Kajian Rintis Penilaian Literasi Digital: Kesediaan Guru Prasekolah Menggunakan Platform Pembelajaran dalam Talian untuk Pendidikan Pemakanan (A Pilot Study Assessing Digital Literacy: Preschool Teachers’ Readiness to Use Online Learning Platforms in Nutrition Education) / Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia

@#eToyBox is a learning management system for preschool teachers to improve their health literacy, which ultimately aims to improve children’s obesity-related behaviour. As part of the development process of eToyBox, assessment on digital literacy, acceptance of digitization of education materials, and perceived barriers in adopting online learning is needed. Fifty-four preschool teachers under the Community Development Department (KEMAS) in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, and Sarawak, who participated in ToyBox Study Malaysia intervention in 2018, took part in this cross-sectional study. An online self-administered questionnaire was used to assess sociodemographic background, use of communication tools and media, and teacher’s views on adapting the ToyBox modules to digital education materials. Respondents were contacted, and questionnaire link was shared through WhatsApp messages. Most participants (74.0%) were Malay females aged 31 to 40 years old. Most participants had internet access (94.4%) and owned at least a smart phone, laptop or tablet (94.4%). Participants perceived their computer skills to be average (75.0%). Majority of respondents (65.0%) reported advanced and higher abilities in word processing and email, but only 22.0% in spreadsheet skills. The main barrier to accessing online material was unstable internet connection (74.1%). Most respondents (90.0%) agree that adapting effective modules to online learning will be beneficial for professional development and teaching practices. In conclusion, most participants supported digitizing Toybox Study Malaysia educational content and were comfortable 72 with its implementation via an online learning platform. The findings from this study can advise future development of online learning materials for preschool teachers in Malaysia.

Aprender e ensinar de modo circular e não totalitário: ensaios em etnoeducação com quilombolas na região amazônica / Learning and teaching in a circular and non-totalitarian way: essays in ethnoeducation with quilombolas in the Amazon region / Aprender y enseñar de forma circular y no totalitaria: ensayos en etnoeducación con quilombolas en la región amazónica

Pretendemos discutir a experiência em etnoeducação que construímos junto à escola Nossa Senhora da Aparecida, situada na comunidade quilombola Boa Vista do Cuminã, na região de Oriximiná (PA). Partimos do histórico de um grupo de extensão, pesquisa e intervenção em etnoeducação da Universidade Federal Fluminense, que ao longo de oito anos desenvolveu experiências de formação coletiva de múltiplos educadores. A etnoeducação se inspira na etnografia como metodologia de ativação de dispositivos comunitários e coletivos de ensinar e aprender com. Nesse processo, a transdisciplinaridade rompe posições hierárquicas e disciplinares dos espaços de ensinar e aprender na "escola", na vida comunitária, e impulsiona o protagonismo das "agências", individuais e coletivas, em jogo nessas ações de etnoeducação. Buscaremos, no final deste artigo, relatar uma experiência coletiva de ensino e aprendizagem na comunidade quilombola de Boa Vista Cuminã

We intend to discuss the experience in ethnoeducation, which we built with the Nossa Senhora da Apare-cida school, located in the quilombola community Boa Vista Cuminã, in the region of Oriximiná (PA). We started from the background of a group of extension, research and intervention in ethnoeducation at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, which, for eight years, developed experiences of collective formation of multiple educators. Ethnoeducation is inspired by ethnography as a methodology for activating community and collective devices for teaching and learning with. In this process, transdisciplinarity breaks hierarchi-cal and disciplinary positions of the spaces for teaching and learning in the "school", in community life, and boosts the protagonism of the "agencies", individual and collective, at play in these ethnoeducation actions. We will seek, at the end of this article, to report a collective teaching and learning experience in the quilombola community of Boa Vista Cuminã

Pretendemos discutir la experiencia en etnoeducación que construimos con la escuela Nossa Senhora da Aparecida, localizada en la comunidad quilombola Boa Vista Cuminã, en la región de Oriximiná (PA). Partimos de la historia de un grupo de extensión, investigación e intervención en etnoeducación de la Universidad Federal Fluminense, que a lo largo de ocho años desarrolló experiencias de formación colectiva de educadores múltiples. La etnoeducación se inspira en la etnografía como metodología para la activación de dispositivos comunitarios y colectivos de enseñanza y aprendizaje con. En ese proceso, la transdisciplinariedad rompe posiciones jerárquicas y disciplinares de los espacios de enseñanza y aprendizaje en la "escuela", en la vida comunitaria, y empuja el protagonismo de las "agencias", individuales y colectivas, en juego en esas acciones de etnoeducación. Intentaremos, al final de este artículo, relatar una experiencia colectiva de enseñanza y aprendizaje en la comunidad quilombola de Boa Vista Cuminã

