I Menezes
Biographic Data
| ID | 317060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | I Menezes |
| GIVEN NAMES | I |
| FAMILY NAME | Menezes |
| SIGNATURE | MENEZES I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade do Porto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9063-3773 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 67 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 117 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 67 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A delicate balance: The interplay of supervision, academic context, motivation, and emotions in doctoral education
Doctoral education may be experienced as a transformative process through which PhD candidates progressively develop and come to be recognised as autonomous researchers. Supervision relationships can be spaces for the development of autonomy; however, supervisors’ support may be complex and multidimensional, drawing on constant struggles for balance. Drawing on a perspectivist approach and adopting a mixed-methods design, this study explored the …
Cuidar a democracia, cuidar o futuro
Grácio, Fátima (Org.) (2011). Cuidar a democracia, cuidar o futuro [Caring for democracy, caring for the future]. Porto: Fundação Cuidar o Futuro
Professional Activism Engagement and Education: Exploring Connections With Inland Geographies, Gender and Mental Health - A Scoping Review Protocol
Professional Activism (PA) refers to social justice advocacy and other forms of political mobilization undertaken by professionals on behalf of the people in situations of vulnerability (PSV) in the context of educational, social, and community intervention. Recent and innovative empirical evidence on PA has revealed the need to bridge research gaps concerning the hindering influence of inland geographical contexts, gender and mental health issue…
The Taboo of Withdrawal: Firsthand Perspectives From Former Doctoral Candidates in Poland and Portugal
In knowledge‐based societies, withdrawal from doctoral education is often seen and spoken about as embarrassing, undesirable, and awkward. Emerging from complex conditions—a mix of profoundly personal factors and weighty contextual factors—withdrawal tends to be a silenced or shamed process, producing a layered dynamic of taboo upon taboo upon taboo. In the hope of helping to challenge this silencing and shaming, this qualitative study explores h…
Positive youth development through sport and physical education: A systematic review of empirical research conducted with grade 5 to 12 children and youth
The value of doctoral education in the intersection of the multiple purposes of higher education
In the knowledge society, conceptions about the value of DE have been challenged by transformations in its characteristics and finalities fostered by global drivers of change, including widening the purposes of higher education. This study explores the perceived value of DE in social and health sciences within the intersection of the purposes of higher education in the European knowledge society. Data were collected using 25 focus groups with mem…
Predictors of emotional engagement in doctoral education
The study of learning/research engagement in doctoral education has aroused increasing interest among education researchers, given its influence on PhD candidates’ experiences and outcomes. However, even if doctoral education has been recognised as emotionally intense, there is still a gap in the literature regarding the emotional dimension of engagement. This study aims to analyse the predictors of emotional engagement of PhD candidates enrolled…
Emotional and critical citizens: Portuguese students’ engagement with wicked issues in contemporary EU policy
Democracies expect citizens to engage actively in public life by making decisions about political issues that are frequently ambiguous, with strong moral and emotional implications, and often subject to misinformation and manipulation. Strong critical thinking (CT) appears therefore as a crucial component of a reflective democratic citizenship. This study identifies sociopolitical topics that are relevant to secondary Portuguese students and expl…
The Artistic Methods as a Way to Look at the Possibilities of Construction of Gender and its Relations
The Artistic Methods as a Way to Look at the Possibilities of Construction of Gender and its Relations – Based on a collaborative action-research project with a high school class, we discuss the possibilities that artistic methodologies bring to collective analysis and reflec-tions in order to promote youth political consciousness. Through moments of aesthetic-political exploration, in which the Theatre of the Oppressed and Photovoice were mobili…
Os Métodos Artísticos como Forma de Olhar as Possibilidades de Construção do Género e suas Relações
