Acquisition of suture skills during medical graduation by instructor-directed training: A randomized controlled study comparing senior medical students and faculty surgeons

Due to shortage of time and limited availability of faculty surgeons to teach basic surgical skills during medical graduation, the search for alternative ways of simulated training with feedback is needed. The purpose of this study was to compare the simulated teaching of suture skills to novice medical students by senior medical students and by experienced faculty surgeons. Forty-eight novice medical students were randomly assigned to three practice conditions on bench model (n = 16): self-directed suture training (control), senior medical student-directed suture skills' training, or experienced faculty surgeon-directed suture skills' training. Pre- and post-tests were applied. Global Rating Scale with blinded evaluation and self-perceived confidence based on Likert scale were used to assess all suture performances in pre- and post-training. Effect size was also calculated. The analysis made after training showed that the students who received feedback from the instructors had better performance based on the Global Rating Scale (all p < 0.0000) and felt more confident to carry out sutures (all p < 0.0000) when compared to the control. There was no significant difference (all p > 0.05) between the student-directed teaching and faculty-directed teaching groups. The magnitude of the effect (instructor-directed training suture) was considered large (>0.80) in all measurements. The acquisition of suture skills after student-directed training was similar to the training supervised by faculty surgeon, and the increase in suture performances of trainees that received instructor administered training was superior to self-directed learning. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Italia.

Um estudo exploratório para a inserção da astronomia na formação de professores dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Histórias sob a história: um estudo das projeções metafóricas e formas de poder em Emília no País da Gramática

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Representações de leitura do livro didático de português do ensino fundamental maior

Nesta pesquisa toma-se o livro didático de português como objeto de pesquisa em vista de uma indagação norteadora: O que faz de um livro, um livro didático? Essa pergunta, que a princípio nos causou uma impressão de obviedade, pela opacidade de aspectos singulares à constituição do material, acabou por nos revelar que o livro didático é um objeto multifacetado e complexo, que se situa num campo recente da pesquisa acadêmica. Dentre tantas possibilidades de situar o livro didático no contexto das inquietações humanas, duas se apresentam nesta pesquisa como possibilidade de pensá-lo a partir de um campo próprio de investigação: (i) a que parte da compreensão do livro didático enquanto objeto portador de uma materialidade e uma visualidade, onde elementos como tipografia, espaços de diagramação, uso de cores, escolha de imagens, entre tantos outros, participam do processo de leitura tanto quanto o texto verbal linguisticamente constituído, e (ii) a que toma o livro como objeto portador de uma materialidade textual-discursiva na qual ele responde a muitos lugares e interesses, muitas vezes contraditórios, na tentativa de satisfazer algumas expectativas que ele representa. Neste sentido, podemos pensar que a fabricação do material visa em princípio a um projeto didático – em razão do qual se criam representações de leitura – como também fazer dele importante produto de um mercado promissor e rentável. Essa constatação nos faz pensar no livro como um objeto, atualmente, muito mais de consumo/distribuição do que material de apoio do ensino e da aprendizagem da língua portuguesa. A pesquisa caminha sobre o “chão” da Análise de Discurso de linha francesa, baseando-se nas ideias de autores como Pêcheux, Maingueneau, Possenti, Authier-Revuz; da história da leitura e do livro, com base em Chartier, Fairchild, Choppin, Freitag et al; Oliveira et al entre outros. O corpus da pesquisa constitui-se de uma coleção de livros didáticos de português (séries finais do Ensino Fundamental) que foi a mais escolhida no último PNLD/2011 pelas escolas urbanas do município de Cametá/Pará; caderno de campo com relato de experiências e questionário de perguntas abertas sobre o processo de escolha do livro didático de portuguesa naquelas escolas.

O ensino da filosofia no limiar da contemporâneidade: o que faz o filósofo quando seu ofício é ser professor de filosofia

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Idéias linguísticas constitutivas do pensamento de João Wanderley Gerardi sobre o ensino de língua portuguesa

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Translation and cultural adaptation for Brazil of the Developing Nurses' Thinking model

OBJETIVOS:traduzir e adaptar culturalmente para a língua portuguesa do Brasil o modelo Developing Nurses' Thinking, utilizado como estratégia ao ensino do raciocínio clínico.MÉTODO:a tradução e adaptação cultural foi realizada por meio de tradução inicial, síntese das traduções, retrotradução, avaliação por comitê de especialistas e pré-teste com 33 estudantes de graduação em enfermagem.RESULTADOS:as etapas de tradução inicial, síntese das traduções e retrotradução foram realizadas a contento, havendo a necessidade de pequenos ajustes. Na avaliação pelo comitê de especialistas da versão traduzida, todos os itens obtiveram concordância superior a 80% na primeira rodada de avaliação e no pré-teste com os estudantes. O modelo mostrou-se adequado à sua finalidade.CONCLUSÃO:recomenda-se o uso do modelo como uma estratégia complementar ao ensino do raciocínio diagnóstico, visando a formação de enfermeiros mais conscientes sobre a tarefa diagnóstica e a importância da segurança do paciente.

The Acting in Group of Teachers as Possibility of Resignification of the Interpretation about the Writing Language

Front of the possibility of acting with the teachers who teach in schools of Early Childhood Education for children aged six years, about the re-siginification of the understanding of writing language and of the importance of the child in this age group establish a positive relationship with this mode of language, was developed in 2011, a project linked to the Teaching of UNESP titled “Depathologization learning of the writing and inclusive education: reflections and actions of the teacher of Early Childhood Education”. This project aims to identification of the actions, in the classroom, of the patologization and subsequent implementation of actions depathologization writing by teachers’ actions, considering the increasingly early systematization of formal education of this kind of language in kindergarten. To this end, procedures that characterize the collaborative methodology are adopted. Throughout the methodological course, the engagement of the teachers, of the coordination and of the direction was valued, which seemed to favor both the formation, as the maintenance of the group, were very important aspects to ensure the interaction between its members and the common interest in the reflection about the topic in question. This paper focuses attention on whether thematic axes highlight during the initial survey of the expectations of teachers subsequently addressed in theoretical and reflective meetings leading up to identification of actions the patologization and/or of the proposition of the actions despatologizadoras of the learning of the writing, and in what refers to the way they are addressed.

A formação do palhaço circense

Pós-graduação em Artes - IA

In search of the autonomous and critical individual: a philosophical and pedagogical analysis of the physical education curriculum of São Paulo (Brazil)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Biology Teachers'Conceptions of the Diversity of Life and the Historical Development of Evolutionary Concepts

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Perception of brazilian citizens about Darwinism and the (Non) Influence of God in the evolutionary process

The current context is unique in relation to the teaching of evolution in Brazil and the population's perception of evolution. On the one hand, it is said often about Darwinism in various media, especially due to the relatively recent commemoration of the two hundred years of the birth of Charles Darwin and one hundred and fifty years of the launch of the book The Origin of Species. On the other hand, it is clear, in recent years, a timid movement, more worryingly, in favor of equitable approach of creationist and evolutionist theories in the classroom. This article is a part of a research whose goal is to raise the design that Brazilian respondents have about the Darwinian view (which disregards the divine influence in the evolution of the species). The instrument used for data collection is a questionnaire, type Likert scale, which consists of a series of statements in which respondents must express their degree of agreement or disagreement with each statement. In this study, we present the results of the statement. "The thought of Darwin, which does not consider God as a participant in the process of evolution, is...". Analysis correlated with data on religion and education of the respondents are also held. The results point to a tendency of respondents not to accept the Darwinian view that disregards God's interference in the evolutionary process. The data also show that respondents' choices are influenced by religion and education. The frequency of responses that tend to accept the Darwinian view (which disregards the divine participation in the evolution of the species) is higher among respondents with higher levels of education. Adherents to religions "evangelical" tend to deny this view more often than followers of other religions. Given the potential risks of inserting creationist approaches in school education, it is necessary a discussion of the possible impacts of this rejection of Darwin's thinking (which does not consider God as a participant in the evolutionary process), indicated here, in the teaching of evolution. This work was supported by FAPEMIG.

O ensino de física no estado de São Paulo: os cadernos do professor e do aluno no discurso oficial e nas representações dos professores

Pós-graduação em Educação para a Ciência - FC

Ensino de ecoico, tato e mando: uma revisão bibliográfica dos artigos do Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

A Study of Written Communication: Showing Your Steps

In this action research study of my teaching of sixth grade mathematics, I investigated the importance of showing work on daily assignments. I wanted to find out what happens when I ask students to show their work, specifically, whether it would improve students’ grades or not and whether I could help the students to understand the importance of showing their work. I discovered that students need to be shown the proper way to show their work, how to look at a problem and then how to show all of their steps to get to the answer. They need to be encouraged and be held accountable for showing their work when asked. Once they were able to show work, they could start to see the value in showing their work and they tended to show their work more often. Students became more confident in themselves as mathematics students and, in some cases, their grades improved. As a result of this research, I plan to teach and explain to my future classes about how showing their work can benefit them in a variety of ways. They will be able to use the knowledge that they gain in my classroom in their future math classes in middle and high school.