No presente artigo, os autores refletem sobre o subfinanciamento crónico do ensino superior público em Portugal e alguns dos seus efeitos na privatização deste segmento educativo e na crescente precarização da profissão docente. Num contexto de significativos avanços no ensino superior nas últimas décadas, cujos números de matriculados confirmam, destacamse alguns recuos observáveis desde finais da década de 19...
Background: Teacher Training has needed new possibilities to make teaching practice more flexible and less boring. Therefore, using school-centred training is essential, so there is a need to investigate in loco the profile and needs of teachers. Objective: Identify the professional profile, the teaching know-how, the difficulties and needs in the teaching processes to cultivate communities of practice with tea...
O papel do ensino superior no desenvolvimento, exige políticas públicas educativas que impactam nos indivíduos e na sociedade. Neste artigo, analisa-se a evolução da procura de ensino superior, no período 2000-2020 em Portugal, à luz de políticas públicas conduzidas em contextos diferentes: períodos de crescimento económico e de austeridade; períodos de governação de centro-direita e de centro-esquerda, a fim d...
The aim of this research is to analyze the effects of innovation strategies, Total Quality Management (TQM) dimensions, and internationalization strategies that Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) might adopt, and their effects on their organizational performance. Due to globalization and the constant changes and demands that have taken place today, HEIs are forced to seek new quality assurance instruments in ...
This article aims to characterize the hotel industry in Romania and Portugal. For this purpose, the authors use a set of statistical indicators, also applying the Buys Ballot model. Tourism is considered the most coveted activity in the world, considering the growing number of destinations around the world that have been investing in this activity over the past decades, making it the major driver of socioeconom...
This article aims to characterize the hotel industry in Romania and Portugal. For this purpose, the authors use a set of statistical indicators, also applying the Buys Ballot model. The results show that, between 2015 and 2020, in Romania and Portugal, in the months of June, July, August, September and October the seasonal factor deflected the number of nights spent by domestic tourists over the trend line. Thu...
Our empirical study compares the responses provided by certified and non-certified companies using multivariate predictive models. Conceptually, there is a subtle difference between comparing questionnaire responses with T-tests and multivariate predictive models. The former should be employed when we conjecture that certification conducts to different responses to the questionnaire; the latter should be used w...
O papel do ensino superior no desenvolvimento exige políticas públicas educativas que impactam nos indivíduos e na sociedade. Neste artigo, analisa-se a evolução da procura de ensino superior, no período 2000-2020 em Portugal, à luz de políticas públicas conduzidas em contextos diferentes: períodos de crescimento económico e de austeridade; períodos de governação de centro-direita e de centro-esquerda, a fim de...
This article aims to promote further reflection on the benefits derived from class-size reduction, seeking to demonstrate that the expenditures resulting from this are usually overestimated when they are determined on the basis of gross employee cost to the State, and not taking into account the corresponding net costs. This scholarly exercise takes into account the Portuguese case and the costs of a teacher in...