Alfabetização de jovens e adultos no estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: o significado de um desafio para a inclusão social

Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências da Educação

The Portuguese programme one laptop per child: political, educational and social impact

In 2008, the XVII Portuguese Constitutional Government launched the ‘e.escolinha’ programme, within the Technological Plan for Education, which set out the distribution of a computer, called ‘Magalhães’, designed for chil-dren attending the 1st cycle of basic education. Suspended in 2011 by the XIX Government, this programme has allowed, however, almost 500 000 children to have access to a personal computer. It was expected that this political measure would “revolutionise” the national education system by bringing changes to the pedagogical practices of teachers and the learning processes of children and by achieving educational success, in general. Based on documental analysis and on a set of interviews with key decision-makers in conceiving, implementing and monitoring this governmental initiative, the fi rst part of this chapter presents and analyses the ‘e.escolinha’ initiative and the policies be-hind that governmental programme, seeking to disassemble those objectives and provide some insights into the relationship between discourses, rhetoric, and reality. After that, the chapter focuses on children’s uses and practices with the ‘Magalhães’ laptop, at school and at home. Based on the results of questionnaires fi lled in by approximately 1500 children from 32 First Cycle public schools of the municipality of Braga (north of Portugal) and also from questionnaires applied to their parents and teachers, this chapter intends to analyse the real impact of this initiative for children, family and school. It also seeks to discuss the contribution of this educational policy to children’s digital literacy and also to their own and their families’ social and digital inclusion. To understand if it represented an added value to teachers’ pedagogical practice is another of its aims. The fi ndings point out a major focus on technology and access rather than on uses and competences or even on social, educational and cultural change. In fact, a major conclusion is the existence of a strong gap between the policy and the practices, typical of a top-down policy design. This study is an integrant part of a research project titled “Navigating with ‘Magalhães’: Study on the Impact of Digital Media in Schoolchildren” conducted at the University of Minho, Portugal, financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [PTDC/CCI-COM/101381/2008] and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund [COMPETE: FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-009056].

DIS2E design para a inovação social: uma experiência de ensinoaprendizagem

Em ambiente de workshop intensivo, alunos do 1º ano dos cursos de teatro e design, desenvolvem um projeto conjunto com uma comunidade local num território específico. Cinco casas, cinco famílias, cinco objetos e cinco grupos, foi o mote para construir com a comunidade um espetáculo, que dá voz às memórias materiais e imateriais de um lugar, Couros, que é um eixo estratégico no centro histórico de Guimarães. Mais do que a iniciação às metodologias participativas, o modelo de ensino‐aprendizagem do design para inovação social, pretende criar competências para trabalhar com as comunidades, de forma a cooperar no desenvolvimento integrado da zona de Couros aproximando vivências, interesses e expectativas de alguns do seus ocupantes, neste caso, alunos, professores e habitantes locais. A colaboração no sentido da socialização entre múltiplos criadores funcionou como uma ferramenta de trabalho do design na valorização e na revitalização social e cultural da zona do campus urbis da Universidade do Minho.

Crescer & saúde : desenvolvimento e comportamento dos adolescentes e jovens recém ingressados no 1º ano do ISCED de Benguela, ensino superior público

Ao abordarmos a temática “Crescer & Saúde-Desenvolvimento e Comportamento dos Adolescentes e Jovens Recém-Ingressados no ISCED de Benguela”, enfatizamos a relevância dos aspetos que constituem a sua génese, no sentido de sugerir ações que contribuam para uma educação para a saúde no âmbito do sistema educativo do ensino superior público em Benguela, e a sua promoção na formação de professores. A questão de partida do estudo foi: Qual é a situação dos adolescentes e jovens em matéria de comportamentos de saúde e seus contextos? Para responder à questão, foram desenvolvidos dois estudos: O estudo quantitativo realizado através de um questionário constituído, entre outras, por questões do Health Behaviour School Aged-Children (HBSC) (Currie, et al., 2001, Matos et al., 2002, 2010), contou com um universo estudantil distribuído por nove especialidades. Assim sendo, foi extraída uma amostra de 20% do total de indivíduos que frequentam o primeiro ano, num total de 255 estudantes. O estudo qualitativo, através de grupos focais, contou com 78 indivíduos, distribuídos entre a universidade pública e privada, e teve a finalidade de caracterizar os comportamentos sexuais e outros aspetos relacionados com a saúde nos adolescentes e jovens do 1º ano do ISCED de Benguela. Os resultados refletem a necessidade de uma educação com cariz formativo e informativo que desenvolva ações pedagógicas específicas de dimensão social, presente nas várias instâncias de socialização, através da interação social para que os jovens adquiram normas, atitudes, conhecimentos e comportamentos aceites socialmente. Esperamos que o presente sirva de ferramenta importante para melhor conhecimento dos seus comportamentos, estilo de vida, conhecimentos face ao VIH/SIDA e IST’s, comportamento de risco, saúde mental, atitudes face à diferença e às adversidades, entre outros aspetos, permitindo o exercício de uma influência positiva por parte dos trabalhadores da instituição, dos colegas, familiares e sociedade civil.

