A conscientização da comunicação não verbal na educação universitária

Trabalho experimental, CUJO objetivo e provar ser possivel uma aprendizagem de ma10r sensibilização da comunicação não-verbal, atraves de um curso ção de Comunicações não-verbais. ~ precedido de de interaabordagem teórica mostrando a importância da comunicação não-verbale_ de como a Educação precisa se ocupar desta area. Apresenta,. em seguida, sugestoes para a aplicação dos resultados na formação de professores e propoe futuras pesqu1sas a tir da ora realizada.

A comunicação não-verbal na sala de aula

O objetivo deste trabalho situa-se a partir dos acréscimos do pensamento cientifico moderno, que em função dos estudos do processo verbal da comunicação humana, visa, agora, um pouco mais adiante, o estudo de seu processo não verbal, onde se sanam velhas dúvidas e propõem-se novos questionamentos acerca da figura Homem. O trabalho analisará as duas dimensões existenciais que o homem estabelece com o mundo: a dimensão verbal, quando da sua apreensão da "imagem de mundo", dentro de suas características psico-linguísticas e a dimensão não-verbal que sobredetermina esta "imagem de mundo", dentro do aspecto psico-biológico do ser. A postulação de uma existência verbal e de uma existência não-verbal, não poderia ser entendida como duas ordens diferentes e antagônicas, mas como duas modalidades de manifestação da existencialidade: o indivíduo participa simultaneamente das duas, como identidade e diferença. E é sob este aspecto que, a sala de aula se revelaria como um micro-universo, cujas coordenadas básicas, informação/formação, articulariam, de fato, as coordenadas existenciais identidade/diferença. Acrescentaria-se, finalmente, que a partir da sala de aula, o indivíduo modelaria a sua realidade conceitual, sendo ao mesmo tempo, por ela modelado. Tal processo se desenvolveria à medida em que o indivíduo reelaborasse a realidade objetiva como sujeito do discurso e seria modelado, à medida em que se deixasse objetivar e impessoalizar-se no discurso cultural. A partir então deste jogo maior do homem, onde se ajustariam as duas dimensões existenciais, que o equilíbrio psico-social do individuo se tentaria, garantindo a sua sobrevivência. Seria desta forma, o espaço sala de aula, franquia maior da individualidade, um campo aberto a educadores e psicologos, fazendo uso mais profilatico que terapêutico ao ajuste do homem a seu grupo e/ou um pouco mais, ao seu próprio sentido humano.

O que a criança nos diz quando parece nada falar? : o desbloqueio do discurso falado através do não-verbal

Esta dissertação tem como base o estudo de caso de uma criança com dificuldade na fala, diagnosticada por neurologista, fonoaudiólogo e psicólogo como apresentando um distúrbio no desenvolvimento global com suspeita de deficiência mental. A metodologia está amparada na forma e na estrutura que FREUD se utiliza na descrição do caso do pequeno Hans (1909), onde a criança é falada por seus pais. Utilizamos como referencial teórico a Psicomotricidade Relacional, a Psicanálise e a Educação Inclusiva, fazendo parte de uma idéia de estrutura interligada e inter-relacionada. Seus fundamentos foram caminhos ao tema desta dissertação ou seja: o que a criança nos diz quando parece nada falar? o desbloqueio do discurso falado através do não-verbal. Este desbloqueio do discurso falado, que no início das sessões propostas pelo pesquisador com base na comunicação não-verbal, apresentava-se, pela criança (estudo de caso), apenas com monossílabas e a repetição de uma palavra “amnei”, foi aos poucos e progressivamente, evoluindo a outras palavras, chegando a frases pequenas, juntamente com sua mudança de comportamento e relacionamento na família e na escola. Nossa abordagem visa fazer emergir da criança seus desejos, seus interesses, suas faltas e falas, através do jogo livre e espontâneo, do brincar, na busca de seu reconhecimento de sujeito diferente, portanto único, ator, atuante. O foco psicoafetivo do sujeito é o cerne de nossa atuação, onde o facilitador, orientador das sessões, deve estar disponível e disposto a interagir mas observando o desejo da criança, favorecendo a realização simbólica de seus desejos e frustrações inconscientes. Desta forma pretendemos apresentar, quem sabe, novas formas e maneiras de abordagens possíveis a serem realizadas com crianças com dificuldades na aprendizagem, procurando restabelecer a dinâmica do desejo do ser, em busca de sua autonomia, utilizando suas possibilidades na resolução dos problemas.

