Contextos de vida: desafios e concretizações

Relatório de atividade profissional de mestrado integrado em Psicologia (área de especialização em Psicologia Escolar e da Educação)Resumo: Este relatório de atividade profissional tem como objetivo descrever um conjunto de atividades para evidenciar o percurso profissional enquanto psicóloga, nos últimos doze anos, na área da Psicologia Escolar e da Educação. Apresentam-se as atividades desenvolvidas num agrupamento escolar e no contexto da formação profissional, inserida em projetos de cariz educativo. Nas atividades apresentadas, descrevem-se as funções e papéis desempenhados como psicóloga escolar e da educação e respetivas competências desenvolvidas e adquiridas. Procedemos igualmente a uma reflexão pessoal acerca do papel e competências do psicólogo na área da Psicologia Escolar e da Educação, no contexto escolar e educativo, limitações, contexto profissional, ética, carreira.Abstract: The aim of this professional activity report is to describe a series of activities to highlight the professional career path as a psychologist, in the last twelve years, in the field of School and Educational Psychology. The activities which were undertaken in a school grouping and in the context of vocational training, inserted in projects oriented towards education, are presented. The functions and roles performed as a school and educational psychologist and respective skills which were developed and acquired are described in the exposed activities. Equally, we proceed to make a personal reflection about the role and skills of a psychologist in the field of School and Educational Psychology in the school and educational context, limitations, professional context, ethics and career

Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved