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- Língua Gestual Portuguesa em museus: comunicação para a comunidade surdaPublication . da Silva Conde e Sousa, Joana Rita
- Millennial generation and sustainable consumption: an application of the Theory Planned BehaviorPublication . Ferreira, Inês; Perdigão Silva Mendes Andrade, Maria Cláudia; Lobo de Mesquita Simões Pires Fernandes, JoanaThe present study aims to understand the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a factor influencing the purchase intention of Portuguese Millennials in the cosmetics sector, using the Theory of Planned Behavior. The study was developed based on a quantitative methodology, applied using an online questionnaire, answered by 193 Millennials. The results demonstrate that attitude, control, and concern are predictors of the intention to purchase socially responsible cosmetics and that CSR is an influencing factor of the purchase intention of Portuguese Millennials surveyed in the cosmetic industry sector. These results have implications for business performance, in a context where we are witnessing the emergence of a more aware and informed consumer market, in which the Millennial Generation fits, and where the criteria of CSR are considered in consumption. It also has implications for scientific research on the subject in Portugal where studies are still relatively scarce.
- A prática de Alecky Blythe: Headphone Verbatim Theatre um dispositivo de autenticidadePublication . CORREIA, FERNANDONeste artigo, iremos analisar os procedimentos de criação de Alecky Blythe, fundadora da companhia de teatro Recorded Delivery, que utiliza o headphone verbatim theatre, em que os testemunhos gravados em áudio e escutados em tempo real pelos atores nos auscultadores funcionam como um garante da autenticidade dos testemunhos, permitindo dar visibilidade a histórias de uma determinada comunidade. Vamos partir das peças Come Out Eli e The Girlfriend Experience para analisar a prática da dramaturga e a sua metodologia de criação. As questões colocadas são: a partir da análise da criadora Alecky Blythe, que tipo de processos e metodologias de escrita e de cena são convocados? Desde a criação do texto à passagem para cena, quais as implicações éticas que enfrentam os criadores no uso de procedimentos do teatro do real? Que tipo de atuação é exigida ao ator?
- Mature Working Student Parents Navigating Multiple Roles: A Qualitative AnalysisPublication . Perdigão Silva Mendes Andrade, Maria Cláudia; Lobo de Mesquita Simões Pires Fernandes, Joana; Almeida, Leandro S.Managing multiple roles is considered a major challenge that mature working student parents face when they embrace the educational pursuit of enrolling in higher education. Limited research exists on mature working student parents that identify the strategies that concur for a successful journey through their educational paths. The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of mature working student parents balancing studies, work, and family. We conducted 11 semi-structured interviews with mature students enrolled in first- and second-cycle degrees in a higher education institution in Portugal. Thematic analysis was used, and findings demonstrated that working student parents develop diverse strategies to combine work, family, and studies and these strategies are shaped by the needs they have in each role and interconnect with the activation of social support. Recommendations for researchers and institutions to support the educational pursuits of mature working student parents to best suit their needs are discussed.
- O uso do Sistema Preposicional na Escrita de Português Língua Segunda por Utilizadores Surdos. Breves consideraçõesPublication . Calvário Correia, Isabel Sofia; BALAUS CUSTÓDIO, PEDROEste breve trabalho apresenta uma sucinta descrição, assente numa pequena amostra, do uso de preposições por indivíduos surdos, utilizadores da língua gestual portuguesa (LGP) como primeira língua. O facto de o português ser uma língua que recorre com abundância a palavras funcionais, ao contrário da LGP que pela sua modalidade visual não se socorre deste recurso, levou-nos a interrogar a raiz dos desvios que os Surdos, utilizadores do português como língua segunda (PL2), demostrar no uso contextual do sistema preposicional português. Para isso, analisámos um conjunto de frases sem licitação e apresentamos as nossas propostas em relação ao uso das preposições. Sugerimos também atividades que possam fomentar a aprendizagem do PL2 por estudantes surdos por forma a promover uma escrita autónoma e escorreita.
- Impact of fitness coach behavior on exercise motivation, commitment, and enjoyment: A longitudinal studyPublication . Braga-Pereira, Ricardo; Furtado, Guilherme Eustáquio; Campos, Francisco; Sampaio, António Rodrigues; Teques, Pedro; Leonardo Vidal AndreatoFitness coaches seem to play an essential role in the field of exercise as they help prevent sedentary lifestyles and promote overall health, quality of life, and well-being. This study aimed to explore the effects of fitness coaches’ behavior perceptions, intrinsic motivation, and enjoyment of exercisers on their long-term fitness and health, as well as their commitment to exercise. A total of 202 individuals participated in the study that was developed over three data gathering occasions (baseline, three months and six months). To this end, three psychometric scales were used as part of a multi-section survey: FCBS-Fit (perception of the fitness coach’s behavior), IMIp (intrinsic motivation of exercisers), and PACES (enjoyment in exercise), along with the assessment of four health/fitness variables: anthropometry (i.e., waist-hip ratio), strength (i.e., handgrip strength), flexibility (i.e., sit-and-reach), and cardiorespiratory fitness (i.e., VO2máx.). Overall, the results suggested that the perception of the fitness coach’s behavior, the exerciser’s intrinsic motivation, and enjoyment were predictors of the health/fitness outcomes, and seemed to be related to the exercise commitment at the end of three and six months. The novelty of this study is the examination of psychological and physiological factors in an integrated and longitudinal manner within the scope of exercise in fitness and health clubs. Therefore, these findings shed light on fitness coaches as an important element in the propagation and maintenance of exercise habits, accomplishment of tangible outcomes by exercisers, health promotion and the fitness sector’s growth.