O desenvolvimento verbal e motor da criança institucionalizada e posteriormente adotada

O presente estudo visa a levantar alguns aspectos relevantes relacionados com o estudo de carência da criança institucionalizada. Pretende-se ensaiar uma avaliação do atraso verbal e motor que tal situação acarreta, bem como da recuperação correspondente que a adoção permite. A escassez de tentativas congêneres em nosso meio, visando a trazer à luz dados de realidade sobre este campo, foi o suporte que originou e motivou o presente trabalho. Para esse fim, procedeu-se preliminarmente a uma revisão à literatura, objetivando fundamentar no plano teórico o trabalho não só à luz da psicologia do desenvo1vimento, bem como a luz da legislação relativa à adoção. Realizou-se um estudo exploratório formulando-se o testando-se hipóteses operacionais extraídas da hipótese geral, de haver diferença significativa, em termos do atraso motor e verbal no desenvolvimento e na recuperação motora e verbal em relação a idade inicial e final, bem como a duração da permanência, da criança institucionalizada e posteriormente adotada. As hipóteses foram testadas em termos estatísticos, através do coeficiente de correlação de Pearson adotando um nível de significância de 0,05 para rejeição da hipótese nula.

OpenWordNet-PT: an open brazilian wordnet for reasoning

Brazilian Portuguese needs a Wordnet that is open access, downloadable and changeable, so that it can be improved by the community interested in using it for knowledge representation and automated deduction. This kind of resource is also very valuable to linguists and computer scientists interested in extracting and representing knowledge obtained from texts. We discuss briefly the reasons for a Brazilian Portuguese Wordnet and the process we used to get a preliminary version of such a resource. Then we discuss possible steps to improving our preliminary version.

Voz verbal : uma abordagem enunciativa

O presente estudo aborda as vozes verbais na perspectiva da enunciação. Apresenta um panorama de estudos de gramáticas e de algumas publicações a respeito do assunto. A partir de pressupostos estabelecidos por Émile Benveniste, lingüista da enunciação, propõe uma metodologia para análises de enunciados. Utiliza, como corpus para essas análises, uma tipologia textual variada, contemplando situações enunciativas diversas. Orienta-as no sentido da verificação das relações mórfico-sintático-semânticas que o locutor promove nos enunciados a fim de atribuir referência à sua situação de discurso. Conclui que a voz verbal, vista sob a perspectiva da enunciação, é dêitica, ou seja, é categoria do discurso que resulta do sujeito que enuncia. Conseqüentemente, seu sentido não se submete, totalmente, ao critério de uma forma estabelecida a priori: resulta de uma sintaxe que se manifesta na enunciação, em decorrência do contexto e da atitude do sujeito frente a ele

A concordância verbal na comunidade de São Miguel dos Pretos, Restinga Seca, RS

Este trabalho tem o objetivo de analisar a concordância verbal de 1a, 2a e 3a pessoas do plural na comunidade de remanescentes de escravos São Miguel dos Pretos, localizada em Restinga Seca, RS. A amostra é composta por 24 informantes homens e mulheres, cujas idades variam entre 15 e 90 anos. Existe a proposta de duas análises: a concordância verbal padrão versus a concordância verbal não-padrão das pessoas do plural e a presença versus a ausência das desinências DNP4 (nós plantamos), DNP5 (vocês plantam) e DNP6 (eles plantam). Consideram-se as variáveis sociais faixa etária, gênero e informante no estudo da concordância padrão. Constata-se que os falantes da comunidade quilombola estão adquirindo a concordância verbal padrão, uma vez que os resultados por faixa etária são de 40% para a geração mais nova e de 16% para a geração mais velha. A análise feita sobre a presença das desinências apresenta 73% de emprego de DNP4 e 80% de DNP6. Sobre este estudo, destacam-se as variáveis lingüísticas saliência fônica e posição do sujeito: confirma-se que as formas verbais mais salientes e que o sujeito anteposto ao verbo estão associados ao aumento da concordância. Também percebe-se que há um processo de aquisição das desinências número-pessoais DNP4 (jovens 77%, adultos 79% e velhos 66%) e DNP6 (pesos relativos de 0,64 para jovens, de 0,56 para adultos e de 0,38 para velhos), pois há um aumento do seu uso a cada geração, indicando a existência de um processo de mudança geracional. Os resultados encontrados se diferem das comunidades negras de Helvécia, Rio de Contas e Cinzento (BA) e aproximam-se dos encontrados em comunidades urbanas ou em comunidades cujos falantes têm maior grau de escolaridade.

