Children and young people need to be able to make responsible choices. This article aims to characterize the implementation of school projects focused on health promotion and education on students' learning and risk prevention in accordance with the perceptions of 14 school project coordinators, 13 school directors and 1 subdirector. Semi-structured interviews, individual and in pairs, were conducted implying 1...
A experimentação, o trabalho prático laboratorial e o realizado no exterior à sala de aula são domínios centrais e transversais às várias áreas científicas; ou seja, no domínio da educação em ciências, as atividades prático-laboratoriais constituem-se estratégias de ensino fundamentais. No entanto, um dos principais entraves ao ensino prático-laboratorial das ciências, deve-se aos custos associados ao equipamen...
This study explores the implementation of the Reused Material Microscope (RMS) in practical science classes in secondary schools in Praia, Cape Verde, and its impact on teaching in resource-limited contexts. Using questionnaire surveys, interviews and free observation, the research collected data from teachers (n=24) and students (n=50), revealing broad acceptance and satisfaction with the MMR, praised for its ...
Video abstracts are audio-visual representations of a scientific abstract that a researcher can use to complement an article. As a science communication tool, they stand as a novel and exciting way to present scientific discoveries, explore new formats, and reach new audiences. In this practice insight, we share the experience of creating a video abstract in Ecology, explaining and exemplifying the dierent stag...
O paradigma assente na aprendizagem ao longo da vida ganhou um sentido ímpar nas sociedades contemporâneas, em que a formação contínua de professores emerge com uma importância acrescida. Neste enquadramento, a presente comunicação pretende dar a conhecer as necessidades e as expectativas de 40 professores, relativamente a um programa de formação contínua na área das Ciências Naturais e da Biologia, em contexto...
O paradigma assente na formação ao longo da vida ganhou um sentido ímpar nas sociedades contemporâneas, em que a formação de professores emerge com uma importância acrescida. Neste sentido, são várias as agendas políticas internacionais que apelam para a consciencialização da qualificação dos professores como imperativo para o desenvolvimento dos países. São Tomé e Príncipe (STP) não foge à regra e a Estratégia...
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This paper discusses the results of a study that aimed to characterize teachers’ conceptions about assessment of students’ learning in the subject of Labor Education (9th grade). The teachers came from ten state schools in Lubango (Angola). A quantitative methodology, which included a qualitative dimension of analysis, was used it consisted of a questionnaire administered to all teachers of this subject at the ...
This study presents a systematic literature review (SLR) on the initial training of science teachers in Africa based on selected research articles, in the period 2000–2020, that emphasize the importance of surveying knowledge that goes beyond those that historically have a longer path in the building of scientific knowledge, such as that of European or North American countries. The analysis included a total of ...
In recent years, the use of videos by the scientific community has evolved continuously. Researchers, communicators, and other players are using audio-visual media to reinvent their stories, to deconstruct complex phenomena and to increase the outreach and impact of their scientific publications. An example of this trend is the video abstract: an audiovisual representation of the key findings described in the w...