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The Cloud Gets Personal
Authors: Joseph Rhoda , Brown Patrick
Published: November 2019

Cloud computing, at its most fundamental level, is a technology that allows computing to occur as an on-demand utility. Personalized medicine is revolutionizing the field of medicine, and aims to provide individualized treatment for patients, based on their genetic material and medical history, through comparisons to genetic material from thousands of other patients. Better patient outcomes are expected in a personalized medicine domain as compared to more generic generalized options. In this paper the authors explore the use of cloud computing in the area of personalized medicine examining unique benefits and opportunities. They also recognize and discuss the presence of some inherent risks. Using the cloud for personalized medicine can expedite collaborations and data collection across different clinicians, researchers and other stakeholders involved in the fight against diseases. This paper examines key elements associated with using cloud computing in the specialized area of personalized medicine.
Analysis of Healthcare Workflows in Accordance with Access Control Policies
Authors: Lakaraju Sandeep , Xu Dianxiang , Wang Yong
Published: November 2019

Healthcare information systems deal with sensitive data across complex workflows. They often allow various stakeholders from different environments to access data across organizational boundaries. This elevates the risk of exposing sensitive healthcare information to unauthorized personnel, leading ‘controlling access to resources' a major concern. To prevent unwanted access to sensitive information, healthcare organizations need to adopt effective workflows and access control mechanisms. Many healthcare organizations are not yet considering or do not know how to accommodate the ‘context' element as a crucial element in their workflows and access control policies. The authors envision the future of healthcare where ‘context' will be considered as a crucial element. They can accommodate context through a new element ‘environment' in workflows, and can accommodate context in policies through well-known attribute based access control mechanism (ABAC). This research mainly addresses these problems by proposing a model to integrate workflows and access control policies and thereby identifying workflow activities that are not being protected by access control policies and improving the workflow activities and/or existing access control policies using SARE (Subject, Action, Resource, and environment) elements.
Shared Electronic Health Records as Innovation
Authors: Pullen Troy , Al-Hakim Latif
Published: November 2019

Based on the Diffusion of Innovation theory, this chapter addresses the following research question: Whether factors of diffusion of innovation theory influence care providers' willingness to adopt Shared Electronic Health Records (SEHRs). Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire distributed to over 5000 active members of the Australian Medical Association Queensland. A total of 588 valid responses were received from currently active care providers in Queensland. Multiple regression analysis and Chi-Square analysis were conducted to test the research hypotheses and answer the research question. The data revealed that while 72% of those surveyed were willing to adopt SEHRs, significant differences existed between public and private sector care providers and across the various tiers of the health system. In relation to the factors influencing future willingness to adopt, the variables comprising relative advantage were shown to have a significant impact upon future willingness to adopt shared electronic health records. The findings from this chapter will benefit those responsible for the future introduction of SEHRs, specifically by allowing policy makers to target the factors that influence care providers' willingness to adopt.
Ensuring Privacy of Participants Recruited via Social Media
Authors: Unnithan Chandana , Swatman Paula M , Kelder Jo-Anne
Published: November 2019

Researchers worldwide are increasingly looking to recruit research participants via social media (particularly @Facebook and @Twitter) because they appear to offer access to a wider range of research participants and afford inherently convenient tools for recruitment. In Australia, the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research, together with the federal Privacy law and a number of state-based privacy statutes, provide support and guidance for this novel approach. This article offers a preliminary analysis and discussion of this trend from an Australian perspective, illustrated by an enquiry into the ethical challenges posed by social media-based recruitment, conducted in an Australian university in 2015. Leximancer™ was used as an analytical tool and the content from social media sites used for a small number of research studies conducted up to 2015, taken in conjunction with the various national human research ethics guidelines, offered a means of understanding how ethical challenges of privacy and anonymity can be addressed for responsible social media-based research.
Effect of Power and Phase Synchronization in Multi-Trial Speech Imagery
Authors: Chengaiyan Sandhya , Balathayil Divya , Anandan Kavitha , Thomas Christy Bobby
Published: November 2019

Speech imagery is one form of mental imagery which refers to the imagining of speaking a word to oneself silently in the mind without any articulation movement. In this work, electroencephalography (EEG) signals were acquired while speaking and during the imagining of speaking consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words in multiple trials of different time frames. Relative powers were computed for each EEG frequency band. It has been observed that relative power of alpha and theta bands was dominant. Phase Locking Value (PLV), a functional brain connectivity parameter has been estimated to understand the phase synchronicity between two brain regions. PLV results show that the left hemispheric frontal and temporal electrodes has maximum phase lock in alpha and theta band during speech and speech imagery process. The combination of brain connectivity estimators and signal processing techniques will thus be a reliable framework for understanding the nature of speech imagery signals captured through EEG.
The Impact of Healthcare Information Technology on Patient Outcomes
Authors: Chen Edward T.
Published: November 2019

