Home Confined Consumers’ Freedom through Surrogate Activities: the Role of Personal Communities

This article explores the nature of surrogate consumption activity with three cases of non-institutionalised home confined consumers. The role played by personal communities in their daily lives is explored from the constrained rural contexts in which they consume. Despite the barriers to achieving normalcy in the marketplace, home confined consumers are able to realise freedom and agency, and express identity through engagement in surrogate consumption activity. Surrogate consumption activity also provides home confined consumers with opportunities to reinforce and challenge traditional family practices (discourses of care) through the ability for relationship culture development and social capital creation. Findings in this study show that home confined consumers, labeled as 'limited-choice' (Gabel, 2005) have the ability to display power, make choices, and find their voice despite non-interaction in the marketplace.

Peer Rating for Feedback in Group Projects

The National Student Survey (NSS) in the UK has since 2005 questioned final year
undergraduate students on a broad range of issues relating to their university experience.
Across disciplines and universities students have expressed least satisfaction in the areas of
assessment and feedback. In response to these results many educational practitioners have
reviewed and revised their procedures and the UK Higher Education Academy (HEA) has
produced guidelines of best practice to assist academics in improving these specific areas.
The Product Design and Development (PDD) degree at Queen’s University Belfast is
structured with an integrated curriculum with group Design Build Test (DBT) projects as the
core of each year of the undergraduate programme. Based on the CDIO syllabus and
standards the overall learning outcomes for the programme are defined and developed in a
staged manner, guided by Bloom’s taxonomy of learning domains.
Feedback in group DBT projects, especially in relation to the development of personal and
professional skills, represents a different challenge to that of individual assignment feedback.
A review of best practice was carried out to establish techniques which could be applied to
the particular context of the PDD degree without modification and also to identify areas
where a different approach would need to be applied.
A revised procedure was then developed which utilised the structure of the PDD degree to
provide a mechanism for enhanced feedback in group project work, while at the same time
increasing student development of self and peer evaluation skills. Key to this improvement
was the separation of peer ratings from assessment in the perception of the students and the
introduction of more frequent face to face feedback interviews.
This paper details the new procedures developed and additional issues which have been
raised and addressed, with reference to the published literature, during 3 years of operation.

Arts Council Ballet Policy Review

In May 2006 the Arts Council commissioned an independent review of the context and issues affecting professional ballet in Ireland. The findings were subsequently collated in a policy paper entitled Towards a Strategy of Support for Professional Ballet in Ireland, which was published in 2007 and adopted by the Council in the same year. The report acknowledged ballet as an integral part of cultural life and its importance to the development of many forms of professional dance. The document set forth a number of recommendations that have since formed the basis of art-form policy and funding relationships with ballet organisations.
In parallel since then, a number of important changes have taken place within the ballet sector. Some of these changes are the inevitable consequences of these difficult financial times. However, despite these funding challenges, the sector has managed to retain its vibrancy and popularity with national audiences. While the sector continues to evolve, the limited financial resources available to the Council have become an obstacle to implementing the road map envisioned in 2007. Given its significance and popularity, ballet remains an extraordinarily underdeveloped art form in Ireland. A key weakness of the sector is that future development of ballet provision remains fundamentally uncertain and is still overly dependent on the personal and professional commitment of a few individuals.
This review aims to analyse the current situation, discuss and consider how matters might be progressed and to propose a comprehensive framework for the development of ballet in Ireland. The purpose of the review is to provide an objective point of reference for the Arts Council‘s medium- term ballet policy and to inform and guide future public investment in the art form. The review also intends to progress the work undertaken since 2007 in response to the document Towards a Strategy of Support for Professional Ballet in Ireland.
Within a wider perspective, the review is expected to provide compelling evidence of ballet's relevance to Irish cultural life. It will also create an opportunity for the Council to engage with relevant stakeholders with a view to addressing the challenge of how best to provide for ballet on a sustainable basis within the context of a changed financial environment and an evolving professional sector. There is reason to expect this review will also assist the sector in giving voice to its aspirations and needs. This would certainly assist the Council in garnering support for a blueprint for the consolidation of professional ballet practice and education in Ireland.
It is envisioned the ballet policy review will be closely aligned to the Arts Council‘s own high-level objectives and will take account of developments that may arise from the broader process of strategic review the Council will undertake in 2014.

