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- Strategy and strategic leadership in education: a scoping reviewPublication . Carvalho, Marisa; Cabral, Ilídia; Verdasca, José Lopes; Alves, José MatiasStrategy and strategic leadership are critical issues for school leaders. However, strategy as a field of research has largely been overlooked within the educational leadership literature. Most of the theoretical and empirical work on strategy and strategic leadership over the past decades has been related to non-educational settings, and scholarship devoted to these issues in education is still minimal. The purpose of this scoping review was to provide a comprehensive overview of relevant research regarding strategy and strategic leadership, identifying any gaps in the literature that could inform future research agendas and evidence for practice. The scoping review is underpinned by the five-stage framework of Arksey and O’Malley. The results indicate that there is scarce literature about strategy and that timid steps have been made toward a more integrated and comprehensive model of strategic leadership. It is necessary to expand research into more complex, longitudinal, and explanatory ways due to a better understanding of these constructs.
- Educação inclusiva. De que falamos afinal?Publication . Carvalho, Marisa
- O cantinho das emoções. Avaliação do impacto de um programa de competências socioemocionaisPublication . Vale, Carlos; Carvalho, Marisa
- Acesso, equidade e aprendizagem: desafios em tempos de Covid 19Publication . Carvalho, Marisa
- Parental involvement during pandemic times: challenges and opportunitiesPublication . Ribeiro, Luísa Mota; Cunha, Rosário Serrão; Silva, Maria Conceição Andrade e; Carvalho, Marisa; Vital, Maria LuísaDue to COVID-19, many countries implemented emergency plans, such as lockdown and school closures. This new situation has significantly affected families, namely, the involvement required to support children's learning at home. The current study aimed to analyze Portuguese parents' perceptions of their home-based parental involvement in their children's learning during the lockdown and school closures in 2020 due to COVID-19. An online survey, using a closed-ended questionnaire, was employed. Variables included parents' sociodemographic and COVID-19 related characteristics; students' sociodemographic characteristics; distance learning context; parental involvement; and students' autonomy. Data were collected from a sample of 21,333 parents with children from elementary school to secondary education, and statistical data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 26. Findings revealed that Portuguese parents supported their children during the pandemic mainly through the monitoring of attention in classes and task realization. However, several variables appear to significantly determine parental involvement time, which is higher when students attend public schools, when they are less autonomous and younger, when parents' level of education is lower, when the child is a boy (except in secondary education where gender is not relevant), and when the online school time is higher. Findings highlight the need for a significant investment of time from parents, particularly of primary school children, making it difficult to cohere work or telework with school activities. Implications for policies, schools, families are discussed in order to promote children's learning and success.
- Da indisciplina ao clima de escola: voz dos alunosPublication . Carvalho, Marisa; Alão, Paula; Magalhães, JoaquimAs questões relacionadas com a indisciplina, bullying e violência escolar continuam a constituir-se como uma preocupação, desafiando as escolas na construção de soluções eficazes dirigidas à promoção da cidadania ativa, dialogante e relacional. Cabe às escolas uma atuação convergente com modelos proativos de gestão da indisciplina com vista à promoção de comportamentos pró-sociais. Neste âmbito, destacamos a participação e envolvimento dos alunos nos processos de tomada de decisão e as atividades da escola como um fator determinante da construção de uma escola positiva, democrática e inclusiva. Este artigo apresenta a metodologia de Assembleias de Alunos, conforme realizadas no Agrupamento de Escolas de Frazão – Paços de Ferreira, no âmbito de um projeto de promoção de comportamentos positivos na escola. Partindo da análise documental das atas das referidas assembleias, identificam-se as conceções dos alunos acerca da disciplina e clima de escola, bem como as estratégias de ação adotadas. Os resultados obtidos apontam no sentido de se privilegiarem ações que promovam a participação e o envolvimento dos alunos nas decisões e atividades da escola. Com efeito, consideramos que as assembleias de alunos constituem uma abordagem promissora na promoção de um clima de escola positivo, participado e democrático.
- What about us? Teachers’ participation in schools’ strategic action plansPublication . Carvalho, Marisa; Cabral, Ilídia; Verdasca, José; Alves, JoséSchools in various parts of the world adopt plans or projects to improve the quality of school processes and students’ learning. Therefore, it is important to understand the processes of strategic planning such as teachers’ participation on decision making related to school plans. Apparently a limited number of studies have hitherto been conducted on teachers’ participation in strategic planning. The purpose of this paper is to examine teachers’ participation in decision making and strategic action planning in Portuguese schools. A survey employing self-administered scales was taken. Teachers' participation, other stakeholders’ participation, planning, and decision making, professional development, plans’ importance and validation, and ownership were the dimensions considered. Data were collected from 804 Portuguese teachers. Participants reported moderate to high levels of participation in strategic action plans, but they also reported moderate to low levels of participation in overall school decisions, plans’ importance and validation, sense of ownership and recognition of relevant opportunities for professional development. These results indicate that participation and collaboration are essential determinants of plan and action success in educational contexts. The participative nature of decision making and strategic planning seems to underscore the relevance, value and adequacy of schools’ plans from the perspective of teachers. However, differences in these dimensions related to teachers’ experience and professional roles also point to lower levels of participation from some teachers, which may hinder their involvement in school actions and improvement. This study suggests the need to explore the dominant types of participation and collaboration in Portuguese schools and to analyse the importance of other variables.
- Abordagens multinível em educação: da reflexão à açãoPublication . Carvalho, Marisa; Azevedo, Helena