Mulheres entre muros: do moral ao social

coord. Lima, Joana; Pereira, Maria Joana Alves, Silva, Maria Manuela Antunes da

Risky behavior regarding drug use and HIV infection: an Internet questionnaire coupled with short education texts for Portuguese speakers

Surveys of risky behavior relating to HIV/AIDS are generally made for groups at risk of infection, for which HIV/AIDS prevalence is usually expected to be higher than in the general population. Therefore, an educational homepage in Portuguese was created on the Internet to inform/ask internauts regarding knowledge and behavior. The internauts were classified as adolescents (13 to 25 years) and adults (>25 years). The number of STDs was reported as 1. 8 ± 2. 6 infections (range: 1 to 20 infections); 43% used condoms during sexual intercourse. Alcohol consumption was reported by 63% and illicit drug use by 32% (marijuana 24% and inhalants 15%). Among the adolescents, 31% did not classified alcohol as a drug. The adults more frequently reported homosexuality, anal intercourse and STDs, although the adolescents also presented high rates of risky behavior. These results show the need to reach out to internauts through better control strategies. Different types of strategies must be encouraged, in order to reach people that use this means of communication and entertainment.

Learning Activities with Semantic. Hypermedia in Higher Education

The increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in diverse professional and personal contexts calls for new knowledge, and a set of abilities, competences and attitudes, for an active and participative citizenship. In this context it is acknowledged that universities have an important role innovating in the educational use of digital media to promote an inclusive digital literacy. The educational potential of digital technologies and resources has been recognized by both researchers and practitioners. Multiple pedagogical models and research approaches have already contributed to put in evidence the importance of adapting instructional and learning practices and processes to concrete contexts and educational goals. Still, academic and scientific communities believe further investments in ICT research is needed in higher education. This study focuses on educational models that may contribute to support digital technology uses, where these can have cognitive and educational relevance when compared to analogical technologies. A teaching and learning model, centered in the active role of the students in the exploration, production, presentation and discussion of interactive multimedia materials, was developed and applied using the internet and exploring emergent semantic hypermedia formats. The research approach focused on the definition of design principles for developing class activities that were applied in three different iterations in undergraduate courses from two institutions, namely the University of Texas at Austin, USA and the University of Lisbon, Portugal. The analysis of this study made possible to evaluate the potential and efficacy of the model proposed and the authoring tool chosen in the support of metacognitive skills and attitudes related to information structuring and management, storytelling and communication, using computers and the internet.

A multiculturalidade na disciplina de educação moral e religiosa católica

Desde sempre que a convivência entre pessoas e grupos de culturas e etnias diferentes se tem revelado difícil, e as grandes e profundas alterações na sociedade europeia têm vindo a alterar um pouco os paradigmas a que estávamos habituados em termos de convivência entre as pessoas, revelando uma sociedade com um tecido cada vez mais multicultural. Assim, torna-se pertinente uma educação que seja marcadamente multicultural. Entendemos que o conceito de multiculturalidade deve estar mais presente, aliás, na forma como se faz e pensa a educação hoje, por isso, é nosso entendimento, que é necessário rever mesmo a génese profunda do ato educativo e tudo o que isso implica na atualidade, pois não é possível pensar a educação e a escola hoje desligando-a da sua realidade multifacetada e multicultural. A disciplina de EMRC (Educação Moral e Religiosa Católica) é uma disciplina que tem já uma longa história de implementação no sistema de ensino português, existindo em quase todas as escolas do Ensino Básico e Secundário, por direito próprio ao abrigo da Concordata celebrada entre o Estado Português e a Santa Sé em 7 Maio de 1940 e ratificada em 18 Maio de 2004. A Disciplina de EMRC encontra-se assim incluída na matriz curricular do nosso sistema de ensino. Uma vez que a implementação da Disciplina de EMRC é da responsabilidade da Igreja Católica e tendo em linha de conta os valores e princípios naturalmente inerentes ao cristianismo, é legítimo supor a pertinência desta disciplina para uma educação e convivência multiculturais. O presente estudo pretendeu investigar o modo como a disciplina de EMRC contribui para uma educação multicultural. Propusemo-nos para isso encontrar, através de uma revisão da literatura, os principais elementos que constituem uma verdadeira educação, e neste sentido, definir a relação entre a escola e a multiculturalidade, e assim, contextualizar a educação multicultural. A tarefa seguinte foi a de comparar o conceito e a realidade da educação multicultural com o programa de EMRC. Procurámos complementar este estudo com a aplicação de um questionário a uma amostra significativa de professores de EMRC da Diocese de Lisboa, instrumento este que foi construído a partir da análise da literatura efetuada e tendo por base, sobretudo, o programa curricular, os manuais da disciplina e outros documentos relevantes para o tema em estudo. Pretendemos aferir o grau de importância dada pelos docentes à educação multicultural através da disciplina de EMRC, pelo menos nas escolas onde se verifique uma grande diversidade étnica. Para consolidar o estudo, foi também realizada uma entrevista a alguns professores e informantes – chave com destaque para a Disciplina. Pretendeu-se ainda investigar o grau de sensibilidade dos professores para uma verdadeira educação multicultural e as limitações encontradas por eles no programa e respetiva prática pedagógica, nomeadamente na sua ação como professores de EMRC e, eventualmente, a formulação de possíveis sugestões.

