Relacions entre la identitat catalana i la percepció de vitalitat etnolingüística en una mostra d’estudiants universitaris

This article analyses, on the one hand, the perception of ethno-linguistic vitality in a sample of university students in the province of Girona, and, on the other, links this perceived vitality to the feeling of identity in the group to which they belong. 112 Catalan-speaking students who described themselves as Catalan (Catalan identity) responded to the questionnaire on subjective vitality, in terms of adaptation to Catalan. This instrument assesses the beliefs about one’s own group’s and its language’s vitality (in this case Catalan) and that of the exocentric group and language (in this case Spanish). The results show that the students see their language (Catalan) as having greater status and institutional support than Spanish, but a lower demographic impact (birth rate, immigration, mixed marriages, emigration). Identity is also positively correlated with the perception of ethno-linguistic perception. These results are discussed in relation to the role of vitality in the choice of the language for education (Catalan versus Spanish) and day-to-day communication, and the level at which language policy is defined in order to promote communication in Catalan in the fields of business, politics, education and the media

A Auto-Estima dos docentes de Educação Física : a questão do género

A inclusão de alunos com necessidades educativas especiais no ensino regular encontra-se devidamente explicitada nacional e internacionalmente, contudo a sua implementação tem vindo a revelar-se desafiante tanto para o sistema educativo como para os agentes de ensino. São conhecidas e encontram-se publicadas em diversos estudos as vantagens da educação inclusiva, porém o sistema educativo depara-se com populações cada vez mais heterogéneas onde responder satisfatoriamente a todos se tem caracterizado como árdua tarefa. O papel dos professores não pode também ser esquecido dado que estes representam um papel muito importante em todo o processo, mas o que dizer relativamente ao seu grau de satisfação profissional e à sua auto-estima. O objectivo deste estudo foi analisar de que forma o sentimento de competência e capacidade, a satisfação pessoal nas relações profissionais, a percepção do reconhecimento pelos outros e a relação com os alunos varia em função do género. Para o desenvolvimento desta investigação foi utilizado o questionário intitulado por Escala de Auto-Estima Profissional (E.A.P., Leitão, 2012). A amostra foi constituída por 115 professores de Educação Física do 2º, 3º e Ensino Secundário das escolas da Rede de Estágio. Concluiu-se que todas as dimensões da auto-estima profissional apresentam valores médios moderados a elevados, sendo o sentimento de competência e capacidade (M = 5.01; DP = .62) o que revela um maior nível de satisfação por parte dos professores e o menos satisfatório o que diz respeito à Satisfação pessoal nas relações profissionais (M = 4.60; DP = .89). Relativamente ao sentimento de competência e capacidade verificámos que os inquiridos do sexo masculino apresentam resultados médios superiores aos do sexo feminino [MM = 5.06, DPM = .61; MF = 4.94, DPF = .62 ]. No que se refere à satisfação pessoal nas relações profissionais constatámos também que os inquiridos do sexo masculino apresentam resultados médios superiores aos do sexo feminino [MM = 4.63, DPM = .69; MF = 4.55, DPF = 1.13]. Relativamente às dimensões percepção do reconhecimento pelos outros e relação com os alunos verificámos que os inquiridos do sexo feminino apresentam resultados médios superiores aos do sexo masculinos, respectivamente [MM = 4.86, DPM =.77; MF = 4.87, DPF =.80] e alunos [MM = 4.91, DPM =.61; MF = 4.94, DPF =.63]. Contudo, não existem diferenças estatisticamente significativas em função do género em nenhuma das dimensões avaliadas [Sentimento de competência e capacidade [t (113) = -.983, p = .328; Satisfação pessoal nas relações profissionais [t (113) = -.453, p = .651] ; Percepção do reconhecimento pelos outros [t (113) = .032, p = .974] e Relação com os alunos [t (113) = .102, p = .919].

