Necessidades e expectativas dos usuários na educação a distância: estudo preliminar junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Apresenta pesquisa que objetiva identificar necessidades e expectativas informacionais de usuários de bibliotecas acadêmicas realizada junto aos mestrandos e professores dos cursos a distância do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, dando ênfase à qualidade em serviços. Os resultados mostram que os modelos de bibliotecas acadêmicas devem estar centrados na voz dos usuários, pois necessitam de informação para a obtenção de conhecimento, para atualização, produção de artigos científicos e dissertações. Também, esperam que as unidades informacionais disponibilizem produtos nos diversos suportes existentes, isto é, convencionais e digitais.

Perfil acadêmico dos professores de bioética nos cursos de pós-graduação no Brasil

Este trabalho apresenta a síntese dos resultados de uma pesquisa documental sobre o ensino de Bioética na pós-graduação da área da saúde. Seu objetivo principal é caracterizar o perfil acadêmico dos professores desse curso. Para tanto, foi mapeado o perfil acadêmico de professores das disciplinas relacionadas com a Bioética de 163 cursos reconhecidos pela CAPES. Por meio da identificação dos docentes nos programas das disciplinas, efetuou-se uma pesquisa nos currículos disponíveis na Plataforma Lattes do CNPq. Devido à ausência de registros e tendo-se excluído aqueles que aparecem mais de uma vez em outras disciplinas, só foi possível analisar os currículos de 96 professores. Desses, 58 (60,4%) eram do sexo masculino, sendo 45 (46,9%) da área médica; 51 (53,1%) de outras 12 áreas acadêmicas; 36 (37,5%) têm duas ou mais pós-graduações; 2 (2,08%) são graduados em Filosofia; 1 (1,04%) em Linguística; 83 (86,47%) dos currículos não registram formação específica em cursos lato ou stricto sensu em Filosofia, Ética e Bioética; 16 (n = 16,7%) integram Comitês de Ética e em apenas 5 (5,2%) constam que já participaram desse tipo de comitê. O estudo evidenciou que o maior desafio é vencer a carência de profissionais qualificados para o ensino da Bioética em pós-graduação no País.

Satisfação dos alunos com a pós graduação em educação especial – domínio cognitivo e motor

Percebendo os aumentos expressivos no número de cursos de pós-graduação na área de Educação Especial, esta dissertação tem como objectivo problematizar a satisfação dos alunos em relação ao curso de Pós graduação em Educação Especial – Domínio Cognitivo e Motor, ministrado pelo ISCIA, pólo de Baião. Neste sentido, escolheu-se a 1.ª e 6.ª edição como objecto de análise para este trabalho. A satisfação dos consumidores/clientes não é uma opção organizacional, mas uma questão de sobrevivência para qualquer instituição de ensino ou organização. As empresas que promovem educação, procuram a satisfação dos seus alunos quanto ao curso que eles oferecem a fim de identificar indicadores que favoreçam a melhoria no ensino. A finalidade deste trabalho consiste em entender qual das edições está mais satisfeita, com que aspectos e porquê. Para tal foi aplicado um questionário, entre Março e Abril de 2011, envolvendo itens para avaliação da satisfação do curso a uma amostra de 48 alunos, 25% de cada edição. O presente trabalho constitui um estudo exploratório sobre a satisfação dos discentes com o estudo pós-graduado em Educação Especial, visando os principais aspectos associados. Os resultados obtidos permitiram perceber que a 1ª edição encontra-se globalmente mais satisfeita do que a 6ª edição.

