Avaliação dos JDC em Educação Física : Estudo de Caso

Este estudo teve como questão de pesquisa verificar se há evidência de progressão na avaliação final dos Jogos Desportivos Colectivos de invasão, mantendo o protocolo de avaliação inicial, utilizando as Provas de Avaliação Aferida, aplicadas na Escola Secundária Dona Luísa de Gusmão (ESDLG). Como contributo à aplicação e sustentabilidade das Provas apresentamos um levantamento dos níveis introdução e elementar do Programa, em que destacamos princípios comuns que possam beneficiar a clarificação do currículo para os professores avaliadores e contribuir para o ensino dos jogos desportivos. O presente trabalho assume-se como um estudo exploratório de caso, em que se escolheu uma turma específica de oitavo ano da ESDLG, com vinte e seis sujeitos envolvidos no caso. Isto para estudar a filosofia de aplicação das Provas de Avaliação, em que a sua operacionalização é da responsabilidade do Grupo de Educação Física. Os resultados apontam para a progressão do nível de desempenho dos alunos nas matérias de Andebol, Basquetebol e Futebol. A avaliação nos jogos desportivos colectivos da ESDLG está de acordo com as orientações dos PNEF. O estudo é válido pela representação que as Provas têm nos objectivos definidos nos Programas Nacionais de Educação Física e obedece a níveis de fidelidade pela constância apresentada nas observações realizadas pelos professores nos dois momentos de avaliação. Importa também referir que as Provas de Avaliação alicerçam a aferição de critérios, moderam a avaliação dos alunos e permitem ao Agrupamento de Educação Física tomar decisões mediante os resultados e tendências das Provas. Para que a avaliação possa ser ainda mais objectiva será importante associar às Provas de Avaliação um ensino contextualizado dos jogos desportivos, de modo a que se avalie o aluno nas mesmas condições em que se ensina.

The “Fashionable Knowledge” of Management Consulting

In the evolution of strategic disciplines much of the knowledge produced has been widely diffused by the management consulting industry. But can this sector be regarded as knowledge intensive activity based on true structure of expertise knowledge? One way to understand if we can consider that sector as a source of knowledge dissemination is realizing its relationship with the market in terms of knowledge, rather than identify only as a set of static techniques to be applied as in most of times they have been doing. This article presents itself as a reflection about the real reasons for the increasing use ofmanagement consulting services, indicating simultaneously that can really be a true field of opportunities for the academic class if the study will focused in the establishment and institutionalization of micropractices (strategy-as-practice) that there are used and its implications in terms of organizational results.

Estratégias de inovação visando a competitividade empresarial- um estudo multicasos de gestão dos hotéis portas da Amazónia e faraó no município de Belém-Pará

Esta dissertação teve como objetivo principal analisar como a Estratégia da Inovação poderia ser empregada em benefício da competitividade das organizações hoteleiras, tendo em vista as experiências de inovação dos Hotéis Portas da Amazônia e Faraó. Os Hotéis Portas da Amazônia e Faraó destacam-se pela realização de experiências inovadoras, o primeiro apresenta uma proposta de Hotel Histórico, nasceu a partir da restauração de um casarão do início do século XIX e atende o segmento do Turismo Internacional e o segundo uma proposta de Hotel Temático, sendo entitulado o primeiro hotel temático do norte. O acirramento da concorrência no mercado hoteleiro de Belém-Pará, devido aos novos entrantes (grandes redes hoteleiras) e substitutos como flats, está provocando a redução das margens de lucro ademais está obrigando os gestores das empresas de micro e pequeno porte a repensarem suas estratégias de competição. Sendo que a inovação é uma estratégia que pode contribuir para criação e sustentação da vantagem competitiva. A metodologia adotada nesta investigação foi inicialmente o levantamento bibliográfico. Além disso, foram aplicadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas para os gestores dos hotéis. A entrevista baseou-se no Radar da Inovação para a classificação das Estratégias de Inovação. A investigação revelou que o empresário do Hotel Portas da Amazônia realizou uma inovação em modelo de negócios e inovação em descoberta de um novo mercado. Porém, no Hotel Faraó, identificou-se apenas um caso de inovação incremental em suas instalações como na decoração do prédio, pois para a proposta de um hotel temático, a gestão precisaria explorar a experiência do cliente. Nos dois casos, constatou-se que várias dimensões da inovação são negligenciadas como ofertas, experiências do consumidor e a inovação na organização.