Os Métodos Artísticos como Forma de Olhar as Possibilidades de Construção do Género e suas Relações – A partir de um projeto de investigação-ação colaborativa com uma turma do ensino médio, discutem-se as possibilidades que as metodologias artísticas trazem para análises e reflexões coletivas com vista à promoção da consciência política juvenil. Por meio de momentos de exploração estético-política, nos quais se mobilizou o Teatro do Oprimido e o …
Jovens E Ação Climática: Abordagens Educativas Promotoras Da Dimensão Coletiva Da Participação Juvenil Na Adaptação Climática Das Suas Comunidades
The article results from the development of a climate education project with high school students from 3 public schools in Portugal. Participatory methodologies were used to involve young people in identifying local climate problems and developing collective climate actions with their communities. The article aims to discuss the importance of these spaces in schools, so that young people can develop participation skills, debating climate solution…
Educação para a Cidadania em contexto escolar nos 50 anos do 25 de Abril
We propose a retrospective study on Citizenship Education in schools in Portugal on the 50th anniversary of 25 April. By reviewing normative documents and literature produced over the last 50 years, we intend to update the mapping of educational policies in this field when we are facing the growth of populist and polarising tendencies. We hope to open up a space for reflection on the place of Citizenship Education in deepening democracy and encou…
The interrupted journey: Factors and processes related to withdrawal, re-enrolment and dropout from doctoral education
Withdrawal from doctoral education has been recognized as a problem with negative consequences for different actors, leading researchers worldwide to explore its underlying factors and processes. However, even if many PhD candidates who withdrew intend to re-enrol, there is a gap in the literature regarding the factors and processes related to re-enrolment. The aim of this qualitative study is to understand pre- and post-withdrawal experiences of…
Living, doing and learning in sport, civic and political activities: Possible paths for positive youth development
The longitudinal effect of the quality of participation experiences in a voluntary organization on youth psychological empowerment
Research shows its limitations by not capturing the specificities of individual experiences, which result either from the participation of or interaction among different people in a given context across time. This study explores the effect that the quality of youth participation experiences in a Portuguese voluntary organization can have on the development of their psychological empowerment (PE). This study adopted a longitudinal, quantitative de…
Educational strategies to reduce the achievement gap: A systematic review
Despite continuous efforts, the educational achievement gap is still, in most societies, a significant obstacle to ensuring more equity and social justice. Much of this inequality derives from belonging to historically discriminated groups. Indeed, coming from a lower socioeconomic status (SES), of an immigrant, or descendant situation, being Black, Hispanic, Gypsy, or any other racialized condition, still strongly influences academic attainment,…
Effects on Children of Participation in Children's Community Choirs
Effects on Children of Participation in Children's Community Choirs – This article explores the possibility of developing musical, social and personal skills in children, reflecting on the effects of their participation in community choir projects. Two projects, designed by adults, in which children are active subjects of artistic practices, which enhance music as an instrument for their sociocultural and affective development, are analysed. Thro…
Efeitos da Participação em Coros Comunitários Infantis nas Crianças
Efeitos da Participação em Coros Comunitários Infantis nas Crianças – Este artigo explora a possibilidade de desenvolvimento de competências musicais, sociais e pessoais em crianças, refletindo sobre efeitos da sua participação em projetos corais comunitários. Analisam-se dois projetos, idealizados por adultos em que as crianças são sujeitos ativos de práticas artísticas, que potenciam a música como instrumento de desenvolvimento sociocultural e …
Educating for participatory active citizenship: An example from the ecological activist field
Based on a short-term ethnography with a grassroots group of young environmental activists in the city of Porto, Portugal, this paper describes and problematizes their use of participatory methodologies to engage individual, community and organizational actors in tackling the problems of global climate change. By initiating what they call a “friendship network” that seeks to achieve democratic and participatory forms of activism, the group brings…