Development of a data acquisition system to characterise sustainable energy technologies and to support Web-Based learning (DAQ-WBL)

Driven by concerns about rising energy costs, security of supply and climate change a new wave of Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET’s) have been embraced by the Irish consumer. Such systems as solar collectors, heat pumps and biomass boilers have become common due to government backed financial incentives and revisions of the building regulations. However, there is a deficit of knowledge and understanding of how these technologies operate and perform under Ireland’s maritime climate. This AQ-WBL project was designed to address both these needs by developing a Data Acquisition (DAQ) system to monitor the performance of such technologies and a web-based learning environment to disseminate performance characteristics and supplementary information about these systems. A DAQ system consisting of 108 sensors was developed as part of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology’s (GMIT’s) Centre for the Integration of Sustainable EnergyTechnologies (CiSET) in an effort to benchmark the performance of solar thermal collectors and Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP’s) under Irish maritime climate, research new methods of integrating these systems within the built environment and raise awareness of SET’s. It has operated reliably for over 2 years and has acquired over 25 million data points. Raising awareness of these SET’s is carried out through the dissemination of the performance data through an online learning environment. A learning environment was created to provide different user groups with a basic understanding of a SET’s with the support of performance data, through a novel 5 step learning process and two examples were developed for the solar thermal collectors and the weather station which can be viewed at http://www.kdp 1 .aquaculture.ie/index.aspx. This online learning environment has been demonstrated to and well received by different groups of GMIT’s undergraduate students and plans have been made to develop it further to support education, awareness, research and regional development.

On privacy-awareness in social networking services

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2011

Social intelligence and auditory intelligence : useful constructs?

Social intelligence, auditory intelligence, diagnostics, emotional intelligence, musical abilities, performance test, social perception, social memory, social understanding, voice, emotions research, social competences

Refinement of neuronal networks in the rodent prefrontal cortex and hippocampus : critical impact of early and late social experiences

Weaning, social environment, dendrites, dendritic spines, limbic system

Theory and measurement of social intelligence as a cognitive performance construct

Social intelligence

Community analysis in dynamic social networks

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2009

Objectives of social entrepreneurs and federal lending programs, and the optimal allocation of external funds

Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Wirtschaftswiss., Diss., 2010

Social intelligence and auditory intelligence : useful constructs?

Social intelligence, auditory intelligence, diagnostics, emotional intelligence, musical abilities, performance test, social perception, social memory, social understanding, voice, emotions research, social competences

Social inequalities in health among children and adolescents in Germany : an investigation of political approaches

The present diploma thesis analyses the German political understanding of social inequalities in health (SIH) among children and adolescents, and explores the political strategies that are perceived as most effective to tackle SIH. The study is based on the qualitative content analysis of official political documents developed at different political levels, which were the national level as well as two purposefully selected counties, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Niedersachsen. The study's findings indicate a beginning awareness of the existence of SIH in Germany. Nevertheless, this judgement refers to few publishing ministries only, both at national and county levels. The suggested approaches to tackle SIH vary significantly among the analysed documents, and no consensus can be identified with regard to the preference of upstream or downstream policies. The existence of the social gradient is not criticised in any of the analysed data. However, there seems to be a common agreement on the importance of setting related interventions and the contribution of both the national, regional, and local politic levels. As the absence of a central coordinator can explain these highly heterogeneous findings, key recommendations concern the establishment of a nation-wide coordinator and a nation-wide collection of best practice examples. Here, the Federal Centre for Health Education has an adequate position and the required competences to act as a coordinator and facilitator. Further requirements for a successful reduction of SIH in Germany are the extension of a continuous communication between all actors, the adoption of the planned German Prevention Law, and the nation-wide and early promotion of children as part of education policies in the federal states.

Corporate Social Responsibility im Kulturbereich

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