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A preliminary investigation of Salmonella populations in indigenous portuguese layer hen breeds
Get PDFThe sustainability of agroecological systems, biodiversity protection, animal welfare, and
consumer demand for higher quality products from alternative and extensive farming methods
have reinforced interest in local breeds that are well adapted to low-input environments. However,
food safety needs to be safeguarded to reinforce consumer confidence. The aim of this study was
to conduct a preliminary investigation on the occurrence of Salmonella spp. in eggshells, hen’s
cloaca, and litter materials from autochthonous Portuguese laying hens raised in a semi-extensive
system for small-scale production. A total of 279 samples from 31 flocks belonging to 12 farms were
obtained, with 63 samples from the “Preta Lusitânica” breed, and 72 samples each from the remaining
autochthonous breeds, namely, “Branca”, “Amarela”, and “Pedrês Portuguesa”. None (0%) of the
samples analyzed were positive for Salmonella spp. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first
results of Salmonella evaluation from hen’s cloaca, eggshells, and litter materials in autochthonous
Portuguese chickens, suggesting that a semi-extensive production system can contribute to better
food security and a lower risk to public health and the environment.A91F-E8B8-FA62 | Teresa Susana Letra MateusN/
O design aplicado à criação de uma lunch bag sustentável para o FeelViana Sport Hotel
Get PDFMestrado em Design Integrado na Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do CasteloEste estudo teve origem numa proposta do FeelViana Sport Hotel e como principal objetivo, apresentar uma solução singular e versátil de uma lunch bag para as atividades desportivas, nomeadamente com bicicleta, que esta unidade hoteleira promove. Deste modo, procurou-se desenvolver uma abordagem inovadora que fosse para além das convencionais lunch bags, visando fornecer aos praticantes das atividades desportivas um acessório que alie eficiência, praticidade e durabilidade, facilitando o transporte e a organização de alimentos e bebidas essenciais nesse contexto. O desenvolvimento do projeto fez uso de uma metodologia mista, não intervencionista e intervencionista. A fase não intervencionista assentou na revisão bibliográfica de recolha e análise de dados referentes à entidade parceira FeelViana Sport Hotel e à lunch bag, focando-se também em conceitos de autores pertinentes ao estudo. Paralelamente, foi realizada uma análise das tendências atuais da lunch bag e de referência crucial para este projeto. Na fase intervencionista realizou-se um estudo empírico, através do trabalho de campo e da realização de hipóteses satisfatórias. Esta fase prática foi validada através de entrevistas realizadas a colaboradores do FeelViana Sport Hotel e um inquérito realizado a uma amostra do potencial público-alvo do produto. O projeto resultou num protótipo de uma lunch bag considerada sustentável, confirmando as questões de investigação. Os testes ao produto evidenciaram as suas qualidades materiais, construtivas e funcionais e puderam verificar o contributo para a boa experiência do utilizador, ajudando a promover a prática de um estilo de vida saudável e ativo. Com este estudo evidenciou-se o papel que o design pode ter na transposição para um produto, de valores que identifiquem a cultura de uma organização e de um lugar, enquanto desenvolve soluções práticas, inovadoras e que melhoram a experiência do utilizador e das suas atividades.This study was originated from a proposal by FeelViana Sport Hotel and its main objective was to present a unique and versatile solution for a lunch bag for the sports activities, namely cycling, that this hotel promotes. The goal was to develop an innovative approach that went beyond conventional lunch bags, with the aim of providing sports enthusiasts with an accessory that combines efficiency, practicality and durability, making it easier to transport and organize essential food and drink in this context. The project was developed using a mixed non-interventionist and interventionist methodology. The non-interventionist phase was based on a literature review to collect and analyze data on the partner FeelViana Sport Hotel and the lunch bag, also focusing on concepts from relevant authors to the study. At the same time, an analysis was carried out of current lunch bag trends and crucial references for this project. In the interventionist phase, an empirical study was carried out through fieldwork and the development of satisfactory hypotheses. This practical phase was validated through interviews with FeelViana Sport Hotel employees and a survey of a sample of the product's potential target audience. The project resulted in a prototype of a lunch bag considered sustainable, confirming the research questions. The product tests showed its material, constructive and functional qualities and were able to verify its contribution to a good user experience, helping to promote the practice of a healthy and active lifestyle. This study has highlighted the role that design can play in transposing values that identify the culture of an organization and a place into a product, while developing practical, innovative solutions that improve the user experience and their activities