Uma Tipologia Do Ativismo Profissional Na Intervenção Educativa, Social E Comunitária
Este estudo analisa o ativismo profissional no âmbito do trabalho educativo, social e comunitário com pessoas em situação de vulnerabilidade, em Portugal. Procura contribuir para a sua caraterização, particularmente no que respeita à pluralidade de abordagens, por meio da construção e validação da escala da tipologia de ativismo profissional. Mediante a análise estatística descritiva e inferencial dos dados recolhidos por intermédio de um inquéri…
“Vamos fazer-nos ouvir”: Ativismo Climático De Crianças Na Floresta Local
Este estudo visa compreender a potencialidade de dispositivos participativos no ativismo de crianças, procurando perceber como problematizam e como intervêm em questões ambientais da floresta local. Envolveu, durante três meses consecutivos, 22 crianças com dez anos do 4.o ano do 1.o ciclo do ensino básico em momentos de participação, numa lógica de ação-reflexão. Com base numa abordagem de perfil comunitário, as crianças investigaram a floresta …
Etnografia online sobre uma associação de pessoas reformadas em Portugal - O Facebook como meio de participação política em tempo de pandemia
A pandemia trouxe ruturas significativas em várias dimensões da vida, implicando adaptações intensas e visibilizando velhas e novas desigualdades e exclusões, como as associadas ao idadismo. Através de uma etnografia online analisamos as estratégias desenvolvidas por uma associação portuguesa constituída por pessoas reformadas em resposta às limitações à sua ação trazidas pela COVID-19. A maioria da comunicação organizacional passou a ser online …
Professores em tempos de ensino remoto de emergência: Um foco no ensino e nas relações
O fecho de escolas durante a primeira onda de pandemia de COVID-19 desafiou os/as professores/as a reorganizarem rapidamente as suas atividades educativas. Essa mudança exigiu uma maior integração das tecnologias no ensino e levou a transformações repentinas nas relações sociais e pedagógicas. Se o acentuar de desigualdades pré-existentes entre os alunos se tornou imediatamente evidente, ficou menos claro como as desigualdades entre os/as profess…
A Responsabilidade Social Universitária Vista Pelos/As Estudantes: Entre Conceções e Práticas
preocupação das instituições de ensino superior com o que está para além do seu papel clássico de ensino e investigação tem raízes cimentadas no passado e uma longa tradição. Mas a ênfase na sua dimensão social e articulação comunitária tem surgido como uma preocupação central e a forma como é traduzida alvo de atenção marcada. Aos projetos de responsabilidade social universitária (RSU) é vaticinado grande potencial para serem espaços que promova…
Responsabilidade Social da Universidade
Disability, embodiment and ableism: Stories of resistance
Non-disabled responses to visible impairment embody either social invisibility or over-attentiveness. The subjective and inter-subjective experiences of impaired bodies and intersubjective encounters within society are important aspects of disablement and the construction of a disabled identity. Impairment is read by and influences the social structure of ableism. This paper attempts to understand how ableist discourses about impaired bodies have…
Validating the formative nature of psychological empowerment construct: Testing cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and relational empowerment components
The literature has recently raised the need to clarify the nature of psychological empowerment. There are theoretical and empirical evidences that this conceptualization may not be appropriate, and therefore other alternatives to the reflective measurement model should be considered. Consequently, serious problems may arise from the measurement model misspecification, undoubtedly compromising the development of empowerment theory and measurement.…
From an Oppressed Citizenship to Affirmative Identities: Lesbian and Gay Political Participation in Portugal
In this paper we intend to articulate a multidimensional perspective on citizenship with a psychological understanding of lesbian and gay identities' development in the context of a Southern European country: Portugal. We begin by reviewing some legal statements and institutional regulations around gay and lesbian issues and the lack of opportunities for the affirmation of a non-hegemonic (sexual) identity in Portugal. Next, we describe participa…
The Gap Between Youth and Politics: Youngsters Outside the Regular School System Assessing the Conditions for Be(com)ing Political Subjects