The purpose of this article is to review the existing literature on health information technology (HIT), specifically electronic health records (EHR) and life-long patient records, in order to provide a broad assessment of the current state of this technology in the United States. Relevant literature was reviewed to determine whether key hypotheses were validated. Areas for additional research and development were identified, and a potential path forward was proposed. HIT adoption is a worthwhile effort in the United States, and it is possible for us to enact an interoperable central records system within our current fee-for-service healthcare system. Wide scale adoption will require subsidies and regulatory involvement at the state level, but professional networks may be exploited to speed the rate of adoption. A four-tier architecture with autonomic security systems, properly validated, can provide the infrastructure necessary.
A Critical Assessment of LGBTQ+ Speakers in the Classroom and Suggestions for Alternative Practices
Authors: Powell Michelle
Published: November 2019

LGBTQ+ subjects have long been rendered invisible in school curricula. More recently, however, teachers, students, and administrators have recognized the need to remedy this erasure and many are making LGBTQ+ visibility a curricular imperative. In this chapter, the author explores a specific tactic that is often used to increase LGBTQ+ visibility and increase awareness of LGBTQ+ issues—the guest speaker. The body of the chapter begins with a brief discussion of the ways in which the guest speaker can be a useful tool. Most of the existing literature on the use of guest speakers, however, takes for granted that the technique is universally positive and empowering. Therefore, in the second portion of the chapter the author will elaborate several critiques. Finally, she will discuss several models that can serve to increase knowledge about LGBTQ+ topics and increase LGBTQ+ visibility, and which work as well as or better than the guest speaker model.
Current Trends in Digital Learning and Innovation
Authors: Francis Nidhish , Santhakumar Abishek B.
Published: November 2019

Digital learning has gained a lot of attention over the recent years and is increasingly being utilised as a substitute for both distance education and face-to face learning activities. This chapter initially defines and briefly discusses the advantages and disadvantages of digital learning. With the advancement in technology, there are various digital tools that are now available to enhance the effectiveness of digital learning experience, and some of the major innovative digital tools are detailed in the chapter.
Implementation of Cooperative Learning Strategies to Create 3D-Videos in EFL Teacher Training
Authors: Huertas-Abril Cristina A.
Published: November 2019

This chapter deals with the implementation of a teaching innovation in the context of higher education, based on the creation of 3D-videos through the use of cooperative learning and the development of digital teaching competence in English as a foreign language teacher training. Specifically, this methodological proposal is situated within the framework of the course Foreign Language for Primary School Teachers (English) of the Degree in Primary Education at the University of Cordoba, Spain, and it has been implemented in three academic years (2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19). The most important result of this study is that CL strategies develop pre-service EFL teachers' engagement in learning and improving their knowledge on English and enhance their digital competence while reducing the achievement gap with lower-achievement pre-service teachers thanks to heterogeneous groups. Nevertheless, this process of teaching innovation highlights that there is still much to be done to maximize the impact of cooperative learning in foreign language teaching-learning processes.
Partnerships as Innovative Practices in Teacher Education
Authors: Barron Lisa , Chandler Prentice T.
Published: November 2019

Education preparation providers (EPPs) and school districts are facing many challenges, such as declining enrollment, lack of teacher educators willing to teach in high need content areas, and attrition for those teachers who do enter the profession. Innovative thinking and creative planning are necessary to meet these challenges. Partnerships between EPPs and school districts can be part of the answer for overwhelmed school districts and struggling EPPs. Innovative partnerships between universities and school districts, consistently reviewed and adjusted based on data and needs, will benefit the teacher candidates, schools, and P-12 students. This chapter will highlight an innovative partnership between an EPP and a school district by describing the process of developing an effective partnership, the challenges that were overcome, resources utilized, and responsibilities of key personnel who were involved. Suggestions will be provided for other partnerships seeking to develop similar programs to address inequities and exclusivities.
Increasing Trauma-Informed Awareness and Practices in Higher Education
Authors: Doughty Kristen
Published: November 2019

Traumatic experiences across the lifespan impact an individual's physical, social and emotional health, and cognitive development. The effects of childhood trauma carry into the educational environment and impact the functions necessary to learn and achieve academic goals. There is an increased focus on trauma informed initiatives in various public and healthcare sectors, but these initiatives are lacking in higher education. A foundational understanding of trauma and trauma informed educational practices is necessary in supporting students. This chapter provides an overview of the impact of trauma, what it means to be trauma informed, and outlines trauma informed educational strategies.
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring for African American Males Attending Post-Secondary Schools
Authors: Williams York
Published: November 2019

African American male (AAM) college students with learning disabilities confront a number of obstacles while matriculating. Data indicates that a growing percentage of college students of color are enrolling in post-secondary institutions to pursue a higher education, but there still remains a graduation gap and retention issues between Black and White students, with the graduation rates of Black males still looming behind those of other groups. Of this student population, AAM's with learning disabilities encounter obstacles, both culturally, emotionally, financially, and psychologically that tend to exacerbate their learning needs and overall college experience, thus resulting in them dropping out midway through or at the end of the semester. Colleges and universities must address this gap and provide opportunities for culturally responsive mentoring, teaching, and specialized supports for AAM's with learning-diverse needs used to increase college graduation rates.
Fostering Intercultural Competence in Higher Education
Authors: Auschner Eika
Published: November 2019

