Higher education institutions today are expected to not only equip students with the skills and qualifications required to succeed professionally, but also to prepare them to develop active learning strategies, build successful interpersonal relations—both at local and global levels—and be active citizens who are able to handle change and uncertainty. Synonymous with the notions of “virtual mobility” or “intern...
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Empathy, mutual respect, curiosity, collaboration, awareness (of self, others and the world) and openness to new experiences are some of the skills the OECD (2019) has identified as being associated with academic success and better preparation for the challenges of an ever more global and interconnected world. As global skills grow in importance, educators are challenged to consider new pedagogical approaches a...
We live in a fast-changing world, where breakthrough technological advances have not just disrupted industries but also changed the way we live, work and learn to a degree humankind has never experienced before. As the modern workplace becomes ever more global and interconnected, proficiency in foreign languages (FL) assumes a fundamental role in international business relations. Simultaneously, being able to n...
In its Employment Outlook 2019 report, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) acknowledged that the world was changing at lightning speed, projecting that one-third of all jobs worldwide would likely be transformed by technology by 2030 [1]. In January 2020, the World Economic Forum reinforced that, consequently, the world was facing a reskilling emergency: due to the inevitable rise ...
We live in a fast-changing world, where breakthrough technological advances have not just disrupted industries but also changed the way we live, work and learn to a degree humankind has never experienced before. As the modern workplace becomes ever more global and interconnected, proficiency in foreign languages (FL) assumes a fundamental role in international business relations. Simultaneously, being able to n...
Este trabalho apresenta os resultados da análise de 844 anúncios de emprego para a área de Secretariado, publicados, em Portugal, no Jornal Expresso (formato papel), entre 1978 e 2018 e tem como objetivo geral identificar o perfil de profissional desta área procurado pelos empregadores durante estas quatro décadas. Sabendo que o profissional de Secretariado tem, atualmente, responsabilidades e características b...
Introdução: Com a internacionalização e a globalização, as competências em línguas são cada vez mais úteis no mercado laboral, sobretudo em funções com relações com outros mercados, como é o caso do secretariado/apoio à gestão. Objetivos: Identificar e analisar as competências linguísticas solicitadas em anúncios de emprego para profissionais de secretariado/apoio à gestão. Métodos: Estudo de 844 anúncios de em...
As a dynamic, complex and multidimensional human process, communication implies a social relation based on which subjects share a certain meaning. Bearing in mind that each social system in which subjects interact is founded and developed through communicational acts, communication is also, therefore, the core of organizational life, both in its endogenous and exogenous dimension. Without communication, there i...
The present essay aims at discussing the topic of post-memory of World War II by individuals who formed their identity after the end of this historical landmark. Bearing this objective in mind, a reflection upon the influence of the different types of memory in the process of identity formation shall be proposed and it will be contended that both memories formed upon the subject’s experiences as well as second-...