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- Aprendizagem ativa no ensino superior: estratégias pedagógicas para um trabalho colaborativoPublication . Mangas, CatarinaIntrodução: O ensino superior está normalmente associado a uma formação mais tradicional/expositiva que não se enquadra com o atual processo de Bolonha, as características dos jovens estudantes ou as exigências que advêm das constantes transformações da sociedade. Hoje em dia, os estudantes devem estar preparados com um elevado nível de competências sociais e conhecimentos que são necessários num mercado de trabalho que se altera permanentemente. Objetivos: Descrever estratégias de aprendizagem cooperativas, desenvolvidas em grupos, aplicadas em cursos superiores nas áreas das ciências sociais e das ciências da educação. Métodos: A investigação desenvolvida é caracterizada como sendo qualitativa, sendo um estudo essencialmente descritivo, já que apresenta, de forma holística, estratégias específicas aplicadas junto de duas turmas de estudantes do ensino superior. Resultados: A investigação sugere que os estudantes aprendem melhor quando estão ativamente envolvidos em atividades onde o pensamento crítico e criativo é cultivado, resultando em melhores classificações, numa maior satisfação com o seu percurso académico e numa menor probabilidade de abandono. Conclusões: É essencial refletir sobre as práticas pedagógicas e, consequentemente, adotar novas estratégias desenvolvidas em ambientes de aprendizagem centrados nos estudantes, que aumentem a qualidade do ensino superior, tornando-o mais adequado à realidade laboral atual.
- Evaluation of an educational project for the development of the autonomy of life in young people leaving residential carePublication . Santos, Rui; Margarido, Cristóvão; Pocinho, Ricardo; Silva, Tânia; Póvoa, VanessaOne of the protection measures provided to at-risk children and young people in Portugal is residential care. Residential care facilities foster children and young people from unstructured families, providing them with conditions that may allow to enhance their full development, including their education, well-being and preparation for life autonomy. Projet' Ar-te is an intervention project developed at Casa do Canto, under the direction of the Portuguese Association for the Rights of Minors and the Family - CrescerSer, financed from 2012 to 2015 through the "Children and Youth at Risk"Program of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. The main objectives of this project were the creation of the Life Skills Development Program (PDCV) and the Support and Monitoring Structure (ESAAC) for the young people leaving residential care, in order to provide them with a close affective rear, helping to face the challenges and difficulties they encounter successively outside the residential care facility. Through ethnobiographic interviews with two young women experiencing the project for one year, the aim was to understand their perceptions regarding two moments: the residential care period and the experiences after leaving Casa do Canto through the support provided by the ESAAC Structure. The results showed that participation in the project activities provided significant moments during residential care, which seem to have an important impact on the autonomy strategies adopted by young women after leaving the facility.
- Planning forest recreation: environmental economic instruments and the public participationPublication . Oliveira, F.; Pintassilgo, P.; Mendes, I.; Silva, J. A.In Portugal there is a growing demand for natural areas that provide a wide range of outdoor recreation. This paper focuses on the particular case of the Mata Nacional de Leiria (Leiria National Forest). This is a pine tree forest with 11,000 hectares and eight centuries of history. It has always been a public forest with open access to everyone, a fact that contributes to different kinds of use and benefits (walking, cycling, picnics, collecting firewood, fruits and berries, and other recreation activities). The proximity to a major urban and industrial centre, on one hand, and to a very popular beach coast, on the other, makes this a resource that is widely used by both residents and visitors. In the future there is the possibility of implementing a set of actions to improve forest amenities and recreation, and later the emergence of environmental tourism activities and equipment. In this context, we want to know the economic valuation that actual users attach to these recreation improvements, but also realize their preferences and opinions regarding this project. For this purpose we designed, tested and applied a double bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation questionnaire. The results presented in this paper focus on responses to attitudinal and follow-up questions. More than 70% of respondents have positively assessed the proposed improvements to the study area and about 40% enhanced their personal opinion on the type of interventions that they consider most appropriate. Answers focus the priority areas of intervention in the Mata Nacional de Leiria, the main concerns in its development, the type of actions that should (and should not) be implemented, respondents willingness to actively take part and, also, what the public authorities' role should be. At this stage, where Mata Nacional de Leiria is being considered in terms of future recreation and tourism offers, the results obtained provide important contributions and enhance the contingent valuation survey as a tool to support recreation planning, promoting public participation and the political decision-making process.
- Tourism as a tool of community development: an ecotourism project in Cantanhez, Guinea-BissauPublication . Oliveira, F.; Silva, F.In recent decades the scientific community and various international organizations have provided a range of guidelines towards the development of more sustainable tourism. The responsible use of natural and cultural resources and the participation of local communities - with the involvement of the different actors in the development process - are inseparable aspects of sustainability's concept. However, when we try to put it into practice it appears that this is a very slow process, with many aspects that must be considered, especially in the case of underdeveloped regions. This paper focuses precisely on one of these regions - Cantanhez National Park, Guinea Bissau. This region has natural and cultural resources that are real treasures, which enhance the environmental and green forms of tourism; however, the structural problems of the country can be a real challenge to any type of initiative. The purpose of this communication is to present the ecotourism project in Cantanhez National Park, identifying the objectives, the first stages of the project implementation, the difficulties arising from the social, economic and political situation of the country and finally, its relevance in promoting community development. The realities that will be shared in this paper resulted from an initial visit to identify the needs of tourism planning, management and training in the communities directly involved.
- Valorizar a diversidade: inclusão que une, tecnologia que transformaPublication . Mangas, Catarina; Sousa, Jenny; Mónico Lopes, SaraColetânea que reúne estudos e experiências sobre a importância da inclusão social e da tecnologia como ferramentas para a transformação educacional e social. Organizado por Catarina Mangas, Jenny Sousa e Sara Mónico Lopes, o livro apresenta um conjunto diversificado de pesquisas e práticas que abordam desde a inclusão de pessoas com deficiência no ensino e no mercado de trabalho, até o impacto das novas tecnologias na acessibilidade e na aprendizagem.