Category: Press Release

Mapping output in content analysis in SciELO Brazil indicates a technique that is caught in a time warp

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A scientometric review on the use of content analysis in SciELO Brasil showed a notable concentration of citations from Laurence Bardin’s manual, whose use continues to grow. As the work has not had updates in the last two decades, we can say that the use of the technique may be caught in a time warp. Read More →

A shattered organisational culture or the effects of temporality within the school context

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Within the context of the culture of school organizations in Portugal, the effects of the New Public Management and the digitalization of education on the development of fragmented forms of culture were enhanced by the increased individualism, adherence to instrumental logics of action, and a diminished sense of belonging to the organization. Read More →

Ambiente & Sociedade calls for articles on social and environmental contexts in the Amazon

Promotional image: special logo of the periodical "Ambiente & Sociedade" in celebration of 25 years. Text: Call for papers, Featured theme - 2024, “The Amazon in an era of reconstruction and neo-developmentalism”, Deadline for submissions 31/08/2023, More information https://bit.ly/AeS_Amazon. In the background, a blurry photo of a small plant with thin branches and few leaves.

The Amazon region, its original peoples and traditional communities are strongly impacted in socio-environmental terms. In order to give visibility to interdisciplinary research in the environmental and social areas of the region, Ambiente & Sociedade invites everyone to submit articles for its 2024 Highlight Theme “The Amazon in an era of reconstruction and neo-developmentalism”. Read More →

Exploring the relationship between education and union type for women in Brazil

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Although informal conjugal unions have become more common in Brazil, university educated women still seem to prefer formal marriages. More surprisingly, the gap between lower and higher educated women has increased, as the chances of lower educated women being in informal unions has grown faster than for higher educated. Read More →

Body in contemporary discourse

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The recent context we have been living in, in which social, political, and religious polarization stands out, allows and updates various and conflicting discourses about the body. Two important articles propose an in-depth reflection and debate on this broad topic. Read More →

The unsaid about “eadization” in Higher Education

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It is understood that the Brazilian Higher Education concept of “eadization” is recent and must be monitored so that its identity and function are not lost. It is possible to observe that the flexibility given by the insertion of a percentage (up to 40%) in the workload of face-to-face higher education courses dedicated to Distance Education supports a process of reconfiguration from the symbiosis. Read More →

“NÓIS É*”: childhoods and feminisms in social practices of peripheral collectives on the pandemic

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Due to the covid-19 pandemic, collectives contributed to maintaining the life of the peripheric population. The performance of women and their relationship with children allowed us to think about the possible construction of a collective pedagogy that approaches the Common, a principle based on collaboration and self-management, opposing hierarchies and patriarchy. Read More →

No to the militarization of management in public school

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The Nacional Program of Civic-Military Schools implemented by the Bolsonaro government in 2019, prescribes an authoritarian proposal for education and threatens our democracy. This study analyzed the conservative demands articulated in this Program and the reasons why the molds of the military schools have been praised as a solution to educational problems. Read More →

Children and the use of social media in the fight against COVID-19: Is it possible to talk about child activism?

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The presence of children in social media has been the subject of several researches and also of concern of parents and specialists about the risks related to this practice. For this reason, a new possibility for understanding this phenomenon is presented, called children’s digital activism, with a focus on coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More →

Cluster participation, absorptive capacity and sustainability practices

The search for competitive advantages has been challenging for firms, especially small and medium-sized ones. The market has been oriented towards valuing firms that adopt sustainable practices either at the initiative of the customers or due to legal pressures or even due to the growing awareness of society. Read More →