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31	Racionalidade instrumental, competitividade e individualismo de estudantes universitários Rodrigues, Silvana Terume Koshikene 15 February 2012 (has links) Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:39:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4255.pdf: 1454653 bytes, checksum: 9119bd557178dc969f3c237c2973a994 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-15 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / This study aimed to understand the meaning and motivation that exist in student participation in various extracurricular activities in public universities, particularly in undergraduate research and student organizations. The degree course chosen for this research was Electrical Engineering at Unicamp. A questionnaire was used, which was answered by 111 students, and in a second step, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 of these students. The topics covered in the interviews were: life trajectory; education in public universities; undergraduate research and student movements, focusing on the action of the Centro Acadêmico (CA) and the Diretório Central dos Estudantes (DCE). Other issues were a result of these themes, like the academic performance coefficient and the práticas in other student organizations, like Empresa Júnior, Atlética, Trote da Cidadania, Mercado de Trabalho em Engenharia and Solidare. The discussed analysis categories were: formative trajectory and life project; the meaning of the public university and the confluences with the life project; and the meaning of the student movement and different interpretations of student participation. The analysis was based on concepts of alienation, surplus-value, use-value and exchange-value and relations of production, proposed by Marx, and of alienation, estrangement, suspension, subjectivity, intentionality, teleological pose, possibility and alternative, proposed by Lukács. From the reports of students, one could note the competitiveness and individualism found at the university life, always in the midst of many contradictions. It is concluded that the meaning attributed to student participation in extracurricular activities, permeated by instrumental rationality of this universiy life, rests predominantly on pragmatism and utilitarianism, despite the occasional moments of resistance. / O presente trabalho teve como objetivo buscar compreender o sentido e a motivação que existiriam na participação dos estudantes em diferentes atividades extracurriculares na universidade pública, particularmente na iniciação científica e entidades estudantis organizadas. O curso de graduação escolhido para a realização desta pesquisa foi o da Engenharia Elétrica da Unicamp. Foi utilizado um questionário, respondido por 111 alunos e, em uma segunda etapa, foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com 13 destes estudantes. Os temas tratados nas entrevistas foram: trajetória de vida; formação na universidade pública; iniciação científica e movimento estudantil, com foco na atuação do Centro Acadêmico (CA) e Diretório Central dos Estudantes (DCE). Outros assuntos decorreram destes temas, como coeficiente de rendimento (CR) e as práticas em outras entidades estudantis organizadas, como Empresa Júnior, Atlética, Trote da Cidadania, Mercado de Trabalho em Engenharia e Solidare. As categorias de análise sistematizadas foram: trajetória formativa e projeto de vida; representação da universidade pública e as confluências com o projeto de vida; e representação do movimento estudantil e diferentes interpretações sobre a participação estudantil. A análise realizada foi baseada nos conceitos de alienação, mais-valia, valor de uso e valor de troca e relações de produção, propostos por Marx, e de alienação, estranhamento, suspensão, subjetividade, intencionalidade, pôr teleológico, possibilidade e alternativa, propostos por Lukács. Por meio da análise dos relatos dos estudantes, apontou-se para o cotidiano de competitividade e individualismo na universidade, sempre em meio a várias contradições. Conclui-se que o sentido atribuído à participação dos estudantes em atividades extracurriculares, permeado pela racionalidade instrumental deste cotidiano, recai predominantemente no pragmatismo e utilitarismo, ainda que estejam por vezes presentes átimos de resistência. Educação Movimento estudantil Iniciação científica Universidades e faculdades Racionalidade instrumental Competitividade Instrumental rationality Competitiveness Undergraduate research Student movement University CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO
32	Iniciação científica e tecnológica na educação superior a distância Silva, Daniela Salgado Gonçalves da 24 February 2014 (has links) Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:16:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5784.pdf: 3859050 bytes, checksum: 74a9df408cd3fbd95c3a1ae3f90120a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-24 / Considering the low search for undergraduate research (UR) from the Distance Education (DE) students from Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), registered in the Scientific and Technological Undergraduate Research office of this University, we established a diagnosis near the population wrapped with this kind of education, on the reasons that lead to this low production of undergraduate researches, with the central objective to signal proceedings, products and services that could minimize this gap and promote bigger scientific productivity near the undergraduate students from distance education. For so much, we have done a data collection from a virtual focal group developed during the International Symposium of Distance Education and during the Investigators' Meeting in Distance Education promoting a reflection as for the involvement of these students in undergraduate research activities of their institutions. Subsequently a questionnaire had been applied near the degree course students in Pedagogy from distance education of Federal University of São Carlos, so much to complement the informations previously identified in the registers of production of UR in the University, as to validate the informations collected in the virtual focal group that disposed of the participation of different professionals from distance education and from different geographical regions from Brazil. The choice of the distance education degree course in Pedagogy as control group, fountain of data and of validation is due to the fact so much of being a degree course turned to the teachers' formation, main mark of the DE in Brazil, as because of being treated as the course with bigger number of enrolled students. We identified unknowing from these students relative to their participation on UR, as well as lack of interest of undergraduate research for lack of time, incentive and available mentors to guide them. Professionals of the area confirmed the low participation of the students of this kind of education in Brazil, confirming the hypothesis of this research. / Diante da baixa procura por iniciação científica e tecnológica (ICT) pelos alunos da Educação a Distância (EaD) da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), registrados na secretaria de Iniciação Científica e Tecnológica desta Universidade, estabelecemos um diagnóstico junto à população envolvida com esta modalidade de educação, sobre os motivos que levam a esta pouca produção de pesquisas de ICT, com o objetivo central de sinalizar procedimentos, produtos e serviços que possam minimizar esta lacuna e promover maior produtividade científica junto aos graduandos da EaD. Para tanto, foi feita uma coleta de dados a partir de um grupo focal virtual, desenvolvido durante o Simpósio Internacional de Educação a Distância (SIED) e do Encontro de Pesquisadores em Educação a Distância (EnPED) promovendo uma reflexão quanto ao envolvimento dos alunos da EaD nas atividade de ICT de suas instituições. Posteriormente fora aplicado um questionário junto aos alunos de Licenciatura em Pedagogia da EaD-UFSCar tanto para complementar as informações anteriormente identificadas nos registros de produção de ICT na Universidade, quanto para validar as informações coletadas no grupo focal virtual que contou com a participação de diferentes cursos e regiões geográficas do Brasil. A escolha do curso de licenciatura em pedagogia da EaD como grupo controle, fonte de dados e de validação, se deve ao fato, tanto de ser um curso de licenciatura voltado à formação de professores, principal meta da EaD no país, como por se tratar do curso com maior número de matriculados no Brasil. Identificamos desconhecimento dos alunos relativos a adesão à ICT, bem como desinteresse em pesquisa de ICT por falta de tempo, de incentivo e de professores disponíveis para orientá-los. Profissionais da área confirmam a baixa participação dos estudantes dessa modalidade de ensino pelo Brasil, confirmando as hipóteses desta pesquisa. Iniciação científica e tecnológica Educação a distância Ensino superior Universidade Federal de São Carlos Educação superior a distância Science, Technology and Society (STS) College distance education Federal University of São Carlos OUTROS
33	A prática da pesquisa no ensino superior: a iniciação científica como mediação da aprendizagem significativa Soares, Marisa 15 April 2016 (has links) Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2016-08-16T18:16:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marisa Soares.pdf: 1376666 bytes, checksum: 179323554d084687911f482ec87a095b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-16T18:16:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marisa Soares.pdf: 1376666 bytes, checksum: 179323554d084687911f482ec87a095b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-15 / Basado en una investigación bibliográfica e investigación de campo cualitativa, buscamos identificar y analizar las posibilidades didácticas y pedagógicas de las actividades de investigación de pregrado, que en nuestra experiencia en la universidad investigada se ha demostrado, además de ser un puente que conecta los estudiantes de la graduación con los proyectos de posgrado, en una perspectiva de la formación profesional con cualidad. Destacamos los vínculos