Cooperative Learning vs. Project Base Learning.

The Bologna Declaration and the implementation of the European Higher Education Area are promoting the use of active learning methodologies such as cooperative learning and project based learning. This study was motivated by the comparison of the results obtained after applying Cooperative Learning (CL) and Project Based Learning (PBL) to a subject of Computer Engineering. The fundamental hypothesis tested was whether the academic success achieved by the students of the first years was higher when CL was applied than in those cases to which PBL was applied. A practical case, by means of which the effectiveness of CL and PBL are compared, is presented in this work. This study has been carried out at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where these mechanisms have been applied to the Operating Systems I subject from the Technical Engineering in Computer Systems degree (OSIS) and to the same subject from the Technical Engineering in Computer Management degree (OSIM). Both subjects have the same syllabus, are taught in the same year and semester and share also formative objectives. From this study we can conclude that students¿ academic performance (regarding the grades given) is greater with PBL than with CL. To be more specific, the difference is between 0.5 and 1 point for the individual tests. For the group tests, this difference is between 2.5 and 3 points. Therefore, this study refutes the fundamental hypothesis formulated at the beginning. Some of the possible interpretations of these results are referred to in this study.

Integrated approach to foreign language in the building engineering degree at the Universidad Politécnica Madrid

The European Union has been promoting linguistic diversity for many years as one of its main educational goals. This is an element that facilitates student mobility and student exchanges between different universities and countries and enriches the education of young undergraduates. In particular,a higher degree of competence in the English language is becoming essential for engineers, architects and researchers in general, as English has become the lingua franca that opens up horizons to internationalisation and the transfer of knowledge in today’s world. Many experts point to the Integrated Approach to Contents and Foreign Languages System as being an option that has certain benefits over the traditional method of teaching a second language that is exclusively based on specific subjects. This system advocates teaching the different subjects in the syllabus in a language other than one’s mother tongue, without prioritising knowledge of the language over the subject. This was the idea that in the 2009/10 academic year gave rise to the Second Language Integration Programme (SLI Programme) at the Escuela Arquitectura Tecnica in the Universidad Politecnica Madrid (EUATM-UPM), just at the beginning of the tuition of the new Building Engineering Degree, which had been adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) model. This programme is an interdisciplinary initiative for the set of subjects taught during the semester and is coordinated through the Assistant Director Office for Educational Innovation. The SLI Programme has a dual goal; to familiarise students with the specific English terminology of the subject being taught, and at the same time improve their communication skills in English. A total of thirty lecturers are taking part in the teaching of eleven first year subjects and twelve in the second year, with around 120 students who have voluntarily enrolled in a special group in each semester. During the 2010/2011 academic year the degree of acceptance and the results of the SLI Programme are being monitored. Tools have been designed to aid interdisciplinary coordination and to analyse satisfaction, such as coordination records and surveys. The results currently available refer to the first semester of the year and are divided into specific aspects of the different subjects involved and into general aspects of the ongoing experience.

AS TRANSFORMAÇÕES DAS PRÁTICAS EM EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL NO PERÍODO DE 1960-2000: Os trabalhos dos alunos, a voz das professoras e os documentos curriculares

Este trabalho tem como propósito à análise das transformações das práticas em educação infantil na Prefeitura Municipal de São Bernardo do Campo ao longo de quatro décadas, considerando as mudanças políticas e econômicas, bem como as tendências teóricas predominantes nos diferentes momentos investigados. Para uma maior aproximação com as práticas do passado, três elementos foram fundamentais: as teorias que subsidiaram os documentos e orientações curriculares; a voz das professoras, que através de seus relatos puderam expressar as práticas desenvolvidas em sua trajetória de formação e as mudanças que foram se efetivando ao longo dos anos; e os trabalhos produzidos pelos alunos ao longo das décadas estudadas. Esses trabalhos dos alunos foram organizados em quadros, apontando a freqüência com que determinados tipos de atividade aconteciam em diferentes épocas. Além desses quadros, os relatos das professoras puderam evidenciar maneiras como as transformações das práticas aconteceram, a partir do olhar de quem as pratica. A partir desses dados, busquei nas contribuições de Certeau elementos para compreender de que maneira os sujeitos históricos - professores - lidam com os produtos que lhes são impostos pela ordem social - orientações curriculares e novas teorias - transformando-os e reinventando-os em seu fazer cotidiano.