A perceção de Educadores de Infância, Professores do 1º ciclo e Educação Especial em relação às dificuldades no Ensino de crianças portadoras de Trissomia 21

A Trissomia 21 é uma problemática com alta incidência na nossa sociedade e possuí características muito específicas que variam de indivíduo para indivíduo. A educação de uma criança com Trissomia 21 deve ter a mesma finalidade da educação de qualquer outra, ou seja, é necessário dar-lhe todas as oportunidades e todo o apoio necessário para que possa desenvolver as suas faculdades cognitivas e sociais até ao máximo que lhe for possível. Proponho, neste trabalho, a apresentação ao leitor de um conhecimento mais profundo sobre a perceção dos Educadores de Infância, Professores do 1º Ciclo e Educação especial e em qualquer situação profissional em relação às dificuldades no ensino de crianças portadoras de Trissomia 21. Considero que este conhecimento é de extrema importância para professores e educadores, pois assim, poderão ter uma perceção das dificuldades que sentem no ensino destas crianças, quais os obstáculos existentes, os aspetos considerados facilitadores no ensino destas crianças, refletir sobre a necessidade de formação adequada para trabalhar com estas crianças e que estratégias são utilizadas com maior frequência no ensino destas crianças de forma a estimular adequadamente a criança e proporcionar um desenvolvimento adequado. O trabalho está estruturado em duas partes. Na primeira, através de uma revisão de literatura, são abordados assuntos relacionados com a Educação Especial, a Escola e a Educação Inclusiva, a Diferenciação Pedagógica, a Trissomia 21 e a intervenção educativa. A segunda parte cinge-se ao estudo empírico, o qual se desenvolve no âmbito de um modelo quantitativo de investigação, seguindo um plano não-experimental e descritivo. Conta com a amostra de 51 docentes. Alguns já trabalharam e trabalham com crianças portadoras de Trissomia 21, outros nunca trabalharam. A metodologia utilizada privilegiou a aplicação de um questionário para a recolha de dados. Perante a análise da informação recolhida constatou-se que, os docentes inquiridos têm a noção que o ensino deve ser adaptado a estas crianças e das estratégias que devem utilizar na intervenção em contexto escolar. A falta de apoio aos docentes, a falta de formação docente, a falta de equipamento/materialadequado ao desenvolvimento e ao ensino de qualidade destas crianças e a pouca colaboração de alguns encarregados de educação contribuem para o sentimento de insegurança no ensino das crianças portadoras de Trissomia 21.

A influência da doença oncológica pediátrica no auto conceito académico

Shavelson e Bolus (1982, cit.in Peixoto,2003), caracteriza o autoconceito como o conjunto de percepções que as pessoas possuem acerca de si próprias. Enquanto que Rosenberg (1979) se refere à auto-estima como a atitude global que a pessoa tem em relação a si própria, a qual implica um sentimento de valor. Estima-se que, no ano 2000, um em cada mil jovens adultos, entre 20 e 29 anos de idade, será um sobrevivente de cancro na infância (Varni, Katz, Colegrove & Dolgin, 1994), o que representará cerca de 210.000 indivíduos sobreviventes ao cancro na infância apenas nos Estados Unidos (Lozowski, 1993). Pretende-se comparar se os sobreviventes de cancro têm menor autoconceito, autoestima e autoconceito académico do que aqueles que nunca tiveram doença oncológica. O Estudo é quantitativo, transversal, correlacional e comparativo. Utilizou-se a escala de autoconceito e autoestima de Susan Harter (1998).

A contribuição da topofilia e terrafilia na perspectiva de uma educação para a cidadania

A pesquisa realizada teve como finalidade analisar os pressupostos compreendidos nos conceitos de topofilia e de terrafilia, considerando como sujeitos os alunos e professores da Escola de Ensino Fundamental e Médio Ministro Jarbas Passarinho, no Município de Sobral, Estado do Ceará. Foi feita uma análise da identidade territorial, a vivida e a desejada, buscando avaliar o sentido de pertença à escola e aos bairros Terrenos Novos e Vila União, bem como a sua atratividade. Isto permitiu verificar as consequências que pode trazer tornar o sentimento de pertença em algo construtivo na resolução de problemas existentes na escola e nos bairros em questão, no sentido de contribuir para a formação da cidadania. A metodologia participativa adotada consistiu na realização de oficinas sobre os conhecimentos, atitudes e prática (CAP)/Terrafilia, aplicadas a alunos do 3º ano do ensino médio e a seus respectivos professores de Geografia. Os resultados permitiram a elaboração de um diagnóstico retrospectivo e prospectivo a respeito das diversas mudanças ocorridas na gênese da identidade territorial e proporcionou aos participantes uma abertura dialógica, onde puderam expressar suas opiniões e preocupações, permitindo assim, um ensaio das escolhas, deveres e responsabilidades, a partir de indicações e formulação de propostas para fortalecimento do sentimento de terrafilia.

The Kasparov-World Match

The Kasparov-World match was initiated by Microsoft with sponsorship from the bank First USA. The concept was that Garry Kasparov as White would play the rest of the world on the Web: one ply would be played per day and the World Team was to vote for its move. The Kasparov-World game was a success from many points of view. It certainly gave thousands the feeling of facing the world’s best player across the board and did much for the future of the game. Described by Kasparov as “phenomenal ... the most complex in chess history”, it is probably a worthy ‘Greatest Game’ candidate. Computer technology has given chess a new mode of play and taken it to new heights: the experiment deserves to be repeated. We look forward to another game and experience of this quality although it will be difficult to surpass the event we have just enjoyed. We salute and thank all those who contributed - sponsors, moderator, coaches, unofficial analysts, organisers, technologists, voters and our new friends.

Purpose in life predicts better emotional recovery from negative stimuli

Purpose in life predicts both health and longevity suggesting that the ability to find meaning from life’s experiences, especially when confronting life’s challenges, may be a mechanism underlying resilience. Having purpose in life may motivate reframing stressful situations to deal with them more productively, thereby facilitating recovery from stress and trauma. In turn, enhanced ability to recover from negative events may allow a person to achieve or maintain a feeling of greater purpose in life over time. In a large sample of adults (aged 36-84 years) from the MIDUS study (Midlife in the U.S., http://www.midus.wisc.edu/), we tested whether purpose in life was associated with better emotional recovery following exposure to negative picture stimuli indexed by the magnitude of the eyeblink startle reflex (EBR), a measure sensitive to emotional state. We differentiated between initial emotional reactivity (during stimulus presentation) and emotional recovery (occurring after stimulus offset). Greater purpose in life, assessed over two years prior, predicted better recovery from negative stimuli indexed by a smaller eyeblink after negative pictures offset, even after controlling for initial reactivity to the stimuli during the picture presentation, gender, age, trait affect, and other well-being dimensions. These data suggest a proximal mechanism by which purpose in life may afford protection from negative events and confer resilience is through enhanced automatic emotion regulation after negative emotional provocation.

Distinction between semantic and episodic memory: The underlying mechanisms for autonoetic consciousness

In 1972, episodic and semantic memories were considered to reflect different types of knowledge (Tulving, 1972). However, these early definitions encountered many difficulties. Now, Episodic and semantic memories are discussed in terms of awareness associated with retrieval (Wheeler, Stuss, & Tulving, 1997): Autonoetic consciousness (i.e., feeling of remembering) is considered associated with retrieval from the episodic memory system, while noetic consciousness (i.e., feeling of knowing) is considered characterized by retrieval from the semantic memory system. The present article investigated determinants of autonoetic consciousness in order to clarify characteristics of perceptual knowledge that is being recalled, the more strongly the individual feels autonoetic consciousness during retrieval, and that autonoetic consciousness is based on rich sensory-perceptual knowledge. Furthermore, we suggested that the parietal and frontal lobes mediate the process of generating autonoetic consciousness. This suggested that sensory-perceptual knowledge, the parietal lobe and the frontal lobe are important factors for discriminating episodic memory afrom semantic memory.

En sociologisk förståelse av förlåtelse och försoning

Forgiveness and reconciliation in a sociological context Are forgiveness and reconciliation left to the theologians to define or can these concepts also be genuine concepts in sociology? In spite of the fact that sociology and social psychology have a lot of research about relationship, interaction and groups, there is not much research about forgiveness and reconciliation. This article presents the understanding of how relations can be revived, if once broken, if using these conceptions. The discussion also includes the concepts of shame and guilt and even confidence, particularly in relations where you find victim and perpetrator. The discussion is developed in a perspective of symbolic interactionism with examples from sociological research about men´s violence against women and adults, especially fathers, abuse to their daughters. In this article the perpetrator feels guilt and the victim shame and the feeling of guilt makes the perpetrator to ask for forgiveness. When hate and hard feelings have come to an end, the reconciliation can occur as a consequence of the forgiveness.

Lek och empowerment : de alternativa rummens roll i sociala rörelser

Play and empowerment: the role of alternative spaces in social movements The article examines the role played by alternative space in social movements and argues that it plays a crucial role in counter-acting feelings of powerlessness and facilitating the empowerment of subaltern groups. Alternative space is defined – using Benjamin’s notions ofshock, nature and history – as constituted by forms of interaction in which society is made to appear as history. To facilitate empowerment, alternative space must, firstly, provide a place for subaltern groups in which they are no longer subordinated; secondly, instill hope that social change is possible and encourage such change; and, thirdly, expand or consolidate alternative space itself. These tasks can easily enter into conflict with each other, since they sometimes appear to require alternative space to adopt more ”abstract” forms of interaction in which aspects of the social situation are bracketed and sometimes more ”concrete”ones in which such aspects are again given attention. In order to study how movements may relate to this difficulty, the article looks at three contemporary Japanese social movements with NAM, New Start / New Start Kansai and the General Freeter Union as central organizations. Only the third successfully combines the three tasks, in large measure through its skillful use of the play-element.

La formation d’une identité à l’intersection du genre, de l’ethnie et de la classe : Une analyse intersectionnelle de L’Amant de Marguerite Duras

Dans ce mémoire, nous nous sommes servies d’une méthode thématique pour faire une analyseintersectionnelle de L’Amant de Marguerite Duras. Le but était d’étudier la manière complexedont les différentes structures de domination interagissent l’une avec l’autre dans une sociétécoloniale. L’étude a été concentrée sur la recherche d’une identité personnelle effectuée par leprotagoniste féminin et nous avons voulu savoir comment cette recherche est influencée par lesstructures de genre, d’ethnie et de classe.Notre conclusion est que l’appartenance à la catégorie « blanche et pauvre » donne auprotagoniste un sentiment d’aliénation vis-à-vis de la communauté colonisatrice blanche. Cettealiénation l’aide à s’opposer à certaines normes, par exemple le manque de liberté sociale etsexuelle de la femme, en même temps que son comportement peut parfois être interprété commeune confirmation des rôles racistes existant dans la colonie. Néanmoins, nous voulons soulignerque c’est la façon dont l’amant chinois a été décrit qui est troublante, plutôt que lecomportement du protagoniste féminin.

Partnerlös och Barnfri : Friheten och ensamheten med singelskap

Med denna uppsats har vi velat ta reda på hur singlar över 30 år upplever sitt singelskap samt hur de förhåller sig till att inleda partnerskap och att skaffa barn. Singel är ett begrepp som inrymmer många olika aspekter och perspektiv. Genom individuella intervjuer har vi tagit del av 4 kvinnliga singlar och 4 manliga singlars egna upplevelser, alla är över 30 år och bosatta i mellan Sverige. Vi har analyserat det empiriska materialet vi fått fram med hjälp av vår teoretiska utgångspunkt som berör modernitetens samhälle där individen skapar sin självidentitet och livsstil utifrån sin kontext. Singlarna har givit oss en bild av deras liv och deras inställning till den norm om parrelationer och att skaffa barn som finns i vårt samhälle. Det empiriska materialet vi fått tillgång till har tolkats och analyserats med hjälp av Grounded theory. Vårt resultat visar på individens strävan efter känslan av frihet och oberoende. Singlarna är nöjda över sin livsstil men uppger att det kan finnas en saknad av någon ibland. En ambivalens uppstår mellan deras känsla av frihet till den ensamhet de kan uppleva. Upplevelsen av singelskapet och synen på partnerskap och barn mellan män och kvinnor visar sig inte vara så olik.

”När man kollar på bilden tänker man så här” : en receptionsstudie av gymnasieelevers uppfattning om bilder som kunskapskällor i historieundervisningen