Avaliação interna de escolas

Dissertação de Mestrado, Supervisão, Especialização em 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, 2007

Competências profissionais dos professores dos cursos de educação e formação : a construção de uma nova identidade docente

Tese de mestrado, Ciências da Educação (Formação de Professores), Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação, 2010

Relatório de estágio

No presente relatório é explanado o desenvolvimento profissional da formanda durante a prática pedagógica supervisionada em Educação Pré- Escolar (com crianças dos três aos seis anos) e na prática pedagógica supervisionada no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (com um grupo do 3.º ano). Neste documento, a formanda procurou descrever, analisar e refletir acerca da sua prática, evidenciando o seu desenvolvimento e dificuldades sentidas e as potencialidades do trabalho cooperativo e colaborativo. Durante as práticas pedagógicas supervisionadas a formanda mobilizou a metodologia de investigação-ação, com as suas etapas inerentes (observação, planificação, ação, avaliação e reflexão), o que possibilitou o seu desenvolvimento pessoal e profissional, ao ser desenvolvida de forma cíclica e continuada e articulando-se com a estratégia do portefólio de formação. O portefólio de formação, desenvolvido no percurso dos estágios, possibilitou a reflexão crítica por parte da formanda acerca do contexto e atividades propostas, bem como a observação e reflexão acerca do seu próprio desenvolvimento. Assim, esta formação inicial de docentes fomentou a aquisição e mobilização de competências e conhecimentos científicos, pedagógicos e didáticos, basilares para o desempenho proficiente da prática docente. Efetivamente as práticas pedagógicas supervisionadas possibilitaram à formanda a mobilização de uma postura investigativa e reflexiva, promotoras do desenvolvimento de competências e conhecimentos profissionais fundamentais e melhoria gradual da sua prática. Ressalva-se, no entanto, a importância da formação contínua da formanda, através da mobilização das características da metodologia de investigação-ação visando

Jornalistas correspondentes em Portugal. Um retrato socioeconómico dos jornalistas estrangeiros em Portugal

O objetivo da investigação para a produção do relatório de estágio, passa por perceber os contornos do dia-a-dia dos jornalistas correspondentes em Portugal, as dificuldades que, por vezes, esta profissão fomenta e as implicações de fazer jornalismo num país com pouco interesse noticioso a nível internacional. Diariamente abrimos o jornal, acedemos a notícias digitais ou ouvimos reportagens na rádio, mas nunca sabemos quem é o rosto por detrás da notícia. Excetuando os pivôs dos telejornais e programas de informação, o jornalista é um cidadão desconhecido que trabalha para o seu leitor e para o seu ouvinte. Também o jornalista correspondente trabalha todos os dias com o mesmo objetivo. Mas, neste caso, há uma distinção: o seu ouvinte está num país diferente, talvez até do outro lado do mundo. Os jornalistas correspondentes em Portugal são profissionais que, todos os dias, produzem informação para outros países sobre nós, a nossa cultura, a nossa política, os nossos problemas e/ou as nossas conquistas. Neste relatório, o objetivo primordial é descobrir quem é este correspondente, que vive longos anos no nosso país, nunca se tornando parte dele.

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Oil and Gas Industry: Environmental Management Systems as a Source of Sustainable Development

The environmental aspect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) expressed through the process of the EMS implementation in the oil and gas companies is identified as the main subject of this research. In the theoretical part, the basic attention is paid to justification of a link between CSR and environmental management. The achievement of sustainable competitive advantage as a result of environmental capital growth and inclusion of the socially responsible activities in the corporate strategy is another issue that is of special significance here. Besides, two basic forms of environmental management systems (environmental decision support systems and environmental information management systems) are explored and their role in effective stakeholder interaction is tackled. The most crucial benefits of EMS are also analyzed to underline its importance as a source of sustainable development. Further research is based on the survey of 51 sampled oil and gas companies (both publicly owned and state owned ones) originated from different countries all over the world and providing reports on sustainability issues in the open access. To analyze their approach to sustainable development, a specifically designed evaluation matrix with 37 indicators developed in accordance with the General Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines for non-financial reporting was prepared. Additionally, the quality of environmental information disclosure was measured on the basis of a quality – quantity matrix. According to results of research, oil and gas companies prefer implementing reactive measures to the costly and knowledge-intensive proactive techniques for elimination of the negative environmental impacts. Besides, it was identified that the environmental performance disclosure is mostly rather limited, so that the quality of non-financial reporting can be judged as quite insufficient. In spite of the fact that most of the oil and gas companies in the sample claim the EMS to be embedded currently in their structure, they often do not provide any details for the process of their implementation. As a potential for the further development of EMS, author mentions possible integration of their different forms in a single entity, extension of existing structure on the basis of consolidation of the structural and strategic precautions as well as development of a unified certification standard instead of several ones that exist today in order to enhance control on the EMS implementation.

