Tendo em conta os novos desafios que se adivinham para o Ensino Superior e os novos modelo de organização do processo de ensinar e aprender, tem-se vindo a proceder a todo um processo de clarificação das competências que se afiguram como essenciais para um desempenho competente e de qualidade na sociedade da informação. Cada vez mais se aponta para a necessidade de a aprendizagem se processar ao longo da vida e ser gerida por um sujeito caracteristicamente ativo, autônomo e que constrói as suas próprias aprendizagens (Cabral, 2003
ResumoA investigação que nos propomos apresentar desenvolveu-se em torno do papel das competências de leitura, compreensão e escrita para o Sucesso Académico no Ensino Superior. Foi feita aplicação coletiva do Questionário sobre Leitura, Compreensão e Escrita no Ensino Superior a fim de apontar as estratégias mais utilizadas pelos estudantes procurando determinar níveis de competência, analisar o seu grau de dificuldades e de disponibilidade para receber formação especializada, detectar o grau de importância por estes atribuído a estas competências para o sucesso académico, determinar o índice de correlação entre estas competências e sucesso académico e comparar as suas expectativas com o nível de desenvolvimento atingido após a sua entrada no Ensino Superior. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que estas competências desempenham um papel importante nas tarefas de aprendizagem dos estudantes e tendem a estar associadas ao seu sucesso académico embora as expectativas dos estudantes relativamente ao desenvolvimento destas competências no Ensino Superior não sejam atingidas.Palavras-Chave: Ensino Superior; Leitura e Escrita; Sucesso académico;
READING/COMPREHENSION WRITING AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS: A DIAGNOSIS STUDY IN FOUR PORTUGUESE UNIVERSITIES AbstractThe present study is integrated in the research field of the specific reading, comprehension and writing in Higher Education. By using the "Reading, Comprehension and Writing in Higher Education Questionnaire" the study aimed: to point out the strategies more frequently used to determine competence levels; to analyze the difficulty level and students' availability to receive specialized instruction; to point out the degree of importance attributed to these skills for their academic success, to determine the correlation level between these two skills and the success level of the students and to compare the students expectations of development reached in these fields after entering Higher Education. Results showed that these skills play an important role in the learning tasks of the students and tend to be associated with their academic success although the expectations of the students concerning the development of these skills in Higher Education are not satisfied.
Most quality assessment systems are based on an explicit separation of teaching/learning and research; however, in spite of their having enhanced both the organisation and quality improvement of each of these fields, they have also been contributing to a widening of the gap between the two and to the devaluation of teaching.The present study, developed in the UK, intends to provide some insights into the perceptions of former panel members, managers and academics, as they anticipate the impacts from REF 2014. Increasing pressure to achieve high-quality research has been leading institutions to hire the most prestigious researchers. Were there to be equivalent effort to achieve parity in the quality of teaching, this situation might be less worrying, for teaching does not currently enjoy the same investment; rather, its very inferiority is considered to have an even more negative impact on the development of new practices, as well as on student learning and support.
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