RESUMEN
Resumo O presente estudo pretende identificar os modelos de desenvolvimento profissional mais relevantes para um grupo de educadoras de creche portuguesas, procurando conhecer as suas preferências relativamente a formatos, temas e tipos de atividade de desenvolvimento profissional e as condições em que o vídeo-feedback poderá ser mais relevante para essas profissionais. Foram realizadas entrevistas com 26 participantes, após visualização de vídeos das suas práticas em contexto real. Os resultados mostram que o recurso a vídeos é visto como uma ferramenta potencialmente relevante para a reflexão, melhoria e reforço da prática profissional, sendo, no entanto, necessário garantir o seu devido enquadramento. Os resultados evidenciam, ainda, outras preferências desse grupo de educadoras, oferecendo pistas para a conceção de programas de desenvolvimento profissional em creche.
Abstract This study aims to identify the best professional development models for a group of Portuguese crèche educators. It seeks to learn their preferences regarding formats, themes and types of professional development activities, and the conditions under which video-feedback may be more relevant to them. Interviews were conducted with 26 participants, after they watched videos of their practices in a real-life context. The results show that the use of video is considered a potentially relevant tool for reflection, improvement and strengthening of professional practice, and that it is necessary to ensure its proper framework. The results also show other preferences of this group of educators, offering clues for the design of professional development programs in crèche centers.
Résumé Cette étude vise à identifier les modèles de développement professionnel les plus relevants pour un groupe d'éducatrices de crèche au Portugal. Elle cherche à connaître leurs préférences concernant les formats, les thèmes et les types d'activités de développement professionnel, ainsi que les conditions dans lesquelles une vidéo-feedback pourrait leur être utile. Des entrevues ont été menées auprès de 26 participantes, ayant visionné des vidéos concernant leurs pratiques en contexte réel. Les résultats montrent que le recours aux vidéos est considéré comme un outil potentiellement approprié pour réfléchir sur la pratique professionnelle ainsi que pour l'amélorier et la renforcer, à condition d'assurer un bon encadrement. Les résultats indiquent également d'autres préférences de ce groupe d'éducateurs, offrant des pistes pour la conception de programmes de développement professionnel dans les crèches.
Resumen El presente estudio pretende identificar los modelos de desarrollo profesional más relevantes para un grupo de educadoras portuguesas de guardería, con el propósito de tratar de conocer sus preferencias en lo que se refiere a formatos, temas y tipos de actividad de desarrollo profesional y las condiciones en las que el video-feedback podrá ser más importante para tales profesionales. Se realizaron entrevistas con 26 participantes, después de visualizar videos de sus prácticas en contexto real. Los resultados muestran que el recurso a videos es visto como una herramienta potencialmente relevante para la reflexión, mejora y refuerzo de la práctica profesional, pero hay que asegurar su debida enmarcación. Los resultados también ponen de manifiesto otras preferencias de ese grupo de educadores, ofreciendo pistas para la concretización de programas de desarrollo profesional en guardería.
RESUMEN
Buildup of decaying pelagic Sargassum on the beaches and coasts of the Mexican Caribbean during the massive arrivals of 2015 and 2018 had detrimental impacts on the environment and tourist industry. To avoid ecological and economic impacts from massive beaching of Sargassum, it would be better to remove the pelagic algal masses while still at sea. However, out at sea, pelagic Sargassum rafts constitute an ecosystem with a diversified associated fauna and their removal could impact this fauna. We conducted a survey on the motile macrofauna associated to pelagic Sargassum rafts in the Puerto Morelos reef lagoon, Mexican Caribbean. Pelagic Sargassum was sampled with nets at 2â¯m, 50â¯m and 500â¯m from shore, at four sites during the months of September, October and November 2018. The 108 samples contained 10,296 individuals belonging to 32 taxa distributed over eight Phyla. The main phyla were Arthropoda (48%), Annelida (41%) and Mollusca (15%). Fish abundance was low (10 individuals) with only five species, of which three are typically associated with Sargassum rafts and two are common in seagrass meadows and coral reefs. Species composition and abundance of motile macrofauna varied with month and zone; the nearshore zone had the lowest abundance but there was no difference in the abundance of the fauna associated with rafts 50 or 500â¯m offshore. Three of the four most abundant species (together accounting for 89% of the individuals) were species typically associated with pelagic Sargassum, and the fourth was an amphipod that was only registered once near shore. Although more studies over larger time and spatial scales are required, these results suggest that the removal of pelagic Sargassum within the reef lagoon may not have a significant effect on local populations of motile macrofauna.