Dunmanway Grow it Cook it Eat it - Growing Together

Growing Together will develop a community garden on unused land to help local families and groups to grow, cook and eat fruit and vegetables. The project aims to engage members of Dunmanway community in sharing and learning skills (including intergenerational cooperation) to promote healthy eating and wellbeing and to provide opportunities for growing and using food together in a fun, sustainable and inclusive way. Watch this space! Part of theCFI Programme 2013-2015 Initiative Type Community Food Growing Projects Nutrition Education and Training Programmes Location Cork Partner Agencies safefood Website http://dunmanwayfrc.com/communityandoutreach/881/

Designing online interaction to address disciplinary competencies: A cross-country comparison of faculty perspectives

This study was conducted at colleges in three countries (United States, Venezuela, and Spain) and across three academic disciplines (engineering, education, and business), to examine how experienced faculty define competencies for their discipline, and design instructional interaction for online courses. A qualitative research design employing in-depth interviews was selected. Results show that disciplinary knowledge takes precedence when faculty members select competencies to be developed in online courses for their respective professions. In all three disciplines, the design of interaction to correspond with disciplinary competencies was often influenced by contextual factors that modify faculty intention. Therefore, instructional design will vary across countries in the same discipline to address the local context, such as the needs and expectations of the learners, faculty perspectives, beliefs and values, and the needs of the institution, the community, and country. The three disciplines from the three countries agreed on the importance of the following competencies: knowledge of the field, higher order cognitive processes such as critical thinking, analysis, problem solving, transfer of knowledge, oral and written communication skills, team work, decision making, leadership and management skills, indicating far more similarities in competencies than differences between the three different applied disciplines. We found a lack of correspondence between faculty¿s intent to develop collaborative learning skills and the actual development of them. Contextual factors such as faculty prior experience in design, student reluctance to engage in collaborative learning, and institutional assessment systems that focus on individual performance were some of these reasons.

Some of the challenges and experiences of formal education in a Mobile-Centric Society (MCS) = Algunos retos y experiencias de la educación formal en la Sociedad Móvil-Céntrica (SMC)

The aim of the paper is to describe some of the challenges faced by schools, or by formal education in general, as a consequence of today"s mobilecentric society (henceforth MCS), the term we will use to denote the new, networked learning ecology that has arisen from the massive penetration of digital media in everyday life. After revisiting some of the ideas of McLuhan and Vygotsky in the light of this new technological scenario, we describe five traits of the MCS and the challenges illustrated through educational practices that we believe schools will face if they wish to preserve their function of individualization and socialization. We believe that despite the emergence of the MCS, the main function of the school is still to provide the"box of tools" (a set of psychological instruments, such as reading, writing, mathematical notation, digital literacy, etc.) that enables people to develop their learning skills and life projects and to become part of communities and groups. However, the complexity and mobility of the new learning environments means that the position held by schools needs to be reevaluated in the face of the informal learning paths and experiences both online and offline to which learners now have access. We also need to reevaluate the meaning of the school itself as an institution and the model of learner it should be training

La percepción de los estudiantes universitarios de Bellas Artes sobre sus dificultades de aprendizaje: el caso de las competencias de búsqueda y selección de información relevante

[spa]Identificar las dificultades halladas en el proceso de aprendizaje con la especial relación entre el esfuerzo y el logro experimentada por los estudiantes implica afrontar uno de los problemas fundamentales del aprendizaje. El presente artículo pretende abordar los aprendizajes vinculados a las competencias transversales de la búsqueda y selección de información desde el examen de la percepción de los estudiantes universitarios de arte en la realización de una carpeta de aprendizaje adaptada a la titulación y al perfil del estudiante. A partir de un enfoque cuantitativo, y mediante un estudio descriptivo transversal, se analizará la relación existente entre el esfuerzo realizado, los resultados de aprendizaje declarados y la relación entre ambas cuestiones -lo que a la postre define las dificultades- que manifiestan los estudiantes. [eng]This article aims to address the learning skills associated with the competence of searching and selecting information from the examination of the perceptions of art college students in the drawing up of a learning portfolio tailored to the degree and student profile. From a quantitative approach, and through a cross-sectional descriptive study, we will analyze the relationship between effort, stated learning outcomes and the relationship between these two issues what ultimately defines the difficulties which declare the students.