Anatomy commemoration for body donors at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia / Conmemoración de la anatomía para donantes de cuerpos en la Universidad Macquarie, Sydney, Australia

SUMMARY: Modern anatomy education is imbued with humanistic values which manifest primarily in the ethical acquisition of bodies for research and education, and respectful treatment of these bodies in anatomy laboratories. This humanistic approach is best embedded in the organisation of commemorative ceremonies for body donors. This paper presents experiences of preparation and implementation of a commemorative ceremony at Macquarie University, Sydney. Local cultural context and university infrastructure were considered when preparing the commemoration. It was decided that it will be introduced in stages, starting with a ceremony for anatomy students. Students were surveyed about the introduction of the ceremony and their attitudes about its format. The results of the survey influenced the format in which the commemoration was conducted. The commemoration was introduced in 2019, embedded in the first anatomy lecture. Such format was cost effective, caused little disturbance to a complex timetable and was aligned with learning outcomes and students' cultural preferences. It also enabled easy transition to the online modes of the delivery caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. In the next stage commemorative ceremony will be inclusive of donor family members as well as students.

RESUMEN: La educación en anatomía moderna está incentivada de valores humanistas que se manifiestan principalmente en la adquisición ética de cuerpos para la investigación y la educación, y en el trato respetuoso de estos cuerpos en los laboratorios de anatomía. Este enfoque humanista se integra mejor en la organización de ceremonias conmemorativas para donantes de cuerpos. Este documento presenta las experiencias de preparación e implementación de una ceremonia conmemorativa en la Universidad Macquarie, Sydney. Se tuvo en cuenta el contexto cultural local y la infraestructura universitaria al preparar la conmemoración. Se decidió que se presentará por etapas, comenzando con una ceremonia para estudiantes de anatomía. Los estudiantes fueron encuestados sobre la presentación de la ceremonia y sus actitudes sobre su formato. Los resultados de la encuesta influyeron en el formato en el que se llevó a cabo la conmemoración. La conmemoración se introdujo en 2019, como parte de la primera conferencia de anatomía. El formato era rentable, causaba pocas alteraciones en un horario complejo y estaba alineado con los resultados del aprendizaje y las preferencias culturales de los estudiantes. También permitió la transición a los modos en línea de la entrega causada por la pandemia de COVID-19 en Australia. En la siguiente etapa, la ceremonia conmemorativa incluirá a los miembros de la familia donante y a los estudiantes.

Percepción de los estudiantes de anatomía humana frente a un método de enseñanza y aprendizaje basado en la construcción de un modelo de pelvis / Perception of human anatomy students facing a learning and teaching methodology based on the construction of a pelvis model

RESUMEN: Este estudio describe la percepción de estudiantes de anatomía humana frente a la actividad de construcción de modelos tridimensionales (3-D) a escala de pelvis. Pocos estudios evalúan la percepción de los estudiantes frente a una actividad de enseñanza y aprendizaje con modelos 3-D. La actividad se aplicó a un curso de anatomía humana de la carrera de obstetricia y puericultura a los cuales se les entregó modelos de estructuras óseas de la zona pélvica a escala real para que incorporaran las estructuras anatómicas (ligamentos, músculos, vascularización e inervación), finalizando la actividad se les entregó un cuestionario de percepción. 60 estudiantes realizaron la actividad de construcción de modelo anatómico 3-D y además completaron el cuestionario. Se reportaron niveles mayores al 93 % de estudiantes que sintieron motivación, creen que fue un facilitador del aprendizaje y que la actividad fue bien planificada. Entre los aspectos negativos se registraron: el tiempo de trabajo y los costos involucrados. Dada la positiva percepción de los estudiantes frente a las actividades de construcción de modelos anatómicos, se considera que es una metodología adecuada dentro de los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje de la anatomía humana.