Proceedings of the West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference 2010

FOREWORD Welcome to this West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) conference taking place here in Ghana. Thank you for coming and welcome to Accra. The main aims of the WABER conference are: to help young researchers and early-career scholars in West Africa to develop their research work and skills through constructive face-to-face interaction with experienced academics; to provide a platform for networking and collaborative work among senior built environment academics in West Africa; and to serve as a vehicle for developing the field of construction management and economics in Africa. Waber 2009 The WABER event in 2009 was held at the British Council in Accra, Ghana on 2-3 June. The event was a resounding success. It attracted participation from 32 researchers, from 12 different institutions, who presented their work to an audience of approximately 100 people. Each presenter received immediate and constructive feedback from an international panel. The event was opened by Professor K.K. Adarkwa, Vice Chancellor of KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, with several senior academics and researchers from universities, polytechnics, and other institutions in Ghana and Nigeria in attendance. There was also a significant level of attendance by senior construction practitioners in Ghana. Thank you to the School of Construction Management and Engineering, University of Reading, UK for funding the inaugural event in 2009. We are also grateful to all of you who helped to make the event a success and to those of you who have joined us here today to build upon the success and legacy of WABER 2009. Waber 2010 This year, we have 60+ peer-reviewed papers and presentations on topics relating to Building services and maintenance, Construction costs, Construction design and technology, Construction education, Construction finance, Construction procurement, Contract administration, Contract management, Contractor development, Decision support systems, Dispute resolution, Economic development, Energy efficiency, Environment and sustainability, Health and safety, Human resources, Information technology, Marketing, Materials science, Organisation strategy and business performance, Productivity, Project management, Quantity surveying, Real estate and planning, Solar energy systems, Supply chain management and Urban development. We hope that these papers will generate interest among delagates and stimulate discussion here and beyond the conference into the wider community of academia and industry. The delegates at this conference come from 10 different countries. This provides a rich international and multicultural blend and a perfect platform for networking and developing collaborations. This year we are blessed to have three high profile keynote speakers in the persons of Professor George Ofori (National University of Singapore), Dr Roine Leiringer (University of Reading, UK) and Professor Will Hughes (University of Reading, UK). We are also thankful to Dr Chris Harty (University of Reading, UK) who is facilitating the Research Skills Workshop on ‘Writing a scientific article’. Thank you to Dr Sena Agyepong of our conference organising team for her capable management of local organising arrangements. And above all, thank you to all of you for coming to this conference. Enjoy and have a safe journey back home. Dr Samuel Laryea School of Construction Management and Engineering University of Reading, July 2010

Evaluating the role of environmental quality in the sustainable rural economic development of England

The issue of the sustainable development of rural economies in England has recently received considerable attention. This is because many of the poorest areas in the country are rural, often of high environmental quality, but suffering from high unemployment and a lack of services and facilities. The rapid decline in agricultural incomes and in-migration of affluent urban workers since 1990 has exacerbated economic inequality in such areas. A number of factors have the potential to drive rural development and this paper applies, and considers, the feasibility of a method from the USA for combining economic and environmental variables in a regional growth model to examine the hypothesis that environmental quality is an important determinant of sustainable rural development in England. The model output suggests that, although environmental quality does play a role in sustainable rural development in England there are other, more important, factors driving development. These include business and communications infra-structure, the degree and opportunities for commuting and underlying employment prospects. The robustness and limitations of the method for combining economic and environmental variables is discussed in relation to the spatial interrelatedness of Local Authority Districts in England, and conclusions are drawn about areas for refinement and improvement of the method.

