Comunicação e educação: implicações contemporâneas
This essay continues to spread and systematize new data collected in the research conducted between 2006 and 2009 with fundamental and medium term teachers from public schools in the city and state of Sao Paulo. The intent, now, is to question about the tensions that surround the relationship between teacher’s professional practice and actual circumstances of the social media field.
Processos educativos e canais de comunicação
A maior parte dos sistemas educativos atuais - particularmente os de ensino a distância - privilegia uma matriz de ensino individualizada, dirigida a educandos isolados, e inibidora de sua auto-expressao. O presente trabalho analisa os efeitos pedagogicos e sociais desta modalidade e suas consequencias para a futura configuracao da comunicacao educativa. Ressalta a importância do dialogo proprio da educacao presencial para o exercicio da comunicacao na formacao de cidadaos livres e autonomos, comparando-o com a educacao que se utiliza predominantemente da tecnologia, visando apenas a transmissao de informacao, a qual pode acabar tornando o educando um ser automato. Nesse contexto, o autor analisa a educacao a distância.
Public health in eight European countries: an international comparison of terminology.
OBJECTIVES
The aim of this paper was to assess the use of different terms pertaining to public health in selected Member States of the European Union.


STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS
Qualitative research methods were used to compare the terminology among eight Member States. Seven to nine core terms were defined for each country, and a search was performed for these terms in the names of institutions and professional titles, organized into three comparable categories.


RESULTS
The data analysis showed considerable diversity in terminology. The three most commonly used terms for each country, and the frequency distribution of the core terms for all eight countries were determined.


CONCLUSION
Public health terminology and underlying concepts vary among Member States of the European Union. A large number of loosely related terms are in use, indicating the lack of a common conceptual framework for the discipline of public health. The most commonly used terms pertaining to public health are 'health sciences' and 'health promotion'. 'Public health' is not among the most commonly used terms.