Cartografia das aprendizagens formais para adultos na cidade de Estremoz: o período 2000-2005

O presente trabalho centra-se no levantamento das entidades promotoras de certificação formal, académica ou profissional, na cidade de Estremoz, direcionadas a adultos, no respeitante ao ensino não superior. Assumindo como ponto de partida a identificação desta oferta, pretende-se delinear um desenho cartográfico que permita conhecer e caracterizar a oferta de qualificação existente entre 2000/2005. Pretende-se compreender como esta contribuiu para a qualificação do público adulto, e, perceber, se foi ao encontro das necessidades socioeconómicas desta cidade, tentando compreender qual o seu impacto no que concerne ao desenvolvimento social e humano. Identificadas as entidades existentes, sustentada numa abordagem quantitativa, foram aplicados dois questionários visando caracterizar a educação formal, e, qual o seu contributo para o desenvolvimento deste público específico tendo-se verificado alguma preocupação em responder às necessidades sociais identificadas. Considera-se ainda a existência de um aumento na oferta formativa ao longo do tempo, associado à melhoria do desempenho profissional em que se estabelece uma relação entre empregabilidade e qualificação juntamente com a preocupação de promover a formação holística do cidadão; ABSTRACT:This paper focuses on the survey of promoters of formal certification, academic or professional, in Estremoz, aimed at adults, with respect to non-higher education. Taking as its starting point the identification of this offering, it is intend to outline a cartographic design to ascertain and characterize the range of qualifications between 2000/2005. The objective is to understand how this contributed to the qualification of the adult public, and notice if it was according the socioeconomic needs of the city, trying to understand its impact regarding social and human development. Identified existing entities, sustained in a quantitative methodology, two questionnaires were applied to characterize the formal education, what their contribution to the development of this specific audience and there has been some concern in responding to social needs identified. It is further considered that there is an increase in training provision over time associated with the improvement of professional performance which establishes a relationship between employability and qualification concerning the promotion of holistic formation of the citizen.

Desenvolvimento de um protótipo de um atlas escolar interativo: projeto e produção

This paper aims at presenting an Interactive School Atlas prototype which was developed for cartography and environmental education. The methodology was based on the theoretical study about child mental development of Piaget theory, in order to elaborate strategies that allow the student a better comprehension about the spatial information understanding. It was defined as study case of sixth grade students, because they belong to the Formal Operation stage, in which the children reach the needed mental operations for understanding cartographic key concepts. This Atlas was developed in two stages: cartographic design and Atlas production. The Atlas implementation was developed seeking the use of Multimedia Cartography and animation resources that may attract students and teachers, instigating them to explore the tools and strategies to lead users to a correct interpretation of map contents. The Atlas was implemented by using the Macromedia Flash and Visual Basic softwares and the MapObjects library. Though the map has bot been evaluated yet, one should point out that it was designed according to the theoretical and methodological knowledge of the cognitive development and its relationship to cartographic conceptions, aiming at adapting the product to children cognitive skills.

Desenvolvimento do protótipo de um atlas escolar interativo

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Desenvolvimento de mapa dinâmico para sistema de navegação terrestre

Pós-graduação em Ciências Cartográficas - FCT

Evaluation of the Cartographic Communication Performance of a Route Guidance and Navigation System

This study evaluates the influence of different cartographic representations of in-car navigation systems on visual demand, subjective preference, and navigational error. It takes into account the type and complexity of the representation, maneuvering complexity, road layout, and driver gender. A group of 28 drivers (14 male and 14 female) participated in this experiment which was performed in a low-cost driving simulator. The tests were performed on a limited number of instances for each type of representation, and their purpose was to carry out a preliminary assessment and provide future avenues for further studies. Data collected for the visual demand study were analyzed using non-parametric statistical analyses. Results confirmed previous research that showed that different levels of design complexity significantly influence visual demand. Non-grid-like road networks, for example, influence significantly visual demand and navigational error. An analysis of simple maneuvers on a grid-like road network showed that static and blinking arrows did not present significant differences. From the set of representations analyzed to assess visual demand, both arrows were equally efficient. From a gender perspective, women seem to took at the display more than men, but this factor was not significant. With respect to subjective preferences, drivers prefer representations with mimetic landmarks when they perform straight-ahead tasks. For maneuvering tasks, landmarks in a perspective model created higher visual demands.