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Portugal: Challenges and Possible Paths in Education for Sustainability in Port...

In this Chapter, we map and discuss the Education for Sustainability in the Portuguese Early Childhood (ECEfS) context including recent developments and challenges that could guide us in the future. A brief contextualization of the ECE system in Portugal will be the basis for a specific analysis of the ECEfS cur riculum and pedagogy within the Portuguese Curricular Guidelines for Early Childhood Education and a...

Era uma vez um caracol que conta – prólogo

Cada uma das treze histórias que compõem este livro transporta muitas realidades numa composição de vozes, experiências, linguagens, e conceitos que fomos integrando ao longo da jornada da CoP OutGoing. Elas emergem sempre das experiências OutGoing das crianças com as educadoras nos seus lugares de eleição onde puderam abrir-se à “paixão de conhecer o mundo” (Freire, 2007) em múltiplos encontros multi-espécies....

A global history of the 1919 total solar eclipse

In this paper, we are looking at the British expeditions that observed the 1919 total solar eclipse in Sobral (Brazil) and Príncipe island as scientific practice embedded in their geographical, social, and world-political context. This fresh look makes steps towards a “global history” of this eclipse, and reports on contextual elements of the expeditions that have been hitherto “eclipsed” in the narratives that...

From risk to reward: AI’s role in shaping tomorrow’s economy and society

This study investigates the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on society, business, and management, using a qualitative approach centered on the analysis of interviews and a review of literature. Text mining techniques were applied through the KH Coder tool, allowing for a detailed exploration of how AI is transforming these three dimensions. The results reveal significant changes in management practices, ...

Business environment and competitiveness in Portugal

The context for this research was the lack of data and studies on how to improve the business competitive environment and make it more interesting for foreign direct investment, in particular in Portugal economy. Two research questions were formulated to understand the main perspectives of Portugal competitiveness and main ideas to Portuguese companies become more competitive using a qualitative methodology bas...

Sustainability: The new element for creating competitive advantage

Businesses have become more concerned about sustainability, which affects both the business world and our society. Sustainability is now seen as a key driver for future development and innovation, but only for those companies that implement it in their business strategy. With these concerns, the problem statement that this research seeks to answer is 'how to implement sustainability in business strategy'. The r...

Behind the Scenes: The 1919 total solar eclipse and the invisible labor of the ...

This paper discusses the politics of invisibility involved in the expeditions to observe the May 29 1919 total solar eclipse, during which two British teams confirmed the light- bending prediction made by Albert Einstein: Charles R. Davidson and Andrew C. C. Crommelin in Sobral, Brazil, and Arthur S. Eddington and Edwin T. Cottingham on the African island of Príncipe, then part of the Portuguese empire. Histor...

The competitiveness of Portugal: Views from the market

Purpose - This study aims to conduct a pertinent assessment of the concept of business competitiveness and how Portugal can progress in that field, for the sake of becoming a more sustainable and wealth-creator economy. Design/methodology/approach - The research was elaborated with 65 in-depth interviews with expert persons from the Portuguese business ecosystem, who were asked to reflect on the state of the ec...

The benefit of macrolide therapy in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia is onl...

The benefit of macrolide therapy in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia is onl...