Estudo explorat��rio : as estrat��gias motivacionais no ensino da t��cnica da dan��a cl��ssica, para alunos do 3�� ano, no Ginasiano Escola de Dan��a

Relat��rio Final de Est��gio apresentado �� Escola Superior de Dan��a, com vista �� obten����o do grau de Mestre em Ensino de Dan��a.

HIV/AIDS knowledge among men who have sex with men: applying the item response theory

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of HIV/AIDS knowledge among men who have sex with men in Brazil using the latent trait model estimated by Item Response Theory. METHODS Multicenter, cross-sectional study, carried out in ten Brazilian cities between 2008 and 2009. Adult men who have sex with men were recruited (n = 3,746) through Respondent Driven Sampling. HIV/AIDS knowledge was ascertained through ten statements by face-to-face interview and latent scores were obtained through two-parameter logistic modeling (difficulty and discrimination) using Item Response Theory. Differential item functioning was used to examine each item characteristic curve by age and schooling. RESULTS Overall, the HIV/AIDS knowledge scores using Item Response Theory did not exceed 6.0 (scale 0-10), with mean and median values of 5.0 (SD = 0.9) and 5.3, respectively, with 40.7% of the sample with knowledge levels below the average. Some beliefs still exist in this population regarding the transmission of the virus by insect bites, by using public restrooms, and by sharing utensils during meals. With regard to the difficulty and discrimination parameters, eight items were located below the mean of the scale and were considered very easy, and four items presented very low discrimination parameter (< 0.34). The absence of difficult items contributed to the inaccuracy of the measurement of knowledge among those with median level and above. CONCLUSIONS Item Response Theory analysis, which focuses on the individual properties of each item, allows measures to be obtained that do not vary or depend on the questionnaire, which provides better ascertainment and accuracy of knowledge scores. Valid and reliable scales are essential for monitoring HIV/AIDS knowledge among the men who have sex with men population over time and in different geographic regions, and this psychometric model brings this advantage.

Body image in Brazil: recent advances in the state of knowledge and methodological issues

OBJECTIVE To analyze Brazilian literature on body image and the theoretical and methodological advances that have been made. METHODS A detailed review was undertaken of the Brazilian literature on body image, selecting published articles, dissertations and theses from the SciELO, SCOPUS, LILACS and PubMed databases and the CAPES thesis database. Google Scholar was also used. There was no start date for the search, which used the following search terms: &#8220;body image&#8221; AND &#8220;Brazil&#8221; AND &#8220;scale(s)&#8221;; &#8220;body image&#8221; AND &#8220;Brazil&#8221; AND &#8220;questionnaire(s)&#8221;; &#8220;body image&#8221; AND &#8220;Brazil&#8221; AND &#8220;instrument(s)&#8221;; &#8220;body image&#8221; limited to Brazil and &#8220;body image&#8221;. RESULTS The majority of measures available were intended to be used in college students, with half of them evaluating satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the body. Females and adolescents of both sexes were the most studied population. There has been a significant increase in the number of available instruments. Nevertheless, numerous published studies have used non-validated instruments, with much confusion in the use of the appropriate terms (e.g., perception, dissatisfaction, distortion). CONCLUSIONS Much more is needed to understand body image within the Brazilian population, especially in terms of evaluating different age groups and diversifying the components/dimensions assessed. However, interest in this theme is increasing, and important steps have been taken in a short space of time.

Work organisation and restructuring in the knowledge society

It is generally agreed that major changes in work are taking place in the organisation of work as corporate structures are transformed in the context of economic globalisation and rapid technological change. But how can these changes be understood? And what are the impacts on social institutions and on workers and their families? The WORKS project brought together 17 research institutes in 13 European countries to investigate these important issues through a comprehensive four year research programme.

Future gender relations in global restructuring processes case study evidence from knowledge-intensive, manufacturing and service occupations

Global restructuring processes have not only strong implications for European working and living realities, but also have specific outcomes with regard to gender relations. The following contribution analyses in which way global restructuring shapes current gender relations in order to identify important trends and developments for future gender (in)equalities at the workplace. On the basis of a large qualitative study on global restructuring and impacts on different occupational groups it argues that occupational belonging in line with skill and qualification levels are crucial factors to assess the further development of gender relations at work. Whereas global restructuring in knowledge-based occupations may provide new opportunities for female employees, current restructuring is going to deteriorate female labour participation in service occupations. In contrast, manufacturing occupations can be characterised by persistent gender relations, which do not change in spite of major restructuring processes at the work place. Taking the institutional perspective into account, it seems to be crucial to integrate the occupational perspective in order to apply adequate policy regulations to prevent the reinforcement of gender related working patterns in the near future.

