Principais dificuldades que os alunos de viola de arco apresentam quando ingressam no ensino superior português: relatório de estágio

A maioria dos instrumentistas de cordas friccionadas apresentam problemas ou dificuldades ao longo de toda a sua aprendizagem musical. Como professora e violetista, realizei este relatório de estágio com o intuito de pesquisar onde se focam a maioria desses problemas. Este relatório de estágio está dividido em duas diferentes secções, a primeira apresenta todo o trabalho pedagógico efectuado com três diferentes alunos, de diferentes níveis ao longo do ano lectivo de 2012/13 na Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças (FMAC), e a segunda apresenta toda a investigação que realizei para concluir quais as principais dificuldades que os alunos de viola de arco apresentam quando ingressam no Ensino Superior. A investigação apresenta uma vasta pesquisa literária e o testemunho dos professores de várias instituições, como a Universidade do Minho, Escola Superior de Música e Artes de Espectáculo, Universidade de Aveiro, Escola Superior das Artes Aplicadas de Castelo Branco e Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa que ajudaram à profunda análise deste tema. Os resultados revelaram que os principais problemas apresentados nos estudantes de viola de arco são de origem técnica, ou seja, postura (posição do corpo, distribuição do peso correcto pelas pernas e escolha adequada do instrumento de acordo com a fisionomia do aluno); mão direita (pega correcta dos dedos no arco, distribuição de arco e contracção muscular); mão esquerda (posição do polegar, ombro e braço que afectam a afinação, flexibilidade, mudanças de posição e vibrato); influência da escolha do repertório por parte de um professor e autonomia do aluno.

Ansiedade na performance: causas e possíveis curas

I - Este relatório pretende descrever o estágio especializado em ensino de música realizado no âmbito do mestrado em Ensino de Música na Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. Este estágio decorreu no Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa e no Conservatório de Música, de Dança e de Arte Dramática de Lisboa, duas escolas de ensino oficial especializado. Sendo a primeira pública e a segunda privada, estas escolas apresentam realidades muito diferentes do ponto de vista organizacional e de gestão, que resultam em situações heterogéneas e dependentes de vários factores que serão mencionados ao longo deste relatório. A análise SWOT efectuada para cada uma destas organizações descreve mais objectivamente os factores e variáveis que permitiram construir este relatório. Foram caracterizados três alunos, um de cada curso: preparatório, básico e secundário. A Maria M. é a aluna do 2º ano do curso preparatório, o Pedro R. é aluno de 3º grau do curso básico de instrumento e o Diego M. é aluno de 7º grau. Foram aprofundadas as práticas pedagógicas desenvolvidas com cada um dos alunos e os avanços e metas atingidas por cada um destes alunos. Este estágio resulta numa reflexão sobre a prática pedagógica aplicada e as suas motivações.

A motivação da aprendizagem de um instrumento musical em alunos do ensino básico articulado sob a perspectiva da teoria da auto-determinação no Conservatório Regional de Setúbal: relatório de estágio

O presente relatório, no âmbito da obtenção do grau de Mestre no Ensino da Música, na Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, descreve o estágio efectuado no Conservatório Regional de Setúbal e analisa a prática pedagógica do professor através de três alunos de violino e viola d´arco de níveis diferentes: Iniciação (violino); 4º grau, Ensino Básico (viola d´arco) e 7º grau, Ensino Secundário (viola d´arco). São descritas e analisadas as práticas pedagógicas desenvolvidas com base na filosofia do Método Suzuki e na Teoria da Auto-­determinação de Edward L. Deci e Richard M. Ryan. O objectivo fundamental do processo de ensino-­ aprendizagem é a criação de condições para que os alunos se motivem autonomamente e atinjam níveis altos de motivação intrínseca (Teoria da Auto-­determinação), e que se tornem bons instrumentistas e melhores seres humanos (Método Suzuki).

As Relações Públicas e a gestão de artistas numa editora musical

Trabalho de projeto apresentado à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Gestão Estratégica das Relações Públicas.

A interação entre Música e Dança na aula de Técnica de Dança Clássica : estratégias para o desenvolvimento da sensibilidade musical com alunas do 5º ano da Escola Vocacional de Dança da Sociedade Filarmónica Gualdim Pais

Relatório Final de Estágio apresentado à Escola Superior de Dança, com vista à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ensino de Dança.

Nuclear medicine technologist education and training in Europe: literature and web-based findings

Purpose - The education and training of a nuclear medicine technologist (NMT) is not homogeneous among European countries, which leads to different scope of practices and, therefore, different technical skills are assigned. The goal of this research was to characterize the education and training of NMT in Europe. Materials and methods - This study was based on a literature research to characterize the education and training of NMT and support the historical evolution of this profession. It was divided into two different phases: the first phase included analysis of scientific articles and the second phase included research of curricula that allow health professionals to work as NMT in Europe. Results - The majority of the countries [N=31 (89%)] offer the NMT curriculum integrated into the high education system and only in four (11%) countries the education is provided by professional schools. The duration in each education system is not equal, varying in professional schools (2-3 years) and high education level system (2-4 years), which means that different European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, such as 240, 230, 222, 210 or 180 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, are attributed to the graduates. The professional title and scope of the practice of NMT are different in different countries in Europe. In most countries of Europe, nuclear medicine training is not specific and curriculum does not demonstrate the Nuclear Medicine competencies performed in clinical practice. Conclusion - The heterogeneity in education and training for NMT is an issue prevalent among European countries. For NMT professional development, there is a huge need to formalize and unify educational and training programmes in Europe.