Are Cities Illiberal? Municipal Jurisdictions and the Scope of Liberal Neutrality

One of the main characteristics of today’s democratic societies is their pluralism. As a result, liberal political philosophers often claim that the state should remain neutral with respect to different conceptions of the good. Legal and social policies should be acceptable to everyone regardless of their culture, their religion or their comprehensive moral views. One might think that this commitment to neutrality should be especially pronounced in urban centres, with their culturally diverse populations. However, there are a large number of laws and policies adopted at the municipal level that contradict the liberal principle of neutrality. In this paper, I want to suggest that these perfectionistlaws and policies are legitimate at the urban level. Specifically, I will argue that the principle of neutrality applies only indirectly to social institutions within the broader framework of the nation-state. This is clear in the case of voluntary associations, but to a certain extent this rationale applies also to cities. In a liberal regime, private associations are allowed to hold and defend perfectionist views, focused on a particular conception of the good life. One problem is to determine the limits of this perfectionism at the urban level, since cities, unlike private associations, are publicinstitutions. My aim here is therefore to give a liberal justification to a limited form of perfectionism of municipal laws and policies.

Guider la pratique et la formation éthique des professionnels de la santé : établir les fondements du modèle de la déontologie réflexive (MDR)

Si l’approche par compétences au Canada et aux États-Unis est particulièrement valorisée pour orienter la pratique des professionnels de la santé (PDS) – et en bioéthique clinique –, les travaux permettant de mieux comprendre les fondements psychologiques, ontologiques et philosophiques de ces compétences sont peu présents dans la littérature en bioéthique. Les principaux outils actuellement disponibles se divisent généralement en quatre principales catégories : 1) les documents officiels (codes de déontologie, règlements institutionnels, etc.); 2) les principales théories éthiques (éthique de la discussion, éthique de la vertu, principisme, etc.); 3) les ouvrages de référence scientifiques; 4) les outils de prise de décision éthique. Ces documents sont des incontournables pour les bioéthiciens et les PDS, mais leur disparité, voire leur contenu parfois contradictoire, jumelée à une compréhension limitée de l’éthique, est souvent source de confusion dans les processus décisionnels et peut être la cause de comportements ne répondant pas aux standards éthiques des pratiques professionnelles. Notre recherche constitue une réflexion qui s’inscrit en amont de ces outils dont le caractère pragmatique a le désavantage de simplifier la réflexion théorique au profit de données plus concrètes. Nos travaux visent à développer les bases d’un modèle flexible et inclusif – le modèle de la déontologie réflexive (MDR) – permettant de : 1) poser les principaux repères philosophiques, sociaux et déontologiques des problématiques éthiques rencontrées en pratique; 2) saisir les principales tensions éthiques inhérentes à cette complexité; 3) mieux comprendre, dans une perspective psychologique et développementale, les exigences personnelles et professionnelles qu’impose le statut de professionnel de la santé dans le contexte actuel des soins de santé. Entreprise théorique, ce projet consiste principalement à mettre en relation dynamique un ensemble de dimensions (légale, éthique, clinique, sociale, psychologique) à l’oeuvre dans la rencontre du bioéthicien et du PDS avec la complexité des situations éthiques, en s’inspirant du concept de sensibilité éthique de la « petite éthique » de Paul Ricoeur (1990), du modèle des quatre composantes de Rest (1994) et de la théorie du soi et des modes identitaires d’Augusto Blasi (1993). Ce processus implique trois étapes successives : 1) une mise en ii perspective de la posture épistémologique particulière du bioéthicien et du PDS à la lumière de la « petite éthique » de Ricoeur; 2) une revue de la littérature interdisciplinaire sur le concept de sensibilité éthique afin d’en proposer une définition et de le mettre en perspective avec d’autres compétences éthiques; 3) le développement d’un cadre de référence en matière d’identité éthique professionnelle (professional ethics identity tendencies, PEIT), inspiré de la théorie du soi et des modes identitaires de Blasi. Ces PEIT proposent un repère normatif aux exigences liées à la construction de l'identité en contexte de pratique des PDS et suggèrent des pistes de réflexion quant à la formation et à la recherche en éthique professionnelle. Cette recherche souhaite établir des fondements théoriques pour le développement ultérieur du modèle de la déontologie réflexive (MDR).

