Career planning, behaviour and academic performance in basic education

Career planning stimulates personal competence and coping with career and future. We analyse the simultaneous relationship between career planning and academic behaviour and performance. Participants were 446 students from the 5th year (231, 52.2% boys), aged nine to 13 years old (M = 10.23, SD = 0.49). A demographic questionnaire and the planning subscale of the Childhood Career Development Scale were used. Results evidenced two different career profiles: the constructive, with higher planning and positive outcomes in academic behaviour and performance; the vulnerable, with lower planning, behavioural problems, more learning difficulties, and school retention. Keywords: career development, childhood, career planning, academic performance.O planeamento de carreira estimula sentimentos de competência pessoal que habilitam a lidar com a carreira e o futuro. Analisa-se a relação simultânea entre planeamento da carreira e comportamento e desempenho académico. Participaram 442 alunos do 5º ano (231, 52.2% rapazes), com idades entre nove e 13 anos (M = 10.23, DP = 0.49). Utilizou-se um questionário de identificação e a subescala planeamento da Childhood Career Development Scale. Os resultados evidenciam dois perfis de carreira: o construtivo, com mais planeamento, comportamento e resultados académicos positivos; o vulnerável, com o planeamento mais baixo, problemas comportamentais, mais dificuldades na aprendizagem e retenções. Palabras chave: desenvolvimento de carreira, infância, planeamento da carreira, desempenho académico.O planeamento de carreira estimula sentimentos de competência pessoal que habilitam a lidar com a carreira e o futuro. Analisa-se a relação simultânea entre planeamento da carreira e comportamento e desempenho académico. Participaram 442 alunos do 5º ano (231, 52.2% rapazes), com idades entre nove e 13 anos (M = 10.23, DP = 0.49). Utilizou-se um questionário de identificação e a subescala planeamento da Childhood Career Development Scale. Os resultados evidenciam dois perfis de carreira: o construtivo, com mais planeamento, comportamento e resultados académicos positivos; o vulnerável, com o planeamento mais baixo, problemas comportamentais, mais dificuldades na aprendizagem e retenções. Palabras chave: desenvolvimento de carreira, infância, planeamento da carreira, desempenho académico.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Factors influencing adaptation from university to employment in Portugal and Brazil

The career adaptation model helps to explain the process of transitioning from university to employment among college students. This study tested the invariance of the model for gender and for Portuguese and Brazilian cultural contexts. Participants included 638 students (69% women, 66.1% Brazilian), aged 18 to 56 (M = 23.78, SD = 20.33). Individuals’ adaptability resources, adapting responses, and adaptation results were considered and assessed. Multigroup path analysis results indicated invariance of the model only for contexts, indicating that the adaptation process, in university to employment transition, is equivalent in Portugal and Brazil, guiding career interventions in both contexts.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Ecologia do Desenvolvimento Profissional das Crianças: Uma Revisão da Literatura

Previous efforts to elaborate an organizing framework for the study of children’s career development identified its main dimensions and processes. However, the existing literature on children’s ecological subsystems is scarce. This article presents a literature review of the context of children’s career development. Based on Bronfenbrenner’s theory, 36 eligible articles covered the following subjects: the microsystems family and school; the mesosystems family-school/peer-school relations and antecedents of transitions; the exosystems parents’ work situation, social class, curriculum and teachers’ professional development; the macrosystems ethnicity and culture; and the chronosystems passage of time over the life-course and across generations. An ecological perspective can be included in an organizing framework of children’s careers and support further research and intervention. Empirical and practical implications are discussed.Esforços prévios para organizar um modelo organizador do estudo do desenvolvimento profissional das crianças têm identificado as suas principais dimensões e processos. Contudo, a literatura existente sobre os subsistemas ecológicos das crianças é escassa. Este artigo apresenta uma revisão da literatura sobre os contextos de desenvolvimento profissional das crianças. De acordo com a teoria de Bronfenbrenner, 36 artigos elegidos abordam: os microssistemas família e escola; os mesossistemas família-escola/pares-escola e antecedentes de transições; os exossistemas situação profissional parental, classe social, currículo e desenvolvimento profissional de professores; os macrossistemas etnia e cultura; e os cronossistemaspassagem do tempo no ciclo vital e entre gerações. Uma perspetiva ecológica pode ser incluída em um modelo organizador do desenvolvimento profissional das crianças e apoiar ivestigações e intervenção futuras. Discutem-se implicações empíricas e práticas

