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Curriculum policies in relation to initial teacher training policies in Portugal
No full textReconhecendo que os cursos de formação inicial de professores devem assegurar condições que preparem os estudantes/futuros professores para serem decisores curriculares, o artigo traz à reflexão e ao debate enunciados discursivos de políticas curriculares para os ensinos básico e secundário, em Portugal, estabelecendo relações com políticas e percepções de estudantes relativas a essa formação. O estudo realizado responde às perguntas: Para que perfil de professor apontam os enunciados discursivos das políticas curriculares dos ensinos básico e secundário? Para onde apontam os enunciados discursivos de políticas de organização dos currículos de formação inicial de professores? Que percepções têm estudantes/futuros professores da formação que estão a vivenciar? E da sua ação como agentes de decisão curricular? A recolha de dados foi feita por análise de discursos políticos e por inquéritos, por questionário, a estudantes finalistas de mestrados que habilitam para a docência.
Os resultados mostraram que os enunciados discursivos das políticas curriculares apontam para que os
professores sejam agentes de decisão curricular e que a formação os capacite para o uso do poder de agência. Em consonância com discursos académicos, é enunciada uma conceção de educação alicerçada em princípios de responsabilidade social. Apesar desta orientação discursiva, a formação inicial de professores privilegia questões de ordem didática, oferecendo poucas condições para a valorização de aspetos relacionados com a função social da educação. Neste sentido, o estudo permite interrogar condições existentes para uma socialização ampla com as funções inerentes ao exercício da profissão docente e para uma formação em linha com uma educação transformadora. ABSTRACT: Recognizing that initial teacher training courses must ensure conditions that prepare students/future teachers to be curriculum decision-makers, the article brings to reflection and debate discursive statements of curricular policies for primary and secondary education in Portugal, establishing relationships with policies and student perceptions regarding this training. The study answers the following questions: What teacher profile do the discursive statements of primary and secondary school curriculum policies point towards? Where do the discursive statements of policies for organizing initial teacher training curricula point? What perceptions do students/future teachers have of the training they are experiencing? And of their actions as curriculum decision-makers? Data was collected by analyzing political speeches and questionnaire surveys of final-year students with master's degrees that qualify them to teach. The results showed that the discursive statements of curricular policies point to teachers being agents of curricular decision-making and that training enables them to use the power of agency. In line with
academic discourses, a concept of education based on principles of social responsibility is enunciated. Despite this discursive orientation, initial teacher training favors didactic issues and offers few conditions for valuing aspects related to the social function of education. In this sense, the study makes it possible to question the existing conditions for broad socialization with the functions inherent in the teaching profession and for training in line with transformative education.A11D-C969-8086 | Maria de Fátima de Sousa Pereirainfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Factors influencing the level of trust in vaccines
No full textThe authors explore the degree of consumer trust regarding the various brands of Covid-19 vaccines made available by laboratories in Portugal. This chapter aims to fill a gap in the literature, since brands of COVID-19 vaccines have never been analysed from a brand trust perspective. The results show that the level of trust differs significantly between vaccine brands, with BioNtech - Pfizer, Moderna - National Institute of Health and Oxford -AstraZeneca inspiring the highest levels of trust among respondents. Other vaccine brands - Sanofi GSK, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, and CureVac - showed lower levels of trust or respondents had no opinion whatsoever. Gender, age, family net monthly income, educational qualifications, and being a health professional were also found to influence the level of trust towards vaccine brands differently. The results may serve as strategic orientations for the pharmaceutical
industry brands, but they may also be the object of reflection for public organisms when making purchasing and implementation decisions in the country.B913-0565-0908 | Elvira Vieirainfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Cultural intermediation: cultural offer and cultural practices
Get PDFWith the desire to promote excellence in higher education in Portugal and develop the Alto Minho
region, the positive association that exists between art education in improving individual skills, and
increasing cultural participation and academic results and Viana do Castelo School of Higher Education
(VCHSE) was establihed. The determination of importance that the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do
Castelo [IPVC] has in the plan to comply with the cultural strategy of Europe 2020 initiatives was the
starting point for a group of teachers and researchers of to consider the weight of school capital and
cultural consumption, in relationship to the lack of correlation between increased cultural offerings
and increased cultural consumption. Through these investigations, VCHSE began to inquire into the
relevance of designing and implementing a program of cultural intermediation that could develop
students’ cultural practices through art education, improving the skills of professionals qualified by the
Institute.
