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- Case study of a project-based learning experience at the Polytechnic of Viseu, PortugalPublication . Delplancq, Véronique; Amante, Susana; Costa, C. A.; Lopes, A. Costa; Coutinho, Emília; Fidalgo, Susana; Gillain, R.; Lopez Garcia, Patricia; Oliveira, I.; Pereira, J.; Relvas, S.; Roush, P.Pedagogical innovation is at the centre of higher education (HE) priorities, with a view to renewing its practices and thus motivating students and providing experiences in line with their professional context. Improvement in foreign languages (FL), especially with students who are not likely to receive further language training, requires awareness of this query, inasmuch as competences in FL in the work environment are unanimously recognized as vital and so rightly included in the training plans. The project-based learning approach in an interdisciplinary and collaborative work perspective, using multimodality in communication, is a consistent asset that allows for work to be carried out, comprising the various dimensions of language in French and English, in their connections with cognitive representations. JASM (Open window onto the world: foreign languages, multimodal creativity and pedagogical innovation in higher education) project aims to develop an experience of active pedagogy at the School of Education of Viseu with students of the 1st cycle in Media Studies enrolled in the various FL curricular units. Among the subjects of the study plan, students work on photography, digital art and cultural communication. The students start off by collecting information on the cultural and linguistic diversity of the city of Viseu (Beira Alta, Portugal). The project enhances the acquisition of multilingual skills and the development of plurilingual awareness, due to attention given to the various dimensions of language (aesthetic and emotional, in addition to cognitive), in a creative, collaborative and interdisciplinary work environment. Based on an interview, students write the story (in the two FL) of the life of migrants. Through captioned photographs, in French and English, students highlight the aspect of the migrant family’s life path which stands out more. Based on an object (associated with a cult practised by the family or a tradition or ritual), students create an animated film, also in both languages (exploration of material culture and digital scenography). The outcome of such productions will be the subject of publications on social networks, exhibitions, also being displayed at events and in an e-book. In this project, the topic of interdisciplinarity is highlighted, combining FL with digital art. The evolution, both of the student's learning and of the teacher's role in the whole process, is evaluated, using tests carried out at the beginning and at the end of the project, including monitoring in the middle of the project’s development.
- Circadian and Biological Rhythms in Shift Workers—A Firefighter’s StudyPublication . Duarte, I.F.; Pereira, J.; Lima, JPM.; Simões, H.; Pereira, T.; Conde, J.Shift Work contribute to dysregulation of the typical sleep and awake periods that cause circadian distortions, increasing the risk of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and developing metabolic diseases. Firefighting is a career that demands much of individuals and has a great impact on their health, making it a high-risk job. Objectives: This study aims to characterize shift workers’ blood pressure profiles in an attempt to understand the repercussions of shift work on the circadian blood pressure rhythm in a sample of professional firefighters. Materials and methods: Participants were classified based on their dipping status: dipper drop of 10–20%; non-dipper 0–10%; invert-dipper when there is a rise in BP; extreme-dipper superior to 20%. Results: Abnormal dipping was found in 55.6% of the participants, and there was a marked difference in gender in percentage where dipping is concerned, with 66.7% of women having abnormal dipping against 50% of the men. It was proved that men had a slower heart rate than women (p-value = 0.029) and that dippers had a higher 24 h DBP compared with those of abnormal dipping (p-value = 0.049). Conclusions: Shift work is a high-risk module of labor, and its consequences require a more thorough examination. Abnormal dip- ping prevailed in firefighters, and the differences between genders need to be better characterized in future studies. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
- Controlo de infestantes em Horticultura em modo de produção biológicoPublication . Guilherme, R.; Baptista, P.; Reboredo, F.; Pereira, J.Na produção de hortícolas em modo de produção biológico (MPB), o controlo das plantas infestantes é de grande dificuldade, limitando a produção devido à competição que exercem pela água e nutrientes. Neste sistema de produção a minimização dos prejuízos causados pelas infestantes, é conseguida normalmente pelo recurso a métodos culturais, físicos e mecânicos, onde é impedida a germinação, limitado o seu desenvolvimento, ou eliminação das infestantes através do arranque/corte/queima, colocação de barreiras ou mobilização do solo, este o mais usual. Neste sentido, no presente trabalho pretendem avaliar-se três técnicas para o controlo de infestantes, nomeadamente a monda térmica, a monda mecânica e a cobertura com tela, em comparação com a testemunha onde não se realizará qualquer intervenção. Para tal, num campo certificado em MPB na região do Baixo Mondego, será instalado um ensaio com as diferentes modalidades em estudo, em cultivo de três espécies hortícolas: couve crespa (Brassica oleraceae L.), alho francês (Allium porrum L.), ambas de cultivo habitual no outono-inverno e pimento (Capsicum annum L.) com um ciclo cultural característico de primavera-verão. O sistema de rega a utilizar é de gota a gota e todas as intervenções necessárias para o desenvolvimento das culturas como por exemplo as fertilizações e tratamentos fitossanitários, respeitam as normas de MPB. A avaliação das diferentes técnicas ocorrerá ao nível: I) do controlo de plantas infestantes; II) da biodiversidade e propriedades físicas e químicas do solo; III) e da produtividade, composição química e nutricional das três espécies cultivadas. Neste trabalho apresenta-se o desenho experimental, as metodologias que serão usadas para avaliação de cada um dos parâmetros e as principais metas que se pretendem alcançar.
- Looking into Foreign Languages and Multimodal Creativity as a Tool for Pedagogical Innovation in Higher Education: The JASM Project - Open Window onto the WorldPublication . Lopes, A. M. da Costa; Coutinho, Emília; Oliveira, I.; Pereira, J.; Gillain, Romain; Fidalgo, Susana; Susana Relvas; Delplancq, VéroniqueThe innovation of pedagogical practices is a challenge currently faced by higher education, in which the student is the main actor in the learning process. The aim of this project is to develop collaborative work, using multimodality in communication, adapted to the professional context, as a strategy to foster the learning of foreign languages. The JASM project ([Janela aberta sobre o mundo].Open Window onto the World: Foreign Languages, Multimodal Creativity and Pedagogical Innovation in Higher Education), developed by a multidisciplinary team, rests upon an active learning dynamic based on projects, through the creation of digital narratives focused on the linguistic and cultural diversity of a city in Beira Alta, Viseu. The use of several action-research approaches allowed students of the undergraduate course in media studies at the School of Education in Viseu to develop a multilingual and multicultural awareness, in a creative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary environment.