Caracterização dos fatores de relevância do usuário no processo de recuperação de informação : estudo em ambiente de pesquisa em pós-graduação

Com o desenvolvimento e crescimento das tecnologias de informação e, em especial, a Internet, encontrar informação relevante e útil tornou-se uma tarefa complexa que envolve os aspectos computacionais dos Sistemas de Recuperação de Informação (SRIs) e os aspectos situacionais, psicológicos e cognitivos dos usuários. No entanto, há um desequilíbrio neste cenário pois o enfoque das pesquisas de recuperação de informação (RI) está extremamente voltado para a abordagem computacional. Decorrente deste viés, o aspecto central da recuperação de informação – o julgamento de relevância – tornou-se muito limitado e acarretou em baixo desempenho dos SRIs. Notando esta problemática, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo caracterizar os fatores de relevância empregados pelos usuários durante o processo de RI com o intuito de contribuir para a especificação de requisitos e avaliação daqueles sistemas. Assim, a pesquisa foi composta por duas etapas de avaliação denominadas ex ante e ex post para verificar a mudança de percepção em torno dos julgamentos de relevância. Para tanto, foi criado um instrumento de pesquisa para verificar os julgamentos de relevância que foram avaliados por 49 respondentes, obtendo um total de 238 objetos informacionais avaliados no momento ex ante e destes, 224 foram retornados (ex post). Os resultados encontrados mostraram que existe uma significativa mudança de percepção dos usuários nas duas medições, e demonstraram que os fatores de relevância obedecem a um processo decisório bem definido. Observou-se também que a utilidade e os aspectos cognitivos são as manifestações de relevância consideradas mais importantes pelos usuários e as demais servem para ter a noção de rejeição ou não do objeto informacional.

Experiências com o método do caso no ensino de administração : um estudo exploratório

Apresentamos urna notícia sobre algumas instituições que se dedicam à produção de casos de administração e à difusão do método do caso para o ensino de administração.

Análise da percepção da qualidade dos serviços de instituições de pós-graduação

O presente estudo busca investigar os aspectos relacionados à qualidade dos serviços prestados em instituições de ensino de pós-graduação na cidade de Curitiba. Para tal, foi realizada uma pesquisa entre os clientes das instituições de ensino que faziam uso regular do serviço investigado. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida com base no modelo SERVQUAL de Parasuraman, Zeithaml e Berry (1994). Os resultados revelaram que, segundo a avaliação dos clientes da instituição de ensino de pós-graduação, as entidades se encontram em situação de vantagem competitiva na maioria dos atributos investigados.

A formação de conceitos no ensino de graduação em enfermagem à luz da teoria da aprendizagem significativa

The Theory of Meaningful Learning (TML) described by David Paul Ausubel offers a proposal for the teaching strategies to provide a more active and effective student learning. The projection of the TML practice is demonstrated through the development of concept maps (CM) technique, created by Joseph Donald Novak, which presents as a strategy, method or schematic feature, which is an indicator to identify the cognitive organization of the knowledge acquired by students. The survey was conducted in the light of TML in relation to learning concepts involving students of undergraduate nursing in a public university in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Thus, the study aimed to compare the concept learning of students of undergraduate nursing, when subjected to different forms of education, to point approaches that promote more effective and meaningful results. It was a quasi - experimental study with a qualitative analysis, conducted with students of the Undergraduate Nursing of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), approved by the Research Ethics Committee/UFRN Certification of Presention for Ethics Appreciation (CPEA) in 11706412.3.0000.5537. The study took place at two different times and involved content on complications mediate postoperative surgical wound in the same discipline with students who attended the 5th semester of the degree course in Nursing. For the viability of data collection, in the second half of 2013, we used the technique of CM, to represent the concept of complications mediate postoperative surgical wound covered in the classroom. CM were built at a different time from that of the discipline, with the support of tutors and preceded by a brief description and explanation about the form of preparation and application. In this study were subjected, 31 students of undergraduate nursing, registered in the discipline of Integral Attention to health I. In the first stage, 18 students participated in the survey, they had the teaching intervention based on TML, and in the second stage, all students participated in the lesson provided curriculum with the responsible teacher of the subject, on the same issue occurred. At the end of each meeting, the students 11 developed concept maps with the aid of software Cmap Tools®. Data analysis happened upon the technique of content analysis, supported by a conceptual map "glass", previously developed by researchers and aid in the preparation of the categories in which the concepts found were classified. The study found that the teaching intervention based on TML with the help of CM, managed to develop in students a more expressive teaching learning process than just classroom curriculum with the traditional teaching method, and also that the association between the intervention motion teaching with the traditional method and the use of the technique of CM encourages the student the ability to articulate the various acquired knowledge as well as apply them in real situations

