The study addresses the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) of primary school classrooms, with a focus on Carbon dioxide, Temperature, Humidity, and Illuminance. Data was collected from four classrooms in a Southern European country during May 2022. The study aims to understand differences in IEQ among classrooms and time periods. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis tests, and pairwise comparisons were used t...
Although the incorporation of Digital Technologies in teaching and learning has advanced in recent years, it was due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020, that they became the main, if not the only, option for continuing school education, with the closure of schools around the world and the adoption of Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT). This article intends to report part of a multi-method investigation carried out ...
The project “Academia Digital para Pais” began in a pandemic context, in an effort of the Ministry of Education and the private sector, aiming at helping the digital-struggling families. The COVID-19 pandemic led schools to a sudden closure, highlighting the challenges families faced, both in terms of access to technologies, and in terms of the digital skills needed to participate in a digitalized world. The ob...
This study aims to contribute to understanding of the state of the art regarding the pedagogical cultures associated with teaching and learning research methods in advanced studies education through the identification of trends and pitfalls. The rationale behind this objective is the recognition that most of the research in education comes from academic programmes, in particular master’s and doctoral programmes...
This article is the result of research carried out on Portuguese and European regulations and legislation aimed at initial teacher training, with a view to identifying to what extent and how such documents consider the integration of information and communication technologies. Content Analysis was the methodological procedure that proved to be adequate for the analysis of the documental corpus, which resulted i...
Este estudo quase-experimental examina a implementação e a receptividade de um curso online incorporando atividades gamificadas e interativas para a leitura de textos académicos em inglês, bem como a avaliação de seus efeitos no desenvolvimento da proficiência leitora nesse idioma de 26 estudantes da área de Educação (graduação e pós-graduação) da Universidade Federal do Pará-Brasil. A elaboração do curso segui...
As the use of Web 2.0 proves to be beneficial in foreign language learning contexts, this quantitative study focuses on the use of Web 2.0 tools for the development of communication skills in English, specifically in higher education. In order to investigate the participants’ perceptions, 341 undergraduate students and 70 faculty members from Portuguese higher education institutions responded to an online surve...
A formação docente para o desenvolvimento de competências digitais é fator primordial para a inovação pedagógica no Ensino Superior na modalidade a distância. Tendo-se em conta as dificuldades de muitos docentes para atuar nesta modalidade e a carência de programas de formação para a educação online, realizou-se um estudo sobre as competências de professores para a docência superior online. Este artigo apresent...
Este artigo apresenta resultados de uma pesquisa sobre a formação de professores para a docência on-line, o perfil docente e os desafios que estes têm enfrentado na transposição do presencial para o on-line. Utilizaram-se um método de pesquisa quantitativo, sendo o estudo de natureza descritiva, e o questionário on-line como instrumento de recolha de dados. Este foi aplicado a professores que exercem atividades...
In this article, we present the main results of a descriptive study regarding undergraduate English language students from Portuguese higher education institutions. The aim is to investigate the usefulness of technology for the development of communication skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). The data was gathered through a quantitative survey that focused on different dimensions: the students’ ge...