Adaptação e validação da Escala Reading Strategy Use para a população portuguesa

The main goal of this research was to adapt and validate a scale of reading strategies assessment for the Portuguese population. The Reading Strategy Use (RSU) is a measure of cognitive and metacognitive strategies, consisting of 22 items. The sample was composed of 428 students. The factor structure of the scale was investigated by means of confirmatory factor analysis. The fit of two factor and one factor models was tested. The results supported a one factor structure. Cronbach's alpha value was.85. The reading strategies exhibited statistically significant correlations with academic achievement in the Portuguese Language. Statistically significant differences between the female and the male participants in the RSU results were observed, with girls achieving higher scores. These results provide evidence of validity and reliability for the Portuguese version of the RSU. The implications of the results, limitations and issues to be approached in future investigations are discussed.O objetivo deste estudo foi adaptar e validar uma escala de avaliação de estratégias de leitura para a população Portuguesa. A Reading Strategy Use (RSU) é uma medida de avaliação de estratégias cognitivas e metacognitivas, com 22 itens. A amostra foi constituída por 428 alunos do quinto e sexto ano de escolaridade. Estudou-se a estrutura da escala com recurso à análise fatorial confirmatória, testando-se o ajustamento de modelos de dois e de um fator. Obtiveram-se melhores indicadores de ajustamento para o modelo unifatorial. O valor do alfa de Cronbach foi de .85. Os resultados na RSU apresentaram correlações significativas com o desempenho escolar em Língua Portuguesa. Verificaram-se diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre os participantes do sexo feminino e masculino, com as raparigas a obterem resultados superiores. Estes resultados fornecem evidência de validade e fidelidade para a escala. São discutidas implicações dos resultados, limitações e questões a abordar em investigações futuras.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Dropout factors in higher education: A literature review

Dropping out of Higher Education is an international concern with an impact on Higher Education Institutions, in general, and on individual career paths, in particular. In order to prevent this phenomenon and support both institutions and students in their decision-making, it is urgent to identify evasion factors in higher education. A review made in published articles in international scientific journals between January 2014 and December 2018 is presented, based on the Longitudinal Institutional Evasion Model. The search was carried out in four databases, with combinations of the keywords dropout, departure, academic adjustment, college adjustment, academic integration, social integration, and higher education. Twenty-four articles that met the inclusion criteria were fully read. The articles were described and the content was systematized in meta-synthesis. Factors related to attributes prior to entering higher education were identified; objectives and commitments prior and subsequent to this entry; institutional experiences; academic and social integration. Evasion signaling measures were also identified. Implications for research, services and policies of Higher Education Institutions are discussed.A evasão no Ensino Superior constitui preocupação internacional com impacto nas Instituições de Ensino Superior, em geral, e nos percursos de carreira individuais, em específico. Para prevenir esse fenômeno e apoiar tanto instituições como estudantes na sua tomada de decisão, urge identificar fatores de evasão no ensino superior. Apresenta-se revisão de artigos publicados em revistas científicas internacionais entre janeiro 2014 e dezembro 2018, com base no Modelo Longitudinal de Evasão Institucional. A pesquisa foi realizada em quatro bases de dados, com combinações das palavras-chave dropout, departure, academic adjustment, college adjustment, academic integration, social integration e higher education. Foram lidos integralmente 24 artigos que satisfaziam critérios de inclusão. Procedeu-se à descrição dos artigos e o conteúdo foi sistematizado em meta-síntese. Identificaram-se fatores relativos a atributos prévios à entrada no ensino superior; objetivos e compromissos prévios e posteriores a essa entrada; experiências institucionais; integração acadêmica e social. Identificaram-se ainda medidas de sinalização de evasão. Discutem-se implicações para a investigação, para serviços e políticas das Instituições de Ensino Superior.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Do students with immigrant and native parents perceive themselves as equally engaged in school during adolescence?

Student engagement in school needs to be considered when comparing immigrant and native students, particularly at a timeof increasing migratory movements throughout the world. Diferences in cognitive, afective, behavioral, and agentic studentengagement dimensions were examined for students with immigrant and native parents, and for early and middle adolescence.A four-dimensional measure of student engagement was completed by 643 students (52.7% women). Results indicated that:students with native parents present higher cognitive and agentic engagement than students with immigrant parents; earlyadolescents are more cognitively engaged than middle adolescents; early adolescents with native parents present highercognitive engagement than early adolescents with immigrant parents and middle adolescents. These results contribute toknowledge advancement, enhancing the understanding of student engagement with immigrant and native parents duringearly and middle adolescence, which might stimulate additional research moving towards a more inclusive school. Basedon the fndings and conclusions from this study, possibilities for future research and political-educational recommendationsare presented.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Do students with immigrant and native parents perceive themselves as equally engaged in school during adolescence?

Student engagement in school needs to be considered when comparing immigrant and native students, particularly at a time of increasing migratory movements throughout the world. Differences in cognitive, affective, behavioral, and agentic student engagement dimensions were examined for students with immigrant and native parents, and for early and middle adolescence. A four-dimensional measure of student engagement was completed by 643 students (52.7% women). Results indicated that: students with native parents present higher cognitive and agentic engagement than students with immigrant parents; early adolescents are more cognitively engaged than middle adolescents; early adolescents with native parents present higher cognitive engagement than early adolescents with immigrant parents and middle adolescents. These results contribute to knowledge advancement, enhancing the understanding of student engagement with immigrant and native parents during early and middle adolescence, which might stimulate additional research moving towards a more inclusive school. Based on the findings and conclusions from this study, possibilities for future research and political-educational recommendations are presented.This study received national funding from the FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, IP, within the scope of the UIDEF - Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Educação e Formação, Reference UIDB/04107/2020.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Physicochemical and microbiological parameters of dried salted pork meat with different sodium chloride levels

Anderson; da Silva ARAÚJO, Íris Braz; Oliveira do NASCIMENTO, Márcia Cristina Physicochemical and microbiological parameters of dried salted pork meat with different sodium chloride levels Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos