Pós-brutalismo das paixões ao povoado refractário: dissertação

Dissertação submetida à Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Teatro - especialização em Encenação,

O papel do inapem no fomento do empreendedorismo na provincia do Kwanza Norte-Angola

Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao Instituto de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Empreendedorismo e Internacionalização, sob orientação de Celsa Maria Carvalho Machado e Adalmiro Álvaro Malheiro de Castro Andrade Pereira

Inovação pedagógica no Ensino Superior – o ensino a distância no ISCAP

O ensino a distância evoluiu muito desde o tempo em que o formando recebia os materiais por correspondência. Já nessa altura os formandos trabalhavam ao seu ritmo e concluíam a formação de acordo com o seu trabalho e agenda pessoal. Hoje, apesar dos cursos por correspondência ainda existirem, estão rapidamente a ser substituídos pela formação a distância. E este sucesso da educação a distância tem levado ao surgimento de ofertas diferentes e novos modelos de negócio. Existem diversas soluções de organização dos cursos a distância. O formato depende essencialmente dos objectivos do curso. A escolha do tipo de solução para a oferta a distância depende, também, dos objectivos e experiência da instituição. Nesta comunicação propomo-nos apresentar o caso do ISCAP, a evolução da oferta formativa a distância nesta escola, os tipos de oferta actuais e algumas preocupações para o futuro. Pretende-se, ainda levantar algumas questões que necessitam de estudo e resposta, apontando caminhos para investigação futura.

Para uma experiência estética em contexto educativo: trabalho de projecto

Trabalho de Projecto submetido à Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Teatro - especialização em Teatro e Comunidade

Intercultural awareness through. Digital storytelling

In today’s globalized world, communication students need to be capable of efficiently communicating across the globe. At ISCAP, part of the 3rd year syllabus in Translation and New Technologies course is focused on culture and the need to be culturally knowledgeable. We argue the approach to incorporate cultural aspects in HE needs to be studentcentered, in order to encompass not only intercultural awareness, but also the 21st century skills students need to be successful and competent citizens. Additionally, as studies have shown, the manipulation of digital tools fosters greater student involvement in learning activities. We have adopted Digital Storytelling - multimodal storytelling technique - to promote a personal, student-centered reflection on intercultural communication. We intend to present student and teacher perspectives on this learning experience and assess its relevance in HE contexts, based on the content analysis of student expressed perspectives on this activity as well as a multimodal analysis of the digital stories created. A preliminary analysis of our case study has demonstrated that Digital Storytelling potentiates two complimentary types of reflection: on the one hand, students felt the need to reflect on their own intercultural knowledge, create and adapt their finding in the form of a story; on the other hand, viewing others’ stories they have raised questions and demonstrated points of view otherwise ignored.

Miocene marine-continental correlations in the Lisbon area and some discussion related to personnal experience

Sandpit exploitation near Lisbon allowed collecting of many Miocene, non marine fossils. These sands are part of the mostly marine Miocene series in the Lower Tagus basin. The particularly favourable situation led several researchers to deal with marine-continental correlations. Difficulties often concern methodologic aspects. Some poorly based interpretations exerced a lasting influence. A critical approach is presented. Analysis requires data. Methods based upon models often lead to the temptation of fitting data in order to confirm a priori conclusions, or of mixing up data as if of equal statistic value while they have not at all the same weight. Erroneous interpretations' uncritical repetition for many years "upgraded" them into absolute truth. Another point is endemism vs. europeism. Miocene mammals from Lisbon compared well with corresponding French, contemporaneous taxa, while this was apparently not true for Spanish ones. Too much accent had been put on the endemic character of Spanish, or even regional, mammalian faunas. Nationalist bias and sensationalism also weigh, albeit negatively. Meanwhile nearly all the more evident examples as the rhinoceros Hispanotherium are discredited as Iberian endemisms. Taxa may appear as endemic just because they have not yet been found elsewhere. At least for the medium to large-sized mammals, with their huge geographic distribution, faunal differences depend much more on ecology, climate and environmental conditions. Emphasis on differences may also result from researchers that are often in a precarious situation and need very much to achieve short-term, preferably sensational results. Overvalued differences may mask real similarities. Unethic and not scientific behaviour are further enhanced by "nomina nuda" tricks that may simply be a way to circunvent or cheat the Priority Rule. On the other hand, access to communication networks may present as sensational novelties items that are not new at all, misleading the audience. A new class of "science people" arose, created by the media and not by the value of their real achievements. Discussion is presented on sedimentation processes and discontinuities that are often regarded as absolute precision dating tools, as well as on some geochemical and paleomagnetic interpretations. A very good chronologie frame has been obtained for the basin under study on the basis of an impressive set of data, providing a rather detailed and accurate frame for Miocene marine-continental correlations.