Approaches to youth engagement typically focus on withdrawal from conventional politics and participatory transformation. In this paper, we argue that such approaches fall short in grasping how groups with blended styles of relationship with politics assess their political ownership. This became apparent when, in the context of European elections, the rise of extreme right wing in Europe and intensification of austerity in Portugal, we discussed …
University Students' Sense of Belonging to the Home Town: The Role of Residential Mobility
In the study of young people’s relationships with residential contexts, it is important to consider the role of developmental tasks (e.g. identity construction, academic and professional choices, etc.) in influencing Place Identity and Sense of Community. Residential mobility may represent an adaptive strategy for modifying some aspects of one’s identity and a contributing factor to the development of autonomy from the family. Limited attention h…
I saw a magical garden with flowers that people could not damage!’: Children’s visions of nature and of learning about nature in and out of school
This paper involves groups of children (aged 5–10) in discussing what nature is in their urban communities and how they learn about it. Children attend four urban and semi-urban Portuguese schools with different environmental pedagogies: Waldorf, forest school and eco-school. Previous studies of children’s conceptions of nature have mainly addressed environmental understanding as an individual dimension, even if acknowledging the situated nature …
Constraints and opportunities for civic and political participation: Perceptions of young people from immigrant and non-immigrant background in Portugal
Youth civic and political participation (CPP) has been a central concern of research and public policy. This situation has been motivated by growing signs of the disaffection of younger generations, at least regarding conventional forms of participation. Recent theoretical debates stress how forms of CPP are evolving; nevertheless it is obviously important to integrate young people's views in the discussion, particularly taking into account group…
The many faces of hermes: The quality of participation experiences and political attitudes of migrant and non-migrant youth
This paper intends to explore whether and how the quality of participation experiences is associated with political efficacy and the disposition of migrant and non-migrant young people to becoming involved. The sample includes 1010 young people of Portuguese, Angolan and Brazilian origin, aged between 15 and 29 years old. The results reveal that the quality of participation experiences is related to political efficacy and dispositions to becoming…
Being civic while disavowing politics: An ethnography of a youth NGO in Portugal
Civic and political participation are the vehicles through which citizens of democratic societies engage in the public sphere, identify and address matters of public concern, and monitor governments' activities. While the civic and the political are often regarded as two sides of the same coin, that assertion deserves questioning in times of an expanding voluntary sector and shrinking participation in institutional and electoral politics. Based o…
Youth talking about news and civic daily life
This paper considers how young people talking about news and politics in their family and peer contexts influences their civic life. The research involved 35 Portuguese youngsters from diverse social, economic and cultural backgrounds that were interviewed in 2010, in Portugal, at the onset of the Eurozone crisis. Based on talking and news-mediated contexts and habits, we identified three different profiles: Limitations to empowerment; Civic capi…
Views of disability in Portugal: ‘ Fado ’ or Citizenship
Disability research in Portugal is scarce and often lacks the perspective of disabled people. This paper tries to bring insights from leaders of disability associations about the community of disabled people in Portugal, the barriers to their politicization and links with disabled identity. It seems that most disabled people get trapped in a tragic paradigmatic vicious cycle due to a system-induced disempowerment which is sustained by a dominant …
Engagement in civic organisations in old age: Motivations for participation and retention
Using online tools in participatory research with adolescents to promote civic engagement and environmental mobilization: The WaterCircle (WC) project
The WaterCircle (WC) project was implemented in a school, with young adolescents, to address environmental problems. Framed in a participatory research (PR) approach, this school-and-community based intervention includes the use of online tools through which environmental problems in the community are discussed within and by a group of students. Using a quasi-experimental design, with intervention and control groups, the present study involved 36…
Living, Doing, and Learning from Politics in a Youth Wing of a Political Party
