The design of Portuguese political poster: two politics, two discourses

This paper aims to present a history of the Portuguese political poster in two key moments of twentieth century Portuguese politics, the moment of the establishment of the ‘Estado Novo’ (or New State) i.e., Salazar’s authoritarian and quasi-fascist dictatorship which ran from 1933- 1974, and the period of the Revolution of April 25 of 1974, which overthrew the previous regime. The two distinct ideologies give rise to two contrasting modes of visual discourse. This is particularly evident in posters made in the two revolutionary moments (1933-1938 and 1974-76). These reveal ruptures in relation to the visual discourses of posters made in the periods before and after these dates. The paper shows how the posters offer a particular kind of lens on the two contrasting revolutionary moments; a way of looking at how the two revolutions attempted to communicate to and connect with the Portuguese people in whose name and one whose behalf—ostensibly in the first case, substantively in the second—the revolutions were undertaken. In terms of the understanding of activism and revolutionary graphics a contribution is made to understanding how revolutions of left and right contrastingly 2 present themselves—and how, through the use of poster, they evoke or extol particular kinds of political subjects and political orders

Aprendizaje cooperativo para promover el pensamiento creativo y la creatividad matemática en la Educación Superior

Creativity is an indispensable competence for the future of higher education students. Creative thinking skills play an important role in modern society. Creativity is acknowledged as a crucial aspect of business, research and development or arts. This study presents the assessment results of an intervention using cooperative learning and the conventional teaching method in order to promote creative thinking in higher education. The design used was quasi-experimental pretest and posttest intervention using the Creative Intelligence test (CREA), with experimental and control groups of higher education students of the Communication and Multimedia course in a Linear Algebra class. The participants were 50 students from a Portuguese public university. Results showed that students who participated in the intervention scored significantly higher in the creativity test at the end of the intervention and indicated that creative thinking, and divergent thinking abilities in particular, can be enhanced through the kind of intervention that was proposed in the studyLa creatividad es una competencia indispensable para el futuro de los estudiantes de educación superior. Las habilidades de pensamiento creativo juegan un importante papel en la sociedad moderna. La creatividad es reconocida como un aspecto fundamental en el campo de los negocios, la investigación y desarrollo y las artes. Este estudio presenta los resultados de la evaluación de una intervención que utiliza el aprendizaje cooperativo y el método de enseñanza convencional para promover el pensamiento creativo en la educación superior. El diseño utilizado fue cuasi-experimental con la aplicación del test de Inteligencia Creativa (CREA) antes y después de la intervención, con grupos experimentales y de control de estudiantes de educación superior del curso de Comunicación y Multimedia en una clase de Álgebra Lineal. Los participantes del estudio fueron 50 estudiantes de una universidad pública portuguesa. Los resultados mostraron que los estudiantes que participaron en la intervención obtuvieron puntuaciones significativamente más altas en el test de creatividad al final de la intervención e indicaron que el pensamiento creativo, y las habilidades de pensamiento divergentes en particular, pueden mejorarse a través del tipo de intervención que se propuso en el estudi

A linguistic analysis of auto-biographical narrative interviews: The internal and external perspectives of interna-tional students using the example of two current research projects

Studierende, die entweder einen Teil oder das gesamte Studium an einer ausländischen Universität absolvieren, stellen insbesondere im Kontext der Internationalisierung der Hochschulen, aber auch hinsichtlich der Erforschung von Interkulturalität generell, interessante Forschungssubjekte dar. Doch obwohl diese Gruppe der Studierenden einen relativ einfachen Feldzugang ermöglicht, gibt es – wie wir, Helena Drawert und Vasco da Silva, in diesem Artikel zeigen werden – nur recht wenige qualitative Studien zur äußeren und inneren Gestalt von studentischen Auslandsaufenthalten. Anhand der Themenschwerpunkte unserer derzeit laufenden Dissertationsprojekte soll im Folgenden dargelegt werden, wie die interkulturelle, qualitative Forschung das Potential dieser Zielgruppe nutzen kann, um unterschiedliche Phänomene zu untersuchen und diverse Frage- und Problemstellungen zu erörtern.Students who study abroad either as a part of the curriculum or as their main study period, make interesting research subjects not only in the context of the internationalization of higher education, but also within the broader field of intercultural research. Although this group of students is easily accessible to different research interests, there are – as we, Helena Drawert and Vasco da Silva, will show in this article – only a few qualitative studies on the interior and exterior forms of academic residence abroad. Based on the thematic focus of our research projects, the following paper will demonstrate how the potential of this target group can be used to analyse different phenomena and diverse questions and problems within the field of intercultural research