AS TRANSFORMAÇÕES DAS PRÁTICAS EM EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL NO PERÍODO DE 1960-2000: Os trabalhos dos alunos, a voz das professoras e os documentos curriculares

Este trabalho tem como propósito à análise das transformações das práticas em educação infantil na Prefeitura Municipal de São Bernardo do Campo ao longo de quatro décadas, considerando as mudanças políticas e econômicas, bem como as tendências teóricas predominantes nos diferentes momentos investigados. Para uma maior aproximação com as práticas do passado, três elementos foram fundamentais: as teorias que subsidiaram os documentos e orientações curriculares; a voz das professoras, que através de seus relatos puderam expressar as práticas desenvolvidas em sua trajetória de formação e as mudanças que foram se efetivando ao longo dos anos; e os trabalhos produzidos pelos alunos ao longo das décadas estudadas. Esses trabalhos dos alunos foram organizados em quadros, apontando a freqüência com que determinados tipos de atividade aconteciam em diferentes épocas. Além desses quadros, os relatos das professoras puderam evidenciar maneiras como as transformações das práticas aconteceram, a partir do olhar de quem as pratica. A partir desses dados, busquei nas contribuições de Certeau elementos para compreender de que maneira os sujeitos históricos - professores - lidam com os produtos que lhes são impostos pela ordem social - orientações curriculares e novas teorias - transformando-os e reinventando-os em seu fazer cotidiano.

A two-year experience teaching computer literacy to first-year medical students using skill-based cohorts

Because it is widely accepted that providing information online will play a major role in both the teaching and practice of medicine in the near future, a short formal course of instruction in computer skills was proposed for the incoming class of students entering medical school at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The syllabus was developed on the basis of a set of expected outcomes, which was accepted by the dean of medicine and the curriculum committee for classes beginning in the fall of 1997. Prior to their arrival, students were asked to complete a self-assessment survey designed to elucidate their initial skill base; the returned surveys showed students to have computer skills ranging from complete novice to that of a systems engineer. The classes were taught during the first three weeks of the semester to groups of students separated on the basis of their knowledge of and comfort with computers. Areas covered included computer basics, e-mail management, MEDLINE, and Internet search tools. Each student received seven hours of hands-on training followed by a test. The syllabus and emphasis of the classes were tailored to the initial skill base but the final test was given at the same level to all students. Student participation, test scores, and course evaluations indicated that this noncredit program was successful in achieving an acceptable level of comfort in using a computer for almost all of the student body.

Reverse engineering as a teaching tool: the corneal topographer

Póster presentado en EDULEARN12, International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, 2nd-4th July 2012.

Reverse engineering as a teaching tool: the corneal topographer

Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological principles of a device, object or system through analysis of its structure, function, and operation. From a device used in clinical practice, as the corneal topographer, reverse engineering will be used to infer physical principles and laws. In our case, reverse engineering involves taking this mechanical device apart and analyzing its working detail. The initial knowledge of the application and usefulness of the device provides a motivation that, together with the combination of theory and practice, will help the students to understand and learn concepts studied in different subjects in the Optics and Optometry degree. These subjects belong to both the core and compulsory subjects of the syllabus of first and second year of the degree. Furthermore, the experimental practice is used as transverse axis that relates theoretical concepts, technology transfer and research.