Within the ongoing process of globalization, intercultural competence has been identified as one of the key competences of the 21st century. Universities need to prepare their graduates for working across countries and cultures and have been focusing on the international and intercultural aspect of their programs. Research has shown, however, that the development of intercultural competence in students does not happen automatically but needs to be fostered and supported. Within an action research project, an intercultural group work was designed to foster the development of intercultural competence of business students in an international double-degree program. The analyses of individual self-reflections after the group work suggested that the group work provided students with international working experiences, and that the reflection process has to be structured and supported to foster the development of intercultural competence in students.
Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) Capabilities in Healthcare
Authors: Ramakrishnan Thiagarajan , Kathuria Abhishek , Saldanha Terence J. V.
Published: November 2019

Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) is emerging as an essential area of expertise in healthcare organizations. Healthcare organizations are trying to leverage BI&A as an integral capability to provide quality healthcare service to patients. From an organizational perspective, BI&A extends beyond an artifact or tool to include several capabilities. This chapter conceptualizes potential capabilities that BI&A can bestow to healthcare organizations. A three-category classification of BI&A healthcare capability classification is suggested: BI&A healthcare insight infrastructure capability, BI&A healthcare process capability, and BI&A healthcare integration capability. In this chapter, the authors discuss the attributes of these three BI&A healthcare capabilities to offer understandings into how these capabilities can help healthcare firms. This taxonomy will help healthcare providers and IT professionals in the healthcare industry make informed decisions on how best to adopt BI&A within their firms to provide quality healthcare service.
Operations-Intelligence-Strategy (OIS) Process in Healthcare
Authors: Ning Xue
Published: November 2019

The healthcare industry has generated a huge amount of data in diverse formats. The big data in healthcare is leading the revolution in healthcare. Collecting data at the operational level is the starting point for the big data-driven healthcare revolution. By analyzing the operational level big data, healthcare organizations can gain the business intelligence for further strategy development, for example how to improve the healthcare quality, how to provide better long-term care, and how to empower the patients. This chapter discusses this process as operations-intelligence-strategy (OIS) process in healthcare. Objectives are understanding how to gain business intelligence from sensor data mining in healthcare, biomedical signal analysis, and biomedical image analysis, and exploring the applications and impacts of the OIS process, with a focus on the sensor data mining in healthcare.
Guiding Assistive-Technology Adaptations Through Intelligent Stream Mining of Patient Data
Authors: Robinson William N. , Deng Tianjie , Aria Andrea
Published: November 2019

Users with cognitive impairments use assistive technology as part of a treatment plan. As the AT interface is manipulated, data stream mining techniques are used to monitor user goals. In this context, data mining aids caregivers in tracking user behaviors as they attempt to achieve their goals. Divergences over consecutive stream-mined models identify potential changes in user goal attainment, as the user learns his or her personalized emailing system. When a data-mined model diverges significantly from recent models, the user's behavior is flagged as a significant behavioral change. The specific changes in behavior are then characterized by analyzing model divergence as well as the underlying data. This chapter describes how divergence analysis of decision-tree and hidden Markov models can aid recognition and diagnoses of behavioral changes in support of AT adaptation, in a case study of cognitive AT for emailing. The technique may be more widely applicable to other behavior monitoring contexts.
Positive-reinforcement strategies to reduce capture-stress in Capybaras
Authors: Rosenfield Derek Andrew , Pizzutto Cristiane Schilbach
Published: November 2019

Prior to the administration of any anesthetics, capturing the semi-aquatic capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) demands physical restraint, which presents immense challenges. Traditional methods, such as lassoing and traps, are prone to induce acute stress, may result in injury, and can even have fatal outcomes. As part of a larger population control project using contraceptive methods, frequent capture-induced stress and injury may directly affect normal reproductive physiology. Thus, choosing a less stress-inducing method was imperative. In this report, we describe methods of conditioning to enable frequent capture and manipulation, using bait as a positive reinforcement associated with a special click-sound, in a free-ranging population of 40 capybaras. The objectives were to attract, herd, and allow capybaras to voluntarily enter a coral. We evaluated the conditioning effect on individual and group behaviors, interpreting vocal and body language manifestations during the processes of conditioning, herding, capture, and recovery (post procedure/chemical restraint), with the aim of minimizing capture-related stress and injuries. Based on our observations, we report that conditioning, used as part of the capture strategies, noticeably facilitated physical restraint and manipulation throughout the procedures, while apparently maintaining the animals’ overall welfare as it relates to conditioning and capture.
Temperatures and substrates for germination and vigor of Erythroxylum pauferrense Plowman seeds
Authors: Ribeiro João Everthon da Silva , Leite Arliston Pereira , Nóbrega Jackson Silva , Alves Edna Ursulino , Bruno Riselane de Lucena Alcântara , Albuquerque Manoel Bandeira de
Published: November 2019