Sobre o (des)uso de exerc��cios na t��cnica pian��stica

Disserta����o para obten����o do grau de Mestre em M��sica - Interpreta����o Art��stica. Especialidade: Piano

Forma����o Cont��nua de Professores e Tecnologias de Informa����o e Comunica����o no Distrito de Set��bal: um estudo de avalia����o

A Forma����o Cont��nua em Contexto de Pr��tica Efectiva foi um modelo de forma����o cont��nua implementado em cinco Centros de Forma����o de Associa����es de Escolas do Distrito de Set��bal. Ap��s um ano da sua implementa����o, optou-se pela realiza����o de um estudo de avalia����o que utilizou para recolha de dados o inqu��rito por question��rio. Foi dirigido aos professores a leccionar nas escolas de cada centro. A an��lise englobou o n��vel de satisfa����o dos docentes participantes no estudo, relativamente ao tipo de Forma����o Cont��nua que realizaram nos ��ltimos anos e permitiu: conhecer as compet��ncias e conhecimentos de base tecnol��gica dos professores; conhecer as suas necessidades de forma����o futuras e analisar como s��o assimiladas pelos professores as novas formas de Forma����o Cont��nua quer de car��cter misto, presencial e a dist��ncia (���blended-learning���) quer online. The Continuing Professional Development in the context of effective practice was a model of teachers��� training implemented in five Schools Associations��� Training Centers in the District of Set��bal. After a year of its implementation it took place an assessment study using a survey, directed to the teachers that teach in the schools of the five Centers. The analysis approached teachers��� level of satisfaction participating in the study about the type of Continuing Training in which they enrolled in recent years; it allowed to know teachers��� ICT skills and knowledge; it allowed to identify future training needs and examine how new models of Continuing Training are understood by teachers in either blended or distance learning.

Vocal warm-up and breathing training for teachers: randomized clinical trial

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of two speech therapy interventions, vocal warm-up and breathing training, focusing on teachers&#8217; voice quality.METHODS A single-blind, randomized, parallel clinical trial was conducted. The research included 31 20 to 60-year old teachers from a public school in Salvador, BA, Northeasatern Brazil, with minimum workloads of 20 hours a week, who have or have not reported having vocal alterations. The exclusion criteria were the following: being a smoker, excessive alcohol consumption, receiving additional speech therapy assistance while taking part in the study, being affected by upper respiratory tract infections, professional use of the voice in another activity, neurological disorders, and history of cardiopulmonary pathologies. The subjects were distributed through simple randomization in groups vocal warm-up (n = 14) and breathing training (n = 17). The teachers&#8217; voice quality was subjectively evaluated through the Voice Handicap Index (��ndice de Desvantagem Vocal, in the Brazilian version) and computerized voice analysis (average fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, noise, and glottal-to-noise excitation ratio) by speech therapists.RESULTS Before the interventions, the groups were similar regarding sociodemographic characteristics, teaching activities, and vocal quality. The variations before and after the intervention in self-assessment and acoustic voice indicators have not significantly differed between the groups. In the comparison between groups before and after the six-week interventions, significant reductions in the Voice Handicap Index of subjects in both groups were observed, as wells as reduced average fundamental frequencies in the vocal warm-up group and increased shimmer in the breathing training group. Subjects from the vocal warm-up group reported speaking more easily and having their voices more improved in a general way as compared to the breathing training group.CONCLUSIONS Both interventions were similar regarding their effects on the teachers&#8217; voice quality. However, each contribution has individually contributed to improve the teachers&#8217; voice quality, especially the vocal warm-up.TRIAL RECORD NCT02102399, &#8220;Vocal Warm-up and Respiratory Muscle Training in Teachers&#8221;.