The field of civic and political participation has been studied mostly from individual, psychological approaches rather than collective, relational perspectives. Here we address this gap through a political ethnography in the youth wing of a major Portuguese political party, conducted during the fervent months right before and after the Portuguese parliamentary elections of October 2015. Investigating the meaning-making of doing politics in real-…
Europe as a Beacon of Democracy? Citizenship Policies Relating to Youth and Migrants in Portugal
This article aims to compare discourses about national and European policies on active citizenship and democratic participation, with a particular focus on youth and migrants. For this purpose we analysed official documents of public institutions and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in order to assess how the process of Europeanization has influenced national policies with regard to increasing political participation and citizens' civic aware…
Do anel à aliança: Sentido dos iguais e emancipação pessoal na psicologia das sexualidades1
Sistematizando alguns processos subjacentes ao desenvolvimento psicológico da identidade (sexual), este artigo propõe uma Análise Psicossocial Crítica das sexualidades contemporâneas. A partilha vivencial da opressão nos contextos dos “iguais” é sublinhada pelos autores como dimensão nuclear do desenvolvimento identitário. Mais se propõe esta partilha como potenciadora de uma conciliação conceptual entre a abordagem psicológica das identidades se…
University social responsibility as a driving force of change: Students’ perceptions beyond the ivory tower
Purpose In the context of increasingly diverse issues that affect global society, the social responsibility dimension in higher education institutions is being called to the forefront of change, both in the sense of rethinking their internal practices (e.g. promoting the access and progression of students from different cultural backgrounds) and in their interaction with the surrounding community (e.g. through the establishment of stronger partne…
Cidadania participatória no cotidiano escolar: A Vez E a Voz Das Crianças E Dos Jovens
Ao longo dos últimos 60 anos, a Europa tem vivido vagas de transição democrática que envolveram profundas mudanças políticas e uma forte ênfase no papel da Educação na promoção de uma cidadania democrática e europeia. No entanto, e apesar do seu passado autoritário, Portugal tem assistido a uma forte inconsistência das políticas educativas nesta área, em que momentos de grande ênfase na promoção da cidadania vão se alternando com momentos em que …
Etnografia online sobre uma associação de pessoas reformadas em Portugal - O Facebook como meio de participação política em tempo de pandemia
A pandemia trouxe ruturas significativas em várias dimensões da vida, implicando adaptações intensas e visibilizando velhas e novas desigualdades e exclusões, como as associadas ao idadismo. Através de uma etnografia online analisamos as estratégias desenvolvidas por uma associação portuguesa constituída por pessoas reformadas em resposta às limitações à sua ação trazidas pela COVID-19. A maioria da comunicação organizacional passou a ser online …
Exploring the meanings of professional activism
There is growing recognition of the relevance of political mobilization in educational, social and community work, particularly when working with people in situations of vulnerability. However, there is also a scarcity of research that describes and explains professionals’ political involvement and mobilization and allows them to share their activist experiences, to inspire others and legitimate this crucial dimension of their work. This qualitat…
Immigration and the Ambivalence of the School: Between Inclusion and Exclusion of Migrant Youth
This article examines the perceptions of young migrants (and non-migrants), their parents, and teachers to discuss whether the school is a device of inclusion or a device of exclusion that produces inequalities. It presents qualitative and quantitative data collected in the urban areas of Lisbon and Porto. First, we analyze data from 14 focus groups, involving 94 participants, and 12 interviews. Second, we consider survey data from a sample of 1,…
A construção de si como investigador: Reflexões Sobre Os Processos De Formação Pós-Graduada
Este artigo discute os processos envolvidos na formação pós-graduada e o seu papel na construção de um sentido de si como investigador. Tendo como base dados recolhidos junto de estudantes de pós-graduação da Universidade do Porto e a experiência das autoras na direção de programas de pós-graduação em Ciências da educação, analisam-se algumas experiências relevantes do ponto de vista de uma aprendizagem situada da investigação. Atende-se especial…