SUMMARY: In this study, the perception of human anatomy students faced with constructing a three-dimensional (3-D) pelvis model (to scale) was studied. Few studies evaluate the perception of students facing learning and teaching methodologies with 3-D models. The activity was performed with students from a human anatomy course as part of the obstetrics degree, in which models of pelvic zone bone structures (to scale) were supplied in order to incorporate the anatomic structures (ligaments, muscles, vascularization and innervation). Once the activity was finished, a perception questionnaire was taken. 60 students participated in the activity of constructing the 3-D anatomical model and also completed the questionnaire. It was found that over 93 % of the students felt motivated, believed the activity facilitated learning and also that the activity was well planned. Some of the negative factors that were reported included time taken and the associated costs. Due to the positive perception of the students involved in the activity of constructing anatomical models, this is considered to be a suitable methodology for use during the process of teaching and learning about human anatomy.

Mapas conceituais: estratégia de ensino/aprendizagem e ferramenta avaliativa / Conceptual maps: teaching and learning strategies and an evaluative tool

O presente ensaio tem por objetivo apresentar uma reflexão sobre as potencia lidades do mapa conceitual como estratégia de ensino/aprendizagem e ferramenta ava liativa. Revisitar o referencial teórico relativo à temática possibilitou contemplar a utili dade do mapa conceitual sob diferentes perspectivas: daquele que ensina e daquele que aprende. Valer-se dos mapas conceituais como estratégias de ensino/aprendizagem, também e concomitantemente como ferramenta avaliativa, é criar possibilidades para a organiza ção do conhecimento pela promoção de experiências educativas que provoquem não somen te reflexão, busca de compreensão e processamento profundo da informação, mas tam bém o desenvolvimento da autorregulação, da metacognição e do aprender a aprender.

This essay has the purpose of reflecting upon the potential benefits of con ceptual map as teaching and learning strategies and an evaluative tool. To revisit the the oretical framework of this theme made it possible to analyze the utility of conceptual map under different perspectives: the teachers´ and the students´. It became clear that the use of conceptual map as teaching and learning strategies, as well as an evaluative tool, leads to knowledge organization by means of promotion of learning experiences which not only generate reflection, comprehension and deep processing of information, but also contributes to the development of metacognition, self-regulation and learning to learn processes.

A possibilidade de incorporar a pesquisa na prática cotidiana do professor do ensino fundamental / The possibility of incorporating research into the routine practice of the elementary school teacher

O presente artigo objetiva discutir a possível articulação entre ensino e pesquisa na prática pedagógica dos professores dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental. Baseado na concepção de Demo da pesquisa como princípio educativo e pela compreensão de Freire e Giroux sobre o papel social da escola, o estudo foi realizado em uma escola da Rede Municipal de CampinasSP, que, por sua localização geográfica e por sua história recente, viu-se impelida a buscar alternativas para aprimorar a aprendizagem dos alunos, para resolver problemas estruturais e conflitos sociais originados pela demanda por vagas para alunos moradores de uma ocupação. Encontrando na pesquisa uma alternativa para seu trabalho, a experiência relatada nos leva a concluir que é possível desenvolver, na escola básica, uma prática pedagógica que articule ensino e pesquisa, tornando esta última fonte catalisadora de desenvolvimento integral e intelectual dos alunos, bem como de integração entre escola e comunidade.

This paper aims to discuss the possible link between teaching and research in the teacher's practice in the first years of the Elementary School. The study was based on the conception of research as an educational principle, developed by Demo, on Freire and Giroux' understanding of the social role of the school. The research was conducted in a Municipal Elementary School in the city of Campinas. The geographic localization and the recent history of this school motivated the search for alternatives to improve students' learning, to solve structural problems and social conflicts originated by the claim for vacancies for students living in an occupied area. Taking research as an alternative for their work, the experience reported here lead to conclude that it is possible to develop a pedagogical practice in the Elementary School articulating teaching and research, and taking research as a way to promote the student's intellectual and integral development, as well as the integration between the school and its community.

The Importance and Training of Language Learning Strategies in Medical Colleges / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Language learning strategy is one of the most important items in current college English syllabus,yet it hasn't been given enough attention to.Due to the features of medicine,it is of great importance and emergency to carry out language learning strategy training in medical colleges.The aim of this essay is to promote a new English teaching mode of strategy-based instruction.