Qualidade do serviço de informação digital :um estudo exploratório em web sites de Programas de Pós-Graduação

This dissertation of Mestrado investigated the performance and quality of web sites. The target of the research is the proposal of an integrated model of evaluation of services of digital information in web educational sites. The universe of the research was constituted by eighteen Brazilian Universities that offer after-graduation courses, in the levels of mestrado and doutorado in the area of Engineering of Production. The adopted methodology was a descriptive and exploratory research, using the technique of systematic comment and focus group, for the collection of the data, using itself changeable independent dependents and, through the application of two instruments of research. The analysis protocol was the instrument adopted for evaluation and attainment of qualitative results. E the analysis grating was applied for evaluation and attainment of the quantitative results. The qualitative results had identified to the lack of standardization of web sites, under the attributes of content, hierarchy of information, design of the colors and letters. It of accessibility for carriers of auditory and visual special necessities was observed inexistence, as well as the lack of convergence of medias and assistivas technologies. The language of the sites also was evaluated and all present Portuguese only language. The general result demonstrated in grafico and tables with classification of the Universities, predominating the Good note As for the quantitative results, analysis method ed was estatistico, in order to get the descriptive and inferencial result between the dependent and independent variaveis. How much a category of analysis of the services of the evaluated sites, was found it props up and the index generality weighed. These results had served of base for ranking of existence or inexistence the Universities, how much of the information of services in its web sites. In analysis inferencial the result of the test of correlation or association of the independent variaveis (level, concept of the CAPES and period of existence of the program) with the caracteristicas, called was gotten categories of services. For this analysis the estatisticos methods had been used: coefficient of Spearman and the Test of Fisher. But the category you discipline of the Program of Mestrado presented significance with variavel independent and concept of the CAPES. Main conclusion of this study it was ausencia of satandardization o how much to the subjective aspects, design, hierarchy of information navigability and content precision and the accessibility inexistence and convergence. How much to the quantitative aspects, the information services offered by web sites of the evaluated Universities, still they do not present a satisfactory and including quality. Absence of strategies, adoption of tools web, techniques of institucional marketing and services that become them more interactive, navigable is perceived and with aggregate value

Aplicando análise de envoltória de dados -DEA à avaliação de desempenho acadêmico: um estudo em programas de pós-graduação em engenharia mecânica e produção no Brasil

This Master of Science Thesis deals with applying DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) to the academic performance evaluation of graduate programs in Brazil, exploring it on a Mechanical and Production Engineering Program 2001-2003 data. The data used is that of the national assessment carried by CAPES, the governmental body in charge for graduate program assessment and certification. It is used the CCR output oriented DEA model, the CCR-Output with Assurance Region, and Window Analysis. The main findings are first that the CCR has the concerning problem of zero values of weights of outputs that is not appropriate in a sense that a graduate program has the higher efficiency score zeroing some output (e.g., number of academic papers published). Secondly, the Assurance Region method proved useful. Third, the Window Analysis also gave some light to the consistency of the performance in the time frame analysed. Also, the analysis results in the understanding that the Mechanics and Production Engineering should not be assessed jointly like currently applied by CAPES and rather should be assessed in its own field separately. Finally, the result of the DEA analysis showed some serious inconsistencies with the CAPES method. Graduate programs considered excellent has got low performance score and vice versa. This Thesis provides a strong argument in order to use DEA at least as a complimentary methodology for graduate program performance evaluation in Brazil

Bolton freeware: aplicativo de avaliação de discrepância de massa dentária desenvolvido pelo programa de pós-graduação em odontologia/UFRN