Erythroxylum pauferrense is an endemic understory plant species of the Northeast Region of Brazil. The species is of great importance to the region and so ecophysiological studies are needed for its preservation. The objective of the present study was to determine the best substrates and temperatures for testing germination and seed vigor of E. pauferrense. An experiment was performed comprising a completely randomized design in a 5 x 4 factorial scheme, with five temperature regimes (20, 25, 30, 35°C constant and 20-30°C alternating) and four types of substrates (paper, vermiculite, sand and commercial substrate). The following characteristics were evaluated: germination percentage, first germination count, germination speed index, mean germination time, seedling length and dry mass (root and shoot). Paper and vermiculite substrates combined with constant temperatures of 20, 25, 30 and alternated between 20-30°C, provide greater seed germination and vigor while 35°C reduces seed physiological quality.
Foliar application of plant growth regulators changes the physiological quality of crambe seeds
Authors: Boiago Nayara Parisoto , Coelho Silvia Renata Machado , Fernandes Giovana Scalcon , Paz Carlos Henrique de Oliveira , Santos Felipe Samways
Published: November 2019

The application of plant growth regulators can manipulate the development of cultivated plants, and their physiological effects may be reflected in the physiological quality of the seeds. This study evaluated the effects of plant growth regulators (PGR) on the physiological quality of crambe seeds produced in the 2014 and 2015 harvests. During crop development, we applied two foliar sprayings of the following treatments: 1) control treatment with distilled water; 2) indole-3-acetic acid 100 mg L-1 (IAA); 3) 3-gibberellic acid P.A. 100 mg L-1 (GA3); 4) commercial PGR Stimulate® 6 mL L-1. The seeds were harvested and evaluated for water content, germination percentage and germination speed index (GSI), electrical conductivity and concentrations of leached Ca, Mg and K ions. Means were compared by Tukey´s and Dunnett tests (p<0.05). Applying Stimulate® increased the germination percentage and the germination speed index, while IAA application showed an opposite effect, increasing the electrical conductivity of crambe seeds. Calcium leaching decreased with IAA application, and all regulators reduced K leaching. We therefore infer that the application of plant growth regulators influences the physiological quality of crambe seeds.
História e filosofia da educação na Idade Média: uma reflexão sobre o conceito de prudência na Suma Teológica de Tomás de Aquino
Authors: Kraemer Celso , Santos Dominique
Published: November 2019

Tomás de Aquino foi um dos pensadores que contribuiu para o debate das questões mais importantes presentes nos ambientes intelectuais do século XIII. Neste artigo, analisamos uma de suas principais obras, a Suma Teológica, sobretudo a questão 47 da parte que ficou conhecida como Secunda Secundae, ou simplesmente IIª IIae, ou seja, Segunda da Segunda, a partir da qual apresentamos uma reflexão sobre o conceito de ‘prudência’, que, compreendido como teoria ou lógica da ação humana, no sentido da tomada de decisão, pode nos auxiliar não só a problematizar a História e a Filosofia da Educação na Idade Média, mas também nossas próprias práticas educacionais no tempo presente.
A vida de Santo Ildefonso e o imaginário ligado ao culto Mariano no Reino Visigodo de Toledo (séculos VII-VIII)nto Ildefonso e o imaginário ligado ao culto mariano no Reino Visigodo de Toledo ( séculos VII- VIII)
Authors: Esteves Germano Miguel Favaro
Published: November 2019

A hagiografia, fonte privilegiada para a análise do imaginário medieval, pode-nos mostrar dados referentes ao cotidiano, as práticas, a história dos personagens hagiográficos e seu entorno social, além de ser um instrumento muitas vezes usado pedagogicamente na educação religiosa de membros do clero e de todo o público ouvinte, por meio do exemplo da santidade e das ações do homem ou mulher que se torna um mediador das causas de Deus. Este trabalho tem como foco analisar, por meio da via do imaginário medieval e da Análise Crítica do Discurso, uma das mais breves e menos exploradas hagiografias produzidas acerca de um dos grandes bispos do Reino Visigodo de Toledo (séculos VII-VIII d.C.), a Vita Vel Gesta Sancti Ildephonsi Toletaneae Sedis Metropolitani Episcopi, a Vida de São Ildefonso de Toledo. Para além da autoria e tradição da obra, das querelas políticas que envolviam a monarquia e o clero visigodo no período, dos elementos sobrenaturais e simbólicos que tinham como finalidade impressionar e atrair ouvintes e leitores, vemos nessa Vita uma intenção direta de expandir pela sede toledana e, posteriormente, por outros lugares da Europa o culto mariano e a figura de um dos seus mais fiéis devotos, Ildefonso de Toledo.
Expansão da educação superior: indicadores de qualidade na modalidade a distância
Authors: FAGUNDES CATERINE VILA , MUNIZ KATIA PUENTE , GHISLENI ANA CRISTINA
Published: November 2019