Pequeño diccionario sobre la utopía: recursos para contar una historia sobre la experiencia del proyecto redesearte paz y su vocación de intervención artística y cultural en territorios en riesgo de exclusión social

Cultura, desarrollo, comunidad, territorio, arte, cohesión social, empoderamiento, desarrollo cultural comunitario, solidaridad... Todas estas palabras, todos estos términos, componen una compleja definición sobre una propuesta de transformación y futuro para contextos sociales en riesgo de exclusión. Un proyecto que es, a la vez, una red de agentes culturales, un contenedor de deseos y acciones de intervención, y un vínculo entre el arte y la cultura como motores de transformación del territorio a favor de una cultura de paz. Se trata de REDESEARTE PAZ, un proyecto que, a través de las herramientas de las prácticas artísticas contemporáneas y la cultura, genera y fortalece procesos de cohesión social. El proyecto trabaja mediante la intervención-colaboración-reflexiónacción con comunidades en peligro de marginación. El presente texto es un glosario de términos, con intención de diccionario, que trata de dibujar el amplio mapa de las acciones y los conceptos que conforman esta red; la búsqueda de una definición en la suma de todas las partes que componen la propuesta, bajo la idea de reivindicar el uso de la palabra utopía en la actualidad: recuperar esa esperanza que supone el término y a la vez compartir la experiencia de este diálogo entre el arte y la cultura propuesto por REDESEARTE PAZ a favor de la cooperación y el desarrollo

A Auto-Estima dos docentes de Educação Física : a questão do género

A inclusão de alunos com necessidades educativas especiais no ensino regular encontra-se devidamente explicitada nacional e internacionalmente, contudo a sua implementação tem vindo a revelar-se desafiante tanto para o sistema educativo como para os agentes de ensino. São conhecidas e encontram-se publicadas em diversos estudos as vantagens da educação inclusiva, porém o sistema educativo depara-se com populações cada vez mais heterogéneas onde responder satisfatoriamente a todos se tem caracterizado como árdua tarefa. O papel dos professores não pode também ser esquecido dado que estes representam um papel muito importante em todo o processo, mas o que dizer relativamente ao seu grau de satisfação profissional e à sua auto-estima. O objectivo deste estudo foi analisar de que forma o sentimento de competência e capacidade, a satisfação pessoal nas relações profissionais, a percepção do reconhecimento pelos outros e a relação com os alunos varia em função do género. Para o desenvolvimento desta investigação foi utilizado o questionário intitulado por Escala de Auto-Estima Profissional (E.A.P., Leitão, 2012). A amostra foi constituída por 115 professores de Educação Física do 2º, 3º e Ensino Secundário das escolas da Rede de Estágio. Concluiu-se que todas as dimensões da auto-estima profissional apresentam valores médios moderados a elevados, sendo o sentimento de competência e capacidade (M = 5.01; DP = .62) o que revela um maior nível de satisfação por parte dos professores e o menos satisfatório o que diz respeito à Satisfação pessoal nas relações profissionais (M = 4.60; DP = .89). Relativamente ao sentimento de competência e capacidade verificámos que os inquiridos do sexo masculino apresentam resultados médios superiores aos do sexo feminino [MM = 5.06, DPM = .61; MF = 4.94, DPF = .62 ]. No que se refere à satisfação pessoal nas relações profissionais constatámos também que os inquiridos do sexo masculino apresentam resultados médios superiores aos do sexo feminino [MM = 4.63, DPM = .69; MF = 4.55, DPF = 1.13]. Relativamente às dimensões percepção do reconhecimento pelos outros e relação com os alunos verificámos que os inquiridos do sexo feminino apresentam resultados médios superiores aos do sexo masculinos, respectivamente [MM = 4.86, DPM =.77; MF = 4.87, DPF =.80] e alunos [MM = 4.91, DPM =.61; MF = 4.94, DPF =.63]. Contudo, não existem diferenças estatisticamente significativas em função do género em nenhuma das dimensões avaliadas [Sentimento de competência e capacidade [t (113) = -.983, p = .328; Satisfação pessoal nas relações profissionais [t (113) = -.453, p = .651] ; Percepção do reconhecimento pelos outros [t (113) = .032, p = .974] e Relação com os alunos [t (113) = .102, p = .919].

