¿Y si trabajan en grupo...?: interacciones entre alumnos, procesos sociales y cognitivos en clases universitarias de física
Summary. This paper presents some results of a case study about the characteristics of the interactions between pupils in groupworks, in the context of an innovative teaching experience of Physics at university level. Videorecordings were carried ou t during classes of the unit on Thermodynamics and some pupils from a focal group were interviewed. Analysis focused on group processes from the linguistic, social and cognitive perspectives. Results suggest that sharing cognitive processes by a group o f student, through reasoning and argumentation, may be an answer to the challenges of teaching practice at university level.
This is a descriptive study in a qualitative perspective, with the objective to understand the meaning of humanization assistance for a group of eight (8) nurses working in the Intensive Care Units in Cuiaba-MT. The data had been collected through semi structured interviews, from july to august 2005, oriented by the following questions: How do you see the question of the humanization? How is this humanization in your UTI? The analysis was based on thematic analysis technique and was accomplished through three thematic points: the work of the nursing in UTI; the meaning of the humanization and the reality of the humanization in the UTIs studied. Despite the nurses recognized the importance of giving an integral assistance, they still have daily work with innumerable difficulties to accomplish a humanized assistance.