Graph analysis of verbal fluency test discriminate between patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment and normal elderly controls

Verbal fluency is the ability to produce a satisfying sequence of spoken words during a given time interval. The core of verbal fluency lies in the capacity to manage the executive aspects of language. The standard scores of the semantic verbal fluency test are broadly used in the neuropsychological assessment of the elderly, and different analytical methods are likely to extract even more information from the data generated in this test. Graph theory, a mathematical approach to analyze relations between items, represents a promising tool to understand a variety of neuropsychological states. This study reports a graph analysis of data generated by the semantic verbal fluency test by cognitively healthy elderly (NC), patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment – subtypes amnestic(aMCI) and amnestic multiple domain (a+mdMCI) - and patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Sequences of words were represented as a speech graph in which every word corresponded to a node and temporal links between words were represented by directed edges. To characterize the structure of the data we calculated 13 speech graph attributes (SGAs). The individuals were compared when divided in three (NC – MCI – AD) and four (NC – aMCI – a+mdMCI – AD) groups. When the three groups were compared, significant differences were found in the standard measure of correct words produced, and three SGA: diameter, average shortest path, and network density. SGA sorted the elderly groups with good specificity and sensitivity. When the four groups were compared, the groups differed significantly in network density, except between the two MCI subtypes and NC and aMCI. The diameter of the network and the average shortest path were significantly different between the NC and AD, and between aMCI and AD. SGA sorted the elderly in their groups with good specificity and sensitivity, performing better than the standard score of the task. These findings provide support for a new methodological frame to assess the strength of semantic memory through the verbal fluency task, with potential to amplify the predictive power of this test. Graph analysis is likely to become clinically relevant in neurology and psychiatry, and may be particularly useful for the differential diagnosis of the elderly.

Uma visita ao universo matemático de Lewis Carrol e o (re)encontro com sua lógica do nonsense

Notable mathematics teacher, Lewis Carroll, pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), made the mixture of mathematics with literature a ludic environment for learning that discipline. Author of Alice s Adventures In Wonderland and its sequel Alice Through The Looking Glass, he eventually created a real and complex universe which uses what we call the logic of the nonsense as an element to motivate the development of mathematical thinking of the reader, taking it as well, learn by establishing a link between the concrete (mathematics) and the imaginary (their universe). In order to investigate and discuss the educational potential of their works and state some elements that can contribute to a decentralized math education from the traditional method of following the models and decorate formulas, we visited his works based on the studies of archeology of knowledge (FOUCAULT, 2007), the rational thought and symbolic thinking (VERGANI, 2003) and about the importance of stories and narratives to the development of human cognition (FARIAS, 2006). Through a descriptive, analytical study, we used the literary construction and presented part of our study in form of a mathematical novel, to give the mathematical school a particular charm, without depriving it of its basics properties as discipline and content. Our study showed how the works of Carroll have a strong didactic element that can deploy in various activities of study and teaching for mathematics classes

Uma reavaliação do pensamento lógico de George Boole à luz da história da matemática

The aim of the present study is to reevaluate the logical thought of the English mathematician George Boole (1815 - 1864). Thus, our research centers on the mathematical analysis of logic in the context of the history of mathematics. In order to do so, we present various biographical considerations about Boole in the light of events that happened in the 19th century and their consequences for mathematical production. We briefly describe Boole's innovations in the areas of differential equations and invariant theory and undertake an analysis of Boole's logic, especially as formulated in the book The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, comparing it not only with the traditional Aristotelian logic, but also with modern symbolic logic. We conclude that Boole, as he intended, expanded logic both in terms of its content and also in terms of its methods and formal elaboration. We further conclude that his purpose was the mathematical modeling of deductive reasoning, which led him to present an innovative formalism for logic and, because the different ways it can be interpreted, a new conception of mathematics