Docencia y género: primeros pasos de la Universidad de Alicante (España) en la carrera de Arquitectura

Se muestran los primeros pasos para lograr la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en la docencia de la carrera de arquitectura de la Universidad de Alicante en España, ámbito representativo del territorio nacional. Se describe la experiencia pionera desarrollada en el área de conocimiento de Composición Arquitectónica que forma parte del bloque proyectual del plan de estudios de la titulación de Arquitecto. Sobre la base del marco normativo e institucional vigente sobre igualdad entre mujeres y hombres y los estudios especializados publicados al respecto en los últimos años, se realiza una exposición exhaustiva de la situación actual de las arquitectas en el ejercicio de su profesión, en particular de las académicas y de las alumnas de Arquitectura. El enfoque de género en la universidad corre el peligro de aparecer como un discurso obsoleto y alejado de la realidad de nuestro tiempo, sin embargo, es un compromiso ineludible ya que en el ámbito laboral se aprecia una profunda desigualdad, agravada alarmantemente desde el estallido de la crisis en 2008.

The Study of the Public Space

Except for the "practical exercises" section, this work is registered under the following ISBN numbers: 978-84-15768-61-6 and 978-84-15768-62-3

Didática da escrita em contextos multilingues : o caso de Moçambique - desafios linguísticos, metodológicos e contextuais

Tese de doutoramento, Linguística (Linguística Aplicada), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2016

Dos pombos descoordenados às rãs sem rumo: o ensino do encéfalo através dos manuais escolares de Ciências Naturais (1900-1950)

O objetivo principal deste trabalho é mostrar como o encéfalo foi abordado nos programas e manuais de Ciências Naturais publicados na primeira metade do século XX. Para tal, utilizou-se um método de caráter qualitativo assente no conceito de transposição didática de Chevallard. O conteúdo programático mostrou que o estudo do encéfalo foi sempre associado ao estudo do sistema nervoso. A descrição neuroanatómica e fisiológica do encéfalo nos manuais organizou-se em torno do bolbo raquidiano, cerebelo e cérebro. Os manuais publicados nas primeiras duas décadas do século XX (Aires, 1906, 1920) foram mais exaustivos na abordagem a esses órgãos do que os publicados entre as décadas de 30 e 50 (Primo, 1939; Soeiro, 1930, 1950; Lima & Soeiro,1950). A sua análise mostrou que a transposição didática do conhecimento científico sobre o encéfalo baseou-se na neuroanatomia, e menos na neurofisiologia, o que é revelador do avanço do conhecimento neuroanatómico deste órgão em comparação com a compreensão do seu funcionamento. Todos os autores ilustraram as funções dos órgãos que constituem o encéfalo através de observações e experiências realizadas em animais, como os pombos e as rãs.

Japan; suggested outlines for a discussion of Japan, her history, culture, problems, and relations with the United States.

"Professor Latourette, who originally prepared the Syllabus for the Japan Society ... has, in this eighth edition, concerned himself only with the historical and political evolution of Japan and Japan's foreign relations. Mr. Harold Gould Henderson ... has revised and expanded the sections on Japanese art and literature. Professor Douglas G. Haring ... has done the same for the sections on population, family and social life, and manners and customs."--p. 3.

The modern study of literature; an introduction to literary theory and interpretation by Richard Green Moulton ...

Introduction: Dominant ideas of modern study: unity, induction, evolution.--book I. Literary morphology: varieties of literature and their underlying principles.--book II. The field and scope of literary study.--book III. Literary evolution as reflected in the history of world literature.--book IV. Literary criticism: the traditional confusion and the modern reconstruction.--book V. Literature as a mode of philosophy.--book VI. Literature as a mode of art. Conclusion: the traditional and the modern study of literature. Syllabus. Works of the author. General index. Seventh impression, June, 1928

Stimmen der Zeit.

Includes supplements: Ergänzungsband 1-29 (1876-1915); Ergänzungshefte zu den Stimmen der Zeit. 1. Reihe: Kulturfragen (1917-1923) and 2. Reihe: Forschungen (1916-1920).

Georgii Wolffgangi Wedelii Amoenitates materiae medicae.

Mode of access: Internet.