Da criação musical à prática interpretativa: um diálogo ao encontro da inovação estética e artística do fagote em Portugal

Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Música - Interpretação Artística

A dimensão crítica na interpretação musical

Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Música - Interpretação Artística

Overcoming the objectification of western classical music with the concept of music as a process

Dissertation to obtain the degree of Master in Music - Artistic Interpretation

Using remote labs in education: two little ducks in remote experimentation

A book about remote labs and engineering education begs to begin with the question, “Why do engineering programs include lab work?” Although this may seem like a given and not worth discussing, whenever we’re faced with innovative ideas, it’s important to “put everything on the table” in order to reassess its value to our program or goals. What is it about lab work that is of value to students? Are there elements of traditional labs that we could let go of? Are there elements that we don’t want to lose? These questions can help us to clarify how and why labs are integrated into an engineering education program.

Utilization of remote experimentation in mobile devices for education

In this paper the authors intend to demonstrate the utilization of remote experimentation (RE) using mobile computational devices in the Science areas of the elementary school, with the purpose to develop practices that will help in the assimilation process of the subjects taught in classroom seeking to interlink them with the daily students? activities. Allying mobility with RE we intend to minimize the space-temporal barrier giving more availability and speed in the information access. The implemented architecture utilizes technologies and freely distributed softwares with open code resources besides remote experiments developed in the Laboratory of Remote Experimentation (RExLab) of Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Brazil, through the physical computation platform of the ?open hardware of construction of our own. The utilization of open code computational tools and the integration of hardware to the 3D virtual worlds, accessible through mobile devices, give to the project an innovative face with a high potential for reproducibility and reusability.

WebLabs in education

Remote Labs are an emergent educational resource in Engineering, which addresses the remote delivery of practical contents, i. e. remote experiments, through the web. This resource may either be used as a support for e-learning courses in Engineering or Science, in the cases where on-campus lab work is not possible, or as a complement to face-to-face lab classes, allowing the students to repeat a given experiment on a remote fashion, without time restrictions.

Formative assessment and motivation in higher education: a successful approach in mechanical engineer thermodynamics

Between 2000/01 and 2006/07, the approval rate of a Thermodynamics course in a Mechanical Engineer graduation was 25%. However, a careful analysis of the results showed that 41% of the students chosen not to attend or dropped out, missing the final examination. Thus, a continuous assessment methodology was developed, whose purpose was to reduce drop out, motivating students to attend this course, believing that what was observed was due, not to the incapacity to pass, but to the anticipation of the inevitability of failure by the students. If, on one hand, motivation is defined as a broad construct pertaining to the conditions and processes that account for the arousal, direction, magnitude, and maintenance of effort, on the other hand, assessment is one of the most powerful tools to change the will that students have to learn, motivating them to learn in a quicker and permanent way. Some of the practices that were implemented, included: promoting learning goal orientation rather than performance goal orientation; cultivating intrinsic interest in the subject and put less emphasis on grades but make grading criteria explicit; emphasizing teaching approaches that encourage collaboration among students and cater for a range of teaching styles; explaining the reasons for, and the implications of, tests; providing feedback to students about their performance in a form that is non-egoinvolving and non-judgemental and helping students to interpret it; broadening the range of information used in assessing the attainment of individual students. The continuous assessment methodology developed was applied in 2007/08 and 2008/09, having found an increase in the approval from 25% to 55% (30%), accompanied by a decrease of the drop out from 41% to 23,5% (17,5%). Flunking with a numerical grade lowered from 34,4% to 22,0% (12,4%). The perception by the students of the continuous assessment relevance was evaluated with a questionnaire. 70% of the students that failed the course respond that, nevertheless, didn’t repent having done the continuous assessment.

Reshaping higher education systems in the MENA region: the contribution of remote and virtual labs

Learning is not only happening in school or university; it is also an important aspect of the daily life that allows students to remain in their biological and physical environment helping to reshape it, by applying what they have learnt. Today, the higher education sector is a part of important strategies used by countries in order to foster their development. Despite its geographical location, i.e. its closeness to Europe and Asia, the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region still needs an integrated strategy for the advancement, reform, and update of its higher educational landscape. Although some solutions have been experimented in the region in the field of higher education, they have not been able to raise the quality of education to the level comparable that observed in developed countries. In other words, many MENA higher education systems are facing problems, for which solution ought to be sought. We analyse the situation of higher education systems in the MENA countries and the factors that affect the delay in achieving the level of education existing in other world regions, e.g. Europe, especially in the higher education sector. During the discussion, the impact of new technology-enhanced tools, such as remote laboratories, in the process of development and consolidation of MENA universities, is particularly stressed.