Para uma visão complexa do bullying homofóbico: Desocultando o quotidiano da homofobia nas escolas
bullying homofbico em abarcar todas as formas de violncia homofbica e heteronormativa da e na escola. A maior expressividade do fenmeno relaciona-se com os seus processos de construo da masculinidade no contexto das culturas juvenis, cuja incidncia quotidiana nos desafia a questionar as oportunidades para a construo de uma cidadania inclusiva da diversidade sexual na escola
Citizenship education, educational policies and NGO s
The transition from the 20th to the 21st century has been the stage of contradictory messages regarding youth citizenship. There is a powerful public and academic rhetoric on youth political disengagement and apathy and, concurrently, an assumption that young people are not knowledgeable, competent and responsible enough to be active citizens, and therefore some kind of ‘education’ should be provided to them. Over this landscape, citizenship educ…
Participação cívica e política: Jovens imigrantes brasileiros/as em Portugal
Neste artigo analisamos visões, experiências e níveis de participação cívica e política de jovens imigrantes brasileiros/as em Portugal. Num primeiro momento, apresenta-se as visões dos/as jovens (5 grupos de discussão, N=29) sobre a participação, direitos políticos e principais fontes de influência. De seguida, com base nos resultados dos questionários (N=357) examina-se formas e níveis de participação cívica e política. Para além disso, analisa…
The process of value‐meaning construction: A cross‐sectional study
The process of value-meaning construction: A cross-sectional study
A cross-sectional study within Portuguese adolescents, young adults and adults is presented in an attempt to explore the process of value-meaning construction. A model of values psychological structure developed by Schwartz and Bilsky (1987, 1990) is evaluated within a sample of 600 subjects. Such a model presupposes the existence of a universal organization of values on 10 content domains or motivational types. Schwartz's value survey was used t…
Teacher and Student Attitudes to Affective Education: A European collaborative research project
This article reports on the outcomes of a comparative research project examining teacher and student attitudes to affective education across Europe. Affective education is defined as the aspect of the educational process that is concerned with the feelings, values, beliefs, attitudes and emotional well-being of learners. The article begins with a consideration of some of the conceptual issues in affective education and its diversity across Europe…
Do anel à aliança: Sentido dos iguais e emancipação pessoal na psicologia das sexualidades1
Sistematizando alguns processos subjacentes ao desenvolvimento psicológico da identidade (sexual), este artigo propõe uma Análise Psicossocial Crítica das sexualidades contemporâneas. A partilha vivencial da opressão nos contextos dos “iguais” é sublinhada pelos autores como dimensão nuclear do desenvolvimento identitário. Mais se propõe esta partilha como potenciadora de uma conciliação conceptual entre a abordagem psicológica das identidades se…
From an Oppressed Citizenship to Affirmative Identities: Lesbian and Gay Political Participation in Portugal
In this paper we intend to articulate a multidimensional perspective on citizenship with a psychological understanding of lesbian and gay identities' development in the context of a Southern European country: Portugal. We begin by reviewing some legal statements and institutional regulations around gay and lesbian issues and the lack of opportunities for the affirmation of a non-hegemonic (sexual) identity in Portugal. Next, we describe participa…
Construção e validação de indicadores de literacia mediática
Neste artigo apresentam-se três indicadores criados com o objectivo de avaliar algumas dimensões da literacia mediática de estudantes universitários. Nesse sentido, exploram-se as medidas criadas, desde a conceptualização do conceito de literacia mediática até à esquematização nos diferentes indicadores que incluem uma escala constituída por itens de resposta de tipo Likert e duas mensagens mediáticas (uma notícia e uma BD) de resposta aberta. Sã…
Development and validation of a theoretically based, multidimensional questionnaire of student evaluation of university teaching
The authors describe the development and validation of a multidimensional instrument of students’ evaluation of university teaching (the Pedagogical Questionnaire of the University of Porto). The goal was to develop an instrument based on a sound psychometric analysis and simultaneously supported by the learning theory. Based on the data from 4875 questionnaires, the present study examined the fit of the proposed multidimensional model of univers…
Views of disability in Portugal: ‘ Fado ’ or Citizenship