a study from ecological theory and social network analysis perspective
Get PDFThe objective of the present study was to analyze and compare the setter's decision-making (DM) in the offensive construction of the side-out (attack from the reception) in high-level men's volleyball. The sample consisted of the analysis of 132 games of the Brazilian men's volleyball Super-League 2021/2022, with 22 games for each team. The results showed that the eigenvector values were higher for setting to position 3, central attacker next to the setter, simple block, and obtaining the attack point. In addition, the setter's DM was similar between teams, suggesting that the game strategies aim to provide subsidies for the setter to make the
decisions according to the game context in a flexible way and generate benefits for the attackers about the number of blockers, being that under ideal conditions and due to the lifter's correct choices in distribution, central blockers avoid anticipating the setting, and this fact allows the conditions of a single block or double-broken blocks in most cases. As a practical application, setting for the central attacker in position 3 becomes an interesting option for point acquisition and is capable of influencing the number of blockers, as well as the optimal blocking condition. Another application would be for the central attacker to position themselves close to the setter, a strategy that would enable the use of the "pipe" attack in other areas of the court with lower defensive blocking power.9E1A-F9DD-3EB8 | Filipe Manuel ClementeN/
Neuromuscular and balance adaptations following basketball-specific training programs based on combined drop jump and multidirectional repeated sprint versus multidirectional plyometric training
Get PDFMultidirectional jumping and repeated sprint ability are crucial performance factors in bas ketball. The main aim of this investigation was to examine the neuromuscular performance and bodybalance adaptations following basketball-specific combined training programs based on drop jump and multidirectional repeated sprint versus multidirectional plyometric training. Forty-two professional basketball male players participated in the current investigation and were randomly assigned to three groups: a combined group (COMB; n = 14), amul tidirectional jump group (MJG; n = 14) and an active control group (CON; n = 14). The COMBandtheMJGgroupscompletedthe8-weektraining programs with twoweekly sessions while the CON continued their usual training. The static and dynamic balance tests, the repeated sprint ability test (IRSA5COD), the T–change of direction (CoD) test, the vertical jump tests, the five time-jump test (FJT) were performed by participants before and after the intervention period. The results showed a significant main effect of time with remarkable improvements at the end of the intervention (P < 0.001, effect size small/moderate) except the physiological parameters for IRSA5COD. Only, significant group × time interactions for body balance, T-CoD test, IRSA5COD (total time and best time), and jump tests were found (P <0.001, effect size from trivial to moderate). Bonferroni corrected post-hoc tests revealed significantly greater improvement in favor of COMB compared to MJG for body balance, CoDandIRSA 5COD (P <0.005, effect size small/moderate). Otherwise, no significant differences between COMB and MJG concerning jump performances were found. Combined drop jump and multidirectional repeated sprint training program lead to significantly better neuromuscular performance, body balance and CoD in professional basketball players
when compared with an usual training.9E1A-F9DD-3EB8 | Filipe Manuel ClementeN/
Diferenciação pedagógica e sucesso educativo: contributos para a mudança e inovação educacional e para a melhoria da qualidade educativa
No full textNuma escola que se quer inclusiva, a problemática da diferenciação pedagógica assume crucial importância na garantia da igualdade de oportunidades de sucesso para todos. Ensinar todos da mesma maneira e ao mesmo tempo não responde aos desafios dos contextos educativos atuais. A diversidade de alunos e a heterogeneidade das turmas (no que diz respeito a ritmos e estilos de aprendizagem, interesses e motivações, contextos sociais e culturais diversos) exige dos professores uma atenção especial às necessidades individuais tendo em vista a criação de condições para que todos os alunos aprendam.