A estética da Commedia dell Arte: contribuições para o ensino das Artes Cênicas

Theatrical phenomenon borned in the Italy the Comedy dell Art concerned to it climax in the XVI century and spreading itself by the word than can be sight like the theatre base modern. Lasting parallel the conventional theatre since the three hundred years, this gender influenced significativly the making theatrical in the Europe graces the popular character of its simulation turned for the improvise. In spite of treat a theatric manifestation no more existing in the present time, we understand that the Comedy dell Art was constituted in one artistic language whose esthetics centralized in the popular fanciful and in the improvise permitted a rich possibility of verbal and not-verbal communication that today can to be taken again in contemporary productions theatricals. Departing of an approach of esthetics, this work has with purpose concentrate the references esthetics that configure that one artistic manifestation such that one references can contribute for the Arts teaches in the present times. We appeal the text and image of Comedy dell Art, such this historical reference that in context, with fountain investigated that mean and if complementary in one esthetic reflection for the creation of meaning diverse and news interpretations for the purpose investigated if having with base some analysis categories such as: the actor s body, the actuations spaces and the esthetics categories such the ugly, the comic and the absurd. To investigate the Comedy dell Art esthetic in the ambit of the teach of Arts Scenics is a manner of be understand the artistic universe of three century behind that can be meant, revived, in the marking possibilities of an art teach able to incentive the critical, the appreciation, the discussion and the transgression of instituted true. Having investigated the exhibition Comedy dell Art esthetic we rebound four stich that we judge significative for we think the Arts Scenics teach, they are: the articulation between actor s body, the text and the space actuation in the play; statement what it is given between actor s body and the on-looker and the every gesture that did share of scene in a popular scenic space; a conception actor s body that transgress with the true duty socially that is capable the to admit its dimension Dionysian, creative and ambiguous in the to do theatrical; the text conception that get beyond the ambit the word writing by the dramatist and talked by actors, if spreading the other elements significance in the scene like gesture, the parody, the recent news, the gags and the word used in the day-to-day; the scenic space like a statement symbolic between actors and on-looker that make a quality of amusement pact supported by the scenic true of artist that actuate in not usual spaces bid at an auctioning degrees of participation in the building the scenic phenomenon; and the importance of esthetics categories such as the ugly, the comic and the absurd, those categories that foundation like a do scenic transgressor make a possible exchange mutual between actor and appreciator. The statement of esthetics categories in joint continuous between the body, the text and the scenic space evident themselves in doing theatrical and in the its appreciation. We believe that the reflection esthetic about the Comedy dell Art in the arts class, consider the stich detached, can favor possibilities of to share discovery, ideas, feelings and attitudes, and can permit the observation of different stich of view, establishing the statement of individual with the group in a participative and democratic form

Indícios sincrônicos de gramaticalização: o uso do verbo chegar em orações coordenadas e na perífrase verbal [chegar (e) + v2]: contribuições para o ensino de gramática.

Based on North American Functional Linguistic Theory, our proposal is to describe and analyze the use of verb CHEGAR in verbal periphrasis such as [CHEGAR (E) + V2], where CHEGAR does not demonstrate a significance linked to physical movement. In linguistic literature, such periphrasis has been attributed several functions, related to aspectualization, emphasis of negative segments, and construction of mental spaces, among others. This study considers that the function of verb CHEGAR in the periphrasis in question is to indicate a global aspect, emphasizing a range of semantic-pragmatic nuances such as the sudden, instantaneous, or even abrupt character of the events refered to by the principal verb of the construction (V2), and/or the taking of initiative (sudden) by the agent (in the syntactic role of periphrastic subject), and/or subjective evaluations which go from surprise to frustration. Our objectives are the following: i) to describe and analyze the semanticpragmatic, morphosyntactic and social relationships which characterize the use of CHEGAR in verbal periphrases like [CHEGAR (E) + V2] and in coordinated/juxtaposed speech in which CHEGAR is the principal verb of the first utterance and is an elocution verb and the principal verb of the second; ii) identify, based on this description and analysis, synchrony proof in the grammaticalization of CHEGAR as an auxiliary verb in the periphrasis refered to. There was observed to be a strong similarity between coordinate/juxtaposed and periphrastic constructions. Such similarities strengthen the hypothesis that the use of CHEGAR as a lexical verb in coordinate/juxtaposed structures is the origin of the use of CHEGAR in the periphrastic structure, since the many properties encountered with higher frequency in lexical use are also just as frequently used as auxiliaries. Nevertheless, between the two constructions being studied, sufficient difference can be observed to see that CHEGAR, in the periphrasis [CHEGAR (E) V2], is behaving like an auxiliary verb, and shows typical properties of these types of verbs: i) in 100% of occurrences, it does not have a complement;ii) it has a co-referential subject in 100% of cases; iii) it does not appear with intervening material between it and V2. Besides this, CHEGAR, in periphrases, is predominant in nonneutral evaluation contexts, denoted by V2. Inspired by the results obtained, we propose strategies for the discussion of the [CHEGAR (E) V2] periphrases in both elementary and high schools.

