Conhecimento, linguagem e legitimação no processo de aprendizagem acadêmico-científica

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Em busca do conhecimento em Educação: fundamentos do trabalho acadêmico-científico

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A transição do Ensino Secundário para o Ensino Superior: factores contributivos para uma boa adaptação e relação com o sucesso académico universitário

O elevado crescimento da frequência do Ensino Superior, cerca de 30% nos últimos 30 anos, (Lencastre, L. et al., 2000) e as altas taxas de insucesso a nível universitário(40.6%) têm despertado a atenção quer de investigadores sociais quer da sociedade em geral. No nosso entender, é fundamental tentar perceber se esse insucesso se situa logo no primeiro ano e se está relacionado com a adaptação ao mais alto nível de ensino, no sentido de se desenvolverem estratégias de promoção duma boa adaptação e, consequentemente, do sucesso académico. É neste sentido, que nos propomos, neste estudo, tentar analisar os possíveis factores que contribuem para uma adaptação bem sucedida à Universidade, bem como os possíveis factores de risco. Esta análise centra-se necessariamente no conhecimento e caracterização da população alvo (alunos do 1º ano da Universidade da Madeira no presente ano lectivo) assim como das implicações da transição entre níveis de ensino e da consequente adaptação ao ambiente Universitário.

Sucesso académico e características motivacionais em alunos do 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e Secundário

Nos dias de hoje verifica-se que no contexto escolar surgem diversas situações em que os alunos demonstram ter baixa motivação, o que resulta de uma baixa auto-estima e baixa auto-eficácia académica. Nesta perspectiva torna-se fulcral clarificar estes construtos e também outros não menos importantes, nomeadamente as atribuições causais e metas académicas e a pertinência dos mesmos no sucesso académico dos alunos. Nesta óptica, o objectivo central deste estudo consiste em tentar evidenciar se as características motivacionais, tais como, a auto-estima global, a auto-eficácia académica, as atribuições causais e as metas académicas influenciam de alguma forma o sucesso académico dos alunos que frequentam o 9º e 12ºanos, operacionalizado através das classificações dos exames nacionais (Língua Portuguesa/Português e Matemática). Complementarmente pretende-se perceber se as características motivacionais variam em função das variáveis sociodemográficas (idade, ano de escolaridade, género, habilitações literárias dos pais e área de residência). Neste estudo participaram 450 alunos de ambos os sexos, sendo 54,2% do sexo feminino e 45,8% do sexo masculino, que frequentam o 9º e 12º ano de escolaridade, em várias escolas da Região Autónoma da Madeira no ano lectivo 2009/2010. Os resultados apontam para a existência correlações positivas e negativas entre as características motivacionais e o sucesso académico, tais como a auto-estima global, a auto-eficácia académica, as atribuições causais e as metas académicas encontram-se de alguma forma correlacionadas com o sucesso académico. Relativamente às variáveis sociodemográficas, os resultados evidenciam a existência de diferenças significativas entre as atribuições causais para factores aleatórios e evitamento pressão social em contexto escolar e o ano de escolaridade. Foram evidenciadas diferenças significativas na auto-eficácia académica para o género, habilitações literárias dos pais e área de residência. Para a auto-estima global não foram constatadas diferenças em função das variáveis sociodemográficas.

A transição escolar do 1º para o 2º Ciclo: implicações a nível do rendimento académico

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Tendências de sucesso no percurso acadêmico do alunado na UFRN

Enter the University and remain in it is a challenge for all students who leave high school and enter this level. The aspiration for a graduation occur by several factors, which have decisive impact on the personal lives of individuals who acquire training in higher education, both as regards the professional capacities as economic opportunity. There are several possible trajectories to get into a college. Students can be classified by their success or failure in performance due to multiple intervening factors that interact among themselves. The purpose of this work is to identify and characterize the factors that reveal trends of success and failure in academic performance of UFRN students. From this general goal, broke out the following specific objectives: to analyze the problems of expanding access to and restructuring of higher education in Brazil and UFRN; explicit definitions of success and failure in higher education; identify national trends and international help to determine the success and failure of students in UFRN. Therefore, we conducted an extensive literature review on the subject and analyzed secondary data from official national, regional and local statistical sources on the subject. In the delimitation of the data, the research population refers to students who entered the UFRN through the vestibular, in the years 2000 to 2010, and who attended at least one (1) semester. In the light of the analysis, the theoretical framework interpretation and the investigative data, it was possible to identify the major factors that affect the categories of success and failure in this university, which highlight the following: the policies adopted by UFRN have provided access mechanisms and student assistance policies, trying to supply the needs of students for them to have a good academic performance, or success in their courses; in addition, the chosen focus of analysis showed that, within the same area, there is not significant difference in the performance of students coming from less favored social and educational contexts, which does not occur when analyzing the success rates between students from different areas of knowledge. The trajectory of interpretative analysis of the results presented in this paper enables to raise points of discussion in various forums and higher councils in order to increase the academic indices of its students. It also enables to promote strategies of guidance and student support for that he persists in his choice

