"As you receive with one hand, so should you give with the other": the mutual-help practices of Cape Verdeans on the Lisbon periphery”

Rural Cape Verdeans employ a number of mutual-help practices to mitigate the uncertainties surrounding activities fundamental to their subsistence. One of these practices is djunta mon (‘to work together’), a loosely planned, non-monetized system of allocating labor at peak intervals during the growing season. By means of djunta mon, neighbors or family members work in each other’s fields until the tasks of every landowning participant are complete. Alongside djunta mon in rural Cape Verde exist a number of other non-remunerated mutual-help practices, such as djuda mutua (‘mutual help’) and laja kaza (‘to add concrete to one’s house’). While less visible than djunta mon, they are nonetheless important in completing tasks essential to rural life in the islands. In this thesis, I will attempt to show how Cape Verdean immigrants in Lisbon have adapted the mutual-help practices of rural Cape Verde to a new, transnational context. The iterations of these practices in Lisbon differ from their rural counterparts in that they involve fewer people, occur on a year-round basis, and are concerned primarily with domestic work. They also help people find employment, access childcare, secure interest-free credit, and construct or repair houses. I will argue that extensive mutual-help ties ensure Cape Verdean migrants in Lisbon a sufficient pool of family and friends upon which they can rely for support and assistance. An additional element I will explore is the perception among Cape Verdean immigrants that these mutual-help practices seem to be occurring with less frequency. While this shift is in part due to the availability of other means of support, I will contend that the changing attitude of Cape Verdeans towards mutual help is also due to their encountering neoliberal notions of ‘self-accountability.’ Thus, Cape Verdeans perceive that their mutual-help practices are in decline, while simultaneously needing the material support that they provide.

Perfil do formador – um atributo fundamental na melhoria da qualidade do ensino Um estudo de caso

O presente trabalho que tem como tema O perfil do formador/professor um atributo na melhoria da qualidade do ensino é um estudo de caso realizado na escola Secundária Manuel Lopes. Pretendemos com este trabalho saber se existe um perfil adequado para o formador/professor do ensino Secundário. Este trabalho está estruturado em três capítulos. Apresentamos na introdução os objectivos do trabalho, a metodologia utilizada, a justificação do tema, e as dificuldades que encontramos no desenrolar do mesmo. Foram abordados os conceitos relevantes para a compreensão do tema em estudo. Apresentamos ainda um breve historial da escola bem como as características da zona onde está inserida. Apresentamos os dados que foram recolhidos e de seguida fizemos a respectiva análise, que nos permitiu formular as nossas conclusões, onde retomamos alguns pontos centrais da nossa investigação, numa análise suscita do perfil do formador/professor um atributo fundamental da melhoria da qualidade do ensino, e procuramos apresentar algumas recomendações visando a melhoria da mesma.