A pedagogia diferenciada é centrada no aluno, sendo o professor um organizador das situações de aprendizagem. Deverá, por isso, permitir a todos aprender, independentemente da origem social ou dos recursos culturais (Perrenoud, 1997). Diferenciar implica proporcionar itinerários de aprendizagem diversos, adequando as estratégias de ensino do professor às estratégias de aprendizagem dos alunos (Pinharanda, 2009; Torre Ferreira, 2016).
Nesta comunicação apresenta-se um estudo desenvolvido no âmbito da pós-graduação em Administração Escolar e Inovação Educacional da ESE-IPVC com o intuito de contribuir para a concretização do Plano de Melhoria de um Agrupamento de Escolas de Viana do Castelo, decorrente do programa de avaliação externa. O estudo envolveu um questionário construído para o efeito, composto por questões abertas e fechadas, com o objetivo de identificar conceções dos professores do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico deste Agrupamento sobre a temática em estudo, assim como sobre
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práticas de diferenciação pedagógica implementadas e fatores condicionadores e facilitadores desta implementação.
Os resultados obtidos permitiram perceber que, de um modo geral, os professores i) têm uma perceção correta sobre diferenciação pedagógica, embora se denote alguma necessidade de clarificação de conceitos; ii) utilizam algumas estratégias de diferenciação pedagógica, não obstante alguma ausência de sistematização e intencionalidade neste tipo de práticas; iii) identificam constrangimentos subjacentes à implementação de uma pedagogia diferenciada, situados, predominantemente, ao nível organizacional. Estes resultados serviram também para enformar uma proposta de plano de intervenção orientado para a melhoria organizacional e pedagógica, assente na criação de condições internas para o aprofundamento de estratégias de diferenciação pedagógica integradas nas práticas letivas, e que possam vir a repercutir-se na melhoria das aprendizagens. ABSTRACT In a school that promotes to be inclusive, the problem of pedagogical differentiation is a crucial matter on ensuring equal opportunities of success for all. Teaching everyone the same way, giving the same time does not matches with today’s educational contexts. The diversity of students and the heterogeneity of the classes (with regarding to the pace and learning styles, interests and motivations, different social and cultural contexts) require from teachers a special care to the individual necessities to create conditions so every student learns.
The differentiated pedagogy is focused on the student, being the teacher an organizer of the learning situations. Therefore, this pedagogy must allow everyone to learn, independently of their social ethnic or cultural resources (Perrenoud, 1997). Differentiation involves providing a diversity of learning itineraries, adapting teachers’ teaching strategies to students' learning strategies (Pinharanda, 2009; Torre Ferreira, 2016).
This communication expresses a study developed on behalf of postgraduate studies on “Administração Escolar e Inovação Educacional da ESE-IPVC” with the intention to contribute for the improvement project of the “Agrupamento de Escolas de Viana do Castelo”, due to an external evaluation programme. The study involved questionnaires written for the occasion, made of opened and closed questions, with the purpose to identify primary school teachers’ conceptions for those who are involved on this school team about this thematic currently being studied, as well as differentiation pedagogy practices carried out and conditioner and facilitators factors of this execution.