O artigo apresenta o processo de construção de indicadores de qualidade da Educação Superior na modalidade a distância. Realizou-se pesquisa quali-quantitativa, de análise descritiva por meio de um questionário elaborado para conhecer o perfil e expectativas dos alunos que ingressam na universidade, na modalidade estudada. O objetivo foi gerar um panorama preciso para identificar as principais dimensões de análise, extraídas do questionário elaborado, que possam subsidiar a construção dos indicadores. Concluiu-se que qualidade deve ser abordada como categoria multidimensional e dinâmica e que a construção de indicadores de qualidade é necessária para o planejamento de ações acadêmicas em um cenário de crescimento acelerado.
Análise de documentos curriculares para o curso de Letras da Universidade Federal do Pará: o professor de português em contexto multicultural
Authors: Abreu Inéia Damasceno , Ançã Maria Helena , Paiva Zilda Laura Ramalho
Published: November 2019

O objetivo deste artigo é debater sobre a formação do professor de Português (FPP) do Curso de Letras da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), no campus de Castanhal, localizado numa região onde duas comunidades linguístico-culturais têm destaque: a indígena e a quilombola. Para isso, assumimos como opção metodológica uma análise documental do Projeto Pedagógico do Curso (PPC), do ementário e de dois planos de curso, procurando evidenciar preocupações voltadas para a Diversidade Linguística e Cultural (DLC) e contribuir para as discussões sobre o respeito a essa diversidade. Como resultado destacamos que, embora existam alguns direcionamentos no PPC e no ementário, não encontramos, de forma sistematizada nos planos de curso, ações que promovam o conhecimento sobre a DLC da região e sobre o respeito às línguas e culturas que fazem parte da Língua Portuguesa (LP). Essa lacuna nos leva a concluir que há dificuldade em colocar em prática o que propõem as leis sobre a obrigatoriedade do ensino da história e cultura afro e indígena. Além disso, não encontramos indicações nos documentos analisados sobre a LP no mundo e suas variantes.
“Olha o que a senhora fez por mim”: remição de pena pelo estudo em contextos sulmatogrossenses
Authors: Barcelos Clayton da Silva , Duque Tiago
Published: November 2019

O presente artigo traz resultados de uma pesquisa de mestrado realizada entre os anos de 2015 e 2017 que teve como foco principal estudar a atuação de professoras que trabalham com educação escolar em sistema prisional e a reflexão sobre depoimentos de (re)educandos em um vídeo documentário sobre remição de pena. O objetivo é analisar, à luz do que a legislação prevê, o instituto da remição da pena pelo estudo a partir de diferentes unidades penais de Mato Grosso do Sul. Os resultados evidenciam a existência de uma política que atende muito mais os interesses do Estado e daqueles que estão privados de liberdade do que os princípios educacionais postos a todos.
CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO NO ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS: COMPREENSÕES DE UM GRUPO DE PROFESSORES EM SERVIÇO
Authors: Broietti Fabiele Cristiane Dias , Leite Rosana Franzen
Published: November 2019

O tema "contextualização" no ensino é bastante discutido entre educadores dos diferentes componentes curriculares e com uma variedade de significados que acabam por gerar grande confusão no seu entendimento. Partindo desse contexto, o objetivo desse trabalho consistiu em identificar e caracterizar algumas compreensões a respeito da contextualização no ensino de Ciências expressas por professores de Química e professores de Física, participantes de um programa de formação continuada, no estado do Paraná, de modo a responder ao seguinte questionamento: - O que professores de Ciências, atuantes nas escolas da Educação Básica, compreendem por contextualização? Foi solicitado aos professores, no âmbito de um dos cursos de formação específica, que respondessem a um questionário composto por 6 (seis) questões. Essas questões abordavam desde aspectos pessoais com relação à formação e ao tempo de serviço, quanto a aspectos relacionados à contextualização na sua prática docente. A abordagem metodológica foi predominantemente de cunho qualitativo e a análise dos dados foi realizada de acordo com os pressupostos da Análise de Conteúdo - análise temática. Como resultado, foram encontradas categorias que evidenciam a diversidade de interpretações dos professores sobre a contextualização no ensino de Ciências, relacionando-a com: as experiências ou a realidade do aluno; integração entre disciplinas; conhecimento prévio; abordagem histórica; o interesse dos alunos e uma categoria que revela confusão ou a incompreensão desse termo por parte dos professores das áreas científicas.
OS FILMES COMO PRETEXTOS SENSÍVEIS ÀS PROBLEMATIZAÇÕES DIDÁTICAS
Authors: Conte Elaine , Habowski Adilson Cristiano
Published: November 2019

Considerando-se que hoje muitos estudantes manifestam tendências de repulsa, dispersão e desinteresse pela escola, torna-se um desafio à formação didática do professor a busca de novos sentidos ao ensinar e aprender, por meio do diálogo com as expectativas, ações, contradições e disposições didáticas dos filmes. Nesse sentido, trata-se de problematizar e contextualizar a educação na atualidade, por meio dos artefatos culturais fílmicos, que trazem possibilidades formativas e de transformação das práticas pedagógicas contemporâneas. Buscamos na linguagem fílmica, com as diferentes imagens, contextos, sensibilidades e movimentos culturais, caminhos para ressignificações das formas de ensinar, agregando sentidos criativos às conversações pedagógicas. O ensaio adota uma perspectiva hermenêutica em relação ao tema, contribuindo para ações de humanização nos processos formativos, de construção de visões de mundo, de reflexão sobre as experiências educativas e de autonomia da formação docente.
CONHECIMENTO, CRÍTICA E FORMAÇÃO EM NIETZSCHE E KANT
Authors: Nicolay Deniz Alcione
Published: November 2019

O presente artigo trata das filosofias de Kant e Nietzsche, e sua conexão com a formação do pensamento crítico na Pedagogia. Para isso, apresenta duas modalidades de crítica derivadas dessas filosofias. Por um lado, a crítica transcendental representa o esforço kantiano em validar os conhecimentos a priori e demarcar as fronteiras da epistemologia; por outro, a crítica genealógica radicaliza a compreensão dos valores basilares da modernidade, denunciando os artifícios morais do conhecimento. A partir disso, o artigo analisa o modelo formativo derivado dessas duas correntes, como também suas implicações na realidade escolar. Assim, provoca o sentido do que é pensar criticamente na Pedagogia.
FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES DE MATEMÁTICA NA AMAZÔNIA: JOGOS DE CENAS DESENHAM CONSTRUÇÕES CRIATIVAS COM WITTGENSTEIN, DERRIDA E NIETZSCHE
Authors: Farias Kátia Sebastiana Carvalho dos Santos , Moura Anna Regina Lanner
Published: November 2019

O objetivo deste texto é problematizar a formação de professores de matemática na Amazônia, com foco na formação inicial de estudantes estagiários de uma universidade pública de Rondônia-Brasil. Este propósito está em consonância com um projeto institucional vigente nessa universidade, intitulado: “Formação de professores: histórias e práticas matemáticas escolares na Amazônia”. A análise da formação consiste na performance de diálogos ficcionais traçados nos rastros dos diálogos ocorridos entre docentes, acadêmicos da disciplina de Estágio Supervisionado dessa universidade e vozes de autores como Nietzsche e outros que tratam da temática.  A atitude teórico-metodológica assumida na pesquisa tem referência nos conceitos de jogos de linguagem, de terapia filosófica de Wittgenstein e de desconstrução de Derrida. Assim, os encadeamentos discursivos foram feitos por citação e enxertias. Os diálogos ficcionais dos jogos de cena esclarecem de modo terapêutico que a formação inicial do professor de matemática se dá por acontecimentos, ocorre na singularidade, junto às mobilizações culturais, aos objetos, às materialidades. Tem existência no contínuo, sempre singular, das vivências pedagógicas constituidoras de marcas, de afetos, de subjetividades.
UM ESTUDO DO DISCURSO O PROGRESSO PELA INSTRUCÇÃO, DE MANOEL BOMFIM: PALAVRAS DIRIGIDAS ÀS NORMALISTAS
Authors: Da Silva Ligiane Aparecida , Machado Maria Cristina Gomes
Published: November 2019

Neste texto, investigamos o discurso O progresso pela instrucção, proferido, em 1904, pelo intelectual Manoel Bomfim (1868-1932) às formandas da Escola Normal do Distrito Federal, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, durante uma solenidade de entrega de diplomas. Como professor da instituição e paraninfo da turma, Bomfim analisa a conjuntura política, econômica e social do país ao mesmo tempo que evoca o Estado a investir na instrução primária, encorajando as jovens professoras a assumirem a formação integral das novas gerações de cidadãos republicanos. Buscamos compreender, historicamente, essa fonte pouco estudada pela historiografia da educação brasileira mediante o estabelecimento de relações entre o posicionamento do autor e o contexto que o viabilizou. Com este estudo, entendemos que o discurso de Bomfim se soma às iniciativas do período em prol do combate ao analfabetismo massivo como condição para a modernização do país. Nesse sentido, nosso intuito é contribuir para a ampliação das análises atuais afetas à função social do magistério na Primeira República, uma vez que a escola primária, na perspectiva do intelectual, possibilitaria o progresso da nação, desde que houvesse formação adequada e engajamento do corpo docente; por isso, o teor emocional do discurso do autor como estratégia para convencimento e para adesão.
UM PANORAMA DO PNAP/UEM ESTUDO DE CASO DA IMPLEMENTAÇAO DA PRIMEIRA TURMA EAD EM ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA.
Authors: Soares Augusto Cesare de Campos , Ricardo Laurice de Fátima Gobbi
Published: November 2019

