stepping into a real surgical situation. We suggest further studies evaluating our proposed teaching method and the possibility of integrating this simulation approach into the medical school curriculum.

An assessment of post-disaster psychological stress in hazardous waste operations and emergency response (HAZWOPER) workers

Personnel involved in natural or man-made disaster response and recovery efforts may be exposed to a wide variety of physical and mental stressors that can exhibit long-lasting and detrimental psychopathological outcomes. In a disaster situation, huge numbers of "secondary" responders can be involved in contaminant clean-up and debris removal and can be at risk of developing stress-related mental health outcomes. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) worker training hierarchy typically required for response workers, known as "Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response" (HAZWOPER), does not address the mental health and safety concerns of workers. This study focused on the prevalence of traumatic stress experienced by secondary responders that had received or expressed interest in receiving HAZWOPER training through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Worker Education and Training Program (NIEHS WETP). ^ The study involved the modification of two preexisting and validated survey tools to assess secondary responder awareness of physical, mental, and traumatic stressors on mental health and sought to determine if a need existed to include traumatic stress-related mental health education in the current HAZWOPER training regimen. The study evaluated post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), resiliency, mental distress, and negative effects within a secondary responder population of 176 respondents. Elevated PTSD levels were seen in the study population as compared to a general responder population (32.9% positive vs. 8%-22.5% positive). Results indicated that HAZWOPER-trained disaster responders were likely to test positive for PTSD, whereas, untrained responders with no disaster experience and responders who possessed either training or disaster experience only were likely to test PTSD negative. A majority (68.75%) of the population tested below the mean resiliency to cope score (80.4) of the average worker population. Results indicated that those who were trained only or who possessed both training and disaster work experience were more likely to have lower resiliency scores than those with no training or experience. There were direct correlations between being PTSD positive and having worked at a disaster site and experiencing mental distress and negative effects. However, HAZWOPER training status does not significantly correlate with mental distress or negative effect. ^ The survey indicated clear support (91% of respondents) for mental health education. The development of a pre- and post-deployment training module is recommended. Such training could provide responders with the necessary knowledge and skills to recognize the symptomology of PTSD, mental stressors, and physical and traumatic stressors, thus empowering them to employ protective strategies or seek professional help if needed. It is further recommended that pre-deployment mental health education be included in the current HAZWOPER 24- and 40-hour course curriculums, as well as, consideration be given towards integrating a stand-alone post-deployment mental health education training course into the current HAZWOPER hierarchy.^