Education in Brazil: A big challenge?

Brazil is an emerging country where community school is being promoted in order to respond to the still significant gap between the poor and the rich population. This paper attempts to analyze one community school. Although other social programs whose scopes are also to enhance education have been implemented, such as the "Bolsa Familia", the impact of community schools need attention as well. Indeed, community schools must be studied due to the relevant positive attributes they can provide. Moreover, by improving the quality of education, studies show an enhancement of a higher-skilled nation and a better qualified labour force for the future. To clearly demonstrate the impacts of these communities, the treatment effect will be measured by using a matching estimator.

Predictors of student success: a study of Portuguese Higher Education graduates

Work Projected presented in the context of a Directed Research Internship at the Directorate-General of Statistics of the Portuguese Ministry of Education, and as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA - School of Business and Economics

Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of health education in learning and cognitive development of children infected, previously treated in an endemic area for helminthiasis. METHODS: It is a longitudinal, experimental, with random allocation of participants. The study included 87 children of both sexes enrolled in the school hall of Maranhão, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and divided into two groups: intervention and control. Initially the children were submitted to the parasitological fecal examination for infection diagnosis and, when positive, they were treated. For the data collection, a structured questionnaire and the psychological tests Raven, Wisc-III and DAP III were applied, before and after the educational intervention. For the group comparison, the Mann Whitney test was used, and established significance level of 5%. RESULTS: It was found that previously infected children who received the educational intervention, children showed higher performance than the control group in strutured questionnaire (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: It is acceptable to suppose the positive influence and the importance in the use of educational interventions in the cognitive recovery and learning of children previously treated with anthelmintics.

Treatment and education reduce the severity of schistosomiasis periportal fibrosis

Introduction This study evaluates the factors associated with the development of severe periportal fibrosis in patients with Schistosoma mansoni. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to December 2012 involving 178 patients infected with S. mansoni who were treated in the Hospital das Clínicas of Pernambuco, Brazil. Information regarding risk factors was obtained using a questionnaire. Based on the patients' epidemiological history, clinical examination, and upper abdomen ultrasound evaluation, patients were divided into 2 groups: 137 with evidence of severe periportal fibrosis and 41 patients without fibrosis or with mild or moderate periportal fibrosis. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted using EpiInfo software version 3.5.5. Results Illiterate individuals (30.1%) and patients who had more frequent contact with contaminated water in towns in the Zona da Mata of Pernambuco (33.2%) were at greater risk for severe periportal fibrosis. Based on multivariate analysis, it was determined that an education level of up to 11 years of study and specific prior treatment for schistosomiasis were preventive factors for severe periportal fibrosis. Conclusions The prevailing sites of the severe forms of periportal fibrosis are still within the Zona da Mata of Pernambuco, although there has been an expansion to urban areas and the state coast. Specific treatment and an increased level of education were identified as protective factors, indicating the need for implementing social, sanitary, and health education interventions aimed at schistosomiasis to combat the risk factors for this major public health problem.