Disability research in Portugal is scarce and often lacks the perspective of disabled people. This paper tries to bring insights from leaders of disability associations about the community of disabled people in Portugal, the barriers to their politicization and links with disabled identity. It seems that most disabled people get trapped in a tragic paradigmatic vicious cycle due to a system-induced disempowerment which is sustained by a dominant …
University Students' Sense of Belonging to the Home Town: The Role of Residential Mobility
In the study of young people’s relationships with residential contexts, it is important to consider the role of developmental tasks (e.g. identity construction, academic and professional choices, etc.) in influencing Place Identity and Sense of Community. Residential mobility may represent an adaptive strategy for modifying some aspects of one’s identity and a contributing factor to the development of autonomy from the family. Limited attention h…
A experiência de sem-abrigo como promotora de empoderamento psicológico
O objectivo deste estudo visa compreender o modo como a experiência de viver sem-abrigo pode ser promotora do empoderamento psicológico. Com base numa metodologia qualitativa entrevistaram-se três homens sem-abrigo com idades compreendidas entre os 25 e os 56 anos. Os resultados sugerem que viver como sem-abrigo pode promover uma maior consciência crítica do ambiente sociopolítico no qual o indivíduo está inserido, uma maior capacidade de resoluç…
Education and Citizenship: Redemption or Disempowerment? A Study of Portuguese-Speaking Migrant (and Non-Migrant) Youth in Portugal
The institution of the European Union has had important implications on educational policies throughout Europe, with a growing emphasis on ‘Citizenship Education’ since the mid-1990s. This can be interpreted as a response to phenomena such as the rise of ethnocentrism and xenophobia and of political disaffection of both older and younger citizens. Departing from Weiler's notion of educational reform as compensatory legitimation, this article anal…
The many faces of hermes: The quality of participation experiences and political attitudes of migrant and non-migrant youth
This paper intends to explore whether and how the quality of participation experiences is associated with political efficacy and the disposition of migrant and non-migrant young people to becoming involved. The sample includes 1010 young people of Portuguese, Angolan and Brazilian origin, aged between 15 and 29 years old. The results reveal that the quality of participation experiences is related to political efficacy and dispositions to becoming…
Disability, embodiment and ableism: Stories of resistance
Non-disabled responses to visible impairment embody either social invisibility or over-attentiveness. The subjective and inter-subjective experiences of impaired bodies and intersubjective encounters within society are important aspects of disablement and the construction of a disabled identity. Impairment is read by and influences the social structure of ableism. This paper attempts to understand how ableist discourses about impaired bodies have…
Europe as a Beacon of Democracy? Citizenship Policies Relating to Youth and Migrants in Portugal
This article aims to compare discourses about national and European policies on active citizenship and democratic participation, with a particular focus on youth and migrants. For this purpose we analysed official documents of public institutions and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in order to assess how the process of Europeanization has influenced national policies with regard to increasing political participation and citizens' civic aware…
Constraints and opportunities for civic and political participation: Perceptions of young people from immigrant and non-immigrant background in Portugal
Youth civic and political participation (CPP) has been a central concern of research and public policy. This situation has been motivated by growing signs of the disaffection of younger generations, at least regarding conventional forms of participation. Recent theoretical debates stress how forms of CPP are evolving; nevertheless it is obviously important to integrate young people's views in the discussion, particularly taking into account group…
Cidadania participatória no cotidiano escolar: A Vez E a Voz Das Crianças E Dos Jovens
Ao longo dos últimos 60 anos, a Europa tem vivido vagas de transição democrática que envolveram profundas mudanças políticas e uma forte ênfase no papel da Educação na promoção de uma cidadania democrática e europeia. No entanto, e apesar do seu passado autoritário, Portugal tem assistido a uma forte inconsistência das políticas educativas nesta área, em que momentos de grande ênfase na promoção da cidadania vão se alternando com momentos em que …