Educar para o regresso a casa após o transplante hepático

RESUMO: Em cuidados de saúde diferenciados, a promoção da saúde e as actividades de educação para a saúde são indispensáveis à capacitação individual, habilitando a pessoa a prevenir complicações da sua patologia e a agir no sentido de exercerem um maior controlo sobre a sua própria saúde para a obtenção de ganhos em saúde. Com esta investigação pretendeu-se analisar a satisfação da pessoa transplantada hepática sobre os cuidados de enfermagem prestados, no âmbito da educação para a saúde e identificar dimensões que influenciaram a percepção e experiência da pessoa, face à preparação do regresso a casa. Foi realizado um estudo descritivo, transversal, de abordagem de investigação mista e exploratório, com orientação quantitativa e qualitativa, num movimento dedutivo-indutivo, baseado numa amostra de conveniência de 75 pessoas transplantadas hepáticas do Hospital de Curry Cabral. Os resultados foram analisados no âmbito da problemática em estudo, baseada na estrutura do movimento metodológico, ao nível das expectativas, experiência e percepção da satisfação da pessoa transplantada hepática. Neste estudo, salienta-se que os factores do domínio sócio-demográfico que influenciaram as expectativas são a idade e o tempo de internamento, assim como as experiências anteriores influenciaram a forma como a pessoa transplantada hepática recebeu as informações nesse internamento. As pessoas submetidas a transplante hepático, inquiridas neste estudo, afirmaram, em termos globais, que os cuidados de enfermagem recebidos durante o internamento, no âmbito da educação para a saúde, para o regresso a casa foram “Bons/Muito Bons” e “Razoáveis”. As expectativas, experiências anteriores, experiência com os cuidados de enfermagem e as percepções sobre os cuidados de enfermagem e a preparação para o regresso a casa são, neste contexto, reconhecidas como influenciadoras da satisfação com os cuidados de enfermagem. É imprescindível, portanto, que as actividades de educação para a saúde desenvolvidas pelos enfermeiros, usando a sua autonomia, contribuam para enfatizar o cuidar profissional em enfermagem, dando visibilidade à sua intervenção com a pessoa e/ou família no regresso a casa. SUMMARY: In differentiated healthcare, the promotion of health and health education activities are indispensable for personal empowerment, preparing the individual to prevent complications of his own disease, exercising a greater control over his own health, resulting in global health gains. This investigation was intended to analyse the satisfaction of liver transplant patients about the nursing care given, concerning health education, as well as to try and identify aspects that influenced the patient’s perception and experience when dealing with the preparation of returning home. The study was descriptive, with a mixed approach of exploratory and mixed inquiry, with qualitative and quantitative orientation, in a deductive-inductive direction. The population integrated a convenience sample of 75 liver transplant patients admitted at the Curry Cabral Hospital. The results were analysed according to the objectives, based on the methodological movement structure, level of expectations, experience and perception of the patient’s satisfaction. This study draws attention to the fact that demographic factors such as age and hospitalisation time influenced expectations, as well as previous experiences influenced the manner in which these patients received information during their hospital stay. The patients submitted to liver transplant, questioned in this study, affirmed, in a global manner, that nursing care given during admission, concerning health education for returning home were "Good/Very Good" and "Reasonable". Expectations, previous experiences, experience with and perceptions about nursing care as well as hospital discharge preparation were in this context, recognized as influences on the satisfaction of nursing care given. It is indispensable, therefore, that activities related to health education autonomously developed by nurses, contribute to emphasize the professional role of nursing care, highlighting the nurse’s intervention with the patient and/or family when returning home.

A avaliação das barreiras na actividade profissional da pessoa com deficiência visual em Portugal: validação e adaptação do WES (work experience survey)

Resumo: Este estudo tem como finalidade validar e adaptar o WES (Work Experience Survey), de forma a avaliar e caracterizar a percepção que as pessoas DV portuguesas possuem sobre as barreiras ao emprego e as suas formas de resolução e/ou minimização. Da revisão da literatura, constatou-se a inexistência, a nível nacional, de estudos que versassem sobre as barreiras no acesso e manutenção de emprego e estratégias de superação. Este motivo foi o ponto a partir do qual se elaborou a adaptação e validação do questionário WES e a partir do qual alcançamos resultados e conclusões que nos remetem para evidências que a seguir se descrevem. Os dados recolhidos demonstram que esta faixa da população: tem baixos níveis de escolaridade; necessita de aperfeiçoar as suas competências para se tornar mais competitiva no mercado de trabalho; tem dificuldades na acessibilidade ao meio físico, devido às condições de acessibilidade oferecidas; enfrenta problemas no desempenho laboral, devido à falta de tecnologias de apoio e de meios de superação das barreiras no local de trabalho; e sente-se discriminada no acesso e manutenção do emprego, e progressão na carreira. A exploração das razões do insucesso escolar e do perfil de competências adequado, exigíveis para o emprego; o desenvolvimento de planos de promoção da carreira; a divulgação das competências e capacidades dos trabalhadores DV e a averiguação na aplicação da legislação referente à acessibilidade são algumas sugestões apresentadas.