Análise dos efeitos de um plano educacional individualizado no desenvolvimento acadêmico e funcional de um aluno com transtorno do espectro do autismo

Given the paradigm of inclusive education, the presence of students with autism spectrum disorder in regular schools has become more significant in recent years. Studies have revealed, however, deficits in academic participation of these students in these settings. Among the factors contributing to this phenomenon include poor teacher training and the lack of strategies to promote curriculum access. The aim of this study was to develop an instrument that would promote academic inclusion of a student with autism through procedures that could simultaneously empower the teacher. In this perspective, the study aimed to analyze the effects of an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), developed collaboratively with teachers, on the academic and functional development of a student with autism in an early childhood education setting. Data were collected in a private school located in the city of Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, in the course of the academic year 2012. In addition to the student with autism, one teacher, a specialized educator, and four teacher aides participated in the study. The research used a single subject quasi-experimental design (AB) as well as qualitative methods of data analysis. The study was conducted in three phases: characterization, baseline and intervention. The first comprised interviews with the child´s parents and teachers, as well as the identification of two routines focus of intervention. In the second phase, the amount of time the student spent engaged in the selected routines during baseline was analyzed. In the third phase, the researcher prepared, collaboratively with the teachers, an individualized educational plan (IEP) for the student. Finally, the IEP was implemented by the teachers. The results indicated qualitative and quantitative changes in student´s participation in academic and functional tasks after the intervention program

Aplicando análise de envoltória de dados -DEA à avaliação de desempenho acadêmico: um estudo em programas de pós-graduação em engenharia mecânica e produção no Brasil

This Master of Science Thesis deals with applying DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) to the academic performance evaluation of graduate programs in Brazil, exploring it on a Mechanical and Production Engineering Program 2001-2003 data. The data used is that of the national assessment carried by CAPES, the governmental body in charge for graduate program assessment and certification. It is used the CCR output oriented DEA model, the CCR-Output with Assurance Region, and Window Analysis. The main findings are first that the CCR has the concerning problem of zero values of weights of outputs that is not appropriate in a sense that a graduate program has the higher efficiency score zeroing some output (e.g., number of academic papers published). Secondly, the Assurance Region method proved useful. Third, the Window Analysis also gave some light to the consistency of the performance in the time frame analysed. Also, the analysis results in the understanding that the Mechanics and Production Engineering should not be assessed jointly like currently applied by CAPES and rather should be assessed in its own field separately. Finally, the result of the DEA analysis showed some serious inconsistencies with the CAPES method. Graduate programs considered excellent has got low performance score and vice versa. This Thesis provides a strong argument in order to use DEA at least as a complimentary methodology for graduate program performance evaluation in Brazil

Uso da internet em ambiente acadêmico :estudo com docentes em institruição de educação tecnológica no Brasi

The last decade, characterized by the vertiginous growth of the computers worldwide net, brought radical changes in the use of the information and communication. Internet s use at business world has been largely studied; however, few are the researches about the academic use of this technology, mainly if we take into consideration institutions of technologic education. In this context, this research made an analysis of internet s use in a technologic education institution in Brazil, analyzing, in particular, the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio Grande do Norte CEFET/RN for that standard use of this Information Technology (IT) tools and, at the same time, studying the determinant factors of this use. To reach the considered objectives, a survey research was effected, be given data collected daily through the research s questionnaire application to 150 teachers who answered a set of closed and scaled questions. The quantitative data were qualitatively analyzed, arriving a some significant results related to the standard use and the factors that influenced in the use of these Internet technologies, like: the age scale, the exposition s to the computer level, the area of academic graduation, the area of knowledge where acts and the title, exert significant influence in the academic use of Internet between the professors