Zur linguistischen Analyse biografisch-narrativer Interviews: die Innen- und Außenperspektive von internationalen Studierenden am Beispiel von zwei aktuellen Forschungsprojekten

Studierende, die entweder einen Teil oder das gesamte Studium an einer ausländischen Universität absolvieren, stellen insbesondere im Kontext der Internationalisierung der Hochschulen, aber auch hinsichtlich der Erforschung von Interkulturalität generell, interessante Forschungssubjekte dar. Doch obwohl diese Gruppe der Studierenden einen relativ einfachen Feldzugang ermöglicht, gibt es -wie wir, Helena Drawert und Vasco da Silva, in diesem Artikel zeigen werden- nur recht wenige qualitative Studien zur äußeren und inneren Gestalt von studentischen Auslandsaufenthalten. Anhand der Themenschwerpunkte unserer derzeit laufenden Dissertationsprojekte soll im Folgenden dargelegt werden, wie die interkulturelle, qualitative Forschung das Potential dieser Zielgruppe nutzen kann, um unterschiedliche Phänomene zu untersuchen und diverse Frage- und Problemstellungen zu erörtern.Students who study abroad either as a part of the curriculum or as their main study period, make interesting research subjects not only in the context of the internationalization of higher education, but also within the broader field of intercultural research. Although this group of students is easily accessible to different research interests, there are -as we, Helena Drawert and Vasco da Silva, will show in this article- only a few qualitative studies on the interior and exterior forms of academic residence abroad. Based on the thematic focus of our research projects, the following paper will demonstrate how the potential of this target group can be used to analyse different phenomena and diverse questions and problems within the field of intercultural research

On some identities for balancing and cobalancing numbers

As a consequence of the Binet formula for balancing, cobalancing, square triangular, Lucas-balancing and Lucas-cobalancing numbers, we provide some formulas for these sequences explicitly, which can have certain importance or applications in most recently investigations in this area. Also we give another expression for the general term of each sequence, using the ordinary generating function

Encouraging brand attachment on consumer behaviour: Pet-friendly tourism segment

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to study the factors that influence consumer behaviour through brand attachment, in the pet-friendly segment in Portugal. Pet-friendly tourism has stood out as a very recognized and valid tourism and marketing segment, growing worldwide, urging the complex needed advances on tourism practices performance. Methods: The application of the model to a group of 190 respondents carried out in order to analyse the relationships between brand attachment, trust, satisfaction, commitment, loyalty and quality of service. To test our measurement model, data was analysed using the SmartPLS 3.2. Results: Results reveal that quality of the service, satisfaction, trust and commitment had a strong relationship with the loyalty of the respondents. As for the brand attachment, the variables that showed the most influence were satisfaction, trust and commitment. Implications: The research still needs to be empirically applied in pet-friendly tourism settings to enrich their robustness in a cross-cultural tourism experiences, covering a wider spread of abroad tourism destinations and products. This study thus contributes to a better clarity at the theoretical level of brand attachment and consumer behaviour, as well as making it possible to understand from the consumers’ side, which characteristics are part of their decision-making process, granting relevant data that can cooperate in the definition of better marketing strategies

On the Mersenne sequence

From Binet’s formula of Mersenne sequence we get some properties for this sequence. Mersenne, Jacobsthal and Jacobsthal-Lucas sequences are considered in order to achieve some relations between them, sums and certain products involving terms of these sequences. We also present some results with matrices involving Mersenne numbers such as the generating matrix, tridiagonal matrices and circulant type matrices

Balanced scorecard and learning organization: Case Study

O Balanced Scorecard (BSC) é uma resposta às exigências da realidade económico-social, num processo que parece favorecer o desenvolvimento da aprendizagem nas empresas. Este trabalho averigua dessa presunção. Para o estudo definimos doze características essenciais a uma organização de aprendizagem, analisadas sob três categorias e agrupadas numa grelha de perceção; procedemos também a uma análise crítica do conceito BSC à luz dessas características. Baseados nessa grelha caracterizamos a empresa objeto de estudo em dois momentos: antes de iniciar o projeto BSC e dezoito meses após o seu início. Da comparação entre as duas caracterizações tentamos aferir como variou a sua capacidade para aprender organizacionalmente. Concluímos que essa capacidade foi incrementada: a empresa melhorou enquanto organização de aprendizagem, essencialmente quando observada sob duas das categorias assumidas: ambiente organizacional e liderança.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The Live2Work Project Results of pilot courses and their implications for the design, building, and development of life projects of young adults and adults in situations of professional vulnerability

A presente comunicação visa a apresentação dos mais recentes desenvolvimentos no Projeto Live2Work (ERASMUS+), no qual estão envolvidos quatro países europeus: Portugal, Dinamarca, república Checa e França. Este projeto destina-se a técnicos que trabalham no âmbito do apoio ao desenho, construção e desenvolvimento de projetos de vida de jovens adultos e adultos (18-30 anos) que se encontram em situação de vulnerabilidade profissional, quer nos seus países de origem, quer nos seus países de acolhimento (migrantes e refugiados). Para o efeito, é constituído por seis outputs, a saber: (i) um manual de enquadramento concetual ao projeto e à metodologia de trabalho, (ii) uma caixa de atividades organizada em diferentes módulos temáticos de acordo com as necessidades do público-alvo, (iii) um manual para a formação de técnicos, (iv) ações de formação/workshops para técnicos, (v) vídeos de disseminação do projeto e vídeos tutoriais das atividades, e (vi) uma plataforma de e-learning de acesso a todos os materiais que constituem o projeto. Ao longo deste trabalho serão apresentados os resultados dos cursos-piloto, realizados com técnicos (orientadores, formadores) de 3 países distintos, e que serviram de teste aos primeiros quatro outputs do projeto. Serão discutidas implicações para a construção de uma versão final destes outputs.We herein present the most recent developments of the Live2Work Project (ERASMUS+, with the participation of Portugal, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and France). We present some of the results of the pilot courses that were conducted with technicians (conselors, mentors, trainers) from three different countries in order to test the project’s first two outputs. We also reflect on the importance of conducting pilot courses to build a final version of these outputs.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

O BALANCED SCORECARD E A ORGANIZAÇÃO DE APRENDIZAGEM: ESTUDO DE CASO

Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is an answer to the demands of the current social and economic reality, in a process that seems to favor the learning development in organizations. In this paper this presumption is analyzed. For that, twelve essential features of a learning organization have been determined, analyzed under three categories, grouped in a grid of perception; the BSC concept was also analyzed critically, in the light of these features. Accordingly to the grid, the studied company is characterized in two distinct moments: before starting the BSC project and eighteen months after its beginning. Comparing these two moments, it was assessed how its capacity of organizational learning has evolved. It is concluded that this ability has been developed: the company improved as a learning organization, essentially when observed under two of the proposed categories: organizational environment and leadership.El Balanced Scorecard (BSC) es una respuesta a las exigencias de la realidad socio-económica, un proceso que parece favorecer el desarrollo del aprendizaje en las organizaciones. Este estudio examina esta presunción. Para nuestro estudio hemos definido doce características esenciales para una organización de aprendizaje, analizadas en tres categorías, agrupados en una cuadrícula de percepción; hacemos también un análisis crítico del concepto BSC a la luz de estas características. Basado en este objeto de cuadrícula en dos, hemos caracterizado la compañía: antes de iniciar el proyecto BSC y dieciocho meses después de su inicio. Comparando las dos caracterizaciones tratamos de evaluar cómo varió su capacidad de aprendizaje organizacional. Hemos encontrado que esta capacidad ha aumentado: la empresa ha mejorado como organización de aprendizaje, esencialmente cuando evaluado en dos de las categorías definidas: clima organizacional y liderazgo.O Balanced Scorecard (BSC) é uma resposta às exigências da realidade económico-social, num processo que parece favorecer o desenvolvimento da aprendizagem nas empresas. Este trabalho averigua dessa presunção. Para o estudo definimos doze características essenciais a uma organização de aprendizagem, analisadas sob três categorias e agrupadas numa grelha de perceção; procedemos também a uma análise crítica do conceito BSC à luz dessas características. Baseados nessa grelha caracterizamos a empresa objeto de estudo em dois momentos: antes de iniciar o projeto BSC e dezoito meses após o seu início. Da comparação entre as duas caracterizações tentamos aferir como variou a sua capacidade para aprender organizacionalmente. Concluímos que essa capacidade foi incrementada: a empresa melhorou enquanto organização de aprendizagem, essencialmente quando observada sob duas das categorias assumidas: ambiente organizacional e liderança