entre la investigación de pregrado y el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje en la formación docente. Para llevar a cabo esta investigación, se analizaron un universo de muestras compuesto por profesores, graduandos y graduados de los cursos de Licenciaturas y Pedagogía de una Universidad particular del Departamento de Sao Paulo. Utilizamos el procedimiento técnico del cuestionario elaborado con nueve cuestiones cerradas y una abierta, ya que se intentó evaluar el resultado educativo de la práctica de la investigación de pregrado, con el fin de verificar en qué medida esta práctica contribuye a un aprendizaje significativo. Se presenta como nuestra hipótesis de que la estrategia didáctica-pedagógica de la investigación de pregrado transforma cualitativamente el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje, haciéndolo significativo. Fueron compulsadas fuentes bibliográficas que tratan con el proceso de construcción de conocimiento en relación con el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje en la educación superior, que explica nuestras categorías teóricas de análisis. Como resultado, hemos observado contribuciones epistémicas a la comprensión y la práctica de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de manera más significativa. / Based on bibliographical research and qualitative field research, we seek to identify and analyze the didactic pedagogical possibilities of undergraduate research activities, which in our experience in the researched university have demonstrated that beyond a connecting bridge between the undergraduates and the graduate faculty projects, there is also a prospect of a quality professional training. We highlight the links between Undergraduate Research and the process of teaching and learning in training of educators. Therefore, we analyzed a sample universe consisting on teachers, students and graduates of courses of the Sao Paulo university. We use the technical procedure of survey developed with nine closed questions and one open question. As we aimed to assess the pedagogical results of the practice of undergraduate research, in order to verify to what extent this practice contributes to meaningful learning. We presented as our hypothesis that didactic and pedagogical strategy of undergraduate research qualitatively transform the teaching and learning process, making it significant. Were raised literature sources dealing with the knowledge building process in relation to the teaching and learning process in higher education, to explicit our theoretical categories of analysis. As a result, we noted epistemic contributions to the understanding and practice of the teaching and learning process in a more meaningful way. / Com base em pesquisa de natureza bibliográfica e em pesquisa de campo de natureza qualitativa, buscamos identificar e analisar as possibilidades didático pedagógicas das atividades da Iniciação Científica, que em nossa experiência na universidade pesquisada tem se demonstrado, além de uma ponte de conexão dos alunos da graduação com os projetos docentes da pós-graduação, uma perspectiva de uma formação profissional com qualidade. Destacamos a articulação entre a Iniciação Científica e o processo de ensino e aprendizagem na formação de educadores. Para a condução desta pesquisa, analisamos um universo amostral formado por professores, alunos e egressos de cursos de Licenciatura e de Pedagogia de uma Universidade particular do Estado de São Paulo. Utilizamos o procedimento técnico de questionário, elaborado com nove questões fechadas e uma questão aberta, posto que objetivamos analisar o resultado pedagógico da prática da Iniciação Científica, com vistas a verificar até que ponto esta prática contribui para a aprendizagem significativa. Apresentamos como nossa hipótese que a estratégia didático-pedagógica da Iniciação Científica transforma qualitativamente o processo de ensino e aprendizagem, tornando-o significativo. Foram compulsadas fontes bibliográficas que tratam do processo de construção de conhecimento em relação com o processo de ensino e aprendizagem no ensino superior, explicitando nossas categorias teóricas de análise. Como resultado, evidenciamos subsídios epistêmicos para o entendimento e para a prática do processo de ensino e aprendizagem de forma mais significativa. ensino superior iniciação científica aprendizagem significativa construção do conhecimento formação de educadores educación universitaria investigación de pregrado el aprendizaje significativo la construcción del conocimiento formación de educadores higher education undergraduate research meaningful learning construction of knowledge teacher training CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO
34	Evaluation of a Novel Biochemistry Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Stefan M Irby (6326255) 15 May 2019 (has links) <p>Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) have been described in a range of educational contexts. Although various learning objectives, termed anticipated learning outcomes (ALOs) in this project, have been proposed, processes for identifying them may not be rigorous or well-documented, which can lead to inappropriate assessment and speculation about what students actually learn from CUREs. Additionally, evaluation of CUREs has primarily relied on student and instructor perception data rather than more reliable measures of learning.This dissertation investigated a novel biochemistry laboratory curriculum for a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) known as the Biochemistry Authentic Scientific Inquiry Lab (BASIL). Students participating in this CURE use a combination of computational and biochemical wet-lab techniques to elucidate the function of proteins of known structure but unknown function. The goal of the project was to evaluate the efficacy of the BASIL CURE curriculum for developing students’ research abilities across implementations. Towards achieving this goal, we addressed the following four research questions (RQs): <b>RQ1</b>) How can ALOs be rigorously identified for the BASIL CURE; <b>RQ2</b>) How can the identified ALOs be used to develop a matrix that characterizes the BASIL CURE; <b>RQ3</b>) What are students’ perceptions of their knowledge, confidence and competence regarding their abilities to perform the top-rated ALOs for this CURE; <b>RQ4</b>) What are appropriate assessments for student achievement of the identified ALOs and what is the nature of student learning, and related difficulties, developed by students during the BASIL CURE? To address these RQs, this project focused on the development and use of qualitative and quantitative methods guided by constructivism and situated cognition theoretical frameworks. Data was collected using a range of instruments including, content analysis, Qualtrics surveys, open-ended questions and interviews, in order to identify ALOs and to determine student learning for the BASIL CURE. Analysis of the qualitative data was through inductive coding guided by the concept-reasoning-mode (CRM) model and the assessment triangle, while analysis of quantitative data was done by using standard statistical techniques (e.g. conducting a parried t-test and effect size). The results led to the development of a novel method for identifying ALOs, namely a process for identifying course-based undergraduate research abilities (PICURA; RQ1; Irby, Pelaez, & Anderson 2018b). Application of PICURA to the BASIL CURE resulted in the identification and rating by instructors of a wide range of ALOs, termed course-based undergraduate research abilities (CURAs), which were formulated into a matrix (RQs 2; Irby, Pelaez, & Anderson, 2018a,). The matrix was, in turn, used to characterize the BASIL CURE and to inform the design of student assessments aimed at evaluating student development of the identified CURAs (RQs 4; Irby, Pelaez, & Anderson, 2018a). Preliminary findings from implementation of the open-ended assessments in a small case study of students, revealed a range of student competencies for selected top-rated CURAs as well as evidence for student difficulties (RQ4). In this way we were able to confirm that students are developing some of the ALOs as actual learning outcomes which we term VLOs or verified learning outcomes. In addition, a participant perception indicator (PPI) survey was used to gauge students’ perceptions of their gains in knowledge, experience, and confidence during the BASIL CURE and, therefore, to inform which CURAs should be specifically targeted for assessment in specific BASIL implementations (RQ3;). These results indicate that, across implementations of the CURE, students perceived significant gains with large effect sizes in their knowledge, experience, and confidence for items on the PPI survey (RQ3;). In our view, the results of this dissertation will make important contributions to the CURE literature, as well as to the biochemistry education and assessment literature in general. More specifically, it will significantly improve understanding of the nature of student learning from CUREs and how to identify ALOs and design assessments that reveal what students actually learn from such CUREs - an area where there has been a dearth of available knowledge in the past. The outcomes of this dissertation could also help instructors and administrators identify and align assessments with the actual features of a CURE (or courses in general), use the identified CURAs to ensure the material fits departmental or university needs, and evaluate the benefits of students participating in these innovative curricula. Future research will focus on expanding the development and validation of assessments so that practitioners can better evaluate the efficacy of their CUREs for developing the research competencies of their undergraduate students and continue to render improvements to their curricula.