The aim of this paper is to briefly present the VCHSE strategy to diagnosis the cultural practices of IPVC
students in order to design a pilot program, Cultural Intermediation in Higher Education in Viana do
Castelo, which will be implemented at the VCHSE.B416-43A6-419A | Adalgisa Castro Maia Pontesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
In silico validation of personalized safe intervals for carbohydrate counting errors
Get PDFFor patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), accurate carbohydrate counting (CC) is
essential for successful blood glucose regulation. Unfortunately, mistakes are common and may lead
to an incorrect dosage of prandial insulin. In this work, we aim to demonstrate that each person has
their own limits for CC errors, which can be computed using patient-specific data. To validate the
proposed method, we tested it using several scenarios to investigate the effect of different CC errors
on postprandial blood glucose. Virtual subjects from the T1DM Simulator were used in a clinical
trial involving 450 meals over 90 days, all following the same daily meal plan but with different
intervals for CC errors near, below, and above the limit computed for each patient. The results show
that CC errors within personalized limits led to acceptable postprandial glycemic fluctuations. In
contrast, experiments where 50% and 97.5% of the meals present a CC error outside the computed
safe interval revealed a pronounced degradation of the time in range. Given these results, we consider
the proposed method for obtaining personalized limits for CC errors an excellent starting point for
an initial assessment of patients’ capabilities in CC and to provide appropriate ongoing education.511F-603F-4B30 | Francisco MirandaN/
Há livros onde germinam abelhas e voam lesmas : uma experiência no Pré-Escolar
Get PDFRelatório Final de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada do Mestrado em Educação Pré-escolar e Ensino do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico apresentado na Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do CasteloEste relatório foi realizado no âmbito da unidade curricular de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada (PES) do Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1.ᵒ Ciclo do Ensino Básico, da Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo.
O projeto de investigação, focalizado nas áreas das Ciências Naturais e da Literatura Infantojuvenil, realizou-se numa escola do concelho de Viana do Castelo, no qual participaram vinte e cinco crianças com idades compreendidas entre os quatro e cinco anos de idade, que frequentavam um estabelecimento de ensino de Educação Pré-Escolar.
Para orientar o estudo foi delineada a seguinte questão de investigação: De que forma é que a literatura infantil de cariz Ambiental pode contribuir para uma maior comunhão com o mundo natural, tendo em vista um compromisso com a sustentabilidade? Foram selecionadas três obras de literatura infantojuvenil com temáticas relacionadas com o ambiente, nomeadamente sobre o valor da biodiversidade, os ciclos da natureza e a coevolução e cooperação entre insetos e plantas que serviram de mote para a exploração de temáticas ambientais.
Nesta lógica, optou-se por realizar um estudo com uma metodologia qualitativa. Como métodos e instrumentos de recolha de dados foram utilizados a observação participante, os registos das crianças e os meios audiovisuais com registo em vídeo e fotografia.
Analisando os resultados do estudo pudemos verificar que os livros de Literatura Infantojuvenil escolhidos para a implementação da temática e realização da investigação motivaram as crianças e foram benéficos para a compreensão dos conteúdos abordados e para aquisição de competências a nível ecológico. Para além disso, proporcionaram momentos desafiadores e divertidos, aumentando a criatividade, a cooperação e a socialização dos alunos.
O percurso vivido durante a PES foi essencial para o processo de formação, enquanto futura Educadora e Professora, ajudando a desenvolver várias competências necessárias para um futuro promissor.Abstract This report was carried out as part of the Supervised Teaching Practice (STP) course of the Master's Degree in Early Childhood and Primary School Education at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo.
The research project, which focused on the areas of natural sciences and children's and youth literature, took place in a school in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, in which twenty-five pre-school children aged between four and five took part.
To guide the study, the following research question was formulated: How can children's and youth literature with an environmental focus contribute to a deeper connection with the natural world, fostering a commitment to sustainability? Three works of children's and youth literature were selected, each addressing themes related to the environment, specifically the value of biodiversity, nature cycles, and the coevolution and cooperation between insects and plants, which served as the basis for exploring environmental themes.
In this context, a qualitative methodology was chosen for the study. Participant observation, children's records, and audiovisual media, such as video and photographic recordings, were used as data collection methods and tools.
Upon analyzing the study results, we were able to verify that the selected children's and youth literature books chosen to implement the theme and conduct the research motivated the children and were beneficial for their understanding of the topics covered, as well as for the acquisition of ecological skills. Moreover, they provided challenging and enjoyable moments, enhancing students' creativity, cooperation, and socialization.
