Student stress and quality of education

Today, managers are increasingly interested in knowing how the work in organizations aftects employees' health. Less common is the interest in stress erupting in the academic community - among students, faculty and administrators. The authors present a reflection paper focused on student stress. In this paper, they first examine McLean 's model of context, vulnerability and stressors. This model provides the framework for the student surveys and for the entire paper. Based on the students surveys, an assessment is made of how asma" group of students are coping with stress. The paper fina"y suggests what can be done by students, faculty, and administrators to insta" and/or improve social support systems that might reduce the harmful eftects of stress on students and thus impact the quality of education.

Becoming a teacher: student teachers´ experiences and perceptions about teaching practice

In an attempt to build a more comprehensive and holistic understanding of the complexity, dynamics and idiosyncrasies involved in becoming a teacher, this study focussed on the experiences of 295 student teachers. Their feelings, cognitions and perceptions regarding teaching practice were analysed using the short version of the Inventory of Experiences and Perceptions of the Teaching Practice. Results emphasise some of the difficulties experienced during this period (e.g., stress, sense of weariness and ‘vulnerability’), as well the positive perceptions of these student teachers regarding their growing knowledge and skilfulness, as well as their sense of efficacy, flexibility and spontaneity in their performance and interactions. Their perception of their accomplishments in achieving reasonable levels of acceptance and recognition within the school community and their positive evaluation of the guidance and support provided by their supervisors are also emphasised. Differences were found – in terms of gender and graduate course background – in the way these student teachers experienced some aspects of teaching practice.

As formas animadas e a criatividade

Projeto de Intervenção apresentado à Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa para obtenção de grau de mestre em Educação Artística - Especialidade Teatro na Educação

Inclusão de uma criança com perturbação do espetro do autismo na creche: planificação e implementação de atividades promotoras de desenvolvimento

Projeto apresentado à Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa para obtenção de grau de mestre em Ciências da Educação, especialidade problemas de cognição e multideficiência

A student personal system for Bologna process mobility

The Bologna Process aimed to build a European Higher Education Area with the objective of promoting students mobility. The adoption of Bologna Declaration directives requires a decentralized approach that accelerates student's mobility, based on frequently updated legislation. This paper proposes a student personal system to manage student's academic information. This system is supported by a flexible model that integrates, for instance, knowledge about the student attended courses or about a course that the student wishes to apply. Essentially, this model holds a (i) Student's Academic Record with skills acquired in academic course units, professional experience or training and an (ii) Individual Studies Plan, which places the student in a particular (iii) Course Plan setting the curricular structure that the student wishes to apply.

A sea urchin (Diadema africanum Rodriguez et al., 2013) and a pipe fish (Syngnathus phlegon Risso, 1827) : two new records for the Azores

Maciel & Costa (2010) reported the presence of 17 species of costal sea urchins (Echinoidea) in the Azores, while Porteiro et al. (2010) reported six species of pipefishes (Syngnathidae) for the area. During SCUBA diving at Santa Maria Island, the first author detected a sea urchin and a pipe fish which are new to the marine fauna of the Azores.

Projecto suspensão formula student

Trabalho Final de Mestrado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Records of predatory, con-specific and human induced mauls on fish from the Northeast Atlantic and Black Sea

Present study aims to describe records of mauled and con-specific injures in various fish inhabiting different environment and to discuss possible impacts on fish behavior and ontogenesis. The fish specimens were collected from the Black Sea and Azores Islands (NE Atlantic). Individuals of European flounder, Pleuronectes flesus, common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca and turbot, Scophthalmus maximus with missing dorsal and caudal fins and flesh, were found in the Black Sea. Specimens with severe mauls of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, almaco jack, Seriola rivoliana and sargo, Diplodus sargus were recorded from the Azores Islands. All of them were caught alive and survived severe mauls caused by predators or by accidents with propellers, fishing nets. The NE Atlantic records, although possibly caused by natural predation, are more probably than not the result of negative interactions with human activity. Numerous records of mauled fish species from both regions show that the problem with adverse effects of fisheries is quite important. Predatory and con-specific injuries obviously are compatible with basic fish vital functions of described cases. The problem with negative anthropogenic interactions seems to be insufficiently investigated and need more attention by responsible managers and decision makers.

O currículo nos processos de ensino-aprendizagem e procedimentos de avaliação dos alunos na Educação Pré-Escolar e no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

Dissertação de Mestrado, Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, 15 de Junho de 2015, Universidade dos Açores.

O currículo específico individual práticas de construção e Implementação: um estudo exploratório no segundo ciclo

Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Educação - Especialização em Educação Especial

Towards e-learning sustainability: designing and reusing student-centered learning scenarios

SMM09 Silesian Moodle Moot Conference 2009 12 - 13 November, Ostrava Sixth annual conference

Towards e-learning sustainability: designing and reusing student-centered learning scenarios

Learnin management systems have gained an increasing role in the context of Higher Education Institutions as essential tools to support learning...

A sustainable approach to the reuse of student - centered learning scenarios

Proceedings of EULEARN09 - Intenational Conference and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 6-8 July

Estratégias pedagógicas para jovens com a síndrome de Asperger na aprendizagem do trompete: relatório de estágio

Resumo I - O Relatório de estágio foi idealizado no âmbito da Unidade Curricular de Estágio do Ensino Especializado, Mestrado em Ensino da Música pela Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. O documento incide sobre a prática pedagógica desenvolvida no Conservatório Regional de Palmela no ano letivo 2013/2014, abrangendo três alunos dos diferentes graus de ensino. No conteúdo do relatório, para além da caracterização do estabelecimento de ensino onde o estágio foi desenvolvido, foram caracterizados os diferentes alunos realçando as linhas pedagógicas seguidas com cada um dos intervenientes, salientando os aspetos de competências motora, auditiva e expressiva desenvolvidas durante o processo. Os objetivos do trabalho desenvolvido com os alunos é descrito, tendo como base a organização dos materiais a utilizar de acordo com as características de cada aluno, e consequentemente de acordo com a análise crítica da atividade docente. O professor tem a responsabilidade de conduzir o ensino dos alunos para que estes saibam apreciar e compreender as execuções musicais, independentemente da aptidão musical que já possuem.

New records of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Neuquén and La Rioja provinces, Argentina

The presence of Aedes aegypti is reported beyond its current limit of distribution in Argentina, in the city of Neuquén, Neuquén Province. Ovitraps were placed to collect Ae. aegypti eggs between December 2009 and April 2010. The geographical distribution of Culex eduardoi, Psorophora ciliata and Ps. cingulata is extended with new records from two provinces.