Migracion, prácticas artísticas y artivismos

Una de las potencialidades del arte es devenir una herramienta para enfocar determinados conflictos desde nuevos ángulos y articular preguntas que impacten en la comunidad. Aquí el arte se funde con la filosofía, la sociología, la antropología, con el activismo, y con la propia vida. A partir de tales parámetros, se esbozarán diversas propuestas artísticas que ilustran cómo distintos creadores abordan –desde distintos ángulos– el fenómeno de la migración Dentro de la amplia miríada de perspectivas desde las que se puede tratar la migración es interesante resaltar el trabajo de varios artistas que se transforman en altavoces de las experiencias de otras personas, tal y como ejemplifican los proyectos de Pep Dardanyà, Marisa González, He Chengyue y Josep María Martín. Desde un ángulo radicalmente distinto, Santiago Sierra y el colectivo Yes lab reproducen y llevan al límite las mismas dinámicas de explotación que critican, y para finalizar, bajo el prisma de la experiencia vivida, la artista Fiona Tan explora su propio proceso migratorio e investiga la construcción de la identidad.

B-learning quality: dimensions, criteria and pedagogical approach

Measuring the quality of a b-learning environment is critical to determine the success of a b-learning course. Several initiatives have been recently conducted on benchmarking and quality in e-learning. Despite these efforts in defining and examining quality issues concerning online courses, a defining instrument to evaluate quality is one of the key challenges for blended learning, since it incorporates both traditional and online instruction methods. For this paper, six frameworks for quality assessment of technological enhanced learning were examined and compared regarding similarities and differences. These frameworks aim at the same global objective: the quality of e-learning environment/products. They present different perspectives but also many common issues. Some of them are more specific and related to the course and other are more global and related to institutional aspects. In this work we collected and arrange all the quality criteria identified in order to get a more complete framework and determine if it fits our b-learning environment. We also included elements related to our own b-learning research and experience, acquired during more than 10 years of experience. As a result we have create a new quality reference with a set of dimensions and criteria that should be taken into account when you are analyzing, designing, developing, implementing and evaluating a b-learning environment. Besides these perspectives on what to do when you are developing a b-learning environment we have also included pedagogical issues in order to give directions on how to do it to reach the success of the learning. The information, concepts and procedures here presented give support to teachers and instructors, which intend to validate the quality of their blended learning courses.

How to feel “in love” with math – a MOOC experience

In the past few years we have witnessed the fast development of distance learning tools such as Open Educational Resources (OER) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). This paper presents the “Mathematics without STRESS” MOOC Project, which is a cooperation between four schools from the Polytechnic Institute of Oporto (IPP). The concepts of MOOC and their quickly growing popularity are presented and complemented by a discussion of some MOOC definitions. The process of the project development is demonstrated by focusing on used MOOC structure, as well as the several types of course materials produced. At last, is presented a short discussion about problems and challenges met throughout the project. It is also our goal to contribute for a change in the way as teaching and learning Mathematics is seen and practiced nowadays.

Modern techniques for constraint solving the CASPER experience

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Engenharia Informática, pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

How to feel “in love" with math: a MOOC experience

In the past few years we have witnessed astonishing developments on distance learning tools, in particular on Open Educational Resources (OER) such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). In this paper we present the “Mathematics without STRESS”, a MOOC Project, which has been a collaborative volunteer effort that brought together professors, from four schools of the Polytechnic Institute of Oporto (IPP), in Portugal. Some concepts directly associated with MOOC and their quickly growing popularity are complemented with a discussion of some particular MOOC characterizations. The design process of this project is revealed by focusing on the MOOC structure we used, as well as on the several types of course materials that were produced. At last, we undertake a short discussion about some of the problems, achievements and challenges met throughout this project development, giving a special attention to the motivational aim of this work - hoping to contribute to a change in the way of teaching and learning Mathematics is seen and practiced nowadays.

Behind video lectures in a MOOC

The year 2012 was the “boom year” in MOOC and all its outstanding growth until now, made us move forward in designing the first MOOC in our Institution (and the third in our country, Portugal). Most MOOC are video lectured based and the learning analytic process to these ones is just taking its first steps. Designing a video-lecture seems, at a first glance, very easy: one can just record a live lesson or lecture and turn it, directly, into a video-lecture (even here one may experience some “sound” and “camera” problems); but developing some engaging, appealing video-lecture, that motivates students to embrace knowledge and that really contributes to the teaching/learning process, it is not an easy task. Therefore questions like: “What kind of information can induce knowledge construction, in a video-lecture?”, “How can a professor interact in a video-lecture when he is not really there?”, “What are the video-lectures attributes that contribute the most to viewer’s engagement?”, “What seems to be the maximum “time-resistance” of a viewer?”, and many others, raised in our minds when designing video-lectures to a Mathematics MOOC from the scratch. We believe this technological resource can be a powerful tool to enhance students' learning process. Students that were born in digital/image era, respond and react slightly different to outside stimulus, than their teachers/professors ever did or do. In this article we will describe just how we have tried to overcome some of the difficulties and challenges we tackled when producing our own video-math-lectures and in what way, we feel, videos can contribute to the teaching and learning process at higher education level.

Mapping the quality of life experience in Alfama: a case study in Lisbon, Portugal.

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.