A influência do feedback verbal na cooperação em crianças

Human cooperation is a hallmark of this species due to its wide extension to genetically unrelated individuals and complex division of labor. It is considered an evolutionary puzzle, because the theory of evolution by natural selection predicts that self-interested individuals tend to be selected. Different theories have been proposed to explain the evolution of cooperation, which the most important are kin selection and reciprocal altruism. Considering the evolutionary continuity between species, humans and other primates have several common traits that help to promote cooperation between individuals of these species. Two features, however, seem to be particularly humans: inequality aversion and preferences in relation to others. Although human cooperation is not necessarily related to morality, cooperative traits are the basis for moral tendencies. The development of human morality is a combination of early prosocial tendencies, cooperative skills displayed at different ages, social learning and cultural transmission of norms. The social stimulus seems to be particularly important in promoting cooperative behavior in children and adults. In order to study the influence of social stimuli, as verbal feedback, on children cooperation, a study was conducted with children in a public goods game. 407 children from public schools in Natal / RN, divided into 21 groups, between six and nine years, participated in eight rounds of this game. After each round, seven groups received praise for larger donations, seven groups have been criticized by smaller donations, and the other seven received no comment. Children cooperated more when criticized, without significant differences between sexes, although young children have cooperated more negative than older children. The results are likely related to the anticipation and avoidance of punishment associated with the feedback (although this did not occur), and greater sensitivity to the authority in younger children. Nevertheless, the cooperation decreased in all groups until the last day of play. The results suggest an early sensitivity to moral punishment, whose role in the maintenance of social relations must have been important in the evolution of cooperation in humans

Processo argumentativo na (re)significação de concepções ético/morais

This study analysed the relationship between the production of argumentative discourses and the development and (re)signification of ethical/moral concepts, conceptions and reasoning. It focused on ethical-argumentative reasoning concerning other people and their different points of view. The specific aims of this research were: (1) to investigate the considering alternative positions on adolescents previous views on a specific topic; (2) to verify whether the ability to generate counterarguments was associated with higher levels of moral reasoning, according to Kohlberg theory, and (3) to have a better comprehension of a possible relationship between adolescents abilities to use cognitive and verbal-argumentative strategies and the (re) signification of concepts/beliefs of an ethical/moral nature, and also the solution of conflicts of the same nature. The participants in this study were seventh grade students of private and public schools. Four empirical tasks were used in order to evaluate argumentative and moral reasoning. These tasks focused on: the evaluation of moral dilemmas (DIT); the evaluation of moral dilemmas with the presentation of a written justification for subjects responses; the production of arguments and the reaction to counterarguments. There was also a group-debate situation in which both argumentation and the discussion ethical/moral issues were observed. The moral dilemmas tasks aimed to evaluate the level of moral reasoning of the participants. The argumentation tasks investigated whether the adolescents generated and justified a point of view and how they dealt with counterarguments or alternative information which could lead the participants to modify their initial positions on the topic under discussion in a monological situation as well as in a group-debate setting. The results showed that, in a monological situation, most of the adolescents produced only a partial developed argumentative discourse, whereas in a more social-verbal interaction situation their discourse appeared to be more elaborated. As a general result, it was observed that the confrontation with the other s views, or dealing with counterarguments allow the adolescents to re-evaluate and re-elaborate their own views on a debatable topic. Regarding the relationship between counterargumentation and moral reasoning, it was verified that there was a subtle tendency associating the two processes. However, other factors, such as, social, emotional and cultural aspects might also influence the development of moral reasoning