Atitudes em relação à Bioestatística de discentes e docentes da Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara-UNESP

In this study, the attitudes of students and teachers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Araraquara (UNESP University) towards Biostatistics were assessed. The Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS) scale was used as the measuring instrument. The reproducibility of the scale was estimated by Cohen's Kappa (κ) coefficient with linear weighting and its internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α). The individuals were first placed in two groups, according to their positive or negative attitude toward Statistics; then, the association of their attitude with the variables of interest was tested by the chi-squared (χ 2) test at a significance level of 5%. The sample consisted of 272 undergraduate students, 83 graduate students and 24 teachers, predominantly female (78.2%). Among the students, 67.5% participated in the scientific research initial training program. Reproducibility and internal consistency of the scale were adequate (κ=0.7093; α=0.9334). Most of the subjects (74.4%) had a positive attitude toward Statistics. Significant association was found between attitude and functional activity (p=0.0204), the course taken (p=0.0316) and effort (p=0.0002). Thus, it was concluded that the great majority of the participants had a positive attitude towards Biostatistics and that undergraduate students and those who reported good performance in Biostatistics showed a significantly higher proportion of positive attitude than the other students.

Auto-avaliação dos Discentes do Curso de Ciências Biológicas da Unemat, Campus de Nova Xavantina: um modelo para avaliação das disciplinas curriculares, segundo a percepção do corpo discente e docente

This paper presents an evaluation of the curriculum subjects of the Biological Sciences course in the University of the State of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT), Nova Xavantina campus, Brazil. The research was carried out by means of a self-assessment instrument, aimed at searching learners' and educators' points of view. The questionnaires were given in the first, third and seventh semesters, in which students were asked to assess pedagogical aspects regarding professors and their didacticism, as well as the subject matters being taught; in addition, they were invited to evaluate themselves as learners. The data was analyzed using statistical parameters, in order to measure teaching performance, and, subsequently, professors were given the opportunity to express their concepts about the students' assessment. The average value of the overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.923±0.001, a significant value considering that alpha varies between 0 and 1, which proves the questionnaire to be reliable. The hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) does not permit teaching performance to be associated with professors' qualification or workload.

Bioética-sociobiologia. Neologismos oportunos? Interface da tecnociência com as ciências humanas e sociais

The article focuses on the creation of the neologisms Bioethics and Sociobiology, analyzing these two words which due to their composition evoke relations between biological sciences and human studies (ethics and sociology). Highlights that these two neologisms, in fact, were born already loaded by deep meanings, but in different senses. Emphasizes the importance of bioethics in the integration of scientific and humanistic cultures, beyond university statuary regulations. Concludes that Bioethics conveys also a suggestive message about how to create mechanisms and conditions for facing the challenges which scientific advancements, in their inexorability, present.

Os significados e as implicações da extensão universitária na formação inicial e na atuação profissional em educação física

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Processos inferenciais: contribuições das ciências cognitivas

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Entre o fazer e o ensinar antropologia: a graduação em Ciências Sociais no Estado de São Paulo

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

A sociologia contemporânea na sala de aula: (re)pensando algumas perspectivas para o ensino das ciências sociais no ensino médio

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

A Teoria dos jogos e as ciências sociais

Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais - FFC

Política pública e avaliação no Brasil: uma interpretação da avaliação do livro didático de geografia para o ensino fundamental

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Dez anos dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais: contribuições para o ensino de ciências naturais nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental I

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Projetos de educação ambiental e seu desenvolvimento na escola pública: concepções e práticas de professores de ciências

Pós-graduação em Educação - IBRC

O tema água em livros didáticos de ciências de primeira a quarta séries do ensino fundamental

Pós-graduação em Educação - IBRC

Concepções de professores de escolas públicas de São José do Rio Preto/SP sobre ensino de ciências naturais e educação ambiental

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

O uso de analogias no processo didático: um estudo sobre livros de ciências para a última série do ensino fundamental

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Ensino de eletrostática: a história da ciência contribuindo para a aquisição de subsunções

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)