Management of social networks in the educational process

The research developed in this work consists in proposing a set of techniques for management of social networks and their integration into the educational process. The proposals made are based on assumptions that have been proven with simple examples in a real scenario of university teaching. The results show that social networks have more capacity to spread information than educational web platforms. Moreover, educational social networks are developed in a context of freedom of expression intrinsically linked to Internet freedom. In that context, users can write opinions or comments which are not liked by the staff of schools. However, this feature can be exploited to enrich the educational process and improve the quality of their achievement. The network has covered needs and created new ones. So, the figure of the Community Manager is proposed as agent in educational context for monitoring network and aims to channel the opinions and to provide a rapid response to an academic problem.

The 2009 European Parliament Elections: A Disaster for Social Democrats. The European Parliament Elections of 2009 and the Fate of Euroscepticism.

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Crianças em situação de risco social : perceção dos docentes: um contributo para a proteção e promoção dos direitos das crianças

Este trabalho tem como tema “Crianças em Situação de Risco Social: Perceção dos Docentes. Um contributo para a proteção e promoção dos direitos das crianças” e tem como objetivo tentar conhecer a frequência de alunos do Agrupamento de Escolas do Crato em situação de risco social, bem como os tipos de risco que poderão estar a viver. O Agrupamento de Escolas do Crato é constituído por duas escolas que são elas: a Escola Básica Integrada com Jardim de Infância Professora Ana Maria Ferreira Gordo e a Escola Básica 1 de Gáfete. Neste agrupamento encontra-se em funcionamento o jardim-de-infância, o 1º. ciclo, 2º. ciclo e o 3º. ciclo. A amostra é constituída pelos docentes do 1.º, 2.º e 3.º ciclos do ensino básico, os quais responderam a um questionário por cada aluno, num total de 232 alunos, ou seja, todos os alunos a frequentar o 1.º ou o 2.º ou o 3.ºciclos do ensino básico, excluindo-se apenas as crianças do pré-escolar, abrangendo-se assim toda a população do ensino básico. O instrumento utilizado neste estudo quantitativo foi adaptado do questionário de Díaz-Aguado e Arias (1999) validado na Universidade de Complutense de Madrid, e permitiu identificar vários tipos de risco social (maltrato ativo, problemas emocionais, negligência e condutas anti-sociais) bem como caraterizar algumas das variáveis que se associam a estes problemas no concelho do Crato. Algumas das principais conclusões foram as seguintes: as crianças que eram percecionadas como estando em maior risco social frequentavam o 3.º Ciclo, eram beneficiárias de ação social escolar e tinham mais insucesso escolar.

Alienation and the author : a triptych on social conformity and deviancy in the Japanese intellectuals : study of Natsume Sōseki, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Dazai Osamu /

Mode of access: Internet.

Motivating anti-DWI behavior using existing values. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

The behavior modification school follow-up study. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

The science of human behavior; biological and psychological foundations,

"Partial bibliography": p. 425-436.

Perfect behavior,

Added t.p.; Perfect behavior, with pictures by Ralph Barton; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises.

SSA disability : SGA levels appear to affect the work behavior of relatively few beneficiaries, but more data needed : report to the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives /

"GAO-02-224."

The relationship of migrant workers' attitudes and behavior to their work environment /

"Final report to: Director, Office of Manpower, Automation & Training, U.S. Department of Labor, of research supported by the U.S. Department of Labor."

Consumer behavior of individual families over two & three years.

Mode of access: Internet.

Effects of Training and E-Mail Feedback on Behavior Therapists' Use of Instructive Feedback

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Beluga whale distribution, migration, and behavior in a changing Pacific Arctic

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-06

"What do other people think?" - The role of prejudice and social norms in the expression of opinions against gay men

It is generally acknowledged that it is no longer socially acceptable to espouse prejudiced beliefs, yet prejudiced attitudes and discriminatory behaviours still occur. The present study sought to determine when and by whom prejudiced attitudes would be expressed. Specifically, an experiment was conducted to examine the impact of injunctive social norms emanating from a social group with which participants identified and participants' level of homophobia on the expression of opinions about gay men. Participants were presented with information indicating that the majority of group members agreed with a number of prejudiced injunctive statements (pro-prejudice norm), that the majority disagreed with the statements (anti-prejudice norm), or they were given no information about other group members' opinions (control). Participants then reported their own responses to the same injunctive statements. Participants' levels of homophobia were assessed either before or after they were given the normative information. The results indicated that activation of a pro-prejudice injunctive norm for those higher in homophobia resulted in more prejudiced opinions being expressed in comparison to those who received no normative information or those who had a nonprejudiced norm activated. Those lower in homophobia expressed less prejudiced opinions than those higher in homophobia and this did not differ as a function of social norm. The results demonstrate how prejudice can come to be expressed even in the presence of a broad societal norm that suggests that is it wrong to express such opinions.

Social-servicescape conceptual model

There is considerable evidence that environmental variables can substantially influence consumer behavior in service settings (cf. Turley and Milliman, 2000). However, research to date has focused on the effects of the physical elements (‘atmospherics’), with the social aspects (customers and service providers) of the environment largely ignored. First, we provide a review of the extant literature drawing on four major streams of research from (1) previous marketing (servicescapes); (2) environmental psychology (approach–avoidance theory, behavior setting theory); (3) social psychology (social facilitation theory); and (4) organizational behavior (affective events theory). Second, we present a new conceptual model, the ‘Social-servicescape’. In this paper we argue that the social environment and purchase occasion dictates the desired social density which influences customers’ affective and cognitive responses, including repurchase intentions. Furthermore, we argue that customers play a key role in influencing the emotions of others either positively or negatively, and this largely determines whether they intend to return to the service setting. Implications of this conceptual model for theory and practice are discussed.