requirement analysis of information and knowledge management in postmodern perspective on curriculum

National Basic Research Program of China; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Information Society Technologies; Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Zhuhai National Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone

Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum.

Higher education has progressed fairly steadily to a common pedagogical approach which centres on the idea of alignment. In this arrangement, intended learning outcomes are identified and declared; learning activities which will enable the desired learning and development to be achieved are conceived and undertaken with the support of appropriate and effective teaching; and assessment which calls for these outcomes is (ideally) carefully designed and implemented. All three elements are aligned in advance. The same principles and practices underpinned by notions of alignment have been applied to date in most of the purposeful schemes for personal development planning. In this chapter I argue that lifewide learning, wherein learning and development often occur incidentally in multiple and varied real-world situations throughout an individual’s life course, calls for a different approach, and a different pedagogy. Higher education should therefore visualise lifewide learning as an emergent phenomenon wherein the outcomes of learning emerge later on, and are often unintended. Consequently, they cannot be defined in advance of the activities through which they are formed. The main purpose of this chapter is to offer some practical ideas to support the development of pedagogies that would enable programme designers to embed in their programmes the principle and practice of lifewide education.

Curriculum: directions, decisions and debate.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the factors which may effect, stimulate or be the cause of curriculum changes in higher education (HE) in Scotland. This overview leads to a series of questions which could be used to encourage debate within and across institutions on strategic developments, which may enhance and inform the development of and support for the curriculum. The paper will begin by offering a definition of the term 'curriculum' before identifying the current areas of influence on how the curriculum, in its broadest sense, is shaped and delivered. This paper will provide an outline of some of the different approaches to the design and delivery of the curriculum which enhance the student experience in Scottish higher education, but which will of course have a wider relevance to HE in the UK and perhaps beyond.

Dificultades de convivencia escolar. Análisis en un aula de educación primaria

Las personas somos seres sociales, las relaciones con otros y otras nos construyen. Vivir con los demás puede generar conflictos y dificultades, generando malestar en agresores/as, víctimas y espectadores/as. Existen múltiples factores de riesgo favorecedores de conductas que dificultan la convivencia, las investigaciones sobre este fenómeno coinciden en que son los factores socio familiares los más influyentes, los estilos de comunicación familiar, el contexto social en el que se habita, los medios de comunicación. Como futuros/as docentes no podemos ser ajenos/as a estas influencias sociales y al protagonismo que tiene la escuela en la aparición de estos comportamientos, es necesario acercarse a estas dificultades de convivencia, identificar las conductas e interrogarnos sobre estrategias que pueden disminuir el mal clima escolar y estos comportamientos que también influyen en el aprendizaje.

El bullying en un centro escolar de la comarca de Pamplona

El acoso escolar es un fenómeno más común de lo que nos parece hoy en día. Con este trabajo fin de grado se pretende analizar el bullying en una aula concreta utilizando como método de análisis la observación y la encuesta. Posteriormente, se analizan los datos resultantes de la encuesta intentado relacionarlos con otros estudios y con mi propio conocimiento sobre el aula. Cada caso de bullying es diferente y por eso necesita un modo de actuación distinto. Debido a los resultados de la encuesta, desarrollo un apartado centrado en cómo trabajar el bullying en el aula reforzando ciertas características del niño mediante la inteligencia emocional. Este trabajo pretende ser útil para todos aquellos profesores o profesoras que quieran aumentar sus conocimientos acerca del bullying.

Abandono e absentismo escolar no concelho de Ponta Delgada

Dissertação apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências da Educação: Educação Especial, área de especialização em Domínio Emocional e da Personalidade

Análise do meio escolar atendendo à distribuição dos espaços físicos e aos pontos de vista dos profissionais do ensino

Dissertação apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Psicologia Jurídica

Diagnóstico do meio escolar

Dissertação apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa, como parte dos requisitos para a obtenção do grau de mestre em Psicologia, ramo de Psicologia da Educação e Intervenção Comunitária

Prevalência de má oclusão em crianças com idade escolar

Projeto de Pós-Graduação/Dissertação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Medicina Dentária

Integrating Sensor-Network Research and Development into a Software Engineering Curriculum

The emergence of a sensor-networked world produces a clear and urgent need for well-planned, safe and secure software engineering. It is the role of universities to prepare graduates with the knowledge and experience to enter the work-force with a clear understanding of software design and its application to the future safety of computing. The snBench (Sensor Network WorkBench) project aims to provide support to the programming and deployment of Sensor Network Applications, enabling shared sensor embedded spaces to be easily tasked with various sensory applications by different users for simultaneous execution. In this report we discus our experience using the snBench research project as the foundation for semester-long project in a graduate level software engineering class at Boston University (CS511).