Isotype in Africa, 1952–58

A review of work done by the Isotype Institute in the 1940s and 1950s, associated with Africa. The chapter discusses Otto Neurath's growing interest in the last years of his life in the issue of presenting information to (West) Africans through Isotype methods. Although this interest was not realised by Otto Neurath in the form of completed work during his lifetime, Marie Neurath and the Isotype Institute did successfully carry out numerous projects in Britain's West African colonies during the 1950s, in Sierra Leone, Gold Coast (Ghana), and most extensively in the Western Region of Nigeria. Discussion of these projects illustrates the means by which Isotype work was carried out in a developing world context, the difficulties that were encountered, and the issues of effectiveness and sustainability the work raised.

The researcher-farmer interface in the rice-wheat system: moving from agricultural productivity to livelihoods

This chapter explores some of the implications of adopting a research approach that focuses on people and their livelihoods in the rice-wheat system of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. We draw on information from a study undertaken by the authors in Bangladesh and then consider the transferability of our findings to other situations. We conclude that if our research is to bridge the researcher-farmer interface, ongoing technical research must be supported by research that explores how institutional, policy, and communication strategies determine livelihood outcomes. The challenge that now faces researchers is to move beyond their involvement in participatory research to understand how to facilitate a process in which they provide information and products for others to test. Building capacity at various levels for openness in sharing information and products–seeing research as a public good for all–seems to be a prerequisite for more effective dissemination of the available information and technologies.

Analyzing lateral root development: how to move forward

Roots are important to plants for a wide variety of processes, including nutrient and water uptake, anchoring and mechanical support, storage functions, and as the major interface between the plant and various biotic and abiotic factors in the soil environment. Therefore, understanding the development and architecture of roots holds potential for the manipulation of root traits to improve the productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems and to better understand and manage natural ecosystems. While lateral root development is a traceable process along the primary root and different stages can be found along this longitudinal axis of time and development, root system architecture is complex and difficult to quantify. Here, we comment on assays to describe lateral root phenotypes and propose ways to move forward regarding the description of root system architecture, also considering crops and the environment.

Mining in a changing climate: what scope for forestry-based legacies?

This paper provides an interdisciplinary perspective on mine reclamation in forested areas of Ghana, a country characterised by conflicts between mining and forest conservation. A comparison was made between above ground biomass (AGB) and soil organic carbon (SOC) content from two reclaimed mine sites and adjacent undisturbed forest. Findings suggest that on decadal timescales, reclaimed mine sites contain approximately 40% of the total carbon and 10% the AGB carbon of undisturbed forest. This raises questions regarding the potential for decommissioning mine sites to provide forestry-based legacies. Such a move could deliver a host of benefits, including improving the longevity and success of reclamation, mitigating climate change and delivering corollary enumeration for local communities under carbon trading schemes. A discussion of the antecedents and challenges associated with establishing forest-legacies highlights the risk of neglecting the participation and heterogeneity of legitimate local representatives, which threatens the equity of potential benefits and sustainability of projects. Despite these risks, implementing pilot projects could help to address the lack of transparency and data which currently characterises mine reclamation.

Por uma teorização das organizações de produção artesanal: habilidades produtivas nos caminhos singulares do Rio de Janeiro

The purpose of this thesis is to support the argument that workmanship production centers don¿t represent just survival strategy of social groups marginal to economical structure. Workmanship organizations are productive schemes that survived, in a parallel way, to the industrialization process, although they don¿t have been considered by the organization theory. The knowledge reserve in administration, from the traditional approach to critical studies, increased concerns on industrial organizations and business arrangements. Nevertheless, it is possible to find in Teoria da Delimitação dos Sistemas Sociais, from Guerreiro Ramos, elements to comprehend workmanship organizations as: technology, scale and sustainability, cognition, space and relationship and time. The research methodology used was bibliographic, field and documental, regarding action-research. It comes to the conclusion that, at present time, to keep it as distinct productive schemes, workmanship organizations must be associated to tourism and culture. The production must be thematic, with territorial identity, creative and sustainable, by the management of local raw material.