The experience gained during the STP was essential to my training process as a future educator and teacher, helping me to develop various skills necessary for a promising future
Redundância em pontos de água para o combate aos fogos rurais: caso de estudo teórico sobre a utilização de fontes renováveis de energia no Concelho de Ponte de Lima
No full textDissertação de mestrado em Engenharia do Território e do Ambiente, apresentada na Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do CasteloO estudo dos fogos evoluiu não só no desenvolvimento de estratégias de combate
contrafogos e soluções para a prevenção de riscos dos mesmos, também no mapeamento,
desde a cartografia básica até a deteção remota com a utilização dos Sistemas de
Informação Geográfica (SIG), que permitiram visualizar as áreas queimadas, o tipo de
vegetação, a localização dos pontos de água e entre outras. Este estudo teve como objetivo
avaliar a aplicação de fontes renováveis na redundância dos sistemas de abastecimento
de água para o combate aos fogos rurais no concelho de Ponte de Lima. Foi feito uma
análise do concelho no ArcGis com os dados obtidos do GeoCATALOGO, como as áreas
ardidas, clima, pontos de água, perigosidade e entre outras. Por outro lado, foi construído
duas matrizes de risco comparando o sistema tradicional com o sistema sustentável. Logo,
foi explicado os sistemas de abastecimento a partir das fontes renováveis, incluindo as
vantagens e desvantagens. Após sugerir os modelos para sua aplicação, que foram a partir
de fontes de energia solar e eólica, mostrou-se os prós e contras de cada modelo proposto.
Com isso, determinou-se a viabilidade e a redundância dos sistemas renováveis, ao igual
que os seus benefícios no meio ambiente para a sua aplicação no combate aos fogos.The study of fires has evolved not only in the development of firefighting strategies and
solutions for preventing fire risks, but also in mapping, from basic cartography to remote
detection with the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which allowed view the
burned areas, the type of vegetation, the location of water points, among others. This
study aimed to evaluate the application of renewable sources in the redundancy of water
supply systems to combat rural fires in the municipality of Ponte de Lima. An analysis of
the municipality was carried out in ArcGis with data obtained from GeoCATALOGO,
such as burned areas, climate, water points, danger, among others. On the other hand, two
risk matrices were constructed comparing the traditional system with the sustainable
system. Therefore, supply systems from renewable sources were explained, including the
advantages and disadvantages. After suggesting the models for its application, which
were based on solar and wind energy sources, the pros and cons of each proposed model
were shown. With that, the viability and redundancy of sustainable systems were
determined, as well as their benefits on the environment for their application in fighting
fires
Concurrent-validity and reliability of photocells in sport: a systematic review
Get PDFSpecific physical qualities such as sprint running, change-of-direction or jump height are determinants of sports
performance. Photocell systems are practical and easy to use systems to assess the time from point A to point B. In addition, these photoelectric systems are also used to obtain the time of vertically displaced movements. Knowing the accuracy and precision of photocell timing can be a determinant of ensuring a higher quality interpretation of results and of selecting the most appropriate devices for specific objectives. This systematic review aimed to identify and summarize studies that have examined the validity and reliability of photocells in sport sciences. A systematic review of PubMed, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science databases was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. From the 164 studies initially identified, 16 were fully reviewed, and their outcome measures were extracted and analyzed. Photocells appear to have a strong agreement with force plates (gold standard), but are not interchangeable to measure the vertical jump. For monitoring horizontal displacement, double beam systems, compared to single beam systems, are more valid and reliable when it comes to avoiding false triggers caused by swinging arms or legs.9E1A-F9DD-3EB8 | Filipe Manuel ClementeN/
High-intensity interval training programs and their impact on endurance performance in handball players: a systematic review
Get PDFStudy aim: This systematic review aimed to identify and analyze the available evidence about the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) interventions on endurance performance in handball players.
Material and methods: The search for relevant literature was conducted across prominent databases, including PubMed, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science Core Collection. The eligibility criteria focused on healthy handball players, without restrictions on age, sex, or competitive level, who were exposed to HIIT interventions, either alone or in combination with other training methods. The methodological assessment employed the RoB2 and ROBINS scales. A screening process was executed, evaluating 434 titles, leading to the inclusion of 17 eligible studies in this systematic review, comprising a total of 369 participants.
Results: Most studies on HIIT in handball involved tier-two athletes (trained/developmental) and mostly men. The training frequency typically implemented was twice per week, with a duration between 4 and 12 weeks, with different types of HIIT.
There was considerable variation in outcomes across the included studies, with most of them demonstrating a significant positive impact of HIIT on improving endurance performance when compared to controls.
Conclusion: In conclusion, the predominant focus of the overall analyzed studies was on the effects of different HIIT interventions in obtaining positive performance adaptations assessed by field-based tests in handball players.9E1A-F9DD-3EB8 | Filipe Manuel ClementeN/
A century on diameter measurement techniques in cylindrical structures
Get PDFThis work addresses the historical development of techniques and methodologies oriented to the
measurement of the internal diameter of transparent tubes since the original contributions of
Anderson and Barr published in 1923 in the first issue of Measurement Science and Technology.
The progresses on this field are summarized and highlighted the emergence and significance of
the measurement approaches supported by the optical fiber.5319-2C5F-F41F | Paulo CaldasN/
Papel do enfermeiro veterinário na avaliação comportamental de cães de abrigo
No full text5F1C-9D14-387E | Joana Margarida Ferreira da Costa Reisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio