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This research paper explores the impact of Government Procurement Law on the activities of Research and Development in Taiwan. The Empirical Study focus on the Technological Research Projects. After collecting relevant literature regarding R&D in foreign countries, this study conducted an in-depth interview to derive a questionnaire. Later, based on a questionnaire mailed to 46 officials in Taiwan area, of which 37 replies were received (a 80.44 percent response rate). The study proposed a comprehensive and innovative program on establishing the R&D management in Taiwan.

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Yes / University lecturers are required to undertake teaching and also to produce high quality papers for REF. This can be a very hard situation, especially for early career researchers. They always face the diplomas of no starting-up funding and no man power to start a new research area. This could be very challenging. Apart from constantly pursing funding and establishing collaboration, I integrated student research projects teaching into my own research. I summarise main points which help me to achieve. 1) Designing a multidisciplinary project. Research informed teaching is the key to success. Based on my own research plan, I designed interdisciplinary project to attract students with particular attention to decompose comprehensive research proposal into small parts which is achievable within students’ ability and time scale. For example, in the past two years I designed a series projects for final year undergraduates and MSc students based on my own projects of “interaction of nanoparticle with cell membrane”. Within these projects, students will have chance to expose themselves to research. For example, students will be able to explore new research area of nanotechnology, especially on nanoparticles; basic biological lab skills like cell culture, treating cells with toxins; and physiological implication of nanoparticles interacting with human body etc. These greatly inspire students thinking. At the meantime, giving student freedom and full supervision allow them to be successful. Through carefully supervision I am confident that I could get preliminary data from students’ experiments for my grant application. 2) Integrating resources to exert full. I deliberately arranged students at different levels to join in my own project at different stages. For example, final year undergraduate projects starts from Oct every year and last till March, then MSc project starts from Feb every year and last till August. I also apply for small funds to have summer students from July to Sept. Therefore I can always have students doing some experiment in the lab. The budgets from student projects are really good boost and supplementary for my own project. There is also a consistency in the projects to avoid waste and unnecessary repeat. I included students in materials, equipment preparation and explained key updated skills to increase students’ passion and to inform them of how to start a new topic from scratch. 3) Setting high standard to achieve. I continuously encourage students to achieve. It would be great to have someone who can work through whole period of your new research proposal. I particularly encourage students to design experiments, to deliver ideas, to write scientific reports for conference, and even to draft paper for submission. This would not only help students for their future career but also help myself to quickly build up my own research. It is hard process but worth.

O volume crescente de projetos de pesquisa que envolvem software motiva a realização de análises sobre os processos utilizados no desenvolvimento desses projetos, considerando-se as atividades realizadas, os resultados obtidos e a aplicação de recursos. Na área de Engenharia de Software, processos têm sido propostos nos últimos anos com o objetivo de contribuir para o desenvolvimento de projetos de pesquisa que envolvem software. Busca-se, de forma geral, auxiliar o gerenciamento dos diversos artefatos que podem ser gerados, por exemplo, modelos, código fonte, relatórios técnicos e artigos científicos. As soluções apresentadas na literatura começaram a ser propostas recentemente e, portanto, os estudos realizados nessa área apresentam-se em estágio bastante inicial. Dessa forma, o objetivo deste trabalho foi definir um processo para o desenvolvimento de projetos de pesquisa envolvendo software, que esteja de acordo com um conjunto de requisitos identificado e que possa contribuir para a evolução desses projetos. Para reforçar a continuidade dos projetos, foi estudada a abordagem de design rationale, com o objetivo de oferecer meios para que as decisões sejam capturadas e registradas em fases específicas do desenvolvimento. O processo de documentação foi enfatizado, ou seja, foi investigado como a abordagem de design rationale poderia ser utilizada para melhorar a documentação dos projetos de pesquisa. Como um resultado obtido, foi definido um modelo para representação de design rationale (DR-SACI), implementado em uma ferramenta CASE e avaliado em um experimento / The increasing volume of research projects in the context of software is a motivation for analyzing processes which are used to develop such projects, regarding activities that are carried out, results that are gathered and application of resources. In the Software Engineering area, recently, processes have been considered with the objective to contribute for research projects development in which software is an element. Overall, the main purpose is to help management overtime of artifacts that can be produced, such as, models, code, technical reports and scientific papers. However, research developed in this direction and solutions discussed in the literature are presented in an initial stage. Therefore, the objective of this work was to define a process for development of research projects regarding a set of requirements. It is expected that such process can be useful to contribute for evolution of these projects. To reinforce the aspect of research project evolution, the design rationale approach was studied. The goal was to provide the opportunity of capturing and registering decisions in specific development phases. The documentation process was emphasized, i.e., the design rationale approach was analyzed focusing on the improvement of research projects documentation. As a result, a model for design rationale representation was defined, implemented in a CASE tool and evaluated by means of an experiment

Este trabalho tem por objetivo relatar uma experiência didática que envolveu a aplicação de um módulo para inserir a Física no nono (9º) ano do Ensino Fundamental através da metodologia de projetos de pesquisa. A aplicação ocorreu em uma escola pública da rede municipal de Porto Alegre, RS, no período de outubro a dezembro de 2015. O módulo baseou-se no referencial teórico da Teoria da Aprendizagem Significativa de David Ausubel e na perspectiva metodológica e pedagógica do ensino por projetos de Fernando Hernández e Montserrat Ventura. Descreve-se em detalhe o planejamento didático, os recursos utilizados e a sequência de encontros que mostra como a dinâmica evoluiu e os resultados que foram possíveis alcançar. O texto oferece também uma revisão da literatura em que a relevância, as vantagens e certas dificuldades do ensino por projetos são discutidas. Os resultados indicam que é possível inserir e trabalhar a Física no Ensino Fundamental através do ensino por projetos, que os alunos se envolveram positivamente, que a metodologia utilizada conseguiu instigar os estudantes à pesquisa e ao desenvolvimento de sua aprendizagem. Indicam que essa estratégia pode ser uma alternativa didática útil para professores de ciências que não se sentem à vontade, ou não se sentem preparados para abordar explicitamente conteúdos de física no Ensino Fundamental, proporcionando um ambiente colaborativo, em que alunos e professores se envolvem e constroem juntos. Mostram também que o esforço na busca de alternativas para alcançar uma educação científica com significado para os aprendizes é possível e precisa ser incentivado. Ao final, há um produto educacional em formato de texto de apoio ao professor que visa auxiliar e motivar os professores a fazerem uso do ensino por projetos. / This work aims at reporting a didactical experience which involved the application of a module to insert Physics in the 9th grade from Elementary School by using the methodology of research projects. The application took place in a public municipal school from Porto Alegre, RS, from October to December, 2015. The module was based on the Meaningful Learning Theory by David Ausubel and on the Methodological and Pedagogical perspective of Teaching by Projects by Fernando Hernández and Montserrat Ventura. The didactical planning, the resources used and the sequence of meetings which show the evolution of the dynamics and the results obtained are shown in detail. The text also offers a literature review in which the relevance, the advantages and some difficulties related to the practice of teaching by projects are discussed. The results show that it is possible to insert Physics as a learning subject in Elementary School by means of the methodology of teaching by projects. It is also shown that the students got positively involved and that the methodology employed made the students eager to research and to develop their learning process. It indicates that this strategy may be a useful didactical alternative for Science teachers who feel neither comfortable nor prepared to explicitly approach Physics contents in Elementary School, since it offers a collaborative environment, in which students and teachers get involved and build knowledge together. It also shows that the effort to reach viable alternatives for a significant scientific education which is meaningful for the students is possible and needs to be motivated. In the end, an educational product in text format is offered to the teacher who wants to support and motivate teachers to use the methodology of teaching by projects.

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Submitted by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2016-08-08T21:51:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Bagagi, Leone Coelho.pdf: 2302463 bytes, checksum: 299b57fbb28fdf1d6ea2abac2a0ae6fa (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Angela Dortas (dortas@ufba.br) on 2016-08-12T20:12:32Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Bagagi, Leone Coelho.pdf: 2302463 bytes, checksum: 299b57fbb28fdf1d6ea2abac2a0ae6fa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-12T20:12:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bagagi, Leone Coelho.pdf: 2302463 bytes, checksum: 299b57fbb28fdf1d6ea2abac2a0ae6fa (MD5) / Este trabalho objetiva analisar a gestão de projetos de pesquisa e inovação no processo de importação de equipamentos para fomentar e apoiar a pesquisa na Fundação Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, enfocando o princípio da eficiência. Trata-se de um estudo de caso único, no qual foram utilizadas como técnicas de coleta de dados: pesquisa documental, observação não participante e entrevistas semiestruturadas com gestores e professores/pesquisadores. Foi realizada análise de conteúdo com auxílio do software Nvivo. Os resultados revelam que a gestão de projetos de pesquisa e inovação na universidade se caracteriza pelo desenvolvimento de pesquisas com recursos próprios, mediante editais internos e aqueles apoiados financeiramente por agências federais e estaduais de fomento. As suas ações correspondem à capacitação e à difusão do conhecimento por meio de publicações dos trabalhos científicos e registro de patentes. No que se refere ao alcance do princípio da eficiência no processo de importação de equipamentos, para o desenvolvimento de pesquisa científica e tecnológica, foram encontrados limites relativos aos entraves nos sistemas administrativos e jurídicos legais, falta de núcleo de apoio à gestão de projetos e insuficiência de recursos financeiros e humanos. Como proposição, apresenta-se a criação de um núcleo de apoio à gestão de projetos de pesquisa para suporte aos pesquisadores e ampliação da captação dos recursos, por meio da diversificação das fontes de financiamentos e das redes de relacionamentos com as fundações de apoio e outras instituições, para atenuar ou elidir as limitações identificadas. / This study aims to analyze management of research and innovation projects in equipment import process to foment and support the research in Vale do São Francisco University, focusing on efficiency principle. This is a single case study, in which were used data collection techniques: documental research, non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews with managers and professors/researchers. Content analysis was performed using NVivo software. The results show that management of research projects and innovation at the university is characterized by research development with its owns resources, through internal notices and those financially supported by federal and state funding agencies. The actions correspond to training and dissemination of knowledge through publications of scientific papers and patent registration. Regarding the scope of efficiency principle in equipment import process for development of scientific and technological research, were found limits in administrative and legal systems, lack of core support for project management and financial and human resource failures. As a proposition, it shows the creation of a core of support for research project management to support researchers and expansion of funding raising, through diversification of sources of funding and relationships with support foundation networks and other institutions to mitigate or circumvent the limitations identified.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo relatar uma experiência didática que envolveu a aplicação de um módulo para inserir a Física no nono (9º) ano do Ensino Fundamental através da metodologia de projetos de pesquisa. A aplicação ocorreu em uma escola pública da rede municipal de Porto Alegre, RS, no período de outubro a dezembro de 2015. O módulo baseou-se no referencial teórico da Teoria da Aprendizagem Significativa de David Ausubel e na perspectiva metodológica e pedagógica do ensino por projetos de Fernando Hernández e Montserrat Ventura. Descreve-se em detalhe o planejamento didático, os recursos utilizados e a sequência de encontros que mostra como a dinâmica evoluiu e os resultados que foram possíveis alcançar. O texto oferece também uma revisão da literatura em que a relevância, as vantagens e certas dificuldades do ensino por projetos são discutidas. Os resultados indicam que é possível inserir e trabalhar a Física no Ensino Fundamental através do ensino por projetos, que os alunos se envolveram positivamente, que a metodologia utilizada conseguiu instigar os estudantes à pesquisa e ao desenvolvimento de sua aprendizagem. Indicam que essa estratégia pode ser uma alternativa didática útil para professores de ciências que não se sentem à vontade, ou não se sentem preparados para abordar explicitamente conteúdos de física no Ensino Fundamental, proporcionando um ambiente colaborativo, em que alunos e professores se envolvem e constroem juntos. Mostram também que o esforço na busca de alternativas para alcançar uma educação científica com significado para os aprendizes é possível e precisa ser incentivado. Ao final, há um produto educacional em formato de texto de apoio ao professor que visa auxiliar e motivar os professores a fazerem uso do ensino por projetos. / This work aims at reporting a didactical experience which involved the application of a module to insert Physics in the 9th grade from Elementary School by using the methodology of research projects. The application took place in a public municipal school from Porto Alegre, RS, from October to December, 2015. The module was based on the Meaningful Learning Theory by David Ausubel and on the Methodological and Pedagogical perspective of Teaching by Projects by Fernando Hernández and Montserrat Ventura. The didactical planning, the resources used and the sequence of meetings which show the evolution of the dynamics and the results obtained are shown in detail. The text also offers a literature review in which the relevance, the advantages and some difficulties related to the practice of teaching by projects are discussed. The results show that it is possible to insert Physics as a learning subject in Elementary School by means of the methodology of teaching by projects. It is also shown that the students got positively involved and that the methodology employed made the students eager to research and to develop their learning process. It indicates that this strategy may be a useful didactical alternative for Science teachers who feel neither comfortable nor prepared to explicitly approach Physics contents in Elementary School, since it offers a collaborative environment, in which students and teachers get involved and build knowledge together. It also shows that the effort to reach viable alternatives for a significant scientific education which is meaningful for the students is possible and needs to be motivated. In the end, an educational product in text format is offered to the teacher who wants to support and motivate teachers to use the methodology of teaching by projects.