The results achieved allowed to understand that, in general, teachers i) have a right perception about the differentiation pedagogy, even though some of the concepts have to be clarified; ii) teachers use some differentiation pedagogy strategies, although these may not always be intentional and regular; iii) identify constraints underlying the implementation of a differentiated pedagogy, situated, predominantly, at the organizational level. These results also fed the development of a proposal intervention project made towards the improvement organizational and pedagogical, laid on the creation of internal conditions to deepen the strategies of pedagogical differentiation incorporated on the teaching practices, and that can be reflected on the learning improvements.A11D-C969-8086 | Maria de Fátima de Sousa Pereirainfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
a systematic review
Get PDFSeveral studies have been conducted to find at least an association between physical activity (PA)/ physical exercise (PE) and the possibility to modulate the gut microbiome (GM). However, the specific effects produced on the human GM by different types of PA/PE, different training modalities, and their age-related effects are not yet fully understood. Therefore, this systematic review aims to evaluate and summarize the current scientific evidence investigating the bi-directional relationship between PA/PE and the human GM, with a specific focus on the different types/variables of PA/PE and age-related effects, in healthy and unhealthy people. A systematic search was conducted across four databases (Web of Science, Medline (PubMed), Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library). Information was extracted using the populations, exposure, intervention, comparison, outcomes (PICOS) format. The Oxford Quality Scoring System Scale, the Risk of Bias in Non-Randomized Studies of Interventions (ROBINS-I) tool, and the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Analytical Cross-Sectional
Studies were used as a qualitative measure of the review. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO (code: CRD42022302725). The following data items were extracted: author, year of publication, study design, number and age of participants, type of PA/PE carried out, protocol/workload and diet assessment, duration of intervention, measurement tools used, and main outcomes. Two team authors reviewed 694 abstracts for inclusion and at the end of the screening process, only 76 full texts were analyzed. Lastly, only 25 research articles met the eligibility criteria. The synthesis of these findings suggests that GM diversity is associated with aerobic exercise contrary to resistance training; abundance of Prevotella genus seems to be correlated with training duration; no significant change in GM richness and diversity are detected when exercising according to the minimum dose recommended by the World Health Organizations; intense and prolonged PE can induce a higher abundance of pro-inflammatory bacteria; PA does not lead to significant GM α/β-diversity in elderly people (60+ years). The heterogeneity of the training parameters used in the studies, diet control, and different sequencing methods are the main confounders. Thus, this systematic review can provide an in-depth overview of the relationship between PA/PE and the human intestinal microbiota and, at the same time, provide indications from the athletic and health perspective.9E1A-F9DD-3EB8 | Filipe Manuel ClementeN/
O potencial para a cooperação entre empresas de turismo e produção de vinho na oferta de experiências turísticas : o caso da região do douro, em Portugal
Get PDFThe provision of tourism experiences depends on cooperative relationships of businesses operating not only in the same, but also in complementary industries, as it is the case of wine production industry. This paper then focuses on the occurrence, or not, of inter-sectoral and/or diagonal cooperation between businesses operating in wine and tourism industries. The aim is to understand and discuss the current situation of cooperation in the region and its (potential) adoption to the provision of tourism experiences. Data here presented was collected through interviewbased face-to-face questionnaire applied to businesses' decision makers, owners/managers. Results indicate cooperation is already being adopted by many of the owners/ managers of wine and tourism businesses in the region and that although visitor experiences were not clearly indicated by respondents as one of the reasons to cooperate, offering complementary and diversified products/services and activities is one of the main reasons for businesses, particularly for tourism businesses, to cooperate with wine businesses. It was acknowledged by respondents an increasing demand for wine-related activities (as participating in harvests and wine tasting) and the need to offer adequate products/services to meet wine-related demand expectations of tourists when vising the region. The results of this paper indicate that respondents, particularly tourism businesses, recognise that this offer is the result of cooperative relationships with wine businesses. Therefore, one can say that there is a great potential for cooperation between wine and tourism in the provision of tourism experiences in this region.8014-1B5A-933A | Goretti SilvaN/
O planeamento da conferência familiar em cuidados paliativos: perceção dos profissionais de saúde
Get PDFRelatório de Estágio de Natureza Profissional no âmbito do Mestrado em Enfermagem à Pessoa em Situação Paliativa apresentada na Escola Superior de Saúde do Instituto Politécnico de Viana do CasteloAtualmente, defrontar o fim de vida e o sofrimento, parece continuar a ser algo difícil. Os profissionais de saúde, nomeadamente os enfermeiros, devem cuidar de forma holística também na fase final de vida evitando o sofrimento. Cuidar da pessoa em fim de vida e família exige a participação ativa e competência do enfermeiro, no sentido de satisfazer as suas necessidades, privilegiando o direito de morrer com dignidade e o direito de receber bons cuidados, fundamentada no imperativo do respeito pela vida.
