Abstract: Grit can be understood as an element of personality, being a positive and non-cognitive human characteristic, composed of two components: perseverance of effort and consistency of interests. Due to its social, professional, and educational impact, grit has become a construct of great interest. Although some instruments have been developed and adapted for its evaluation in different contexts, the absen...
This study evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention program on career resources in the blended and distance modalities and explores the relationship between changes in career resources and self-determined motivation. For this purpose, two groups of 68 and 72 higher education students participated in blended and distance career interventions, respectively. The blended program took place in a curricular inf...
A evolução tecnológica e a crescente pressão social para o uso da Internet têm evidenciado desigualdades no seu uso, tanto nas condições de acesso, como das competência de uso e usufruto. Estas desigualdades impactam na vida das pessoas, em particular na sua formação e atividade profissional. O conceito de fosso digital tem evoluído, passando do acesso básico às tecnologias digitais (1º nível) para as competênc...
Due to the challenges faced by higher education (HE) students in integrating or reintegrating into the workforce, career interventions have gained prominence for their critical role in enhancing students' readiness to tackle professional challenges. Distance career interventions have increasingly been adopted to reach a broader and more diverse audience, encompassing varying personal characteristics, socioecono...
For a number of years, teacher evaluation has been carried out by means of self-administered questionnaires in which students assess their teachers by means of more or less closed questions. One question that has been found to be highly predictive of overall satisfaction with every teacher is often worded as "this teacher helps me to learn", but what does this phrase means? To find out about this, a qualitative...