Oppimisen esteet strategian toimeenpanossa. Vertaileva tutkimus kahdesta tavaratalosta

Tutkimuksen päätavoitteena on oppivan organisaation teoriaan perustuen tunnistaa organisaation ja yksilön oppimisen esteet ja analysoida strategian toimeenpanon ja oppimisen esteiden välistä yhteyttä ja niiden keskinäistä vuorovaikutusta, sekä analysoida empiiristen case -esimerkkien avulla niissä havaittujen organisatorisen ja yksilöllisen oppimisen esteitä strategian toimeenpanossa teoreettisen viitekehyksen näkökulmasta. Aihetta on käsitelty määrittelemällä oppivan organisaation, arvojen, toiminta- ajatuksen, vision, strategisen osaamisen johtamisen, organisaation oppimisen, oppimistaitojen, organisaation oppimisen esteiden, tiimioppimisen, yksilön oppimisen, yksilön oppimisen esteiden ja reflektion käsitteet. Empiirinen osuus tutkimuksessa analysoi oppimisen esteitä ja näiden eroavaisuuksia kahden tavaratalon välillä. Empiirinen tutkimusaineisto on kvalitatiivinen, jossa henkilökohtaisten haastattelujen avulla kerätyn tutkimusaineiston rooli on merkittävä. Tutkimuksen keskeisimmät tulokset ovat aiemman tutkimuksen ja kirjallisuuden sekä empiirisen tutkimuksen perusteella löydetyt tutkituissa organisaatioissa toimivat organisatoriset ja yksilöllisen oppimisen esteet. Keskeisimmät johtopäätökset saaduista tutkimustuloksista ovat osaamisen johtamisen strategian käyttöönotto, esimiestoiminnan kehittämisen ja vaadittavan osaamisen näkyväksi tekemisen sekä tietojärjestelmien kehittämisen avulla saavutettava strategian oppimisen esteitä poistava johtamistapa - osaamisen strateginen johtaminen.

The examination of predictors of success in two programmes requiring self-direction /

The new Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy programmes, based in the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) are unique. The teaching and learning philosophies utilized are based on learner-centred and selfdirected learning theories. The 1991 admissions process of these programmes attempted to select individuals who would make highly qualified professionals and who would have the necessary skills to complete such unique programmes. In order to: 1 . learn more about the concept of self-directed learning and its related characteristics in health care professionals; 2. examine the relationship between various student characteristics - personal, learner and those assessed during the admissions process - and final course grades, and 3. determine which, if any, smdent characteristics could be considered predictors for success in learner-centred programmes requiring self-directed learning skills, a correlational research design was developed and carried out. Thirty Occupational Therapy and thirty Physiotherapy smdents were asked to complete 2 instruments - a questionnaire developed by the author and the Oddi Continuing Learning Inventory (Oddi, 1986). Course grades and ratings of students during the admissions process were also obtained. Both questionnaires were examined for reliability, and factor analyses were conducted to determine construct validity. Data obtained from the questionnaires, course grades and student ratings (from the admissions process) were analyzed and compared using the Contingency Co-efficient, the Pearson's product-moment correlation co-efficient, and the multiple regression analysis model. The research findings demonstrated a positive relationship (as identified by Contingency Coefficient or Pearson r values) between various course grades and the following personal and learner characteristics: field of smdy of highest level of education achieved, level of education achieved, sex, marital stams, motivation for completing the programmes, reasons for eru-oling in the programmes, decision to enrol in the programmes, employment history, preferred learning style, strong selfconcept and the identification of various components of the concept of self-directed learning. In most cases, the relationships were significant to the 0.01 or 0.(X)1 levels. Results of the multiple regression analyses demonstrated that several learner and admissions characteristic variables had R^ values that accounted for the largest proportion of the variance in several dependent variables. Thus, these variables could be considered predictors for success. The learner characteristics included: level of education and strong self-concept. The admissions characteristics included: ability to evaluate strengths, ability to give feedback, curiosity and creativity, and communication skills. It is recommended that research continue to be conducted to substantiate the relationships found between course grades and characteristic variables in more diverse populations. "Success in self-directed programmes" from the learner's perspective should also be investigated. The Oddi Continuing Learning Inventory should continue to be researched. Further research may lead to refinement or further development of the instrument, and may provide further insight into self-directed learner attributes. The concept of self-directed learning continues to be incorporated into educational programmes, and thus should continue to be explored.