Images are used in history education for a variety of reasons, not least to generate interest through a better understanding of historical events and people. The aim of this study was to investigate how historical pictures, either illustrated or documentary/photographic, can be used as a resource for activating and improving pupils' historical empathy, in the way described by Stéphane Lévasque. I conducted a reception study on five different focus groups consisting of pupils from different upper secondary schools in Sweden. The pupils varied with regard to number of credits for admission to upper secondary school. A sixth group of pupils was interviewed as a contrasting control group in order to add perspective to the results. The discussions were based on the pupils' interpretations of 34 selected pictures, all of which were taken from the most common history textbooks. Each pupil was asked to choose the picture he/she felt was the most representative historical image. On the basis of the strategies used by the pupils when interpreting the pictures and discussing them, the material was analysed in accordance with Lévesque's categories: imagination, historical contextualisation and morals. The last category, morals, was further divided into three sub-categories: sense of justice, sympathy and progression. The reflections of the pupils and the degree of contextualisation varied. It appeared that the pupils were less inclined to discuss assumptions about the persons in the pictures; instead they chose to discuss the historical context in question. The pictures in this study did not seem to trigger the pupils to fabricate anachronistic reasoning about history; when they did produce lengthy reasoning, it was contextual, structural and metahistorical. In this context, the pupils who belonged to the group with the highest average of credits showed some signs of reflection on the basis of historical context and some criticism about the historical sources. On no occasion did any of the pupils choose a picture as a concrete expression of injustice. One of the questions this study aimed to explore was whether a lack of historical context affects how pictures trigger emotions and reasoning on the basis of moral aspects. Some of the pupils displayed moral standpoints, primarily the degree of morals concerning injustice. One possible interpretation could be that the feeling of being unfairly treated and subjected to insulting behaviour and social injustice was something the pupils could relate to. The group of pupils who had not yet studied history at upper secondary school, the control group, generally made reflections using this sort of reasoning when they discussed the historical aspects of the pictures.

En översikt av vilka faktorer som har samband med patientens upplevelse av kontinuitet i vården : En litteraturstudie

Forskning visar på att patienter önskar kontinuitet, då de upplever att det bidrar till känslan av trygghet och närhet. Det ger sjuksköterskan möjlighet att lära känna personen och en möjlighet att bättre följa upp gjorda åtgärder. Syfte Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva vilka faktorer som har samband med patientens upplevelse av kontinuitet i vården. Metod Studien har genomförts som en litteraturstudie. Resultat Resultatet visade att det var viktigt för kontinuiteten att de fick träffa en sjuksköterska som de kände sedan tidigare och att det var samma sjuksköterska vid alla vårdtillfällen. Det var även viktigt att sjuksköterskan de träffade var uppdaterad på deras medicinska historia. En viktig faktor som höjde kontinuiteten var om patienten hade en kronisk sjukdom, då de patienterna oftare kräver regelbunden uppföljning med fler besök hos vården. Patienterna upplevde större kontinuitet om vården utfördes av sjuksköterska istället för av andra vårdgivare Sjuksköterskorna var mer anpassningsbara, flexibla och tog sig mer tid med patienten. Slutsats Studien visar att kontinuitet är något som patienter upplever som viktigt när de möter vården men det saknas forskning om hur vården ska organiseras, för att kontinuiteten ska upplevas bättre ur ett patientperspektiv, balanserat mot organisationens behov av att spara tid och pengar.

Flipped classroom and learning strategies

This paper seeks to answer the research question "How does the flipped classroom affect students’ learning strategies?" In e-learning research, several studies have focused on how students and teachers perceive the flipped classroom approach. In general, these studies have reported pleasing results. Nonetheless, few, if any, studies have attempted to find out the potential effects of the flipped classroom approach on how students learn. This study was based on two cases: 1) a business modelling course and 2) a research methodology course. In both cases, participating students were from information systems courses at Dalarna University in Sweden. Recorded lectures replaced regular lectures. The recorded lectures were followed by seminars that focused on the learning content of each lecture in various ways. Three weeks after the final seminar, we arranged for two focus group interviews to take place in each course, with 8 to 10 students participating in each group. We asked open questions on how the students thought they had been affected and more dedicated questions that were generated from a literature study on the effects of flipped classroom courses. These questions dealt with issues about mobility, the potential for repeating lectures, formative feedback, the role of seminars, responsibility, empowerment, lectures before seminars, and any problems encountered. Our results show that, in general, students thought differently about learning after the courses in relation to more traditional approaches, especially regarding the need to be more active. Most students enjoyed the mobility aspect and the accessibility of recorded lectures, although a few claimed it demanded a more disciplined attitude. Most students also expressed a feeling of increased activity and responsibility when participating in seminars. Some even felt empowered because they could influence seminar content. The length of and possibility to navigate in recorded lectures was also considered important. The arrangement of the seminar rooms should promote face-to-face discussions. Finally, the types of questions and tasks were found to affect the outcomes of the seminars. The overall conclusion with regard to students’ learning strategies is that to be an active, responsible, empowered, and critical student you have to be an informed student with possibilities and mandate to influence how, where and when to learn and be able to receive continuous feedback during the learning process. Flipped classroom can support such learning.