Susana Da Cruz Martins
Biographic Data
| ID | 323693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susana Da Cruz Martins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susana Da Cruz |
| FAMILY NAME | Martins |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINS S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5871-9849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Examining the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and professional development on teachers’ grade repetition beliefs and practice
Grade repetition has been a controversial educational decision consisting of requiring students to remain at the same grade level for an additional school year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, in some countries where grade repetition rates are usually high, a notable decrease in these rates was observed. This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers’ grade repetition beliefs and practices. Additionally, it examines the eff…
The washback effect of external assessments and the Covid-19 pandemic: Perspectives of head teachers in Portugal
External assessment of learning has been the subject of very different perspectives, conceptions, and assumptions. Considering the pressure that the existence of external assessments can generate over the functioning of education systems, some recognize benefits, and others point out negative and perverse effects of this pressure. In 2020, in most countries, the COVID-19 lockdowns involved the cancelation of large-scale external assessments in fa…
Introducing technologies into national large-scale testing: Are we ready
In recent decades, the potential benefits of introducing technologies into large-scale tests have been much discussed. Yet the path to effective technology use on large-scale testing has fallen short of expectations, especially when these tests have medium or high stakes for students. After a temporary cancelation of external assessment of learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Portuguese government is taking a step forward. With a gradual im…
How Has the Pandemic Affected Access and the Feeling of Belonging in Portuguese Higher Education
This study is based on an in-depth analysis of the Portuguese reality. The main question addressed concerns the effects of the pandemic on the social profile and conditions of participation, and higher education students’ sense of belonging in Portugal. The changes resulting from the pandemic will also be considered in light of the policies that have been pursued and implemented at the national level with the aim of increasing and enhancing stude…
Publicação científica e ciências sociais: 100 Números da revista Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas
O presente artigo analisa a importância das revistas científicas na constituição e no desenvolvimento dos campos científicos. Analisa também um conjunto de questões de fundo que estas revistas enfrentam atualmente. Toma como caso de estudo a revista Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas. Esta revista surgiu no processo de institucionalização da área da sociologia em Portugal. Está agora a publicar o seu número 100, após 37 anos de publicação continuad…
Sociology of Education and Construction of Educational Policies: From the Theory to the Practice
The growing complexity in public policy development has resulted in a significant increase in the involvement of experts, many of them scientists. This involvement is expressed in a variety of ways, whether through requests for preliminary studies, planning processes or evaluations of the implementation and impact of policy measures. The development of the relationship between the scientific and political fields challenges the role of scientists …
Distributional and Categorical Inequalities in Europe: Structural Configurations
The social structure of european inequality: A Multidimensional Perspective
The aim of this article is to present some contributions to the understanding of social inequality in Europe today. We analyse the distributional inequalities of economic and educational resources as well as the categorical inequalities between nation states and between social classes. The source of the empirical data was the European Social Survey 2012. We were able to calculate European income deciles, build a matrix of class-country segments, …
Crisis and Education in Southern Europe: The Effects of Austerity and Ideology
Since the mid-1970s, the countries of Southern Europe have been approaching European education patterns. This result can be observed in the positive dynamics and convergence with the rest of Europe. However, despite these visible results, the convergence was more evident up until the outbreak of the crisis, where the overall economic and political conditions also brought changes in policymaking in education to the Southern European countries, bot…
Consumos de classe média num Portugal em crise: Cultura, Lazer E Tecnologias De Informação
Este artigo dá conta de configurações de práticas culturais e de consumo e estilos de vida, tendo por referência o momento de contração das condições sociais e econômicas atuais, em Portugal. Um dos traços mais marcantes das transformações a que estamos a assistir está ligado com o aumento de desigualdades sociais no acesso a bens e a recursos característicos de uma sociedade do conhecimento e de uso mais intensificado de tecnologias de informaçã…
Acesso a Bases de Microdados: Aplicações e Impactos nas Pesquisas em Ciências Sociais
Classes sociais e estudantes universitários: Origens, oportunidades e orientações
A importância da dimensão escolar/educacional na constituição das sociedades actuais e, mais especificamente, na configuração das desigualdades sociais contemporâneas, tem sido um dos principais objectos de interesse da sociologia. Situando-se no quadro desta problemática, o presente artigo analisa, com base nos resultados de um inquérito recente a uma amostra representativa dos estudantes universitários portugueses, as probabilidades desiguais d…
Social Classes in Europe
The current globalization context brings new questions to class analysis. After a brief review of the theoretical stance and the operationalization possibilities offered by today's sociology of social classes and stratification, this article presents a comparative analysis in which a selected set of social recomposition indicators is applied to the European Union as a whole and to each one of its countries. One of the main themes discussed throug…
Classes sociais e estudantes universitários: Origens, oportunidades e orientações
A importância da dimensão escolar/educacional na constituição das sociedades actuais e, mais especificamente, na configuração das desigualdades sociais contemporâneas, tem sido um dos principais objectos de interesse da sociologia. Situando-se no quadro desta problemática, o presente artigo analisa, com base nos resultados de um inquérito recente a uma amostra representativa dos estudantes universitários portugueses, as probabilidades desiguais d…
The social structure of european inequality: A Multidimensional Perspective
The aim of this article is to present some contributions to the understanding of social inequality in Europe today. We analyse the distributional inequalities of economic and educational resources as well as the categorical inequalities between nation states and between social classes. The source of the empirical data was the European Social Survey 2012. We were able to calculate European income deciles, build a matrix of class-country segments, …
Crisis and Education in Southern Europe: The Effects of Austerity and Ideology
Since the mid-1970s, the countries of Southern Europe have been approaching European education patterns. This result can be observed in the positive dynamics and convergence with the rest of Europe. However, despite these visible results, the convergence was more evident up until the outbreak of the crisis, where the overall economic and political conditions also brought changes in policymaking in education to the Southern European countries, bot…
Social Classes in Europe
The current globalization context brings new questions to class analysis. After a brief review of the theoretical stance and the operationalization possibilities offered by today's sociology of social classes and stratification, this article presents a comparative analysis in which a selected set of social recomposition indicators is applied to the European Union as a whole and to each one of its countries. One of the main themes discussed throug…
Classes sociais e estudantes universitários: Origens, oportunidades e orientações
A importância da dimensão escolar/educacional na constituição das sociedades actuais e, mais especificamente, na configuração das desigualdades sociais contemporâneas, tem sido um dos principais objectos de interesse da sociologia. Situando-se no quadro desta problemática, o presente artigo analisa, com base nos resultados de um inquérito recente a uma amostra representativa dos estudantes universitários portugueses, as probabilidades desiguais d…
Acesso a Bases de Microdados: Aplicações e Impactos nas Pesquisas em Ciências Sociais
Consumos de classe média num Portugal em crise: Cultura, Lazer E Tecnologias De Informação
Este artigo dá conta de configurações de práticas culturais e de consumo e estilos de vida, tendo por referência o momento de contração das condições sociais e econômicas atuais, em Portugal. Um dos traços mais marcantes das transformações a que estamos a assistir está ligado com o aumento de desigualdades sociais no acesso a bens e a recursos característicos de uma sociedade do conhecimento e de uso mais intensificado de tecnologias de informaçã…
The social structure of european inequality: A Multidimensional Perspective
The aim of this article is to present some contributions to the understanding of social inequality in Europe today. We analyse the distributional inequalities of economic and educational resources as well as the categorical inequalities between nation states and between social classes. The source of the empirical data was the European Social Survey 2012. We were able to calculate European income deciles, build a matrix of class-country segments, …
Crisis and Education in Southern Europe: The Effects of Austerity and Ideology
Since the mid-1970s, the countries of Southern Europe have been approaching European education patterns. This result can be observed in the positive dynamics and convergence with the rest of Europe. However, despite these visible results, the convergence was more evident up until the outbreak of the crisis, where the overall economic and political conditions also brought changes in policymaking in education to the Southern European countries, bot…
Distributional and Categorical Inequalities in Europe: Structural Configurations
Sociology of Education and Construction of Educational Policies: From the Theory to the Practice
The growing complexity in public policy development has resulted in a significant increase in the involvement of experts, many of them scientists. This involvement is expressed in a variety of ways, whether through requests for preliminary studies, planning processes or evaluations of the implementation and impact of policy measures. The development of the relationship between the scientific and political fields challenges the role of scientists …
Publicação científica e ciências sociais: 100 Números da revista Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas
O presente artigo analisa a importância das revistas científicas na constituição e no desenvolvimento dos campos científicos. Analisa também um conjunto de questões de fundo que estas revistas enfrentam atualmente. Toma como caso de estudo a revista Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas. Esta revista surgiu no processo de institucionalização da área da sociologia em Portugal. Está agora a publicar o seu número 100, após 37 anos de publicação continuad…
How Has the Pandemic Affected Access and the Feeling of Belonging in Portuguese Higher Education
This study is based on an in-depth analysis of the Portuguese reality. The main question addressed concerns the effects of the pandemic on the social profile and conditions of participation, and higher education students’ sense of belonging in Portugal. The changes resulting from the pandemic will also be considered in light of the policies that have been pursued and implemented at the national level with the aim of increasing and enhancing stude…
Introducing technologies into national large-scale testing: Are we ready
In recent decades, the potential benefits of introducing technologies into large-scale tests have been much discussed. Yet the path to effective technology use on large-scale testing has fallen short of expectations, especially when these tests have medium or high stakes for students. After a temporary cancelation of external assessment of learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Portuguese government is taking a step forward. With a gradual im…
The washback effect of external assessments and the Covid-19 pandemic: Perspectives of head teachers in Portugal
External assessment of learning has been the subject of very different perspectives, conceptions, and assumptions. Considering the pressure that the existence of external assessments can generate over the functioning of education systems, some recognize benefits, and others point out negative and perverse effects of this pressure. In 2020, in most countries, the COVID-19 lockdowns involved the cancelation of large-scale external assessments in fa…
Examining the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and professional development on teachers’ grade repetition beliefs and practice
Grade repetition has been a controversial educational decision consisting of requiring students to remain at the same grade level for an additional school year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, in some countries where grade repetition rates are usually high, a notable decrease in these rates was observed. This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers’ grade repetition beliefs and practices. Additionally, it examines the eff…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 works) · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)