An Exploration of the Impact of Ontario Integrated Secondary Programs Through the Perceptions of their Graduates

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of participating in an integrated program at the secondary level on students’ lives based on their postsecondary perceptions. A basic interpretive qualitative design was employed in this study. Ten semistructured interviews were conducted with graduates of integrated program as the means of data collection. It was found that the integrated programs accomplished objectives in close alignment with the mandated curriculum expectations regarding integrated programs. Some of the most powerful impacts related to students' learning skills, such as collaboration and social skills, and how to create as well as participate in community. A strong connection between participating in integrated programs and vocational guidance was also identified. The results led to the recommendation that integrated programs be explored as a platform for delivering 21st century education as they closely paralleled the objectives prescribed by a number of authors who detailed the role of education in the 21st century.

Integrating information literacy in health sciences curricula: a case study from Québec

Objective: To portray an information literacy programme demonstrating a high level of integration in health sciences curricula and a teaching orientation aiming towards the development of lifelong learning skills. The setting is a French-speaking North American university. Methods: The offering includes standard workshops such as MEDLINE searching and specialised sessions such as pharmaceutical patents searching. A contribution to an international teaching collaboration in Haiti where workshops had to be thoroughly adapted to the clientele is also presented. Online guides addressing information literacy topics complement the programme. Results and evaluation: A small team of librarians and technicians taught 276 hours of library instruction during the 2011-2012 academic year. Methods used for evaluating information skills include scoring features of literature searches and user satisfaction surveys. Discussion: Privileged contacts between librarians and faculty resulting from embedded library instruction as well as from active participation in library committees result in a growing reputation of library services across academic departments and bring forth collaboration opportunities. Sustainability and evolution of the library instruction programme is warranted by frequent communication with partners in the clinical field, active involvement in academic networks and health library associations, and reflective professional strategies.

Interventions infirmières de stratégies de transfert de connaissances pour prévenir et dépister le délirium chez la clientèle âgée

Rapport de stage présenté à la Faculté des sciences infirmières en vue de l’obtention du grade Maître ès sciences (M.Sc.) en sciences infirmières option expertise-conseil

Introducción al manejo de catálogos bibliográficos, bases de datos y literatura gris : experiencias prácticas en el aula de publicidad y relaciones públicas de la Universidad de Alicante.

Durante el segundo curso de la licenciatura en Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas, los alumnos de la universidad de Alicante cursan la asignatura troncal Documentación Informativa. El objetivo es enseñarles herramientas de búsqueda y recuperación de la información como son los catálogos bibliográficos, las bases de datos o las publicaciones electrónicas. Además de aprender a manejar estas herramientas, se persigue en todo momento estimular el sentido crítico en lo que respecta al uso de recursos electrónicos. Los alumnos presentan como proyecto final la búsqueda de documentación esencial, pertinente y relevante en torno a un tema de su propia elección. La importancia del aprendizaje de destrezas y estrategias en este nivel de su formación es fundamental para futuras aplicaciones académicas y laborales.

Los estilos de enseñanza y aprendizaje en el aula : memoria final del proyecto de investigación.