- Methodology and Experimental Protocol for Studying Learning and Motor Control in Neuromuscular Structures in PilatesPublication . Pereira, Mário José; André, Alexandra; Monteiro, Mário; Castro, Maria António; Mendes, Rui; Martins, Fernando Manuel Lourenço; Gomes, Ricardo; Vaz, Vasco; Dias, Gonçalo Nuno FigueiredoThe benefits of Pilates have been extensively researched for their impact on muscular, psychological, and cardiac health, as well as body composition, among other aspects. This study aims to investigate the influence of the Pilates method on the learning process, motor control, and neuromuscular trunk stabilization, specifically in both experienced and inexperienced practitioners. This semi-randomized controlled trial compares the level of experience among 36 Pilates practitioners in terms of motor control and learning of two Pilates-based skills: standing plank and side crisscross. Data will be collected using various assessment methods, including abdominal wall muscle ultrasound (AWMUS), shear wave elastography (SWE), gaze behavior (GA) assessment, electroencephalography (EEG), and video motion. Significant intra- and inter-individual variations are expected, due to the diverse morphological and psychomotor profiles in the sample. The adoption of both linear and non-linear analyses will provide a comprehensive evaluation of how neuromuscular structures evolve over time and space, offering both quantitative and qualitative insights. Non-linear analysis is expected to reveal higher entropy in the expert group compared to non-experts, signifying greater complexity in their motor control. In terms of stability, experts are likely to exhibit higher Lyapunov exponent values, indicating enhanced stability and coordination, along with lower Hurst exponent values. In elastography, experienced practitioners are expected to display higher transversus abdominis (TrA) muscle elasticity, due to their proficiency. Concerning GA, non-experts are expected to demonstrate more saccades, focus on more Areas of Interest (AOIs), and shorter fixation times, as experts are presumed to have more efficient gaze control. In EEG, we anticipate higher theta wave values in the non-expert group compared to the expert group. These expectations draw from similar studies in elastography and correlated research in eye tracking and EEG. They are consistent with the principles of the Pilates Method and other scientific knowledge in related techniques.
- Pre-service teachers’ perceptions towards integrating educational robotics in the primary schoolPublication . Silva, Ricardo; Costa, Cecília; Martins, Fernando Manuel LourençoThis paper seeks to understand the impact of a training program on 19 pre-service primary school teachers’ perceptions towards educational robotics (ER). The training program is based on a reflective process of design and implementation of a learning scenario during the practicum, using a pre-experimental design. Quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire applied at three moments of the intervention: pre-intervention, post-intervention 1 (19 weeks after), and post-intervention 2 (37 weeks after). The results show that the features of the proposed training program positively influenced the pre-service teachers’ (PST) perceptions towards ER. Experiencing curricular integration of ER and participation in a reflective process of learning scenario design positively influenced their perceptions in post-intervention 1. After experiencing the integration of ER in the practicum class, PST adjusted their positive perceptions in post-intervention 2. PST also displayed a decrease in neutrality in their perceptions in post-intervention 1 and post-intervention 2. Given the limited sample, it’s not possible to generalize these results, however they have implications for initial teacher training programs dedicated to technology integration. PST must be allowed to confront their preconceived perceptions of integrating technology into teaching and learning processes with the reflective process of designing and implementing a lesson plan that integrates technology during the practicum.
- Símbolos nacionais e representações de números racionais em práticas STEAMPublication . Ferreira, Rafaela; Silva, Ana; Freitas, Yelitza Aveiro; Costa, Sofia Laura; Martins, Fernando Manuel LourençoEste artigo foca-se nas práticas STEAM implementadas por duas professoras estagiárias com o objetivo de promover aprendizagens e colmatar dificuldades dos alunos a respeito das representações dos números racionais, relacionando-os aos símbolos nacionais. A abordagem STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) propõe a criação de contextos de aprendizagem que priorizem a interdisciplinaridade, a resolução de problemas e a integração de artefactos tecnológicos. Neste sentido, foram realizadas quatro sessões numa turma do 4.º ano do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico que integraram tarefas exploratórias, onde se incluiu tecnologia e situações problemáticas. Os resultados evidenciam a compreensão das representações dos números racionais usando os conhecimentos dos alunos sobre os símbolos nacionais. São discutidas dificuldades sentidas quanto à gestão do tempo de realização das tarefas pelos alunos, as quais se deve ter em consideração em intervenções futuras.
- Physical and Physiological Demands of Amateur Portuguese Field and Assistant Football RefereesPublication . Gomes, Ricardo; Mendes, Rodrigo; Ferreira, Amaro; Mendes, Rui; Dias, Gonçalo Nuno Figueiredo; Martins, Fernando Manuel LourençoReferees are crucial elements in football, and they must meet the physical and physiological demands each match poses to them. The aim is to analyse the physical and physiological demands of amateur referees in games at the regional level (4th division), examining the differences between the first and second halves and between assistant (age: 25.10 ± 4.97) and main referees (age: 25.65 ± 5.12). A total of 29 matches were analysed with GPS devices, and internal and external load metrics were analysed. Overall, main referees, due to their central role in game management, showed higher levels of physical and physiological load than assistant referees, with more high-intensity activities, greater distance covered and higher heart rate. The results also revealed that there were no differences between the halves for total distance covered for either the main or assistant referees. However, the main referees covered a greater distance in high-intensity running during the first half (p = 0.05; d = 0.389). These findings emphasise the importance of tailored training protocols to enhance performance and reduce fatigue-related errors, highlighting the significance of endurance, high-intensity running ability, and strategies to manage transient fatigue in referee preparation.