Alternativa para la enseñanza de metodología de la investigación y estadística / Some alternative for teaching of research methodology and statistics

Se diseñó una plataforma interactiva para la asignatura Metodología de la Investigación y Estadística que permitiera fortalecer el proceso de consolidación del conocimiento de los estudiantes y profesores universitarios a través de un proyecto de desarrollo tecnológico. Se utilizaron en la investigación las siguientes variables: criterio de utilidad del usuario, actualidad de la información, adecuación de los contenidos al programa de la asignatura y consideración según la necesidad otorgada. Se obtuvo que: la totalidad de los estudiantes consideraron que era necesaria la creación de la plataforma, los profesores refirieron que es muy útil para los proyectos de investigación, prevalecieron los estudiantes y profesores que consideraron que el contenido estaba actualizado. Predominaron los estudiantes que manifestaron relación entre el programa y el contenido. Como hecho novedoso podemos señalar que está diseñada de manera tal que cada vez que se accede a uno de los ejercicios, este cambia el orden de aparición de las preguntas y el orden de aparición de las respuestas, así como la presencia de varios videos instructivos de todos los temas de la asignatura.

An interactive platform was designed for the subject called Research Methodology and Statistics, which would allow strengthening the process of knowledge consolidation in the university students and professors through a technological development project. The following variables were used in this research work: usefulness criteria of the user, information updating, adequacy of the contents to the subject curriculum and considerations according to the needs already met. All the students believed that the creation of a platform was necessary; the professors stated that it was very advantageous for research projects; the majority of students and professors regarded the contents as being updated. Most of students noticed the association of the curriculum and the contents. As a novel feature, one may add that this platform is designed so that every time one accesses to one exercise, the order of questions that appear on the screen and the order of answers change. There is also various instructional videos dealing with all the topics of the subject.

Conhecimentos produzidos acerca do crack: uma incursão nas dissertações e teses brasileiras / Knowledge derived from studies on crack: an incursion into Brazilian dissertations and theses

This is a systematic review based on the integrative review method, which sought to analyze the characteristics of knowledge produced by studies on crack, in Brazilian Master's and Doctoral courses. The investigation comprised 33 studies (18 dissertations and 15 theses). Among them, 51.5% were from the Health Science area with emphasis on the Postgraduate Program in Psychiatry (and Medical Psychology), which provided five dissertations/theses. Most of the knowledge on the epidemic (51.5%) are from the Universidade Federal de São Paulo and Universidade de São Paulo, with the largest number of studies (81.8%) concentrated in the southeast. The themes most analyzed were: organic alterations, drug trafficking and crack use, HIV/Aids, types and strategies of treatment. The results showed that Brazilian stricto sensu knowledge about crack is still incipient, sketchy and ineffectual, albeit promising due to demands and implications that this epidemic imposes upon society.

Trata-se de um estudo do tipo revisão sistemática, com base na modalidade revisão integrativa, que objetivou analisar as características do conhecimento produzido sobre o crack pelos cursos de mestrado e doutorado brasileiros. O corpus de investigação foi composto por 33 trabalhos (18 dissertações e 15 teses), sendo que 51,5% dos estudos pertencem à área das Ciências da Saúde, com destaque para o Programa de Pós-Graduação de Psiquiatria (e Psicologia Médica) que produziu cinco dissertações/teses. Os saberes acerca da epidemia são oriundos, em sua maioria (51,5%), da Universidade Federal de São Paulo e da Universidade de São Paulo, tendo a região Sudeste concentrado 81,8% dos estudos. As temáticas mais investigadas foram: alterações orgânicas, tráfico de drogas e consumo de crack, HIV/aids, e modelos e estratégias de tratamento. Concluiu-se que o conhecimento "stricto sensu" brasileiro sobre o crack é ainda incipiente, pontual e pouco resolutivo, embora promissor frente às demandas e implicações que esta epidemia impõe à sociedade.