Este estudo tem por finalidade fazer um levantamento histórico do Programa Nacional de Formação em Administração Púbica (PNAP) para entender o porquê a oferta do curso de Administração Pública é importante para a Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). Verificaremos quais são os mecanismos que são utilizados para a aplicação e o processo de implantação do curso. Como métodos, buscou por meio de estudo de caso simples, a utilização da pesquisa qualitativa, a quantitativa e a exploratório, utilizando-se do programa Stata para tabulação dos dados, fazer uma análise da estrutura institucional da Universidade Aberta do Brasil para oferta dos cursos à distância, com foco nas informações da oferta da primeira turma da UEM no período de 2010 a 2015. As informações expostas nesse estudo podem servir como fonte de informação para a sociedade em geral, que talvez por desconhecimento sobre essa modalidade, não a tenha ainda reconhecido como uma opção para a formação superior. Assim, o PNAP leva por meio da modalidade de educação à distância, a formação em grande escala do conhecimento da Administração Pública, propiciando ter no mercado, novos profissionais voltados a gestão de Administração Pública, como também, complementar o conhecimento dos servidores públicos que já atuam na área.
TRAJETÓRIAS DE PROFESSORAS: TRANSFIGURAÇÕES DE SUAS HERANÇAS CULTURAIS E PROFISSIONAIS
Authors: Campagnoli Karina Regalio , Campos Névio de
Published: November 2019

O objetivo deste artigo é descrever alguns aspectos da trajetória formativa e profissional de três docentes que participaram ativamente da criação do Centro Educacional da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa. Apoia-se em Pierre Bourdieu e nos dados produzidos por meio de entrevista realizada com as três professoras que integraram a comissão de implantação do Centro Educacional. Assim, por meio da articulação entre os dados e o aporte teórico desse sociólogo francês, esta narrativa procura explicar como nas trajetórias dessas docentes se estabeleceram estratégias, desde o ambiente familiar até o ingresso na profissão docente do ensino primário e, mais tarde, da educação superior e como essas docentes, ao defenderem a criação do Centro Educacional, conseguiram converter o capital cultural em capital simbólico. Desse modo, explicita-se o trabalho de valorização da escola como fundante do espírito de família, assim como o senso de jogo para encaminhar suas filhas às escolas primária e normal, prefigurando uma continuidade das profissões vivas da docência simbolizadas pelas mães. A incorporação do habitus docente e a continuidade na carreira expressam a objetivação do capital cultural herdado e do capital cultural adquirido, transfigurados como estratégias de profissionalização, de ascensão e de projeção social.
A GAROTA DINAMARQUESA DE DAVID EBERSHOFF: OS GÊNEROS SEXUAIS E A ARTE COMO MÍMESIS
Authors: Biziak Jacob dos Santos , Socolovski Bruna Siqueira
Published: November 2019

Qual seria uma possível relação entre gênero sexual e arte na representação da realidade? A partir desse questionamento, a pesquisa proposta neste projeto visa a estudar os gêneros sexuais – em comparação com a arte – enquanto representação da realidade, considerando os diferentes discursos que compõem o romance A Garota Dinamarquesa de David Ebershoff. Essa obra contemporânea (2016) narra uma experiência de transição sexual com discursos que se fazem necessários para os estudos de gênero. O objetivo desta pesquisa, então, é a análise discursiva sobre um possível funcionamento próximo entre os gêneros sexuais e a mímesis artística, pois, assim como a arte questiona a realidade, o mesmo acontece com os gêneros sexuais.
EGRESSOS DA EAD EM CONCURSOS PÚBLICOS: UMA ANÁLISE DO DESEMPENHO DE CANDIDATOS AO CARGO DE EDUCADOR INFANTIL NO MUNICÍPIO DE CIANORTE/PR
Authors: Gonçalves Cléber dos Santos , Costa Maria Luisa Furlan
Published: November 2019

A EaD, formalizada no Brasil enquanto modalidade a partir da década de 1990, foi e é condicionante para a formação superior a uma parcela significativa da população, conforme relatórios e censos oficiais do último nível da educação brasileira têm apontado. Esses aspectos influenciam diretamente a habilitação de profissionais da área da educação, umas vez que a maior parte das matrículas nos cursos a distância são de licenciaturas. A partir de tais constatações iniciais, exploramos, neste trabalho, aspectos ligados ao processo de formalização da modalidade em solo brasileiro; as relações e as diferenças existentes entre as modalidades presencial e a distância no tocante ao acesso à educação superior; e, como objetivo-fim, o desempenho de egressos da EaD em concursos públicos. Para cumprir este último objetivo, realizamos uma análise das últimas seleções (de 2013 e 2018) para o cargo efetivo de educador infantil do município de Cianorte, região noroeste do estado do Paraná. Como resultados, identificamos que houve, de um concurso a outro, considerável aumento no número de egressos da EaD dentre os aprovados.
Even we are important: Sexuality and the degenderisation of people with disabilities in the linguistic landscapes of two South African universities in the Western Cape province
Authors: Adekunle Temitope O. , Mheta Gift , Rapeane-Mathonsi Maleshoane
Published: November 2019

