This article aims to present the implementation in the classroom of a research project based on the theme of formative assessment in conjunction with that of summative assessment, called the RAFA project. Based on challenging teaching, learning and assessment tasks, the classroom environments studied in one of the two regions of the country where it is being implemented demonstrated the intention of the respect...
This paper analyzes the use of an unpolluted night sky as the basis for the differentiation of a rural tourism destination. As it has been pointed out in other studies the use of the commons as part of the tourism offer may lead to situations of overuse and pollution. In the present case it is shown that by having awareness of the tourism potential of this common resource, stakeholders of the Alentejo Region jo...
Water scarcity is rising as a global issue, because the planet earth is facing a global water crisis, which is considered something that can destroy environmental sustainability of our planet.The fact is that humanity’s demand is depleting natural resources faster than nature can replenish itself; if human habits and unsustainable use of water resources do not change, water scarcity will inevitably intensify an...
The subject of mathematical communication has been an important aspect to be promoted in Mathematics classes in Portugal of this long time until the present date. Placing students on the condition that they can and should use valid communicative arguments to justify their decision making in solving mathematical tasks is something that has been promoted at the level of Portuguese educational policies, namely thr...
This number of the IJLTFES - International Journal of Latest Trends in Finance and Economic Sciences is dedicated specifically to Political Economy of Land Reform. The discussion involving these subjects comprises several authors who have contributed to this number of the Journal with their work and to whom the Editors would like to thank for their participation. After this recognition, it is suitable to thank ...
The purpose of this research is to analyse the trends in data from monetary financial institutions (MFIs) in Portugal compared to the Euro Area. The analysis principally focuses on the period after the subprime crisis, which started in 2007 in the USA. Moreover, this article exposes some interesting data about corporate governance in Portuguese banks (e.g. governance model, gender, board dimension, executive co...
This research studies the effect of some characteristics of the board of directors in terms of foreign shareholdings. For that, all Portuguese banks operating in 2011 were considered. In terms of board size no particular significance in the banks’ foreign shareholdings was identified. Moreover, it was tested the relationship between Board diligence and Foreign shareholdings and no relationship was obtained betw...
Overcapacity and overcapitalisation of the fishing sector have been identified as the principal failure of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). This conclusion may be well important in the CFP Reform, 2012, and put again the discussion about the tools that can be used to get sustainable management and better cohesion. The main purpose of this paper is to enter this debate, making the repertory of the maintained g...
Ambiguous concepts blur analytical and policy prescription clarity. In the literature on Natural Resources it would be difficult to find a concept as misunderstood as commons. This paper clarifies this confusion and establishes an adequate conceptualisation. A typology of property-rights regimes relevant to common property resources is presented and a new concept – anticommons - is introduced. The reflex of thi...
The current world is more and more globalized, with the competence level enhancing day by day and the enterprises having to be prepared to give positive answers to the questions proposed to them. Being prepared to face different kinds of situations is the biggest challenge of their leaders. An action taken in any part of the world will bring enormous consequences in a short period of time. The velocity in which...