Adaptar y validar un instrumento de evaluación de los estilos de aprendizaje para estudiantes de segundo ciclo de secundaria.. La muestra se compone de 1289 estudiantes de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria de seis centros públicos y concertados de los municipios de Cieza, Lorca, Bullas, Las Torres de Cotillas y Alquerías, de la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia. Muestreo aleatorio de carácter incidental. Los cuestionarios fueron cumplimentados voluntariamente por todos los estudiantes que asistieron a clase el día de la aplicación. Se ha desarrollado en dos fases: la primera ha consistido en revisar el cuestionario y realizar una aplicación piloto con estudiantes de diferentes centros y en la segunda se ha llevado a cabo la aplicación propiamente dicha. Se ha utilizado la adaptación española del cuestionario Canfield Learning Skills Inventory (CLSI) de Hervás Avilés (1998, 2003, 2005) compuesto por cuatro escalas referidas a los componentes afectivos relacionados con las experiencias educativas que motivan a los estudiantes a elegir y actuar con éxito en un área de contenido y se han procesado los datos con paquetes estadísticos SPSS 13.0.. Entre los resultados se observa que aparecen representados en la muestra todas las tipologías de estudiantes. Los predominantes son los que tienen una clara orientación social-aplicada y el independiente conceptual. Si se agrupan los tipos puros y los mixtos, hay un leve predominio de los segundos. Las mujeres alcanzan un porcentaje más alto en el tipo social-conceptual, mientras que los chicos en el independiente-aplicado. Para atender los estilos de aprendizaje de los alumnos no es necesario elaborar de manera individualizada estrategias de enseñanza. No consiste en instruir en la forma preferida por cada uno de los alumnos sino en atender la diversidad de aula al reforzar los puntos fuertes y desarrollar los débiles. La informática permite hoy aplicar con más facilidad distintos estilos de aprendizaje en el aula..

Aprender a incluir em contexto de sala de aula do 1º ano de escolaridade

O presente trabalho teve por objectivo investigar e construir um Plano de Intervenção baseado numa sala de 1º ano de escolaridade na cidade de Portalegre com vista à inclusão, na turma, de um aluno em situação de Necessidade Educativa Especial. Este plano integra uma componente teórica – prática uma vez que foi feita uma análise teórica prévia que tinha como objectivo conhecer e caracterizar cientificamente toda a situação – problema e, consequentemente foram aplicadas técnicas de análise e recolha de dados: pesquisa documental, entrevista, sociometria e observação naturalista com base na literatura de referência para a aplicação dessas técnicas. Posteriormente foi feita a análise de toda a situação e foram identificadas quais as áreas de intervenção que seriam pertinentes para a problemática em estudo com o intuito de ser elaborado um Plano de Intervenção, realizado durante quatro meses em contexto de sala de aula e com o objectivo de proporcionar alguma mudança face à situação – problema encontrada. Este projecto de investigação – acção teve como objectivo responder à questão de partida: Como promover as aprendizagens numa ambiência inclusiva numa turma de 1º ano de escolaridade? O Plano de Intervenção foi estruturado em quinze sessões de aproximadamente 90 minutos cada, onde foram desenvolvidas actividades com a turma que promovessem, o mais possível, a progressão académica e a participação do aluno em situação de NEE. Para a avaliação do Plano de Intervenção recorreu-se às técnicas de recolha e análise de dados: entrevista e sociometria, assim como às reflexões semanais elaboradas após cada intervenção. O Plano de Intervenção interferiu positivamente na inclusão do aluno em situação de NEE na sua turma. Palavras

Os sentimentos de competência dos docentes de Educação Física e a sua percepção sobre a organização da aprendizagem na sala de aula

Os Professores assumem um papel determinante nas aprendizagens dos alunos, que está fortemente ligada ao sentimento de competência que os mesmos têm. O objectivo deste estudo é investigar se o sentimento de competência dos Professores de Educação Física se relaciona ou não com: a aprendizagem cooperativa, as relações entre o professor e o aluno, a negociação e o ensino cooperativo. A amostra foi constituída por cento e quinze Professores de Educação Física do ensino regular (N=46 Género Feminino e N=69 Género Masculino), dos quais setenta e oito leccionam o 2º e 3ºciclo e trinta e sete o ensino Secundário. Quanto aos instrumentos de recolha de informação foram utilizados dois inquéritos por questionário denominados por: A PERCEPÇÃO DOS PROFESSORES SOBRE A APRENDIZAGEM NA SALA DE AULA (A.S.A. – E.P.A., Leitão, 2012) e a ESCALA DE AUTO-ESTIMA PROFISSIONAL (E.A.P., Leitão, 2012). Neste estudo é possível verificar que os Docentes de Educação Física sentem-se mais competentes e capazes quando percepcionam na sala de aula um ambiente mais cooperativo. A relação professor-aluno é significativa visto que o Professor sente-se mais capaz e competente quando tem uma melhor ligação com os alunos, tal como nos refere Jesus (1996) que considera que um Docente motivado e realizado tende a ter alunos também motivados e activos. No que se refere à Negociação, esta não é sentida pelos Docentes como um factor que influencie o seu sentimento e a capacidade de competência. Por último, no que diz respeito ao ensino cooperativo, os professores sentem-se mais competentes e capazes quando partilham com os colegas várias estratégias de ensino ou feedbacks, mostrando ser importante, na aquisição de competências e capacidade, a ligação com outros profissionais de ensino.

Análise de resultados intermediários das políticas de bônus em escolas públicas estaduais brasileiras

Programas de bônus para servidores de escolas públicas, visando estimular a melhoria da aprendizagem dos alunos, foram adotados por diferentes estados brasileiros entre 2008 e 2011. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar o impacto desses programas em três dimensões: 1. práticas pedagógicas dos professores; 2. absenteísmo e rotatividade dos professores ou visão do diretor ou professor sobre a assiduidade e rotatividade do professor; 3. interlocução com familiares para garantir a frequência dos alunos. A coleta de dados foi feita a partir dos questionários da Prova Brasil, respondidos por diretores, professores e alunos das escolas do grupo de tratamento e do grupo controle. Foram considerados na análise: a variação no ano de implementação dos programas (dose), seus diferentes desenhos (tipo) e a série/ano dos alunos (série) que responderam a Prova Brasil. A abordagem metodológica adotada para a análise proposta foi a de pareamento pelo escore de propensão, seguido do cálculo de diferenças em diferenças, entre os Estados que implementaram a política e os que não adotaram. Os resultados variam de acordo com a série e dose, havendo impacto positivo para algumas categorias de análise na dimensão 1, relacionado à frequência com que professores corrigem o dever de casa. Na dimensão 2, os resultados apontam para uma redução de preocupação dos diretores com a rotatividade dos professores e aumento da percepção de que o absenteísmo dos docentes é um problema na realidade escolar pública brasileira. Quanto à dimensão 3, os dados revelam, de modo geral, ausência de impacto. Permanece a dúvida sobre a eficiência e a eficácia do estímulo financeiro para produzir mudanças no comportamento dos professores e diretores que possam promover resultados intermediários na melhoria da aprendizagem dos alunos.

A díade saberes e práticas docentes : um estudo de suas inter-relações

This study The Dyad of knowledge and teaching practices: an inter-relational study deals with the relationship between conceptual knowledge on behalf of the teachers and their teaching practices. The research aims to investigate the relations amongst conceptual meanings related to the professor and the practices of three (03) Fundamental Cycle public schools teachers in Natal-Brazil. Thus, a collaborative research of qualitative nature was performed by us. It was based on collaboration and critical reflection, as well as the socialhistorical theoretical methodological principles of Ferreira (2009). This was acknowledged as an analytical support for the reflections that were realized on concepts related to teachers and teaching considering the archeology on these concepts. The methodological procedures and tools we used consisted of Formative Autobiographies, Reflexive Study, Collaborative Observation, as well as some Reflexive Sessions. The analysis framework was based on information obtained by these methodological procedures as well as the critical collaborative and reflexive procedures. The studies permitted us to widen our knowledge related to the conceptual meaning of teaching and teachers. But it was not always possible for us to (re)elaborate these meanings in the conceptual phase. This was only possible to understand once our Formative Autobiographies were analyzed. They reveal that the concept elaboration process is not a part of our own formative path. The time that was dedicated to that proved to not be enough. The concept elaboration process demands time, effort as well as life-long learning skills. This is not always possible to achieve in this part of the study, on the other hand, this was possible to acknowledge that in the different stages of our conceptual elaboration. The teaching practices that we analyzed were predominantly heterogeneous and were fundamented on meanings of concepts related to teachers and teaching, that were internalized beforehand, (re)elaborated according to the conflicted and contradictory situations. The reflexive and collaborative process that we experimented during the Reflexive Sessions pointed out the predominance of technical and practical reflection process. In some moments it was possible for us to critically reflect on teaching practices due to the collaborative mode that we experienced. The importance of collaboration for teaching formation and professional development of behalf of teachers in general is pointed out by this research. Also regarding this research it was possible to see that there was personal and professional growth, experiencing learning together to collaborative reflect, as well as to counter-argument, reformulate concepts and conceptions aiming to transform our teaching practice