The calculation of tooth mass discrepancy, essential for good planning and a proper orthodontic finishing, when performed manually, besides being laborious, requires considerable time consumption. The aim of this study was to develop and test Bolton Freeware, a software for analysis of the tooth mass discrepancy of Bolton, aiming to minimize the consumption of time in a less onerous way. The digital analysis of the software was done by means of two-dimensional scanning of plaster study models and compared to manual evaluation (gold standard), using 75 pairs of stone plaster study models divided into two groups according to the magnitude of the Curve of Spee (group I from 0 to 2 mm, group II greater than 2 to 3mm). All the models had permanent dentition and were in perfect condition. The manual evaluation was performed with a digital caliper and a calculator, and the time required to perform the analysis for both methods was recorded and compared. In addition, the software was evaluated by orthodontists regarding its use, by means of questionnaires developed specifically for this purpose. Calibration was performed prior to manual analysis, and excellent levels of inter-rater agreement were achieved, with ICC > 0.75 and r > 0.9 for total and anterior proportion. It was observed in the evaluation of error of the digital method that some teeth showed a significant systematic error, being the highest measured at 0.08 mm. The analysis of total tooth mass discrepancy performed by Bolton Freeware, for those cases in which the curve of Spee is mild and moderate, differ from manual analysis, on average, 0.09 mm and 0.07 mm respectively, for each tooth evaluated, with r> 0, 8 for total and anterior proportion. According to the specificity and sensitivity test, Bolton Freeware has an improved ability to detect true negatives, i.e. the presence of discrepancy. The Bolton analysis digitally performed was faster, with an average difference of time consumed to perform the analysis of Bolton between the two methods of approximately 6 minutes. Most experts interviewed (93%) approved the usability of the software

O Turismo como um tema de pesquisa: um diálogo epistemológico a partir das produções dos programas de pós-graduação stricto sensu da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, no período de 2007 a 2011

The study consists in an analysis of researches with tourism issues, in Master s and Doctoral level, investigating their epistemological trends, regarding the type of study that is being produced and the methods used. It is characterized as exploratory, documental and bibliographical, having undertaken a cross-sectional study which covers the period from 2007 to 2011. It analyzes the context of academically production in tourism, the nature of these researches, the methodological aspects adopted in these theses and dissertations, the philosophical inclinations and the coherence and contribution of the same. This research uses, the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) and the secretariats of the Academic Centers of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) as means to collect data. It employs the technique of sampling by judgment and undertakes the research in various Academic Centers in UFRN, using the method of content analysis. It shows that, from the 643 studies analyzed, 43 of them have themes related to tourism, which characterized this study sample. This study realizes that PPGA is the largest producer of researches on tourism issues, ahead of PPGTur, which ranks the third position, in this aspect. Also realizes that all surveys analyzed are crosssectional and the theme further investigated, with 21% of the sample, is related to the marketing aspects of tourism, with the theme Directors of Hotels and Restaurants (DHR) . This research demonstrates that all sample surveys make use of interviews, and these are, mostly, structured. Also realizes that most of these studies, with 21% of the sample, employ the method of content analysis. The references in Portuguese are surveyed about five times more than the ones in other languages. It estimates that more than half of the sample is characterized as positivist, associated with aspects of functionalism. A minority of 21% of these researches seeks to identify and recommend solutions to the tourism issues, or even represent part of them. This research concludes that the studies in tourism are mostly unifocal, being driven by issues related to the touristic trade. PPGTur produces a number still unrepresentative of studies. The theses and dissertations of the sample are limited and/or unable to analyze the changes of the phenomenon caused by the time. The studies from the sample present criteria and make use of other methods and techniques to associate with the interviews and content analysis to obtain more solid and reliable data and results. They use a low number of references in languages other than Portuguese. Most of these studies, characterized as positivist-functionalist, investigate the functioning, planning, coordination and expectations in organizations, leaving aside other issues, also relevant for tourism. The number of studies aimed at identifying solutions to the problems of tourism, or that even represents part of them, is not expressive

A metodologia da problematização como uma alternativa de abordagem de ensino aprendizagem na disciplina de Didática Aplicada ao Ensino Superior do programa de pós-graduação em Odontologia Restauradora: Arco de Maguerez

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Indicadores de impacto, visibilidade e colaboração para a produção científica da Pós-graduação brasileira: um estudo nos programas de excelência na área de Zootecnia

Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação - FFC