Formação continuada de professores dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental I : uma experiencia com o programa escola que vale

Inúmeras pesquisas estão sendo desenvolvidas sobre a importância da formação continuada dos professores para a prática educativa, a fim de melhorar o entendimento sobre as variáveis necessárias para assegurar que os alunos possam obter o aprendizado almejado. Afirma-se ainda que a maioria desses estudos considere que o professor reflexivo possui melhores oportunidades de crescimento profissional e pedagógico, disponibilizando aos seus alunos melhores estratégias didáticas. Para tanto, o objetivo deste estudo é Analisar se a formação continuada de professores, aplicada pelo “Programa Escola que Vale”, tem contribuído para as mudanças das práticas docentes dos professores dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental I, e como a formação continuada, desenvolvida por este Programa, tem contribuído para as mudanças das práticas docente dos professores dos anos iniciais. Assim, a metodologia deste estudo foi realizada através de uma pesquisa exploratória de caráter bibliográfica e uma pesquisa de campo com docentes, supervisores e orientadores do município de Ourilândia do Norte. Os resultados desta análise nos mostraram que a formação continuada de professores do Programa Escola que Vale, contribuiu muito propiciando melhorias ao desenvolvimento da ação pedagógica, que o profissional torna-se motivado para continuar aprendendo e melhorando sua ação docente, sobretudo utilizando de meios que possibilitam envolvimentos de toda comunidade educativa em prol de uma educação de qualidade.

Using the results of diagnostic testing to promote mathematical pedagogical knowledge

Teachers require a range of knowledge bases, including both content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge (Shulman, 1986). In recent times there have been calls from a variety of sources for teacher preparation courses to improve the mathematical knowledge of teachers, particularly primary teachers. These calls have been underlined by the recent formation of bodies such as the Institutes of Teachers in Victoria and NSW, as well as the development of teaching standards by professional bodies including the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers. Rather than simply adopt a "back-to-basics" approach, work is required that uses the results of educational research to design courses that help pre-service students to understand how and why errors are made (by themselves and by children in their own classrooms). Diagnostic testing of preservice students is the first step in the process. However, it is not enough to simply test students and to remediate their misconceptions. Instead, the aim is to use the results of the testing to improve students' pedagogical knowledge as well as their subject content knowledge. This paper outlines one approach to the use of diagnostic testing with pre-service students and how the results can be used to assist in the development of pedagogical knowledge.

Managing professionals : the emerging leadership role of Victorian Maternal and Child Health coordinators

Drawing on research into cultural and organizational change in the Victorian Maternal and Child Health Service during the 1990s, this paper examines implications for the nursing leadership provided by service coordinators. The project included a quantitative survey of nurses and semistructured interviews with managers and coordinators. Under a strongly neoliberal state government in Victoria, Australia, services were fundamentally restructured through tendering processes. A competitive, productivist culture was introduced that challenged the professional ethos of nurses and a primary health orientation to the care of mothers and infants. This paper focuses on the pressures that the entrepreneurial environment presented to maternal and child health nurses' identity and collegial relations and to the coordination role. It argues that coordinators emerged as a Significant nursing management group at the interface of administrative change and the management of professional practice. Although many nurses skilfully negotiated tensions with peers and management, their leadership role needs further clarification and support.