Participação cívica e política: Jovens imigrantes brasileiros/as em Portugal
Neste artigo analisamos visões, experiências e níveis de participação cívica e política de jovens imigrantes brasileiros/as em Portugal. Num primeiro momento, apresenta-se as visões dos/as jovens (5 grupos de discussão, N=29) sobre a participação, direitos políticos e principais fontes de influência. De seguida, com base nos resultados dos questionários (N=357) examina-se formas e níveis de participação cívica e política. Para além disso, analisa…
Youth talking about news and civic daily life
This paper considers how young people talking about news and politics in their family and peer contexts influences their civic life. The research involved 35 Portuguese youngsters from diverse social, economic and cultural backgrounds that were interviewed in 2010, in Portugal, at the onset of the Eurozone crisis. Based on talking and news-mediated contexts and habits, we identified three different profiles: Limitations to empowerment; Civic capi…
Citizenship education, educational policies and NGO s
The transition from the 20th to the 21st century has been the stage of contradictory messages regarding youth citizenship. There is a powerful public and academic rhetoric on youth political disengagement and apathy and, concurrently, an assumption that young people are not knowledgeable, competent and responsible enough to be active citizens, and therefore some kind of ‘education’ should be provided to them. Over this landscape, citizenship educ…
Saúde e escola: Reflexões Em Torno Da Medicalização Da Educação
É sabido que à escola chegam crianças e jovens com diferentes pontos de partida. O que não se sabe ao certo é até onde chegam essas crianças e jovens, e que percurso a escola lhes reserva, particularmente numa altura em que os profissionais de educação se veem divididos entre inúmeras tarefas (algumas meramente administrativas) e parece cada vez mais comum atribuir-se ao comportamento "pouco adequado" dos alunos explicações de natureza tendencial…
I saw a magical garden with flowers that people could not damage!’: Children’s visions of nature and of learning about nature in and out of school
This paper involves groups of children (aged 5–10) in discussing what nature is in their urban communities and how they learn about it. Children attend four urban and semi-urban Portuguese schools with different environmental pedagogies: Waldorf, forest school and eco-school. Previous studies of children’s conceptions of nature have mainly addressed environmental understanding as an individual dimension, even if acknowledging the situated nature …
Para uma visão complexa do bullying homofóbico: Desocultando o quotidiano da homofobia nas escolas
bullying homofbico em abarcar todas as formas de violncia homofbica e heteronormativa da e na escola. A maior expressividade do fenmeno relaciona-se com os seus processos de construo da masculinidade no contexto das culturas juvenis, cuja incidncia quotidiana nos desafia a questionar as oportunidades para a construo de uma cidadania inclusiva da diversidade sexual na escola
Living, Doing, and Learning from Politics in a Youth Wing of a Political Party
The field of civic and political participation has been studied mostly from individual, psychological approaches rather than collective, relational perspectives. Here we address this gap through a political ethnography in the youth wing of a major Portuguese political party, conducted during the fervent months right before and after the Portuguese parliamentary elections of October 2015. Investigating the meaning-making of doing politics in real-…
Validating the formative nature of psychological empowerment construct: Testing cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and relational empowerment components
The literature has recently raised the need to clarify the nature of psychological empowerment. There are theoretical and empirical evidences that this conceptualization may not be appropriate, and therefore other alternatives to the reflective measurement model should be considered. Consequently, serious problems may arise from the measurement model misspecification, undoubtedly compromising the development of empowerment theory and measurement.…
A construção de si como investigador: Reflexões Sobre Os Processos De Formação Pós-Graduada
Este artigo discute os processos envolvidos na formação pós-graduada e o seu papel na construção de um sentido de si como investigador. Tendo como base dados recolhidos junto de estudantes de pós-graduação da Universidade do Porto e a experiência das autoras na direção de programas de pós-graduação em Ciências da educação, analisam-se algumas experiências relevantes do ponto de vista de uma aprendizagem situada da investigação. Atende-se especial…
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