Este relatório surge no âmbito do Estágio de Natureza Profissional, do Curso de Mestrado em Enfermagem à Pessoa em Situação Paliativa, e procura descrever de forma crítica e reflexiva todo o processo de aprendizagem e desenvolvimento de competências especializadas nesta área de intervenção em Enfermagem. Para o desenvolvimento de competências procuramos reunir o máximo de experiências e basear a prática clínica em evidência científica, envolvendo as dimensões da prestação de cuidados à pessoa e família em situação paliativa, da formação, da gestão e da investigação. Nesse sentido, o Estágio de Natureza Profissional desenrolou-se numa Unidade de Cuidados Paliativos, no qual emergiu a problemática de investigação sobre o planeamento da conferência familiar em cuidados paliativos na perceção dos profissionais de saúde.
A pertinência do estudo de investigação decorreu do facto das conferências familiares em cuidados paliativos serem de extrema importância para todos os intervenientes no processo de doença, uma vez que, o planeamento da conferência familiar, surge essencialmente para a prestação de cuidados e apoio à família. Neste sentido tendo em conta o objetivo de investigação, optamos por uma scoping review, em que os resultados evidenciaram que o planeamento é fundamental para a realização das Conferências Familiares, de modo a permitir a sistematização e tratamento da informação. Os profissionais de saúde consideram como fundamental realizar a conferência familiar.
Da experiência de estágio, salienta-se o desenvolvimento de competências e habilidades especializadas fundamentais para cuidar da pessoa em situação paliativa e família. Permitiu-nos ainda constatar o papel preponderante do enfermeiro especialista na formação profissional para o aprofundamento de competências, num contínuo de aprendizagem ao longo da vida, refletir sobre as práticas e sobre a importância da interação com a equipa multidisciplinar e a família.
Percebemos que emerge a necessidade de oferecer a máxima qualidade à pessoa em fim de vida e família para a qual os cuidados paliativos são uma resposta mais adequada.Currently, facing the end of life and suffering seems to continue to be something difficult. Health professionals, namely nurses, should also provide holistic care at the end-of-life stage, thus avoiding suffering. Caring for an end-of-life person and family requires the active participation and competence of nurses, in order to meet their needs, emphasising the right to die with dignity and the right to receive good care, based on the imperative respect for life.
This report arises within the scope of the Professional Internship of the Master's Degree in Palliative Care Nursing and seeks to describe the entire learning process and development of specialised skills critically and reflectively in this area of Nursing intervention. In order to develop competencies, we seek to gather as many experiences as possible and base clinical practice on scientific evidence, regarding the extents of providing care to the person and family in a palliative situation, training, management, and research. On that note, the Internship of Professional Nature took place in a Palliative Care Unit, in which emerged the research issue concerning the planning of the family conference in palliative care in the perception of health professionals. The relevance of this research study was due to the fact that family conferences in palliative care are extremely important to all participants in the disease process, since family conference planning is essentially aimed at providing care and support to the family. To this effect, considering the research objective, we opted for a scoping review, upon which the results showed that planning is essential for the implementation of Family Conferences, so as to allow the systematisation and process of information.
Health professionals consider it essential to hold the family conference. From the internship experience, the development of competencies and specialized skills fundamental to the palliative patient and family’s care is highlighted. It has also allowed us to ascertain the preponderant role of the specialist nurse in professional training for the deepening of skills, in a lifelong learning constant, to reflect on the practices and on the importance of interaction with the multidisciplinary team and the family. We became aware that the need to offer the highest quality to the person at the end of life and the family emerges, for which palliative care is a more appropriate response
Avaliação da utilização de redes foto-seletivas na produtividade, qualidade dos frutos e incidência de PSA num pomar de kiwi "Hayward"
Get PDFO kiwi, fruto produzido pela Actinidia deliciosa, é uma espécie que rapidamente se tornou
um caso de sucesso em Portugal, quer em termos do interesse dos consumidores quer no
que diz respeito à sua produção. Mesmo sendo uma cultura bem-adaptada, as plantas do
kiwi são muito sensíveis aos danos causados pelo granizo e pelo vento e, nos últimos
anos, tem vindo a ser muito afetada pela Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa),
bactéria responsável pela doença que mais preocupa os produtores. Em Portugal, a Psa
foi identificada pela primeira vez em 2010, provocando perdas que podem atingir mais
de 80% da produção, tornando essencial a investigação e o desenvolvimento de
estratégias eficazes na contenção da doença.
Recentemente, a utilização de redes foto-seletivas na cultura de kiwi permite combinar a
proteção física com a seleção de determinadas faixas do espectro da radiação solar para
promover respostas fisiológicas desejadas que sejam reguladas pela luz. As redes têm
sido usadas para proteger as plantas contra granizo, vento, excesso de radiação solar,
pragas e doenças, melhorando a saúde das plantas e a qualidade dos frutos. Assim, o
presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a influência de redes foto-seletivas na
incidência de Psa, na produtividade e qualidade dos frutos de kiwi.
O ensaio foi realizado num pomar de kiwis da cv. Hayward, instalado no ano de 1988 na
exploração agrícola “Quinta das Picas”, da empresa KIWI GREENSUN, em Guimarães.
As redes foto-seletivas utilizadas (Iridium ®, Agrintech) de cor pérola, amarela e
cinzenta, tinham um efeito de sombreamento de 7%, 4% e 19%, respetivamente, e foram
instaladas horizontalmente acima das plantas, em maio de 2019. A severidade da Psa foi
avaliada nas folhas por uma escala de severidade (Vanneste et al., 2013).
Os principais efeitos das redes foram a diminuição da radiação fotossintética ativa (entre
7,9% e 11,3%), diminuição da velocidade do vento, aumento da proporção da radiação
azul/vermelho, maior efeito de difusão da luz, aumento da temperatura média do ar (entre
0,3°C e 0,7°C) e diminuição da humidade relativa média diária do ar (entre 1,4% e 2,6%).
A severidade da Psa foi menor nas plantas sob as redes em comparação com o controle,
provavelmente devido às condições climáticas que prejudicaram o desenvolvimento e a
dispersão da bactéria. As plantas sob a rede pérola em comparação com o controle,
tiveram menor severidade de Psa, aumento de 33% na produtividade e maior firmeza e
teor de matéria seca dos frutos após 14 semanas de armazenamento refrigerado. Cobrir o
pomar de kiwi com a rede foto-seletivas pérola parece ter um impacto benéfico na
progressão da doença de Psa, na produção, na qualidade pós-colheita dos frutos e na
capacidade de armazenamento.The Kiwi, a fruit produced by Actinidia deliciosa, is a species that quickly became a
success story in Portugal, both in terms of consumer interest and in terms of its
production. Despite being a well adapted crop, kiwi plants are very sensitive to damage
caused by hail and wind and, in recent years, have been very affected by Pseudomonas
syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa), bacteria responsible for the disease that most concerns
producers. In Portugal, Psa was first identified in 2010, causing losses that can reach more
than 80% of production, making research and the development of disease prevention
essential.
In terms of terms, the use of photo-selective nets in kiwi culture allows combining
physical protection with the selection of bands in the spectrum of solar radiation to
promote desired physiological responses that are regulated by light. Nets were used to
protect plants against hail, wind, excessive solar radiation, pests and diseases, improving
plant health and fruit quality. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the influence of
photo-selective nets on the increase in Psa, on the productivity and quality of kiwi fruits.
The test was carried out in a kiwi orchard of cv. Hayward, installed in 1988 in the farm
“Quinta das Picas”, by the company KIWI GREENSUN, in Guimarães. The photo
selective nets (Iridium ®, Agrintech) of pearl, yellow and gray color, had a shading effect
of 7%, 4% and 19%, respectively, and were installed horizontally above the plants, in
May 2019. A Psa severity was assessed on the leaves by a severity scale (Vanneste et al.,
2013).
The main effects of the networks were the decrease in active photosynthetic radiation
(between 7.9% and 11.3%), decrease in wind speed, increase in the proportion of blue /
red radiation, greater light diffusion effect, increase in temperature average air (between
0.3 ° C and 0.7 ° C) and decrease in the average daily relative humidity of the air (between
1.4% and 2.6%). The severity of Psa was lower in plants under nets compared to the
control, due to climatic conditions that hindered the development and dispersion of
bacteria. The plants under the pearl net compared to the control, have lower Psa severity,
33% increase in productivity and greater firmness and dry matter content of the fruits
after 14 weeks of cold storage. Covering the kiwi orchard with the photo selective pearl
net seems to have a beneficial impact on the progression of Psa disease, on production,
on post-harvest quality of the fruits and storage capacity
Escola “amiga dos animais”: proposta didática para alunos do 3.º ano de escolaridade
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 CasteloO presente relatório desenvolveu-se no âmbito da unidade curricular de Prática de Ensino Supervisionada 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 relatório encontra-se dividido em três partes.
A biodiversidade é fundamental para a manutenção da vida na Terra, proporcionando vários serviços ecossistémicos. Os animais polinizadores são seres vivos chave, responsáveis pela reprodução da maioria das plantas Angiospérmicas e têm um papel fundamental na produção de alimento. É importante que as crianças, desde cedo, contactem diretamente com animais da fauna local, para estabelecerem relações positivas que promovam comportamentos de proteção das espécies.
Neste sentido, desenvolveu-se um estudo com dezanove crianças do 3.º ano de escolaridade que pretendeu dar respostas às seguintes questões de investigação: Quais os conhecimentos e sentimentos de alunos do 3.º ano sobre animais que podem encontrar na sua escola?; Que ideias têm alunos do 3.º ano para tornar a sua escola mais “amiga dos animais”?; Como se caracteriza a participação dos alunos nas atividades e construções?. Foi elaborada uma proposta didática constituída por seis atividades que permitiu aos alunos recolher, observar e identificar animais no espaço exterior da escola, investigar formas de melhorar a vida dos polinizadores, elaborar construções amigas dos insetos e observar interações dos insetos com os materiais elaborados.
A metodologia utilizada é de natureza qualitativa, usando-se como métodos e técnicas de recolha de dados a observação, as entrevistas, os registos dos alunos e os registos áudio e fotografia.
Após a realização das atividades, os alunos aumentaram os seus conhecimentos sobre os insetos e a polinização, mostraram maior empatia e interesse pela sua preservação. Construíram um hotel de insetos, um jardim polinizador e observaram alguns animais nestes espaços. A proposta didática mostrou motivar os alunos em todos os momentos de aprendizagem.This report was developed within the scope of the curricular unit of Supervised Teaching Practice of the Master in Pre-School and Primary School Education of the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. The report is divided into three parts.
Biodiversity is essential for sustaining life on Earth, providing various ecosystem services. Pollinator animals are key living beings, responsible for the reproduction of angiosperm plants and have a fundamental role in food production. It is important that children, from an early age, have direct contact with animals from the local fauna, in order to establish positive relationships that promote pro-environmental behavior to protect the species.
In this sense, a study was carried out with nineteen children in the 3rd year of schooling, which sought to provide answers to the following research questions: What are the knowledge and feelings of 3rd year students about animals that they can find at their school?; What ideas do 3rd year students have to make their school more “animal friendly”?; How is the participation of students in activities and constructions characterized? A didactic proposal consisting of six activities was elaborated that allowed students to collect, observe and identify animals outside the school, investigate ways to improve the life of pollinators, create insect-friendly constructions and observe interactions between insects and the materials produced.
The methodology as a qualitative nature, using observation, interviews, student records, audio recordings and photography as data collection methods and techniques.
After carrying out the activities, the students increased their knowledge about insects and pollination, showed greater empathy and interest in their preservation. They built an insect hotel, a pollinator garden and observed some animals in these spaces. The didactic proposal proved to motivate students at all learning moments