Aprender a ser: um estudo em duas escolas portuguesas

Aprender a ser constitui um dos pilares da educação no século XXI como recomendado nos relatórios de Faure (1972) e de Delors (1996) para a UNESCO. Partilhando o conceito de aprendizagem ao longo da vida, ambos os relatórios salientam a importância dos indivíduos crescerem no conhecimento e domínio de si. Aprender a ser Homem, a ser si próprio e, finalmente, a ser feliz são as metas deste pilar na vida de cada indivíduo. Numa abordagem filosófica ao tema, desdobrámos a aprendizagem do ser num conjunto de dimensões que a escola deve promover no dia-a-dia escolar para proporcionar aos seus alunos a aprendizagem de ser Homem e ser si próprios. Complementámos a leitura dos dois relatórios com outros autores contemporâneos, como Fernando Savater e Roberto Carneiro, para ficarmos com as seguintes nove dimensões: Carisma natural; Memória; Tomada de decisão; Comunicação; Imaginação e criatividade; Equilíbrio físico-espiritual; Sentido estético; Relação com o meio-ambiente; e Valores e moral. Interessa-nos perceber qual o conhecimento que as escolas portuguesas têm sobre a aprendizagem do ser e as práticas que desenvolvem nesse sentido e, por isso, decidimos fazer um estudo prospetivo através da análise de duas escolas da cidade de Lisboa, uma pública e uma privada. O caso de estudo das duas escolas permitiu-nos indicar alguns possíveis caminhos para a compreensão do grau de sensibilização e preparação das escolas portuguesas para oferecerem aos seus alunos boas oportunidades de desenvolvimento enquanto Homens e seres únicos e originais. Entre outras descobertas, entendemos haver três eixos especialmente importantes na promoção da aprendizagem do ser: formação de professores; atividades e projetos escolares; e as estruturas escolares de apoio ao aluno. Com base nos resultados que obtivemos, cremos haver motivos para pensar que existe um conhecimento razoável sobre o que é a aprendizagem do ser e a sua importância. Parece-nos, ainda, que poderá haver uma ligeira superiorização do ensino privado, face ao público, na sua capacidade de proporcionar esta aprendizagem junto dos seus alunos.

Success in higher education

This paper analyses the determinants of success of undergraduate Nova SBE students from 2008 to 2011. We account for the question of selection that is likely to occur when we just observe the success of those students who were admitted and enrolled at school. The main result of our empirical analysis is that the high school score appears to be a stronger predictor of the students´ success than the national Math’s exam score. In addition, the evidence also suggests that male students tend to have a better performance in Economics than female students and displaced management students have more difficulties in terms of their scores. Finally, it does not seem to exist a strong visible difference on the final GPA between students from public and private schools.

A exaltação da virtude moral no púlpito da igreja de Santa Cruz de Coimbra

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Fundação Millennium bcp, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda

The relationship between the education level of successor's and the firm performance in German publicly listed family firms- an empirical analysis

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how far the education level of the second or third generation of publicly traded German family firms affects the post-succession firm performance. By conducting a correlational and regression design, the aim is to examine how several variables influence the performance of family firms. Performance measures, for example ROA and Tobin’s q and variables, like Education level and succession periods, examine analytically that a positive succession trend will occur. However, with the used model, only a less rigid model shows empirical evidence.

The reasons behind the progression in PISA scores: An education production function approach using semi-parametric techniques

Research Masters

Literacia(s) com e sobre valores: um projeto de intervenção pedagógica no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1ºCiclo do Ensino Básico

The impact of PBL on transferable skills development in management education

Attention to transferable skills is growing in higher education. Problem-based learning (PBL) is increasingly used in management education for its promising potential to, amongst others, promote transferable skills, including problem-solving, critical thinking and teamwork skills. However, this relationship is seldom assessed. In this study, I use structural equation modelling to examine the effectiveness of PBL, measured through students’ perceptions of satisfaction and skills development. Results show the development of transferable skills is explained by interaction with tutors and a host company, and defining teamwork rules. Satisfaction is explained by skills development, assessment issues, defining teamwork rules and understanding how organisations work. I draw conclusions and recommendations.