Extended immersive learning environment: a hybrid remote/virtual laboratory

This paper presents a collaborative virtual learning environment, which includes technologies such as 3D virtual representations, learning and content management systems, remote experiments, and collaborative learning spaces, among others. It intends to facilitate the construction, management and sharing of knowledge among teachers and students, in a global perspective. The environment proposes the use of 3D social representations for accessing learning materials in a dynamic and interactive form, which is regarded to be closer to the physical reality experienced by teachers and students in a learning context. A first implementation of the proposed extended immersive learning environment, in the area of solid mechanics, is also described, including the access to theoretical contents and a remote experiment to determine the elastic modulus of a given object.These instructions give you basic guidelines for preparing camera-ready papers for conference proceedings. Use this document as a template if you are using Microsoft Word 6.0 or later. Otherwise, use this document as an instruction set. The electronic file of your paper will be formatted further. Define all symbols used in the abstract. Do not cite references in the abstract.

Human-robot teamwork: a knowledge-based solution

Disserta����o apresentada na Faculdade de Ci��ncias e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para obten����o do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Electrot��cnica e de Computadores

Knowledge discovery from trajectories

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

A interactividade na an��lise postural: um estudo para crian��as do 1�� ciclo do ensino b��sico

Actualmente os educadores e professores devem adoptar uma nova postura no sentido da sua actividade profissional ser cada vez mais inovadora, al��m de potenciarem a aprendizagem dos seus alunos em diferentes ��reas do conhecimento. A ergonomia �� uma ��rea que n��o se encontra inclu��da especificamente em nenhuma ��rea curricular do 1�� ciclo do Ensino B��sico, no entanto, �� de grande import��ncia no sentido de prevenir situa����es de desconforto e les��es m��sculo-esquel��ticas originados por posturas incorrectas. Com este estudo pretende-se que a ��rea de ergonomia, nomeadamente no que respeita �� adop����o de posturas corporais correctas e �� influ��ncia de factores ambientais, como o ambiente t��rmico ou a ilumina����o, seja uma mais valia no desenvolvimento global das crian��as do 1�� ciclo do Ensino B��sico, constituindo uma base de aprendizagem no ��mbito de sa��de escolar. Pretendeu-se criar materiais pedag��gicos que possam ser utilizados pelos professores e estudantes, com o objectivo de sensibilizar os mais novos e educar para a sa��de. O material did��ctico teve por base jogos interactivos, os quais inclu��ram conceitos e princ��pios ergon��micos, particularmente no que respeita �� adop����o de posturas correctas e utiliza����o da mochila para crian��as do 1�� ciclo do Ensino B��sico. Verificou-se que as crian��as estavam motivadas e interessadas no momento de aprendizagem. Quando questionadas sobre poss��veis d��vidas que surgiram na apresenta����o do material did��ctico, a maioria n��o demonstrou dificuldade, evidenciando terem adquirido os conhecimentos pretendidos. O material did��ctico foi bem aceite e o pr��-teste permitiu identificar v��rias situa����es para melhoria. Este estudo, em geral, demonstrou que os materiais did��cticos s��o meios capazes para a transmiss��o de conhecimentos proporcionando uma boa forma de aprendizagem, mesmo em assuntos novos.

TRAILER ��� e-Portfolio for collecting and recognizing informal learning process and outcomes

Informal learning is becoming more and more important: Nowadays people learn more this way, through the Internet, than in schools or normal trainings. But they don���t get any certificateswhich attest this fact. So they can't show the employer or teacher etc. that they have learned something. TRAILER project aim is to solve this problem by developing a special tool for managing of all competences and skills acquired through informal learning experiences. Both from the perspective of the user and the perspective of an institution or a company. We���ll present the IT tool to show how people can make their informal learning outcomes visible. TRAILER helps users to gather all information about process and outcomes of their informal learning. Users can share this with friends, colleagues or their employees, teachers and so on. They can create an interactive e-portfolio which can be attached to their CV, cover letter or Knowledge Management system etc. After the presentation of the tool we will discuss possible areas and fields to use this tool. Also we would like to discuss all possible use of the tool by the participants and another needs in this area. Moreover we want to discuss other problems in informal learning process, ways to solve the problems and discuss other ideas of different IT tools which could help in informal learning process. During the discussion we���ll use an interactive respond system which can be used on mobile devices: it makes possible for participants to share their opinions individually before knowing another persons' opinion.

Derivation methods for hybrid knowledge bases with rules and ontologies

Trabalho apresentado no ��mbito do Mestrado em Engenharia Inform��tica, como requisito parcial para obten����o do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Inform��tica

Aprendizagem aut��noma (self-directed learning): relat��rio de um atelier pedag��gico

Educa����o M��dica. 1994, 5(3):178-181.