Citizenship education in Irish secondary schools: the influence of curriculum content, school culture and stakeholder perspectives

This research interrogates the status of citizenship education in Irish secondary schools. The following questions are examined: How does school culture impact on citizenship education? What value is accorded to the subjects, Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE) and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE)? To what extent are the subjects of both the cognitive and non-cognitive curricula affirmed? The importance of these factors in supporting the social, ethical, personal, political and emotional development of students is explored. The concept of citizenship is dynamic and constantly evolving in response to societal change. Society is increasingly concerned with issues such as: globalisation; cosmopolitanism; the threat of global risk; environment sustainability; socio-economic inequality; and recognition/misrecognition of new identities and group rights. The pedagogical philosophy of Paulo Freire which seeks to educate for the conscientisation and humanisation of the student is central to this research. Using a mixed methods approach, data on the insights of students, parents, teachers and school Principals was collected. In relation to Irish secondary school education, the study reached three main conclusions. (1) The educational stakeholders rate the subjects of the non-cognitive curriculum poorly. (2) The subjects Civic, Social and Political education (CSPE), and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) command a low status in the secondary school setting. (3) The day-to-day school climate is influenced by an educational philosophy that is instrumentalist in character. Elements of school culture such as: the ethic of care; the informal curriculum; education for life after school; and affirmation of teachers, are not sufficiently prioritised in supporting education for citizenship. The research concludes that the approach to education for citizenship needs to be more robust within the overall curriculum, and culture and ethos of the Irish education system.

A framework for revising preservice curriculum for nonphysician clinicians: The mozambique experience.

Mozambique, with approximately 0.4 physicians and 4.1 nurses per 10,000 people, has one of the lowest ratios of health care providers to population in the world. To rapidly scale up health care coverage, the Mozambique Ministry of Health has pushed for greater investment in training nonphysician clinicians, Tιcnicos de Medicina (TM). Based on identified gaps in TM clinical performance, the Ministry of Health requested technical assistance from the International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) to revise the two-and-a-half-year preservice curriculum. A six-step process was used to revise the curriculum: (i) Conducting a task analysis, (ii) defining a new curriculum approach and selecting an integrated model of subject and competency-based education, (iii) revising and restructuring the 30-month course schedule to emphasize clinical skills, (iv) developing a detailed syllabus for each course, (v) developing content for each lesson, and (vi) evaluating implementation and integrating feedback for ongoing improvement. In May 2010, the Mozambique Minister of Health approved the revised curriculum, which is currently being implemented in 10 training institutions around the country. Key lessons learned: (i) Detailed assessment of training institutions' strengths and weaknesses should inform curriculum revision. (ii) Establishing a Technical Working Group with respected and motivated clinicians is key to promoting local buy-in and ownership. (iii) Providing ready-to-use didactic material helps to address some challenges commonly found in resource-limited settings. (iv) Comprehensive curriculum revision is an important first step toward improving the quality of training provided to health care providers in developing countries. Other aspects of implementation at training institutions and health care facilities must also be addressed to ensure that providers are adequately trained and equipped to provide quality health care services. This approach to curriculum revision and implementation teaches several key lessons, which may be applicable to preservice training programs in other less developed countries.

El dominio de la variable: variable didáctica en el álgebra escolar

En el análisis del discurso matemático manifiesto en un texto de álgebra escolar, hemos encontrado que el dominio de la variable es un concepto presente desde la aparición de las expresiones generalizadoras de operaciones, relaciones y propiedades de los números reales, que tan sólo se explicita en el estudio del álgebra de las expresiones algebraicas. Este concepto, junto con el de conjunto de referencia de una expresión y con el de conjunto solución, juega un papel protagónico en diferentes contextos del álgebra escolar, que le permiten configurarse como una variable didáctica imprescindible en la significación de muchos otros conceptos algebraicos.

Planes de área en matemáticas y autonomía escolar: un estudio de casos

AUTONOMÍA ESCOLAR Y PLANIFICACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS La autonomía escolar se estableció en Colombia en 1994, con la intención de que las instituciones educativas adaptaran el currículo a su contexto. Como consecuencia, instituciones y profesores se hicieron responsables del diseño curricular en todas las áreas, con la guía de lineamientos curriculares publicados por el gobierno. Estos diseños curriculares que se plasman en el plan de área. En este trabajo caracterizamos los planes de área de matemáticas en una muestra de conveniencia de 18 colegios de educación básica secundaria y educación media de Bogotá y sus cercanías y exploramos en qué medida se llevan a la práctica los lineamientos gubernamentales en esos documentos. Codificamos los planes de área teniendo en cuenta las cuatro componentes del currículo: el contenido, los objetivos, la metodología y la evaluación. Para cada una de estas componentes, establecimos:1. el nivel de generalidad con el que se trata, 2. los términos que las instituciones utilizan para referirse a ella y 3. la coherencia y la estructura con la que las instituciones la describen. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto la variedad de aproximaciones de las instituciones de la muestra a la planificación del área de matemáticas. Esta variedad se constata en el número de niveles de generalidad que aparecen en los documentos, en la diversidad de términos que se utilizan para referirse a cada uno de los componentes curriculares y en el nivel de detalle con que se describen. Los resultados sugieren que, en las instituciones de la muestra en las que las ideas de estándar y competencia aparecen en el plan de área, estas ideas no juegan un papel organizador del diseño curricular. Así mismo, los resultados muestran que no existe un significado compartido para los términos “estándar”, “objetivo”, “logro” o “desempeño” entre los documentos de la muestra. Adicionalmente, hemos observado que no se constata coherencia entre esta expectativa de aprendizaje y el contenido propuesto dentro de la planificación. Estos resultados nos llevan a conjeturar que, en las instituciones a las que pertenecen los documentos de la muestra, no existe una aproximación sistemática, estructurada y fundamentada a la planificación curricular.