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- Burnout e satisfação com o suporte social em cuidadores formaisPublication . Cunha, Bruno; Santos, Ana; Galinha, Sónia Maria Gomes AlexandreO presente estudo versa sobre o burnout e a Satisfação com o Suporte Social em Cuidadores Formais e tem como objetivo principal avaliar o burnout a que os funcionários da Associação Portuguesa de Pais e Amigos do Cidadão com Deficiência Mental de Santarém estão sujeitos, relacionando-o com a sua satisfação com o suporte social.
- Extending collaborative learning beyong the boundaries of the physical classroom through virtual environmentsPublication . Loureiro, Ana; Bettencourt da Cruz, Teresa Maria; Santos, AnaIn this paper we outline some of the potentialities and barriers of 3-D immersive virtual worlds when used in a learning context combined with other online tools. Classrooms can be extended from physical to virtual space in order to fulfill students’ needs and to facilitate a more collaborative learning style. Immersive learning allows us to learn in 1st person, allows us to have control over what we want to learn, how and when. The use of immersive 3-D virtual worlds allows students to participate in richer interactions at times that are more convenient to their work / study patterns, with no physical restrictions. Online web 2.0 tools, by being available at anytime and anywhere and user friendly, can enhance students’ collaboration and sharing, promote students’ socialization and improve classroom cohesion.
- Immersive learning: the use of a virtual simulated newsroom on Second LifePublication . Santos, Ana; Loureiro, AnaThe study main purpose is to identify in what extent a virtual simulated newsroom in Second Life could influence the practical knowhow of the journalism students. All the students involved took pre and post surveys and underwent direct observation. The results analysed showed that in spite of many technological handicaps students had a better performance concerning best newsroom practices, the results also indicated that online students learned just as much as in a face to face situation and also that students enjoyed the teaching and learning experience better than the traditional way. The investigation took under consideration some of the latest studies concerning e-learning and b-learning strategies. The teaching/learning experience selected for this case study provided a good opportunity to evaluate some different online teaching/learning methods. As the main study focus was about practical behaviours this popular virtual 3-D platform showed to be a very handy tool to develop some of the Journalism course curricular.
- As lojas sociais como estruturas de apoio aos indivíduos em situação de vulnerabilidade económicaPublication . Santos, Ana; Pappámikail, LiaA presente dissertação insere-se numa investigação exploratória sobre as lojas sociais em Portugal. As lojas sociais, apesar de estarem direcionadas a indivíduos em situação de vulnerabilidade económica, são espaços físicos destinados a diferentes tipos de clientes, na medida em que têm regulamentos e formas de funcionamento que divergem entre si. O que as carateriza é o fato de estarem inseridas num espaço físico de tipo comercial, com horário de funcionamento e atendimento. A investigação envolve um conjunto de temas teóricos e empíricos, que se relacionam com o estado em que se encontra a população mais vulnerável e informa a tipologia das lojas sociais, que, para além de servirem como um apoio para os indivíduos em situação de pobreza, poderão também servir de recurso alternativo para todos os que pretendem adquirir bens a melhores preços. O conhecimento acerca do fenómeno das lojas sociais passou por um percurso de investigação composto por várias fases, iniciado por uma pesquisa exploratória em torno dos conceitos-chave e complementada por uma investigação empírica, assente na recolha de dados e na observação, permitindo assim a aquisição de um conjunto de informações reais e atuais. Sendo que os educadores sociais poderão adotar estratégias de ação que permitam resolver os problemas sociais do público que procura as lojas sociais, numa última fase, procurou-se esclarecer qual seria o potencial papel do educador social nas lojas sociais emergindo este como um possível mediador e agente impulsionador da mudança e de mentalidades, apoiando-se nos seus princípios éticos e deontológicos e baseados numa relação de proximidade.