</p> Biochemistry Education Course-based Undergraduate Research Course-based Research Experiences CURE anticipated learning outcomes ALOs ALO CURAs research abilities PICURA ALO matrix BASIL weighted-relevance WR verified learning outcomes VLOs CUREs biochemistry computational biochemistry bioinformatics biochemistry education chemistry education chemistry teaching laboratory upper-division ACE-Bio experimental competencies Authentic science inquiry chemical education assessment assessment design Student understanding student difficulties biochemistry laboratory experiments biochemistry teaching laboratory chemistry teaching laboratory chemistry teaching laboratories predicting protein function protein inquiry-based learning inquiry-based teaching content analysis open-ended survey interviews semi-structured interviews PPI participant perception indicator assessment triangle CRM conceptual reasoning mode conceptual-reasoning-mode model curriculum evaluation experimental abilities discovery skills learning objectives learning outcomes LO LOs collaborations collaborative course implementation implementation student difficuluties experimental learning experimental literacy data-representation ACE-Bio Network Likert-survey
35	"You get what you pay for" vs "You can alchemize": Investigating Discovery Research Experiences in Inorganic Chemistry/Chemistry Education via an Undergraduate Instructional Laboratory Bodenstedt, Kurt Wallace 08 1900 (has links) Synthesis of d10 complexes of monovalent coinage metals, copper(I) and gold(I), with dithiophosphinate/diphosphine ligands -- along with their targeted characterization and screening for inorganic or organic light emitting diodes (LEDs or OLEDs, respectively) -- represents the main scope of this dissertation's scientific contribution in inorganic and materials chemistry. Photophysical studies were undertaken to quantify the phosphorescence properties of the materials in the functional forms required for LEDs or OLEDs. Computational studies were done to gain insights into the assignment of the phosphorescent emission peaks observed. The gold(I) dinuclear complexes studied would be candidates of OLED/LED devices due to room temperature phosphorescence, visible absorption/excitation bands, and low single-digit lifetimes -- which would promote higher quantum yield at higher voltages in devices with concomitant lower roll-off efficiency. The copper(I) complexes were not suited to the OLED/LED applications but can be used for thermosensing materials. Crystallographic studies were carried to elucidate coefficients of thermal expansion of the crystal unit cell for additional usage in materials applications besides optoelectronic devices. This has uncovered yet another unplanned potential application for both copper(I) and gold(I) complexes herein, as both types have been found to surpass the literature's threshold for "colossal" thermal expansion coefficients. Two other investigations represent contribution to the field of chemistry education have also been accounted for in this dissertation. First, a 12-week advanced research discovery experiment for inorganic chemistry has been designed to help students develop application-based content expertise, as well as to introduce students to research experiences that are similar to those found in academia, industry, and government research laboratories. Students are expected to develop a novel research project through conducting a literature search to find suitable reaction protocols, incorporating synthetic techniques, collecting data, characterizing products and applications of those products, and presenting their results. This multi-week research discovery experiment is centered on applications of inorganic synthetic techniques to design, analyze, and screen d10 coinage metal complexes for possible LED/OLED-based applications that were presented in chapter 3 of the dissertation. The second chemistry education contribution pertains to designing a pilot research study to investigate undergraduate chemistry majors' perceptions of environmental sources/influences, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, career interests, and career choice goals in the lab designed in chapter 4 of the dissertation. Specifically, this research aims to gauge students' perceptions of their ability to perform synthetic and analytical methods for the creation of materials that were used in a novel research experiment in the context of an inorganic chemistry laboratory. This research study used a survey to collect data on students' motivation, self-efficacy, career interests, and career goals upon graduation, along with their perceived barriers within the course. This research study is guided by the following research question: How does an inorganic chemistry laboratory course, following a research discovery model, impact undergraduate students' (a) confidence with techniques and skills, (b) perception of ability to conduct research, and (c) interest in pursuing careers involving chemistry? Photoluminescence d10-d10 Interactions Coinage Metal Complexes OLED Materials LED Materials Upper-Division Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Instruction Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives Discovery Learning IR Spectroscopy Laboratory Equipment/Apparatus NMR Spectroscopy Spectroscopy Undergraduate Research Chemistry Education Research Student Perceptions on Learning Pilot Study Social Cognitive Career Theory

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