Background: This study focuses on the positioning of gender, sexual orientation and people with disabilities in the linguistic landscapes of two selected South African universities, which are located in the Western Cape province.Objectives: This study aims to answer the question: How are power relations depicted through linguistic landscaping in the universities?Methods: Given that there is minimal empirical data in this field, the researcher approached this question by exploring the way in which sexual orientation and people with disabilities are perceived, via the modal resources used in the categorisation of toilet users at the institutions. Specifically, toilet signage was observed as there were only a few other signage or forms of support (such as ramps and lifts – some of which may seem disability-unfriendly in terms of space) and acknowledgement in other places at the institutions for people with disabilities. Data (signs, images, texts, billboards and posters) were collected by means of photography. The interpretive paradigm was used to determine the choice of methodology: critical discourse analysis and multimodality. These were also used to thematically analyse the collected data.Results: Findings revealed that sexuality, as well as subtle inequality, unfortunately remain unravelled areas in South Africa’s higher institutions of learning. In addition, the degenderisation of people with disabilities appears to be prevalent at the institutions, although this may not necessarily be reflective of practices at all higher education institutions in South Africa.Conclusion: Nonetheless, the examined results are stimulating indicators of hegemonic and preferred practices in public places. They also depict the obtainable dissimilar scales and imbalances in society, which are not addressed may impede other authentic and ongoing measures of social integration and advancement.
Integrated home-based screening for people living with disabilities: A case study from rural Malawi
Authors: Petersen Elizabeth M. , Wroe Emily B. , Nyangulu Kondwani , Kanyenda Chisomo , Njolomole Sam , Dunbar Elizabeth L. , Kachimanga Chiyembekezo
Published: November 2019

People living with disabilities (PLWDs) have poor access to health services compared to people without disabilities. As a result, PLWDs do not benefit from some of the services provided at health facilities; therefore, new methods need to be developed to deliver these services where PLWDs reside. This case study reports a household-based screening programme targeting PLWDs in a rural district in Malawi. Between March and November 2016, a household-based and integrated screening programme was conducted by community health workers, HIV testing counsellors and a clinic clerk. The programme provided integrated home-based screening for HIV, tuberculosis, hypertension and malnutrition for PLWDs. The programme was designed and implemented for a population of 37 000 people. A total of 449 PLWDs, with a median age of 26 years and about half of them women, were screened. Among the 404 PLWDs eligible for HIV testing, 399 (99%) agreed for HIV testing. Sixty-nine per cent of PLWDs tested for HIV had never previously been tested for HIV. Additionally, 14 patients self-reported to be HIV-positive and all but one were verified to be active in HIV care. A total of 192 of all eligible PLWDs above 18 years old were screened for hypertension, with 9% (n = 17) referred for further follow-up at the nearest facility. In addition, 274 and 371 PLWDs were screened for malnutrition and tuberculosis, respectively, with 6% (n = 18) of PLWDs referred for malnutrition, and 2% (n = 10) of PLWDs referred for tuberculosis testing. We successfully implemented an integrated home-based screening programme in rural Malawi.
The Matthean community’s state of coexistence between Jews and Gentiles
Authors: Shin In-Cheol
Published: November 2019

The past century has seen various studies on the nature of Matthew’s community, and conclusions are still being debated. The study on which this article is based acknowledges the past studies, but further proposes that the nature of the Matthean community was one of coexistence. The Matthean community implied in the book of Matthew coexisted in three ways. Firstly, Jews and Gentiles coexisted within the community: the Jewish–Christian-centred community had started to accept Gentiles and became a community where Gentiles and Jews lived together. Secondly, the community was in a state where both the Jewish law and the teachings of Jesus were followed. Finally, the community tended to set both Jews and Gentiles as targets for the mission. This means that there was missionary coexistence within the community. These three main reasons are the basis for the claim that the Matthean community maintained the nature of coexistence.
The manifestations of the practice of within-class homogeneous ability grouping
Authors: Du Plooy Lucinda L.
Published: November 2019

Background: This article casts the analytical spotlight on the practice of within-class homogeneous (same) ability grouping where learners are placed in small groups for instruction based on their perceived performances, reading levels and interest. Very few studies have focused on within-class ability grouping, especially in a South African context, where this homogeneous style within-class grouping is the dominant practice in Grade 1 classrooms, despite literature’s cautions against its continuous use.Aim: This article aims to address the following questions: what are the manifestations of the practice of within-class homogeneous ability grouping, and how does it account for learner achievement levels in Grade 1 classrooms?Setting: A total of 12 Grade 1 learners, in relation to their teachers and their principals, from three selected public schools in the Western Cape, were interviewed and observed within a classroom setting. Bourdieu’s work is used to explain the interiority and exteriority of social relations, how practice gets internalised and embodied on the inside, and manifested in various ways on the outside.Methods: This empirical exploration used the qualitative-interpretive paradigm and followed a multiple case study approach where 6-year-old Grade 1 learners were observed and analysed.Results: The results show differential treatment of groups and the labelling of learners, which gets internalised constituting particular learner dispositions and resulting in learner agency. Furthermore, it shows how learner agency is being informed and constituted in ways that affect their educational outcomes in profound ways.Conclusion: The author argues that by placing children in groups based on their perceived ability results in the children gaining differential learner experiences and ultimately attaining differential learner achievement levels. In other words, it creates differential environments within the same classroom enabling some to outshine while disabling others.