- Qualidade de vida dos cuidadores familiares de adultos com deficiência ou incapacidade intelectualPublication . Santos, Ana; Galinha, Sónia Maria Gomes Alexandre; Cunha, BrunoEste estudo tem como principais objetivos (1) avaliar a Qualidade de Vida (QV) dos Cuidadores Familiares (CF) de Adultos com Deficiência ou Incapacidade Intelectual, através da identificação dos domínios e facetas do WHOQOL-Bref mais afetadas; (2) estudar a medida de associação entre algumas variáveis relacionadas com a prestação de cuidados e a QV dos CF; (3) avaliar as diferenças nos indicadores de QV entre CF do sexo masculino e feminino e (4) avaliar a relação entre o desgaste associado à prestação de cuidados dos CF e a sua QV
- Relationship between education, personal and social competences and quality of life of adult family caregiversPublication . Santos, Ana; Galinha, Sónia Maria Gomes Alexandre; Santos, BrunoIncreasingly, lifelong learning is of growing importance and it refers to the constant experiences and needs of individuals adapting to the development of their personal and social skills in relation to the contexts and circumstances in which they are inserted. For this, one of the primary requirements to be able to enjoy a high Quality of Life. For the family, the diagnosis of disability in children is a particularly significant time consuming energy and mobilizing physical and economic resources, imposing itself as an important event inducing stress. It is an exploratory study with a quantitative data approach. The data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics (version 25) software. This study has as main objectives (1) to evaluate the QoL of Family Caregivers of Adults with Disability or Intellectual Disability, by identifying the domains and facets of the WHOQOL-Bref most affected; (2) to study the measure of association between some variables related to the care delivery and QoL of Family Caregivers; (3) to evaluate the differences in the indicators of QoL between genders and (4) to evaluate the relationship between the wear associated with the caring of the Family Caregivers and their QoL. N=30 aged 20-57. Instruments: Sociodemographic and Care Rendering Data Sheet, WHOQOL-Bref QoL Scale, and Caregiver's Scale of Attrition. As results this study reveals that the WHOQOL-Bref domains are not significantly affected. It was also verified that there is a negative association between the objective and subjective burnout and the QoL of the Family Caregivers. The scale of personal growth, however, is negatively related to QoL. This study points to the importance of leadership investing in Family Caregivers in the sense of their personal growth and development of social skills.
- Virtual Worlds as an extended classroomPublication . Loureiro, Ana; Santos, Ana; Bettencourt, TeresaThere is a growing trend in education and training towards the use of online and distance learning courses. This delivery format provides flexibility and accessibility; it is also viewed as a way to provide education in a more effective way to a broader community. Online courses are comfortable, they are built under the missive of “anyone, anywhere, anytime”. Everyone can participate from home or workplace. Online courses can be developed in a variety of ways, for example, using a LMS (Learning Management System), a LCM (Learning Content System), or a Web 2.0 tool (or some mixture). These options, however, show limitations in terms of communication and interaction levels that can be achieved between students. Most learning systems are asynchronous and don't allow an effective real-time interaction, collaboration and cooperation. Whilst they typically have synchronous chats and whiteboards, these capabilities are often sterile and don’t stimulate the appropriate interactions that enhance learning. A rich interaction does not necessarily involve just verbal exchange since there is an huge learning value to be gained from interacting with the learning content in a more visual and practical way. For instance, imagine the learning benefits from collaborating on a 3D construction jointly and in real-time? Imagine watching the impact of soil erosion, or building and walking inside an heart model or a car engine? All this is possible in a 3D immersive virtual world. Students can engage at a distance building content in real-time, collaboratively and interactively. On the net there can be found an array of virtual worlds, however we have chosen Second Life® (SL®) to show how teaching and learning can be enhanced through the use of this platform. Second Life® is immersive, enabling users to interact, communicate and collaborate as if in the real world. SL® is a model of the real world, it shows an accurate physics simulation and it includes a meteorological and gravitational system; as such, anything can be modelled and simulated. Each user in the environment is represented by an avatar with all the features of a human being and avatars can manipulate the environment. Scientific experiments can be held in a very safe and controlled environment, and can be directly conducted by the scientist in charge. Scientific fields such as architecture, history, medicine, biology, sociology, programming, languages learning among many others can all be tested and researched through this virtual world.